Hello, relatives! WE'RE BACK! Welcome to Season 7 of All My Relations!

For our first episode of the season, we're hanging out with two fabulous young Native women who are doing something pretty extraordinary. Kinsale Drake (Diné) and Lily Painter (Kiowa and Winnebago) are the brilliant minds behind Indian Girls Book Club, and these girls are on a mission to get Native books into Native hands!
And when I say they're doing the work, I mean they literally loaded up a big pink truck with 10,000 books and drove around Navajo and Hopi communities giving them away. FOR FREE! I mean, come on! How cool is that?!
But this conversation is about so much more than books.

We're talking about what it means to grow up Native and rarely see yourself reflected in the stories you're reading. About the generations of Native poets, writers, and storytellers whose work has shaped us. About the complicated history of Western education in our communities, and the extraordinary possibilities that open up when we tell our own stories.

We get into Indigenous feminisms, literary gatekeeping, the books that changed our lives, our favorite Native authors, some good old-fashioned 49 songs, and why we all need a little more Native romance in our lives!
Kinsale and Lily also share some beautiful poetry, and we talk about their next big dream: a traveling bookmobile bringing thousands more books to Native communities.

I loved this conversation because it reminded me that our communities aren't defined by what we lack. We have knowledge. We have stories. We have each other. And we have generations of brilliant Native writers who have been telling us exactly who we are all along.

So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and come hang with us. We're talking books, kinship, poetry, and the beautiful possibilities of Native storytelling.

Welcome to Season 7, relatives! We're so glad you're here.

P.S. Join the All My Relations Book Club! For $20 a month, we'll send you a book every quarter, and for every person who joins, we're sending free books to Indian Girls Book Club to distribute to Native youth. Reading books AND getting books into the hands of our young people? AMAZING!

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Relatives, we made it to 75 episodes.

For our 75th episode, we’re looking back at the relationships, voices, laughter, hard conversations, and unexpected turns that have shaped All My Relations from the very beginning. We move between the present and the archive, returning to moments with our co-hosts and collaborators and remembering what each of them brought to this space—and what they taught us about making something in relationship.

This episode is less a highlight reel than a reflection on the journey: how the podcast has changed, how we have changed, and how a project rooted in kinship has been carried by many hands. There has been joy, grief, friendship, transition, humor, mistakes, growth, and a whole lot of love along the way.

Seventy-five episodes later, we’re still asking the questions that started it all: What does it mean to be a good relative? What becomes possible when Indigenous people get to tell our own stories, in our own voices? And where do we go from here?

Thank you for listening, for growing with us, and for being one of our relations.

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

Dallas Goldtooth sits down with longtime friend, photographer, wellness educator, author, and Well for Culture co-founder Thosh Collins for an honest conversation about Indigenous masculinity, healing, and accountability.

Together they explore what it means to be Native men in today's world—how colonialism and patriarchy have shaped our communities, the importance of emotional intelligence, fatherhood, ceremony, wellness, and the responsibility men have to create safer, healthier futures for everyone. Along the way, they share stories spanning more than two decades of friendship, laugh about missing teeth and movie theater popcorn, and reflect on the lifelong work of becoming better husbands, fathers, brothers, and community members.

This episode doesn't have all the answers, but it's the kind of conversation that challenges us all to grow.

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Produced by Matika Wilbur

Hosted by Dallas Goldtooth

AV Production & Editing by Pancho Francisco Sánchez

Score by Mato Wayuhi

Artwork by Kitana Connelly

Social Media Management by Mandy Yeahpau

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

When we talk about Native education, we're talking about far more than classrooms.

In this episode of All My Relations, guest host Dallas Goldtooth welcomes longtime friend Sedelta Oosahwee (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Cherokee), Senior Program & Policy Analyst at the National Education Association, for a timely conversation about the future of Native students, tribal sovereignty, and public education.

Together they unpack what Native education actually looks like today, why more than 90% of Native students attend public schools, and what proposed changes to the U.S. Department of Education could mean for tribal nations. They also discuss school choice, the importance of culturally relevant curriculum, supporting Native students and teachers, and why tribal sovereignty is fundamentally different from DEI initiatives.

Along the way, Dallas and Sedelta share hilarious stories from their early 1491s days, reflect on the mentors who changed their lives, and celebrate the Native educators, artists, and storytellers creating a better future for the next generation.

This episode is a reminder that education isn't just about schools—it's about relationships, responsibility, and believing in what's possible.

