02/04/24 - Danny Desjarlais

Danny Desjarlais is Project Manager of Lower Sioux Industrial Hemp Construction at Lower Sioux Community in southwest Minnesota. Danny is a dedicated and experienced Natural Builder with a passion for sustainable construction methods and a commitment to creating eco-friendly structures for Lower Sioux Community members to call home.

Danny says, “We are the original caretakers of this land being Indigenous … we’ve gone so far away from taking care of Mother Earth. We hadn’t grown any plants here since before contact. Once contacted they took all our farming and we hadn’t farmed since we started growing hemp. It’s really quite amazing how it’s been a big full circle moment.”

Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor

Music Selections: 
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) 
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters 
Album: Tahi (1993) 
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) 

2. Song Title: Change 
Artist: Kodi Lee 
Single (2024) 
Label: N/A 

3. Song Title: Osage Oil Boom 
Artist: Robbie Robertson 
Album: Soundtrack from Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 
Label: Sony Masterworks 

4. Song Title: Raglan 
Artist: Bruci Jordan 
Album: Raglan (2019) 
Label: N/A 

5. Song Title: Garden of Love 
Artist: Winston McAnuff & Fix 
Album: A New Day (2013) 
Label: Chapter Two Records 

6. Song Title: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 
Artist: Marvin Gaye 
Album: What’s Going On (1971) 
Label: Tamia 

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