This Land

Crooked Media

The award-winning documentary podcast This Land is back for season 2. Host Rebecca Nagle reports on how the far right is using Native children to attack American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda.

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1. Solomon’s Sword

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08/23/21 • 47 min

ALM – as referred to in court documents – is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn’t. So they sued.

Show Notes:

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/
Jennifer Brackeen’s Personal Blog https://web.archive.org/web/20201221201802/https://thebrackeens.blogspot.com/
"An Untold Number Of Indigenous Children Disappeared At U.S. Boarding Schools. Tribal Nations Are Raising The Stakes In Search Of Answers." https://theintercept.com/2018/09/25/carlisle-indian-industrial-school-indigenous-children-disappeared/
"My Relatives Went To A Catholic School For Native Children. It Was A Place Of Horrors" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/30/my-relatives-went-to-a-catholic-school-for-native-children-it-was-a-place-of-horrors
"Indigenous Children Finally Headed Home" https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indigenous-children-officially-headed-home
"Indian Boarding School Investigation Faces Hurdles In Missing Records, Legal Questions" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indian-boarding-school-investigation-faces-hurdles-missing-records-legal-questions-n1273996
"U.S. Boarding Schools To Be Investigated" https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/us-boarding-schools-to-be-investigated

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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2. Behind The Curtain

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08/23/21 • 46 min

The Brackeens' case would have been a normal adoption dispute, but then one of the most powerful corporate law firms in the United States took it on and helped the couple launch a federal lawsuit.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/
Blood Memory documentary https://www.bloodmemorydoc.com/
“Indian Adoption Project Increases Momentum” April 18, 1967 press release from the U.S. Department of the Interior https://www.indianaffairs.gov/as-ia/opa/online-press-release/indian-adoption-project-increases-momentum

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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8. The Heart Of It

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10/04/21 • 32 min

While we wait to see whether the Supreme Court takes the case, we attend a ceremony run by a program that helps Native adoptees reconnect with their tribes.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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3. Grandma Versus The Foster Parents

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08/30/21 • 40 min

The Brackeens aren’t the only ones suing to strike down the Indian Child Welfare Act. So are Danielle and Jason Clifford, a foster couple from Minnesota.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

5 Listeners

4. Supply And Demand

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09/06/21 • 35 min

The private adoption industry has been fighting against the Indian Child Welfare Act the longest. We learn why by following one couple’s journey to adopt and their mixed feelings about the process.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/
Blood Memory documentary https://www.bloodmemorydoc.com/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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7. Before The Court

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09/27/21 • 36 min

As the case heads to the Fifth Circuit - the last stop before the Supreme Court - we go inside the courtroom to hear the arguments and the decision.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/
Jennifer Brackeen’s Personal Blog https://web.archive.org/web/20201221201802/https://thebrackeens.blogspot.com/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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6. Trojan Horse

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09/20/21 • 34 min

We know which law firms and think tanks are bringing these lawsuits, but no one has been able to figure out who’s funding them—or why—until now.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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5. Pro Bono

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09/13/21 • 31 min

The fight against the Indian Child Welfare Act is much bigger than a few custody cases, or even the entire adoption industry. We follow the money, and our investigation leads us to a powerful group of corporate lawyers and one of the biggest law firms in the country.

Show Notes

This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/
Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/
Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/
Mashpee Wampanoag face double crisis: COVID-19 and feds https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/mashpee-wampanoag-face-double-crisis-covid-19-and-feds
Interior takes reservation away from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/interior-takes-reservation-away-from-mashpee-wampanoag-tribe
Mashpee Wampanoag ruling a 'win for all of Indian Country' https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/mashpee-wampanoag-ruling-a-win-for-all-of-indian-country
The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 1 https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/the-fight-for-baby-veronica-part-1
The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 2 https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/the-fight-for-baby-veronica-part-2
The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 3 https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/the-fight-for-baby-veronica-part-3
The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 4 https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/the-fight-for-baby-veronica-part-4
The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 5 https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/the-fight-for-baby-veronica-part-5
Supreme Court Takes on Indian Child Welfare Act in Baby Veronica Case https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/supreme-court-takes-on-indian-child-welfare-act-in-baby-veronica-case

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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1. The Case

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06/03/19 • 24 min

The Supreme Court is about to make a decision that will determine the future of five tribes and nearly half the land in Oklahoma, and it all starts with a murder on the side of the road in 1999.

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Introducing Stiffed: Good Girls Walk Into a Porn Magazine

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04/17/23 • 33 min

New York City, 1973. Bob Guccione, founder of the men’s magazine Penthouse, is about to drop his latest project, and it’s not quite what anyone is expecting. Enter Viva, an erotic magazine for women published by a porn king but staffed by – drumroll – a bunch of feminist writers and editors. Viva features groundbreaking full-frontal male nudes, writing by feminist icons like Betty Friedan, and profiles of literary legends like Maya Angelou. Its cover stars include Bianca Jagger and Shelley Duvall. Anna Wintour is even Viva’s fashion editor at one point. But what is originally conceived as a high-end, progressive, sexual utopia for women... doesn’t quite turn out that way. This is the first episode of Stiffed, an eight-part series from Crooked Media and iHeart Media. If you like what you hear, you can listen and follow Stiffed wherever you get your podcasts.

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