This week’s edition is about “story” and how storytelling reconnects us to our histories, cultures and homelands, and in Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse’s words is “nourishment and good medicine.” Tiokasin speaks with Kevin Abourezk. Kevin is featured in the seventh season of “Stories from the Stage,” a WORLD-original series that highlights stories told by ordinary people from all walks of life. This season includes seven Native Americans. Kevin tells a story about his involvement in an activist event to oppose a huge housing development in Lincoln, Nebraska in April-May 2021, and efforts to rally the community around it.
Kevin is an award-winning journalist, film producer and community organizer. He is deputy managing editor of Indian Country Today and was a reporter and editor for the Lincoln Journal Star for 18 years. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Kevin has spent his career documenting the lives, accomplishments and tragedies of Native American people. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of South Dakota and a master's in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The “On Scared Ground” episode featuring Kevin’s story airs on Monday, October 23 at 9:30 pm Eastern Time. Two other stories are featured: artist Colleen New Holy (Oglala Lakota) talks about the judgment heaped on traditional healing through stories of her mother, noted activist and educator Reneé Sans Souci, and her work as an educator preserving Native culture, and Valery Killscrow Copeland (Oglala Lakota) tells a story about her encounter with Bigfoot. “Stories from the Stage” can be seen on WORLD, YouTube, worldchannel.org and the PBS App. Individual stories and exclusive digital content can also be seen on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and on the WORLD YouTube Channel.
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
(00:00:30)
2. Song Title: Fear: Life in a Dozen Years
Artist: BC Camplight
Album: The Last Rotation of Earth (2023)
Label: Bella Union
(00:26:55)
3. Song Title: Loading Zones
Artist: Kurt Vile
Album: Bottle It In (2018)
Label: Matador Records
(00:40:35)
4. Song Title: Intelligence (spoken word)
Artist: John Trudell
Album: DNA : Descendant Now Ancestor (2001)
Label: Effective Records
(00:43:55 )
5. Song Title: What I’ve Seen
Artist: Michael Franti and Spearhead
Album: Yell Fire! (2006)
Label: ANTI-
(00:50:30)
6. Song Title: What’s Going On
Artist: Playing for Change
Album: Playing for Change 3: Songs Around the World (2009)
Label: Playing for Change Records
(00:55:15)
AKANTU INTELLIGENCE
Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse