This Land

By Crooked Media

Society & Culture

What's This Land about?

The award-winning documentary podcast This Land is back for season 2. Host Rebecca Nagle reports on how the far right is using Native children to attack American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda.

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Introducing “Stolen: Surviv...

06.30.2023

Episode 1: The Police Officer and the Priest: One night back in the late 1970s, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled over a suspected drunk driver. When he walked up to the vehicle, he came face-to-face with ...

This Land episodes:

06.30.2023 Introducing “Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s” Episode 1: The Police Officer and the Priest: One night back in the late 1970s, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled over a suspected drunk driver. When he walked up to the vehicle, he came face-to-face with ...
06.23.2023 9. Update: Supreme Court Decision Last week the Supreme Court made an historic ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act. Rebecca Nagle takes us inside the courtroom to break down the decision, how we got here, and what it all means.
06.07.2023 Introducing Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto Chapter 1: Bug’s Plan. It’s 2014. Adelanto is a bankrupt city in the California desert known for its massive detention centers and not much else. Then, a stranger comes to town with a wild idea to make Adelanto great again: ...
04.17.2023 Introducing Stiffed: Good Girls Walk Into a Porn Magazine This is the first episode of Stiffed, an eight-part series from Crooked Media and iHeart Media. If you like what you hear, you can listen and follow Stiffed wherever you get your podcasts.
06.09.2022 Introducing: Mother Country Radicals Zayd Dohrn was born underground - his parents were radicals and counter-culture outlaws, on the run from the FBI. Now Zayd takes us back to the 1970s, when his parents and their young friends in the Weather Underground Organization declared ...
10.04.2021 8. The Heart Of It While we wait to see whether the Supreme Court takes the case, we attend a ceremony run by a program that helps Native adoptees reconnect with their tribes. Show Notes This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/ Resources For ...
09.27.2021 7. Before The Court As the case heads to the Fifth Circuit - the last stop before the Supreme Court - we go inside the courtroom to hear the arguments and the decision. Show Notes This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/ Resources ...
09.20.2021 6. Trojan Horse We know which law firms and think tanks are bringing these lawsuits, but no one has been able to figure out who’s funding them—or why—until now. Show Notes This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/ Resources For Journalists & ...
09.13.2021 5. Pro Bono The fight against the Indian Child Welfare Act is much bigger than a few custody cases, or even the entire adoption industry. We follow the money, and our investigation leads us to a powerful group of corporate lawyers and one ...
09.06.2021 4. Supply And Demand The private adoption industry has been fighting against the Indian Child Welfare Act the longest. We learn why by following one couple’s journey to adopt and their mixed feelings about the process. Show Notes This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Resources For ...
08.30.2021 3. Grandma Versus The Foster Parents The Brackeens aren’t the only ones suing to strike down the Indian Child Welfare Act. So are Danielle and Jason Clifford, a foster couple from Minnesota. Show Notes This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/ Resources For Journalists & ...
08.23.2021 2. Behind The Curtain The Brackeens' case would have been a normal adoption dispute, but then one of the most powerful corporate law firms in the United States took it on and helped the couple launch a federal lawsuit. Show Notes This Land website ...
08.23.2021 1. Solomon’s Sword ALM – as referred to in court documents – is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn’t. So ...
08.16.2021 This Land, season 2 (coming August 23rd) ALM – as referred to in court documents – is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn’t. So ...
06.28.2021 Introducing “The Census Powwow” from Snap Judgment Check out a brand new episode from our friends at Snap Judgment! Last year, tribal government worker Cheyenne Brady was given a new job: to count everyone on her reservation. Writer Julian Brave Noisecat follows her through the ups-and-downs of ...
07.16.2020 10. The Ruling The Supreme Court has ruled, delivering a historic decision on the reservation status of Eastern Oklahoma. Rebecca Nagle talks to the lawyer who argued the case at the High Court, Native law professors, scholars, and journalists to break down the ...
07.09.2020 9. Supreme Court Update Today, the Supreme Court made a historic ruling on the reservation status of Eastern Oklahoma. Rebecca Nagle is here to break down the decision, talk through the implications, and hey, celebrate a little. Because this win -- it’s huge. For ...
07.22.2019 8. The Next Battleground A murder case sparked an investigation into the treaty rights of five tribes. But another case -- a simple case about an adoption -- could actually dismantle America's tribes as we know them. For a transcript of this episode, please ...
07.15.2019 7. Still Bleeding Tribes are asking that the Supreme Court keep the promises that it made to them, because what's lost when those promises are broken is much more than just land. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.
07.08.2019 6. The Postponement The Supreme Court punted a decision on Carpenter v. Murphy to the next term. What does this mean for the tribes? For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.
07.01.2019 5. The Land Grab The geography of this country was reshaped in the late 1800s and depending on who tells it, it's either a story of good intentions...or one of outright theft.
06.28.2019 Update: Surprise announcement from SCOTUS In a surprise twist, the Supreme Court announced that Carpenter v. Murphy will not be decided this term.
06.24.2019 4. The Treaty A Cherokee leader is murdered in 1839 for signing a treaty with the United States, but the promise he died for was broken. Learn more: thislandpodcast.com
06.17.2019 3. The Opposition There are some very powerful groups set against Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Who are they? What's their motivation? And what arguments are they using to win their case in Court? Learn more: thislandpodcast.com For a transcript of this episode, please visit ...
06.10.2019 2. The Tribe Muscogee (Creek) Nation's reservation spans 11 counties across Eastern Oklahoma. This land is now at stake, and the tribe’s legal team headed to D.C. to make its case in front of the Supreme Court. Learn more: thislandpodcast.com For a transcript ...
06.03.2019 1. The Case The Supreme Court is about to make a decision that will determine the future of five tribes and nearly half the land in Oklahoma, and it all starts with a murder on the side of the road in 1999. Learn ...
05.21.2019 This Land (coming June 3rd) An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader. A 1999 small town murder. Two crimes collide in a Supreme Court case that will decide the fate of one man and nearly half of the land in Oklahoma. Hosted by Rebecca Nagle, ...

This Land

What's This Land about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

This Land episodes:

Introducing “Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s”

9. Update: Supreme Court Decision

Introducing Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto

Introducing Stiffed: Good Girls Walk Into a Porn Magazine

Introducing: Mother Country Radicals

8. The Heart Of It

7. Before The Court

6. Trojan Horse

5. Pro Bono

4. Supply And Demand

3. Grandma Versus The Foster Parents

2. Behind The Curtain

1. Solomon’s Sword

This Land, season 2 (coming August 23rd)

Introducing “The Census Powwow” from Snap Judgment

10. The Ruling

9. Supreme Court Update

8. The Next Battleground

7. Still Bleeding

6. The Postponement

5. The Land Grab

Update: Surprise announcement from SCOTUS

4. The Treaty

3. The Opposition

2. The Tribe

1. The Case

This Land (coming June 3rd)

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