The Fight for Our Existence Podcast
1) What We Carry: Pomo Dance, Regalia, and Responsibility with Batsulwin Brown - 36
In this episode, I sit down with my cousin Batsulwin Brown, someone I’ve been dancing with since we were little. We reflect on our lifelong connection to Pomo ceremony, what it means to wear regalia w...Show More
2) From Sulphur Bank Mine to Oak Flat - Episode 35
This episode draws a line from the past to the present. From the mercury contaminated waters of Elem Indian Colony on shores of Clearlake, where I grew up near the Sulphur Bank Mine, to the proposed ...Show More
3) The Countdown has Begins: Oak Flat, ICE Raids, Apache Independence Day, and Juneteenth - Episode 34
In this episode of Fight for Our Existence, it opens with the recent ICE raids sweeping through the country, We then honor Apache Independence Day (June 18) with a short reflection on the history and ...Show More
4) They Refused to Hear Us: Oak Flat and the Fight for Sacred Land - Episode 33
The fight for Oak Flat isn’t over. In this episode, I reflect on the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the Apache Stronghold case, share a personal story about my daughter’s ceremony on sacred land, and...Show More
5) Apache Stronghold: A Halted Land Transfer, A Continued Fight - Episode 32
In this episode, I sit down with my family, Apache Stronghold members to talk about the recent federal court decision temporarily halting the transfer of Oak Flat (Chi'chil Biłdagoteel) to a multinati...Show More
6) Voices for Oak Flat: Apache Stronghold in Court, May 7, 2025 - Episode 31
On May 7, 2025, Apache Stronghold returned to federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, in the ongoing fight to protect Oak Flat—Chi’chil Biłdagoteel—from destruction by Resolution Copper. I was there, along...Show More
7) The Oak Flat Fight with Naelyn Pike - Episode 30
In this episode of Fight 4 Our Existence, we have a powerful conversation with my niece Naelyn Pike, a Chiricahua Apache youth leader and lifelong defender of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, also known as Oak F...Show More
8) Defending Chi'chil Bildagoteel: Wendsler Nosie on the Fight for Oak Flat - Episode 29
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Wendsler Nosie Sr. of Apache Stronghold to discuss the latest developments in the legal battle to protect Oak Flat, known to the Apache as Chi'chil Bildagote...Show More
9) Missing but Not Forgotten: An MMIP Family’s Fight - Episode 28
In this episode of Fight 4 Our Existence, we shed light on an urgent Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) case. We share the story of the missing, the impact on their loved ones, and the ongo...Show More
10) A discussion with Morning Star Gali, a proud member of the Ajumawi Band of the Pit River Tribe in Northern California - Episode 27
I had the privilege of sitting down with Morning Star Gali to discuss a variety of pressing Native issues today. We talked about her roots in the Bay Area, the Alcatraz Sunrise Gathering, the fight to...Show More