Half Smoke: A Native Movement Podcast Pilot

Join our hosts Sasha Kramer (they/them) and Brittany Woods-Orrison (she/her) in Alaska as they unpack complex reflections of the world with their guests. Each episode will feature collective stories of rising toward social, environmental and gender justice – locally and on Indigenous lands everywhere.

EPISODE 1: Podcast Intro & Vote Our Values featuring Michelle

Spark & Princess Johnson

In this episode, we introduce Native Movement’s new podcast pilot and we talk about the importance of voting for local leadership that represents our values, and also the hard contradictions of participating in a colonial system that continues to marginalize and extract from Indigenous peoples, even in our so-called democracy.

Guests:

Michelle Sparck (she/her), a member of the Qissunamiut Tribe of Chevak, Alaska, is the Director of ⁠Get Out the Native Vote⁠. She’s worked for Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young in D.C., for several statewide campaigns and also in Juneau.

Princess Daazhraii Johnson (she/her) of Arctic Village, Alaska, is a published writer, actor, and film director. She is a former Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee and now sits on the Board of Directors of ⁠Native Movement⁠ and ⁠NDN Collective⁠.

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