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A chorus of resilient voices have united through song and spoken word to push back against the pervasive issue of gender and sexual violence that challenges our communities. The compilation CD “Spirit Line: Woven Together for Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives,” features artistic compositions from different Indigenous nations. We’ll visit with those behind the project to find out how they hope their artistic expressions will create more awareness on the issue of our stolen relatives.
Guests:
Annita Luchessi (Southern Cheyenne descendant) – PhD student at the University of Arizona and the executive director of Sovereign Bodies Institute
Dr. Christina Castro (Jemez Pueblo/Taos Pueblo/Chicana) – Founder/Three Sisters Collective
Clara Natonabah (Diné/Dutch) – singer and songwriter
Anja Soto (Diné/Japanese) – singer and songwriter
Break 1 Music: Say Her Name (song) Spirit Line Collective (artist) Spirit Line: Woven Together For Our Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives (album)
Break 2 Music: Talking with Grandmothers (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Kikāwiynaw (album)
In gratitude for your efforts to tell us the truth. I am from the east coast where our consciousness is consumed with the inhumanity of the slave trade and its aftermath. To hear and be reminded of the suffering and pain and inhumanity inflicted upon our indigenous peoples was the other half of the whole picture of the immigrant legacy of power and greed. I was not born here in US but I am white and therefore walk in privilege. Annita, Christina, Clara, Anja – thank you – you are helping us learn and rise up. Spirit Line is so beautiful, and a reminder that the path is still available to those who choose to be brave and walk with the fear