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This Land
Episodes begin June 22. Native people have been written out of the American story, but without us you don’t know what happened. This summer the United States will celebrate the 250-year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. When you read the Declaration, you realize it...
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Welcome to First America
Welcome to First America: the true story of how the United States came to be, and how our current political moment is 250 years in the making. Droppin...
This Land is Now First America
The This Land team is back with a new show! Stay tuned for First America, the true story of how the United States came to be, and how our current poli...
Introducing: "Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Gorsuch"
Neil Gorsuch may not be the most well-known justice on the Supreme Court, but he might just be the key to understanding how and why the current court...
Introducing Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD
The police tell us they are here to protect us. But what if their original purpose was something else altogether? Peabody Award-winning host Chenjerai...
Introducing: BY THE FIRE WE CARRY (audiobook)
BY THE FIRE WE CARRY, the new book by Rebecca Nagle, is a powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal...
Introducing “Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s”
Episode 1: The Police Officer and the Priest: One night back in the late 1970s, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled over a suspecte...
9. Update: Supreme Court Decision
Last week the Supreme Court made an historic ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act. Rebecca Nagle takes us inside the courtroom to break down...
8. The Heart Of It
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 t...
7. Before The Court
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.
6. Trojan Horse
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.
5. Pro Bono
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...
4. Supply And Demand
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 ad...
3. Grandma Versus The Foster Parents
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 Minneso...
2. Behind The Curtain
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 a...
1. Solomon’s Sword
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 ad...
This Land, season 2 (coming August 23rd)
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 ad...
10. The Ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled, delivering a historic decision on the reservation status of Eastern Oklahoma. Rebecca Nagle talks to the lawyer who argue...
9. Supreme Court Update
Today, the Supreme Court made a historic ruling on the reservation status of Eastern Oklahoma. Rebecca Nagle is here to break down the decision, talk...
8. The Next Battleground
A murder case sparked an investigation into the treaty rights of five tribes. But another case -- a simple case about an adoption -- could actually di...
7. Still Bleeding
Tribes are asking that the Supreme Court keep the promises that it made to them, because what's lost when those promises are broken is much more than...
6. The Postponement
The Supreme Court punted a decision on Carpenter v. Murphy to the next term. What does this mean for the tribes?
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5. The Land Grab
The geography of this country was reshaped in the late 1800s and depending on who tells it, it's either a story of good intentions...or one of outrigh...
Update: Surprise announcement from SCOTUS
In a surprise twist, the Supreme Court announced that Carpenter v. Murphy will not be decided this term.
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4. The Treaty
A Cherokee leader is murdered in 1839 for signing a treaty with the United States, but the promise he died for was broken. Learn more: thislandpodcast...
3. The Opposition
There are some very powerful groups set against Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Who are they? What's their motivation? And what arguments are they using to w...
2. The Tribe
Muscogee (Creek) Nation's reservation spans 11 counties across Eastern Oklahoma. This land is now at stake, and the tribe’s legal team headed to D.C....
1. The Case
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 wi...
This Land (coming June 3rd)
An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader. A 1999 small town murder. Two crimes collide in a Supreme Court case that will decide the fate of one man...