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A Podcast with A Purpose! Tohono O’odham Young Voices Podcast is a show that focuses on sharing tribal topics and stories of Southern Arizona. Whereas the T.O.

We work on educating the public through an indigenous lens, that shares awareness and information from community members’ perspectives. We provide an accessible platform through digital media outlets with open and honest discussions of underrepresented narratives. I've expanded the podcast to the KXCI Community Radio website titled "Cultivating Indigenous Voices." This is a 30 minute podcast show

with the same focus as the Tohono O'odham Young Vocies podcast. Being able to expand the podcast allows me to reach a more broader audience sharing indigenous topics, stories, and involvement in the Tucson community. Young Voices Podcast show is uncensored and gives me more freedom to share whatever topics and music.So it is on this page where I represent and share both podcast shows. Thank you for the support!

20/06/2024

Recording sesh this morning with .land.defenders episode 3 🎙🎚🎧 If you haven't listened to their latest episodes, I highly recommend! Such good information about water and land 👏🏽

28/05/2024

We believe representation matters and that April is an effective advocate for voting rights and racial equity. As community members within’ Southern Arizona we have seen the work and influence April has helped create, while fully enforcing conversations and decision making processes that are important to indigenous communities.

17/05/2024

Today is Raymond Mattia’s 59th birthday. Tomorrow, May 18th is the one year anniversary of his wrongful death by border patrol. We had the privilege of joining his family and community supporters for a press conference as they presented their workings on a wrongful death lawsuit.

We stand in solidarity with the family and applaud their strength and resilience in this tragedy, and we will continue to amplify the voices and stories of those who have also been impacted by border patrol induced violence.

“They want us to give up. This is the next step, but not the last step” - Niece of Raymond

For updates and more information please follow the page “Justice For Raymond Mattia”

14/05/2024

📢Content warning the following contains discussions surrounding experiences with border patrol and graphic descriptions of violence, and even death, that may be triggering, or traumatizing to some audiences. Please take care while listening.

*Content warning the following contains discussions surrounding experiences with border patrol and graphic descriptions of violence, and even death, that may be tri…

05/05/2024

MMIP stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. It is a movement dedicated to combat violence against native people due to the disporportionate rates of violence against our communities and especially women/girls.

Although women and girls bear the brunt of violence and human trafficking, they are not alone in this. This crisis affects individuals of all ages, encompassing men, boys, infants, and the elderly.

To help bring awareness to this crisis, we wanted to share some local resources that may help deepen your understanding of the depth of this issue. In addition, how to get help or get involved.

03/05/2024

Over the past 3 weeks, Tina, Exec. Producer, has been providing guidance, training, & consultation to the San Xavier Allottee Association youth in creating & developing a podcast for the youth to share info. about land & water rights on O'odham land. We're excited for their journey in the world of podcasting 🎙🙌🏽🎚🎛🎤🎧

Picture 1: Tony Burrell, Sonya, Azleya
Picture 2: Sonya & Azleya
Picture 3: Tony Burrell, Azleya, Sonya, & Tina

📸 by Chris Kinsley, SXAA

26/04/2024

Swipe to see what it looked like at the 2024 Tribal Self-Governance Conference at the Gila River Casino & Resort!

Don’t forget to check out our latest episode #42 with Kianna Pete!

We will be releasing the last episode of season 8 soon and we cant wait to hear your feedback! 😌

24/04/2024

New episode out now featuring (Diné) ✨️ This conversation is Hosted by Tina, & Co-hosted with Napolean. Kianna is a scholar, advocate, freelance writer, and Indigenous education & policy researcher from New Mexico. Working with tribes of the southwest, environmental justice organizers, and legal scholars, she promotes Indigenous self-determination and equitable education. Kianna also provides free educational resources on social media about Indigenous organizing around issues of climate change and tribal rights.

18/04/2024

17/04/2024

O'odham Digital Storytelling 🎙

16/04/2024

Shoutout to the podcast team for representing at the 2024 Tribal Self-Governance Conference today thru Thursday 🙌🏽 out in Akimel O'odham and P*e Posh jewed. We will be on a panel titled, "Age of the Pod: Originating Community Storytelling for Digital Listening," sia'lim (tomorrow) 🎙 and we look forward to sharing more this experience with you all in the days to come 😉

07/04/2024

🛴 📢 Indigenous Woman Still Coming Through! We are so happy to have been able to attend Pima County Recorder's Office Gabriella Cázares-Kelly meet and greet fundraising event. We hope that you will join us in supporting her by voting for her in her re-election.

She made history as the first Native American to be elected to a Countywide seat in Pima County in 2020, and has then worked tirelessly to fight for voting accessibility in Native/rural communities and for underrepresented voices in our county.

