In this 48-minute video, I follow the Yurok Tribe Council, both past and present members, as they tour the historic removal of the Iron Gate and Copco dams on the California side of the Klamath River. After a 40-year fight, on August 28, 2024, the last standing dams came down, […]
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Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace. But what does AI mean for Indigenous nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, data sovereignty, and future generations? In this episode of Drum Circle News, Dylan Aubrey sits down with Desiree Jackson of the Matriarch AI Initiative and David Jacobs of Kinship […]
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace. But what does AI mean for Indigenous nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, data sovereignty, and future generations? In this episode of Drum Circle News, Dylan Aubrey sits down with Desiree Jackson of the Matriarch AI Initiative and David Jacobs of Kinship […]
At the California Energy Commission statewide summit, leaders from across Indian Country came together to address one of the biggest gaps in infrastructure development: Indigenous workforce participation, ownership, and long-term economic sovereignty. In this powerful panel, Dylan Aubrey (Founder of the Tribal Workforce Trade Association & Drum Circle News) breaks […]
In this 52-minute interview, I sit down with Mel Brooks, an elder in the Talowa Dee-ni’ Nation, born in Requa at the mouth of the Klamath River. Mel shares his personal experiences growing up in Indian boarding schools, institutions where the U.S. government forced assimilation on Native children, stripping away […]
In this first episode of Drum Circle News season 3, I sit down with my dad, Edward “Horse” Aubrey, a Yurok man from the Klamath River, to talk openly about who we are, where we come from, and what it means to be Indigenous today. We talk about growing up […]
In this compelling 1 hour and 20 minute episode of Drum Circle News, Dylan Aubrey sits down with Sean Milanovich, an esteemed elder from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and a doctor of Anthropology, for an in-depth discussion on Cahuilla history, the theories of great migrations, and the […]
In this episode of Drum Circle News, I sit down with activist, educator, organizer, and community leader Jaguar Arreola for a deep conversation about Indigenous identity, cultural reconnection, resistance, and unity across Turtle Island. We talk about: Chicano and Indigenous identity Relearning ancestral languages and traditions The impacts of colonization, […]
Join us for an in-depth 45-minute interview with Amy Cordalis, a Yurok leader recently recognized in Time’s Top 100 Climate List and as a United Nations Champion of the Earth. Amy shares the incredible history of her family, from her great-grandmother’s pivotal role in the Salmon Wars to her great-grandfather’s […]
