The MAGDALENA MAGAZINE Podcast

May 4-8 are National days of awareness for Missing and Murdered People in America. A crisis that has in many ways continued ongoing violence towards American Indians since contact. America's Native population makes up 2% of the population but experiences 40% of the missing and murdered peoples cases. Join Michelle Magdalena in an informative interview with Indigenous Justice Director Morning Star Gali who I met at the Monterey MMIP Training Conference organized by Supporting Indigenous Communities Group in Monterey California. Learn more about Indigenous Justice and donate at https://indigenousjustice.org/about-usLearn more about the MMIP Awareness in the RESTORATION MAGAZINE produced by the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center at https://www.niwrc.org/restoration-magazineFind more information about Shylah Ray Sunshine at https://www.shylahraysunshine.com/music/Learn more about Magdalena Magazine and subscribe for issue 3 at https://www.magdalenamag.com/Thank you for listening, Michelle Magdalena Maddox 

California's wildfires are being experienced at a whole new level, tearing through communities in Los Angeles and leaving 1,000's with no home. The effects are unfathomable and it is important more than ever to come together as a community.  Join Magdalena in a nourishing conversation to inspire hope, healing and tend to grief with artist and druid monk, Elizabeth Murray. As a professional artist, teacher and lecturer Elizabeth's work has toured the world with Claude Monet's exhibits, teaching anyone who will listen how to be in kinship with gardens, forests and nature as a way of life. Our conversation is an invitation to join Elizabeth for a weekend of community workshops to nourish the soul and tend to the grief of change with song, music and art at the Pacific Grove Art Center on January 25th 2-4pm and the 26th 1-4pm.All are welcome to join locally and enjoy the podcast as a taste of her free gathering welcome to all. with kindness, Magdalena 

 Alex White Plume is Oglala Lakota and the husband of Deborah White Plume, a well known Water Protector and Activist. The Oglala Lakota are the tribe that is supporting the Trail of Truth Ride with the horsemanship and support that Muwekma Tribe needed to get across the country.  Alex speaks about returning the ceremonies to the Lakota People after generations of religious occupation with residential schools when their ceremonies were illegal on Pine Ridge Reservation. We also speak about the the current status of building a hemp crop and industry on Pine Ridge where the unemployment rate is 85%. There are some fun synchronicities within his connections to Germany and the hemp world, Alex is kind, jovial and wonderful to listen to. I hope you enjoy this episode. 

The Bay Area Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is not a horse nation, so how is it they came to ride across the US for their Trail of Truth? Joey Fist of Hearts explains the story of how he came to ask the Oglala Lakota to support him in his tribes prayer for federal recognition with two trailers full of horses and a family members to take them from San Francisco to Washington DC. Support the Muwekma at https://www.muwekma.org/

On my birthday, August 4th, the native tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Muwekma Ohlone people embarked on a journey of justice to gain Federal Recognition of their tribe as first nations people. I had a chance to interview the tribal Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh a few days before they took off on their journey across the US from San Francisco to Washington DC on HORSEBACK! I was honored to gather with them in Solidarity for their spring ceremony but I did not expect to be shutting down the golden gate bridge with a protest. Please support the Muwekma Ohlone by visiting their website to sign a petition or make a donation at https://www.muwekma.org/

The Sustainable Fashion Series continues with Lewis Perkins of the Apparel Impact Institute. Lewis has been working with large fashion labels for a decade to meet carbon emissions targets and workshop reduced impact on the planet. Our discussion with him can help us get oriented to the positive opportunities ahead and realize our part in the play and take responsibility for our choices. 

Javiera Estrada is a Los Angeles based artist who has been well known for her photography and collage art but her new inspiration was sparked by the fashion industry's toll on the environment and her natural ability to think creatively!METAL RAT- is Javiera's new line of upcyled one of a kind-hand painted vintage jackets and accessories that have caught Bohypsian's eye. This interview with Javiera will spark your own creative urges and give you a sense of possibility and FUN!

I am honored to introduce my Maddox Haberdasher, my founding partner in the Juneteenth Coalition, a new team of activists on the Monterey Peninsula who formed out of natural synergy to celebrate and uplift black lives and issues in an effort to create equity for the descendants of slaves in our community and beyond . Maddox and I speak about the initial idea which came after the murder of George Floyed in the midst of a rising Black Lives Matter movement in America and an unprecedented pandemic in the modern world. Our history together as co-hosts of events in the community come up in story as well as our intentions and visions for a growing celebration of blackness in the heart of privilege. 

Join us for a Heavy Nettle Gathering!Based in Southern California, Kelsey Barrett is a clinical herbalist that focuses on relational herbalism. Kelsey is a creative with a big mission, in the past, she has done policy work for women in New York, worked with fashion lines such as Ann Taylor and is currently co-creating a new secret project.In this podcast we discuss, re-cultivating our connection to community, our ancestors, Big Sur as an apex ecosystem, and the power of plants of course!To book a wellness session with Kelsey:www.heavynettle.com/sessions

Join us for a meditative blessing as we journey around the sacred hoop of life with Tom Little Bear, The Esselen Nation Tribal Chief Little Bear prays that as creators, we choose to walk the beauty road.He asks that we work together as a village to bring balance back to the land and to come up with ways to slow the tourism down in Big Sur- keeping Big Sur Wild!He also discusses the Esselen’s tribe's role in protecting the Ventana land from dams & peak developments as well as satellites and transmission lines.Visit the Esselen Tribes website at: https://www.esselentribe.org