Tailinh Agoyo is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist, TV and film actor, and co-founding director of We Are the Seeds, an organization that amplifies and uplifts Indigenous voices through the arts in an effort to reverse the erasure of native people in Philadelphia and the nation. In this candid conversation with host Khadija Mbowe, you'll hear about how We Are The Seeds is rooted in Tailinh's upbringing alongside her father's artistic career, her experiences attending an Ivy League college, and how she navigated a career in '90s Hollywood.

Chapters:
[1:58] Tailinh Agoyo is all of the things
[4:46] How early familial influences impact Tailinh today
[11:55] Ups and downs at Dartmouth
[16:09] Secret activism in Hollywood
[25:13] How Tailinh's acting career has evolved
[27:00] The root of We Are The Seeds and its growth
[31:20] Looking to the future


Music from this episode:

Udi Bar David and R. Carlos Nakai, Indigenous, Indigena, from Voyager

Zachariah Julian, Oblique from Oblique

Gabriela Lena Frank, Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra


Links from this episode:

Tailinh Agoyo: http://www.tailinhagoyo.com/

We Are The Seeds: https://www.wearetheseeds.org/

Tchin Agoyo: http://www.themagicofstorytelling.com/

Dartmouth's Native American program: https://students.dartmouth.edu/nap/

Learn about the land you occupy: https://native-land.ca/

What is Canada's "Truth in reconciliation Commission"?: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525

Viola Davis reflects on The Help : https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/viola-davis-the-help-regret

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s HearTOGETHER series is generously supported by lead corporate sponsor Accordant Advisors. Additional major support has been provided by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.