FIFTEEN Reclaiming Native Truth
The work of photographers like Thomas Ryan RedCorn and Zig Jackson are working to reclaim native truth from the stereotypes of Edward Curtis and the movie industry.
FOURTEEN The Bald Eagle
A bald eagle terrifies Minnie and sparks an account of the significance of eagles to Indigenous peoples and of the existential threat of wind turbines.
THIRTEEN National Peanut Butter Day
We celebrate National Peanut Butter Day, calculate calories and meet George Washington Carver at Tuskegee.
TWELVE At Night the Salmon Move
After a hash brown breakfast cup, the story continues with the removal of the dams on the Elwha and the task of managing 32 million tons of slurry. Washington State weighs in with a strategy for carbon neutrality by 2050.
ELEVEN Redemption Song
Raymond Carver as inspiration for country musicians. Redemption and the first part of the story of the Klallam people.
TEN Took Away Our Native Tongue
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young: our new sound system and a look at Indigenous languages
NINE Ancient Rhinos
The Race Marshal catches a ghost shark and I tell the story of the extinct American rhino and the bas relief at Ashfall.
EIGHT Minnie and the Killer Whale
Minnie spots a killer whale – one of the orcas of the Salish Sea. We hear about the Chinook of the Fraser River and sonar testing by the US Navy.
SEVEN The Good in All of the Bad
A tweet from the Navajo Nation’s Health Department Director starts a chain of thought through Indigenous peoples’ suffering to the extraordinary kindness of the Irish.
SIX Woolly Dogs
I make marrons glaces and am burnt by hot syrup. Barking dogs on the shore lead to a conversation about dog wool.
