Episode description

Our second episode brings you stories from across the country and unpacks issues related to COVID-19 and Indian Country. IllumiNative Executive Director Crystal Echo Hawk speaks again with Indian Country Today Editor, Mark Trahant, about the importance of data collection and reporting. We’ll also hear from artists who are struggling to make ends meet due to canceled exhibitions and slowing sales as well as how marketplace organizers are adapting in the age of COVID-19. We check in with the Seattle-based and Native-owned retailer 8th Generation about how they have pivoted their operations to supply PPE to the Seattle Indian Health Board. Hear from one of the directors of the Adopt-An-Elder Program on the Navajo Nation and how they are adapting to new regulations while still supporting Navajo elders.

Produced By: Allison Herrera (Xolon Salinan), Jana Schmieding (Mniconjou Lakota), Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee)

Series Producer: Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Hunkpapa Lakota)

Associate Producer: Lincoln Cornshucker (Cherokee)

Executive Producer: Heather Rae

Title Music: Samantha Crain (Choctaw)