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Native fathers by marriage sometimes have to work a little harder to make sure they fulfil their end of the parenting partnership. Step parents often have to navigate complicated relationship situations like shared child custody, ex-husbands, and divided parent loyalty.
GUESTS
Bruce Savage (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa band member), owner and operator of Spirit Lake Native Farms
Troy Watlamet (Yakama Nation Tribal Member from the Klickat Cayuse Band), stepfather
Halo Tomma (Yakama, Wanapum, North Thompson, and Flathead), daughter
William Penn (Squaxin Island Tribe and Quileute Tribe), program facilitator with Native Wellness Institute
Break 1 music: Friends (song) Henry Kapono, Alx, Blayne, Kalani, Kimie, Paula & Tavana (artists) The Songs of C & K (album)
Break 2 music: Gathering Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)
I just wanted to thank Halo’s mother and my wife Jeanette Watlamet: a huge thank you for allowing me the chance to be a father to Halo and our other children Rowdy and Cody and Wiley and my older children, Allanah and Darrel. I wanted to thank them on the show but I was on the plane. Thank you Andi and anyone else involved in the show.