The Voice Your Ancestors Gave You - with Darren Perry

Darren Parry, former chairman of the Northwestern Band Shoshone Nation, on Bear River Massacre, indigenous wisdom, male leadership, service, brotherhood, and reconnecting men to purpose.What does it actually mean to lead? Not manage, not dominate, but lead. Darren Parry has spent his life carrying that answer.Darren is the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, an educator at Utah State University, and the author of the Bear River Massacre of Shoshone history. That book started with his grandmother, the tribal historian for their people. When she passed before she could finish it, Darren picked it up and carried it home.In this conversation we go deep on what indigenous culture understood about men and community that our modern world has slowly walked away from. Darren talks about the difference between hierarchical power and a circle of responsibility, what it means to build intergenerational bonds with your family before it's too late, the courage it takes to stand up for something even when the odds are against you, and the simple question his grandmother asked him as a boy that redefined what leadership actually looks like.His closing answer about eagle feathers and what it means to go be a chief is one of the best moments we've had on this show.CHAPTERS:00:00 Introduction01:23 Darren's background and Shoshone history03:54 The Bear River Massacre06:13 What indigenous men knew about responsibility09:26 How to rebuild intergenerational bonds12:45 Oral history, elders, and the library that burns14:10 Running for Congress to give a people a voice18:18 Go be a chief — the eagle feather story📩 Get The One Thing — a weekly note from Mark every time a new episode drops: https://bit.ly/4eIs6gf☑ Find us most everywhere! https://linktr.ee/kneetoknee#HumanConnection #AuthenticConnections #WellnessJourney