# Cutcha Risling Baldy

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Episode #47: Jessica Cattelino

For this episode, Cameo and Tim caught up with Professor Jessica Cattelino of the University of California Los Angeles. Jessica is a sociocultural anthropologist who has worked extensively with Seminole people of Florida in the United States. Her first book High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and …

The Battle to Belong: Part I (ep 296)

Summer is back and so is MEDIA INDIGENA's Summer Series, our compendia of conversations collected and connected from over the past six years, coming up on 300 episodes of the podcast. Our first two shows of the summer are all about belonging, a subject neither dull nor academic for Indigenous peopl…

Now Give It Back: Indigenized Futures & the Land Back Movement with Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy

Land Back, the movement to return the stolen lands of the USA, also known as Turtle Island, to the original Indigenous peoples who inextricably belong to them, has been accelerating for some time now. Indigenous peoples have "lost" roughly 99% of the lands they once inhabited, according to a 2021 d…

Cabrillo College Name Change: The Impacts of Colonization on Native Americans

The Cabrillo College name change process has inspired both admiration and divisiveness.  Amidst the controversy, the core reasons impelling the name change are often sidelined. On the Talk of the Bay Monday, August 14, Christine Barrington features excerpts from the April 2021 Cabrillo College Comm…

We Are Dancing for You - with author Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy

Amy is joined by Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy to discuss her book We Are Dancing For You as well as the violent legacy of settler colonialism in California and how Indigenous women are reclaiming their traditions. Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy  is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Native Americ…

Indigenized Futures & the Land Back Movement with Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy

First we share a report from Yurok country, in the Pacific Northwest. The largest dam removal in U.S. history has entered a critical phase, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs on the Klamath River, with members of the Yurok Tribe leading the effort. We use this as an example of why Indigenous pe…

Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 4 (ep 369)

ON THIS EPISODE: BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods—part four, featuring the back half of "Storytellers Without Borders," the lead-off session on BFF's second day, where close to 40 scholars, journalists and experts gathered to discuss Indigenous climate narratives last October at UBC. Returning with thei…

Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 12 (ep 377)

ON THIS EPISODE… Part 12 of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods, our extended climate series based on a three-day gathering of Indigenous journalists, scholars and experts we co-convened last fall at UBC. And at the tail-end of BFF's second day, we set aside time for participants to pause and reflect on a…

Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 14 (ep 383)

ON THIS EPISODE: Part 14 of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods, as we return to all original recordings from our series on Indigenous climate narratives, rooted in a 3-day gathering of journalists, scholars and experts at UBC in late 2025. Here, we launch BFF's third day with a session entitled 'Lens Bac…