"Remembering Who We Are and Our Relations" with Julian Brave NoiseCat

In this episode, we speak with Julian Brave NoiseCat, an enrolled citizen of the Secwepemc, also known as Shuswap First Nation, in British Columbia. Julian Brave NoiseCat explores the importance of connection and relationship, to family, to history, to place and to culture, threading his own story throughout a larger narrative about the deep trauma Indigenous people have experienced through colonization and the resilience and power that is emerging as individuals, tribes and nations work to reclaim their own stories and landscapes. Julian is a fellow of New America and the Type Media Center, Vice President of Policy & Strategy at Data for Progress as well as one of the first visiting fellows of the Center for Racial Justice at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. In 2021, NoiseCat was named on the Time 100 list of emerging leaders. This episode’s artwork features photography by Dauwila Harrison. Mer Young creates the series collage artwork. Featuring A prolific, widely published Indigenous journalist, writer, activist and policy analyst, Julian Brave NoiseCat has become a highly influential figure in the coverage and analysis of Environmental Justice and Indigenous issues as well as of national and global political and economic trends and policies. Raised in Oakland, California, in a single-mother household, Julian is a proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escen and a descendant of the Lil'Wat Nation of Mount Currie. You can follow Julian on Twitter @jnoisecat. Resources Video of Julian Brave NoiseCat's Keynote speech at Bioneers 2021– Apocalypse Then & Now Video of Indigenous Activism NOW: Talking Story With Clayton Thomas-Muller and Julian NoiseCat Video of Julian's Keynote speech at Bioneers 219 The Indigenous Renaissance | Julian Brave NoiseCat This is an episode of Indigeneity Conversations, a podcast series that features deep and engaging conversations with Native culture bearers, scholars, movement leaders, and non-Native allies on the most important issues and solutions in Indian Country. Bringing Indigenous voices to global conversations. Visit the Indigeneity Conversations homepage to learn more.  

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