05/04/2024

We are super grateful for the opportunity to be a Communidad Grant recipient 🫶🏽

CFSA is pleased to announce that 24 nonprofit organizations representing the southern Arizona region have been selected for our first year of Comunidad Grants funding totaling $132,000.

Congratulations to our Comunidad Grantees. We are so proud to support what you do! Read more about our 2024 Comunidad Grants and Grantees at https://cfsaz.org/2024/03/inaugural-comunidad-recipients/

Benson MTB
BeyondDreams
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona
Center for Community Mediation and Facilitation
Changing Lanes Recovery
Community Care Tucson
Community On Wheels
Favor Celestial Community Economic Development Initiative
Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter & Rescues
Tucson Juneteenth Festival
Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue - LOVAR
No Jail Deaths
Oracle Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation
Patagonia Creative Arts Association/Tin Shed Theater
Project Bike Club
Reach For The Stars Non-profit
Rio Rico Community Center
Sagrado Wellness
Sierra Vista Dream Center
South Tucson Community Outreach
Sustainable Tucson
The Land With No Name
T.O. Young Voices Podcast
Tucson Home Sharing

09/03/2024

Before the day ends we wanted to share our appreciation for the women we love and admire in our lives, as well as acknowledge ALL WOMEN 🫶🏽 Feeling the ripple effect of change from women who have and are currently working toward making a difference in the world.

"Women who inspire inclusion don't just advocate for themselves, they advocate for others as well. They mentor, support, and empower other women, creating a ripple effect of positive change."

07/03/2024

We are so happy to have environmentalist DeShawn Davis as a guest to speak about his work as a Next Generation Ranger at Saguaro National Park and his involvement in Eco Truths for Indigenous Youth.

The critical role we have as Native/Indigenous people to protect sacred sights, nature, animals, etc. is important especially when working in the National Park Service and we are so grateful to know that such passionate and dedicated individuals like Deshawn are taking part in these spaces.

Listen in to learn more about his work in exploring traditional O’odham Jewedga (O’odham lands) in Southern Arizona. 🌵

04/03/2024

The Spring 2024 internship for EcoTruths for Indigenous Youth is now open! This internship is for Indigenous youth who are interesting in connecting with Earth, each other & themselves. Sign up @ https://ironwoodtreeexperience.org/community/projects/ecotruths-for-indigenous-youth-2/

23/02/2024

Screenshot 📱your answers & tag us 🤳🏽 on a story or post 😉 Let's practice speaking our O'odham ñeok!

Never forget that, when speaking 🗣 try not to let any mistakes discourage you from continuing on your language journey 🫶🏽

21/02/2024

09/02/2024

Need some new podcast recommendations?

Check out the TOYV team recs! 🎧
Swipe to see our current top 3 favorites that have peaked our interests in a range of captivating conversations 🌟

Feel free to leave your own recommendations in the comments we’d love to hear from you all!

22/01/2024

We are so happy to announce a new collaboration with the Mexican American Heritage and History Museum, thanks to Alisha Vasquez, co-director of the museum. 🎉

Today we had the pleasure of joining Alisha on a tour of the museum, also known as the Sosa-Carrillo House.

We are so grateful to be apart of this project where we will be working with Alisha to create an exhibit that displays and recognizes Tohono O’odham history and our connections to the land.

16/01/2024

We are honored to be a part of the work!!

We’re so excited to share that The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded funds to our a new ClimateLore initiative, an oral history project to document climate risk, loss, and adaptation in two desert regions of the US-Mexico borderlands. This version of ClimateLore is a partners...

30/11/2023

Join us in Episode 40 as we dive deep into the intersecting worlds of Indigenous issues and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Tina Andrew, Executive Producer, and co-host Napoleon Marrietta lead a dynamic discussion, bringing together a diverse panel of experts. Guests Dr. Christopher Wise, a seasoned professor and Amy Juan, a Tohono O’odham community member add both academic depth and firsthand experiences to our conversation. Altogether uncovering striking parallels between the O'odham and Palestinian lifestyles and experiences living within' a militarized environment.

Photo Credit: Amy Juan

10/11/2023

As former members of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), the team wanted to acknowledge the importance and legacy of AISES! Recently, podcast team member Bre had the opportunity to attend the 2023 conference held in Spokane, Washington.

“For my first time going to an AISES conference, I was absolutely blown away by the ambition of the people I met there and it was so inspiring overall to see our people come together to learn and support one another. In this post I wanted to highlight a few scholars I met who shared their experiences with us, thank you all!” - Bre

08/11/2023

New Episode! "Ep. 39 Mato Wayuhi"

Episode 39 was co-hosted by Bre, Tina, and Mia with special guest https://matowayuhi.net/. Mato is Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge rez in South Dakota. He is mostly known as a multidisciplinary artist who composes his own music, raps, and is brining...