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Produced by Matika Wilbur

Hosted by Dallas Goldtooth

AV Production & Editing by Pancho Francisco Sánchez

Score by Mato Wayuhi

Artwork & Social Media Management by Mandy Yeahpau

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

In this episode of All My Relations, guest host Dallas Goldtooth sits down with Theresa Sheldon, citizen and elected Secretary of the Tulalip Tribes, for an unfiltered conversation about sovereignty, leadership, and the responsibilities Native nations carry today.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience in tribal policy and governance, Theresa challenges conventional ideas about power and leadership. Together, they discuss tribal responses to immigration enforcement, the limits of colonial government structures, the ongoing fight for jurisdiction and sovereignty, and why elected officials are not always the same as community leaders.

The conversation also explores intergenerational trauma, healing, and what it means to move beyond survival. Theresa reflects on the importance of protecting Native children, rebuilding community wellness, and a question that resonates throughout the episode:

If we're all willing to die for our nations, who is living for them?

This episode is a powerful reflection on Indigenous leadership, accountability, healing, and the work of building strong nations for future generations.

Produced by Matika Wilbur

Hosted by Dallas Goldtooth

AV Production by Pancho Francisco Sánchez

Artwork by Kitana Connelly

Social Media Strategy by Mandy Yeahpau

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

AI data centers are becoming one of the most talked-about development issues in Indian Country, bringing important questions about water, energy, land, and Tribal sovereignty to the forefront.

On this guest-hosted episode of All My Relations, Dallas Goldtooth sits down with Ashley LaMont for a powerful conversation on land, resistance, and the growing threat of AI data centers across Indian Country.

Ashley is the Co-Director of the Department of Sovereignty & Self-Determination at Honor the Earth, she explains how stakeholders are framing AI infrastructure as an economic opportunity for Tribal Nations while these facilities consume enormous amounts of water and energy. Together, they unpack the environmental impacts of AI, the ongoing realities of colonialism, and why Indigenous sovereignty must remain at the center of conversations about technology and development.

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Produced by Matika Wilbur --@matikawilbur

Hosted by Dallas Goldtooth - @dallasgoldtooth

A/V Production & 2nd Edit: Pancho Sánchez -- @videosdelsancho

Music: Mato Wayuhi -- @matowayuhi

Episode Artwork: Kitana Connelly @creatortwahna

1st Edit & Social Media: Mandy Yeahpau @dontguacbloc

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

Dallas welcomes two very special guests to the podcast — his mom, Hope Anne Two Hearts, and his sister, Georgina Drapeau — visiting from the Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota. Spoiler alert: it becomes very clear where Dallas gets his comedic timing from.

In this deeply personal episode, Dallas shines the spotlight on his mom as she reflects on joining AIM, participating in the 1972 takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington, D.C., raising her children on their treaty lands, and dedicating her life to bringing Native women together through ceremony, prayer, and cultural teachings to ensure ancestral ways continue for future generations.

It’s a conversation rooted in love, resistance, family, and community — with plenty of hearty Indigenous laughter along the way.

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Produced by Matika Wilbur --@matikawilbur

Episode Edit & Social Media: Mandy Yeahpau @dontguacbloc

A/V Production and Mastering: Pancho Sánchez -- @videosdelsancho

Scoring: Mato Wayuhi -- @matowayuhi

Episode Artwork: Kitana Connelly @creatortwahna

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

For the first episode of this special guest-hosted series, Dallas Goldtooth welcomes Mark K. Tilsen Jr. a poet, educator, and longtime organizer from Pine Ridge whose work is rooted in resistance and liberation.

Dallas and Mark reflect on their shared experiences at the Standing Rock protests, marking a decade since thousands of Indigenous water protectors gathered to defend land, water, and sovereignty against the Dakota Access Pipeline. What came out of that effort was not only the largest gathering of Natives fighting against a pipeline, but a living blueprint for Indigenous resistance in modern times.

From that foundation, Mark brings us into the present moment, sharing updates from the Twin Cities following the recent ICE surge—an operation that deployed thousands of federal agents, sparked widespread protests, and disrupted communities across Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Together, they explore how the lessons of Standing Rock continue to shape Indigenous resistance today—from frontline organizing to community care. This conversation centers the power of collective action, the importance of showing up for one another, and what it means to build toward liberation in the face of ongoing state violence.

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Produced by Matika Wilbur --@matikawilbur

A/V Production & Editing: Pancho Sánchez -- @videosdelsancho

Scoring: Mato Wayuhi -- @matowayuhi

Episode Artwork: Kitana Connelly @creatortwahna

Social Media: Mandy Yeahpau @dontguacbloc

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Follow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.