LANDBACK For The People

About LANDBACK For The People

LANDBACK For The People meets Indigenous frontline organizers, changemakers, and allies at the “kitchen table” to dig into what LANDBACK really means for the people. From movement OGs like Madonna Thunder Hawk and Leonard Peltier to accomplices like Macklemore, host Nick Tilsen (Oglala Lakota) takes us on an unapologetic journey through movement history, political analysis, and grassroots solutions to imagine our best days ahead of us. This show is for the land, the people, and our collective liberation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

NDN Collective

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Apr 2023

Latest episode

24 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 36 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Oceti Sakowin Community Academy

   Host Nick Tilsen interviews educator Mary Bowman about the Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, a model transforming Indigenous education.

2. 

   17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Attack on the Black Hills

   Host Nick Tilsen interviews Indigenous organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk and Lilias Jarding, Executive Director of the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, about decades of resistance against mining threats in the Black Hills.

3. 

   10 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Where All Women Are Honored

   Host Nick Tilsen interviews Norma Rendon, Executive Director of Where All Women Are Honored, discussing the vital connection between LANDBACK and the protection of Indigenous women.

Inside a recent episode

Oceti Sakowin Community Academy

Published 24 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Oh, to me, it doesn't just mean like getting land back. It means getting our ways back, our language back, our culture back, having our children know who they are and where they come from, for our people to be healthy and strong again. That's what land back means to me. And why is indigenous education so important to the Landbach movement? Because, first of all, it starts when the kids are really small, when they're young. And that's one of the reasons why we started the school, you know, at the kindergarten age because it would have such a huge impact on their education overall. That was a way to make the biggest impact. […]

Who has been a guest on LANDBACK For The People

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mary Bowman
• Madonna Thunder Hawk
• Lilias Jarding
• Norma Rendon
• Nicole Yanes

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

998,566

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

113 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

138 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

38

Social presence

94

YouTube

93

Engagement

92

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