Episode 39 was co-hosted by Bre, Tina, and Mia with special guest https://matowayuhi.net/. Mato is Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge rez in South Dakota.…

06/11/2023

A short film review by Collette (Diné/Salish and Kootenai), who watched the film titled "Beyond All Boundaries: Our Land, Our Water," one of many films featured at the Native Voices In Film event today at the Loft Cinema in Tucson, AZ.
Click on link to learn more: https://critfilms.org/film2/

03/11/2023

Fun fact! Our latest guest Mato was the composer for all 3 seasons of Reservation Dogs. The soundtrack to the final season is out now!

Reservation Dogs season 3 soundtrack is out now 🫶🏼🎶 music by moi

29/10/2023

🎤 Tomorrow we will have special guest Mato Wayuhi 😆 on the podcast, who played "Young Bucky" in Reservation Dogs season 3 🎥🎬 He is also a badass music composer/artist 🎶
If you would like to be a part of the audience and watch the video/audio recording during the interview, click on the link below 👇🏽
https://riverside.fm/studio/t-o--young-voices/

29/10/2023

New Episode! "Ep. 38 Meet Dr. J, O'odham Scholar"

This episode is co-hosted by Tina and Napolean with guest Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan (Tohono O'odham). Tune in as we take a deep dive into Dr. J’s dissertation research and background in journalism. She is from Wa:k Ceksan (San Xavier District) of the...

This episode is co-hosted by Tina and Napolean with guest Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan (Tohono O'odham). Tune in as we take a deep dive into Dr. J’s disser…

13/06/2023

We are currently working on doing a live episode featuring 2 team members and guest(s) discussing shared experiences in education.

Click on link to fill out survey form and share your experiences with us!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPng94h1saANLTNrVplade1x8j7PMi1nLeQQU9my_qIBo2fQ/viewform

08/06/2023

💥New Team Member💥
Join us in welcoming our newest member LaMia Lopez! Her role will be to help manage and produce content for our TikTok account, along with getting an experience in various aspects of the podcast! Photos share a glimpse of Mia's life that surrounds family/siblings.

The student intern position is a 6-month internship experience with the team where folks learn the behind the scenes of podcasting, networking & meeting new people, relationship building, etc.

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Shawn Spruce, Host of @nativeamericacalling, shared some great information about the impacts of Natice Storytelling as well as a separate presentation about addressing the need for financial literacy at the Native Broadcast Summit. Exec. Producer Tina got the opportunity to attend and spent some time with Shawn today. We hope you enjoy this special message from him! #nativebroadcasting #nativeamericacalling #shawnspruce #nativestorytelling #koahnicbroadcastcorporation

Today, as we drove on O'odham lands, we came across one of the original Integrated Fixed Towers (IFTs), Elbit America, of the Israel-based Elbit Systems. In the following weeks, we will be sharing more info. in regards to a potential increased funding in 2025 for CBP to upgrade and add additional IFTs across the U.S./Mexico border, which includes fully integrated systems through artificial intelligence (AI). Three companies will supply the towers: Advanced Technology Systems, General Dynamics, and Elbit America. What this means for the T.O. Nation, we're not quite sure yet. #integratedfixedtowers #cbpsurveillance #elbitowers #oodhamborderlands #borderlands

S-keg Uam Masad! We’ve had such an eventful month and are so excited to share with you what we’ve learned and how we are going to move forward with these experiences.

Thanks to Ricki McCarroll, Founder + CEO / NUNA, for inviting the podcast team to the 2024 Tribal Self-Governance Conference to sit on a panel discussion and be a part of the first of its kind Digital Storytelling Room 🎙🙌🏽🙂🫶🏽

🛴 📢 Indigenous Woman Still Coming Through! We are so happy to have been able to attend Pima County Recorder's Office Gabriella Cázares-Kelly meet and greet fundraising event. We hope that you will join us in supporting her by voting for her in her re-election. She made history as the first Native American to be elected to a Countywide seat in Pima County in 2020, and has then worked tirelessly to fight for voting accessibility in Native/rural communities and for underrepresented voices in our county.

Hostess with the mostess lol eeee jk but today's event was fun meeting new people and long time/new listeners of the podcast 🫶🏽🎙 got to do some stickers exchanges with other O'odham, thank you! Shout to @alianzaindigenasinfronteras for the invite and to @flowers_and_bullets for sharing their space 👏🏽 🙌🏽 ✨️

On an upcoming episode, we will feature young environmentalist DeShawn Davis (O'odham/Mexican/African American). He is a part of the Eco Truths for Indigenous Youth group. What is an EcoTruth? It is a connection & understanding of the natural world guided by an intertribal & multigenerational team to support the youth's vision. DeShawn is also a Next Gen. Ranger working for Saguaro Nat'l Park in East Scukson (tucson). He discusses the benefits & challenges that lye within the realm of working for the Nat'l Park Service.

