A groundbreaking talk show to empower truth, reclaim democracy, and live in balance with Mother Earth.
Rematriated Voices with Michelle Schenandoah airs Monday, November 9 through Friday, November 13 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the PBS app and the WXXI app.
Grounded in Haudenosaunee principles, Rematriated Voices invites viewers and listeners to consider their answer to one of the most common Haudenosaunee greetings, “Are you at peace?”
Episode titles, descriptions, and air date:
Mother Law & the Doctrine of Discovery airs Monday, November 9
In the 1400s, the Catholic Pope instituted the Doctrine of Discovery. This concept was used as justification for colonizers to subjugate and seize the land of Indigenous peoples, even into current times. Michelle Schenandoah sits down with Louise “Mommabear” McDonald Herne, Beverly Jacobs, Brittany Koteles, and Sarah Bradley to discuss the impact of the Doctrine and the significance of land.
First Environment airs Tuesday, November 10
“Women are the first environment” – Mohawk midwife Katsi Cook and author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer join Michelle Schenandoah to share how humans shape and are shaped by their environments, from our mothers to Mother Earth.
Hidden Roots of Democracy airs Wednesday, November 11
Michelle Schenandoah sits down with Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Louise “Mommabear” McDonald Herne, Tuscarora Chief Brennen Ferguson, Onondaga Chief Spencer Lyons, and Mohawk Faithkeeper Sandra Fox to discuss the tenets and history of the Great Law of Peace, how the Haudenosaunee are governed, and how the United States was influenced by the Haudenosaunee.
Eve Mets Sky Women airs Thursday, November 12
The stark difference between the Haudenosaunee creation story of Sky Woman and Eve’s role in the Christian Bible reflects the disparate treatment of women by Haudenosaunee and Western societies. Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Louise “Mommabear” McDonald Herne and historian Sally Roesch Wagner join Michelle Schenandoah to consider the contrast and discuss how it empowered early American suffragists.
Matrilineal Men airs Friday, November 13
The Haudenosaunee’s society is matrilineal, with lineage passing through the mother’s line. Both men and women are empowered and share responsibilities. Michelle Schenandoah invites Onondaga Chief Spencer Lyons, Tuscarora Chief Brennen Ferguson, and Syracuse University Ombuds Neal Powless of Onondaga to talk about the balance between men and women among the Haudenosaunee.
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