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The makers of the new film “Gather” assert that Native food rights are human rights and food helps keep Native people connected to culture. The film tells personal stories of food warriors from the White Mountain Apache, Yurok and Lakota nations that exemplify the importance of maintaining Indigenous foods in the face of centuries of colonial efforts to break that connection. The film, directed by Sanjay Rawal, is a New York Times Critic’s Pick. We’ll speak with Rawal and some of the film’s subjects about their work and how it strengthens Indigenous food sovereignty.
Guests:
Elsie DuBray (Oohenunpa, Lakota, Nueta and Hidatsa) – student at Stanford University
Samuel Gensaw III (Yurok) – vice chairman of the Yurok tribes Natural resource committee, and founding director of Ancestral Guard
Sanjay Rawal – documentary filmmaker
Twila Cassadore (San Carlos Apache Tribe) – cultural project assistant for the San Carlos Apache Tribe
Torey Dolan (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) – Indian legal clinic native vote fellow at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law – Indian Legal Program at Arizona State University
Break 1 music: Duck and Dive (song) Black Thunder Singers (artist) Black Thunder (album)
Break 2 music: Chant (song) Mihana (artist) One Little Dream (album)
