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Women Around the World: Sarah Eagle Heart · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Andy and Samantha and welcome to Stephane
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  Speaker 1: Never Told your production of iHeartRadio. Oh and we as
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  Speaker 1: we have rounded our wonderful month long celebration of Halloween
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  Speaker 1: and all things spooky, we are now coming into the
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  Speaker 1: month of Devena. I guess we've been in the month
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  Speaker 1: of November for about a week now, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a little behind. That's pretty usual. And we here
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  Speaker 1: in the US are entering into Native American Heritage Month
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  Speaker 1: and we wanted to celebrate that because you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: really big about talking about Indigenous voices and especially Indigenous
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  Speaker 1: women who oftentimes are not seen or have been erased
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  Speaker 1: or have been ignored, and we don't like that. We
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  Speaker 1: will not allow that, and therefore we will celebrate these
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  Speaker 1: amazing women. And we are starting with Sarah Ego Heart,
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  Speaker 1: who is a part of Emmy legacy. Now I think
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember, Annie, Yes, have you ever won
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  Speaker 1: an Emmy? I've won my own version. Yeah, for it
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  Speaker 1: was for my marvelous uh acting in what we call
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  Speaker 1: shower alone time seeds with any You never did that
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  Speaker 1: in the shower You won like an award and it
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  Speaker 1: was your shampoo bottle. No. See, this is where I
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  Speaker 1: think I'm abnormal because I did not have the childhood imagination.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing things like that and I think, like, normally
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  Speaker 1: would I've never had that. But I love this and
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  Speaker 1: I kind of want to re enactment of one of them.
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  Speaker 1: I want to hear the thank you speech. Would I
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  Speaker 1: be a part of practiced it? Oh? Oh yeah, Okay, okay.
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  Speaker 1: Because I know you're eventually gonna win an Emmy. I
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  Speaker 1: know it's going to happen in that. But for today,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to talk about Sarah eagle Heart, who did
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  Speaker 1: actually win an Emmy, who was raised in the Oglala
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  Speaker 1: Lakota tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota,
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  Speaker 1: and if her name again sounds familiar, there are may
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  Speaker 1: be a few reasons for that, including the fact she
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  Speaker 1: was one of the organizers for the Women's March a
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  Speaker 1: few years ago, so it was a really big key
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  Speaker 1: proponent into trying to make the Women's March a little
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  Speaker 1: more diverse and inclusive, as well as the fact that, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she won an Emmy for Crow the Legend, which also
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  Speaker 1: featured John Legend, who was a voice Oprah Winfrey and constance. Woo.
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  Speaker 1: It's like an eighteen minute animation. I really want to watch.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know where it's available, but I really want
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  Speaker 1: to watch it because apparently it's beautifully done. Again, there's
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  Speaker 1: some phenomenal actors here as well as Eagle Heart, who
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  Speaker 1: plays the moon apparently. But yes, so if you have
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  Speaker 1: sing it, please let us know because I want to.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know where I can stream it. I
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  Speaker 1: guess I could just buy it. Yeah. Yeah, and if
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  Speaker 1: we do find it, we were talking about doing my
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  Speaker 1: name any on it, discussing it. Yeah, I definitely want
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  Speaker 1: to watch it. Eagle Heart has been an activist for
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  Speaker 1: quite some time, including protesting her neighboring school for their
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  Speaker 1: appropriative homecoming ceremony in which they quote recreated a ceremony
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  Speaker 1: with medicine men, warrior princess and a big chief. And yes,
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  Speaker 1: it was done by white students most of the time, right.
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  Speaker 1: Apparently it was like a neighboring schools to her reservation
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  Speaker 1: and they're like, what is happening? Wait? And this was
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  Speaker 1: before social media, which was a little it's a little
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  Speaker 1: easier to hold people accountable. But she and her friends
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  Speaker 1: and her sister were able to go and be like, hey, y'all,
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  Speaker 1: you'll need to quit um and as it was able
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  Speaker 1: to put a stop to it. So that's incredible scene.
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  Speaker 1: And I can't imagine being a teenager to actually do that,
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  Speaker 1: especially not at my own school. That's amazing. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but just being able to be an activist at teenage
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  Speaker 1: years as phenomenal. Um And Yeah, she continued in her
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  Speaker 1: fight to advocate for the indigenous community. She's been working
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  Speaker 1: internationally to seek social and environmental justice. Also she's done
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  Speaker 1: it within her own church and community. As we talked about,
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  Speaker 1: she actually worked within the Episcopalian Church to become the
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  Speaker 1: first major denomination to denounce the doctrine of Discovery, which,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't know, was a doctrine that advocated for
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  Speaker 1: the quote superiority of people's or individuals on the basis
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  Speaker 1: of national origin or race or racial, religious, ethnic, or
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  Speaker 1: cultural differences. And this actually legitimized the colonization of indigenous
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  Speaker 1: people around the world and unsurprisingly also dehumanized and exploited
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  Speaker 1: the indigenous people. Yeah, also still exists today and can
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  Speaker 1: be seen in different doctrines, even in court cases in
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  Speaker 1: the US, which makes me nauseous. I hate that Yeah. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: She has continued her advocacy as a social justice storyteller,
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  Speaker 1: sharing her knowledge of her community, culture and traditions to
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  Speaker 1: educate and bring positive change, and she was able to
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  Speaker 1: do so with her involvement in the short film Crow
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  Speaker 1: the Legend. She says about the film, the power behind
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  Speaker 1: the piece is an authentic cultural and storytelling process conducted
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  Speaker 1: with integrity. Native perspectives were included from the very beginning,
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  Speaker 1: and we were invited to tell our own stories rather
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  Speaker 1: than having others tell them for us. The themes of
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  Speaker 1: Crow the Legend sacrifice, inclusivity, and community. Eagle Heart has
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  Speaker 1: had many things on her plate, including being co founder
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  Speaker 1: of the Indigenous Women Rise, which was formed in two
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  Speaker 1: seventeen as part of the Women's March on Washington. As
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  Speaker 1: we talked about, and she continues to work to advocate
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  Speaker 1: for the advancement of Indigenous people's rights and to raise
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  Speaker 1: awareness for issues and needs within the indigenous community. She
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  Speaker 1: recently served as the CEO of Native Americans in Philanthropy,
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  Speaker 1: which quote promotes equitable and effective philanthropy in Native communities
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  Speaker 1: and according to their side, if you want to go
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  Speaker 1: visit it says our vision is for all Native communities
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  Speaker 1: to be restored to full health and sustainability through sponsibility.
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  Speaker 1: And of course she has been awarded for her tire
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  Speaker 1: list work, and not just with an Emmy, but it
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  Speaker 1: was also awarded with the American Express Engine Leadership Award
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  Speaker 1: at the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Developments TOP
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  Speaker 1: forty under forty. She's currently working on a book with
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  Speaker 1: her twin sister on healing, leadership and advocacy that is
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  Speaker 1: slated to be published in So excited about that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: So if you want to go see what all she's doing,
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  Speaker 1: she is not slowed down at all and has going
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  Speaker 1: on to speak at other things that she is an actress,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, and I'm sure we'll be see our featured
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  Speaker 1: hopefully a lot more things because she deserves to be
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  Speaker 1: at the forefront. She's a consultant for some of the
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  Speaker 1: production companies in Hollywood in the film industry. So I'll
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  Speaker 1: hope they do listen, yes, and then continue to push
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  Speaker 1: for the voices to be out in front, for Native
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  Speaker 1: voices to be out in front and not just a
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  Speaker 1: secondary Yes, yes, yes, yes, And as always, listeners, if
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