A short film review by Collette (Diné/Salish and Kootenai), who watched the film titled "Beyond All Boundaries: Our Land, Our Water," one of many films featured at the Native Voices In Film event today at the Loft Cinema in Tucson, AZ. Click on link to learn more: https://critfilms.org/film2/

Thank you so much to the Artist-At-Work program for the opportunity to collaborate with O’odham harvester Tanisha Tucker-Lohse. This video highlights the podcast and Tanisha’s work through traditional foods and harvesting.

Today we interviewed Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan aka Dr. J 😀 . It was a good conversation, where she talked about her journey doing her dissertation on the history of land and water in Wa:k (San xavier) community, her journalism journey, and her time as a teacher. Stay tuned for the release of the full episode soon! #dissertation #nativepodcast #oodhampodcast #landandwater #sanxavier #tohonooodham

Everyday is a good day to be Indigenous! #idp #indigenouspeoplesday #oodham

Join us as we celebrate the power of voices! Today is a special day to share our journey as a podcast with the masses! Join us right now during a live episode on our page and YouTube Channel @toyoungvoices #internationalpodcastday #tohonooodham #nativepodcast #indigenousvoices #southernaz #oodhamvoices

Happy International Podcast Day1

Join us as we celebrate the Power of Voices on this special day!

Thanks to @az.illustrated for creating an amazing short piece highlighting Gertie's background in waila music 🎶 I was so happy & surprised to see a short clip that included my late Grandpa Lester Vavages (bat) who was an original member of the Gu-Achi Fiddlers of the Tohono O’odham Nation. He also played alongside Gerties dad the late Augustine Lopez Sr. (bat). This was such a great video 📹 #azillustrated #gertielopez #gertieandthetoboyz #tohonooodham #wailamusic #oodhamfiddlemusic

Thanks again to Stevie Ray Vavages for joining Exec. Producer Tina on a live episode yesterday! Check out the interview in its entirety on our YouTube Channel @toyoungvoices 🤘🏽🎧🎤🎶📱💻

Student intern Mia created this video making mesquite pancakes 🥞 utilizing the wihog cu:i (mesquite flour) & recipe we got from the @sanxaviercoop #mesquitepods #mesquitepancakes #mesquitefood #mesquitetree #mesquiteharvesting

“Check out Episode 33: Native Education Experience! This episode was co-hosted by podcast team members Napolean and Bre, featuring specials guests Monique Harvey, UCOD Graduate Student, and Crystal Miller, Manager of Tribal and Direct Services of the Native Nations Institute. Together we discuss the unique challenges and milestones from our own personal and professional experiences navigating through the world of academia as Native students. You can watch the full episode on our YT channel Tohono O’odham Young Voices.”

Early this morning, we visited Tanisha & Maria at the bahidaj camp to harvest & learn about the bahidaj kaij. Next week we'll take learn about making the sitol (syrup). Tanisha has been a great teacher and mentor for us!

Native Education Experience

Join us on our first live video! Co-hosted by Bre and Napoleon, they will be discussing Native education experiences with special guests Monique Harvey, UCOD Graduate Student, and Crystal Miller, Manager of Tribal and Direct Services of the NNI.

Celebrating The Ha:sañ Bahidaj, The O'odham New Year! Wishing you all good blessings & a prosperous new year! Voice-over by: Mia (Student Intern) #oodhamnewyear #hasanbakmasad #saguarofruitharvest #harvesting #newyearcelebration #sonorandesert

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To my knowledge this is the first O’odham podcast show which began in 2016!

I’m a tribal member of the Tohono O'odham Nation who grew up in the villages of Ghaka and Ak-Chin and currently reside in Chukson (Tucson). I was inspired to create a podcast where I could have some discussions on good music & local topics within the native community. Also, interested in networking, building relationships & interviewing locals who are active in their communities. In 2016 I created Tohono O’odham Young Voices Podcast focusing more on telling O’odham stories, history, politics, culture, etc. Since that time I've expanded the podcast to KXCI Community Radio titled "Cultivating Indigenous Voices." This is a 30 minute podcast show with the same focus to reach a more broader audience sharing indigenous topics, histories, stories, and community involvement in Chukson (Tucson).

So not to cause any confusion I currently host and produce both podcasts on two different platforms. Whereas the T.O. Young Voices Podcast show is uncensored and gives me more freedom to share whatever topics and music based on Spreaker.com, a podcast hosting site. So it is on this page where I represent and share both podcast shows. Thank you for the support and for tuning in!

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