Threadwork 2 Season Trailer

What might our ancestors have said, if they’d been given the chance to speakfreely? I’m Dr. Ka’ow’dthu’ee, your host of the Indigenous Revolt podcast. I’vespent over 14 months living, working, and praying in Carlisle,Pennsylvania—about a mile from the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

 

This season of The Indigenous Revolt is made up of recordings I’ve gathered over the past year. I’ve carried these storiesfor months, sitting with them, and only now have I been able to bring these voices together and offer them the care and time they deserve. In this season, we witness former Secretary Deb Haaland’s October 2025 visit to Dickinson’s Archives and the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples. We reflect on the presidential apology delivered later that month at the GilaRiver Indian Community. We step into the National Archives for the first time—a powerful and intimidating experience— And we travel across the ocean to Italy, where original photographs of Carlisle and Hampton Institute Native students are held in a museum collection, raising questions about possession, memory, and healing.

 

Throughout the season, you’ll hear from fellow storytellers who offer their reflections on Carlisle and the broader experiences that shape their journeys. These are stories of reckoning, movement, and deep listening—across time, land, andocean.

Music courtesy of Fawn Wood

Song: For Sage (featuring Anthony Wakeman) from the Kikawiynaw album