May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020 By Nightwolf Admin In Guest Bio, Nightwolf Podcast jay winter nightwolfkerry hawk lessardnative lifelines baltimoreshawnee

Kerry Hawk Lessard – a Native American Lifeline

Bio: Kerry Hawk Lessard (Shawnee) is the current Executive Director of Native American Lifelines in Baltimore, MD. She is a community activist and applied medical anthropologist who works with American Indian populations. Her work is grounded in decolonization theory with a focus on historical trauma and remediating its effects in community.

In this episode, Jay and Kerry discuss:

• How Native American Lifelines provides medical, dental, and mental health support to Indigenous American’s through funding from IHS (and how they can support, not only Citizens of Federal and State recognized tribes, but Indigenous descendants who do not have an official Citizenship)
• Thoughts about how Covid-19 is impacting Indigenous communities and what Kerry is trying to change in the State of Maryland
• Inaccurate ethnic categorization of murdered Indigenous women and how this affects our communities and “blendians”
• Things we should be doing now to survive the future
• Talking to the Creator

The full Nightwolf episode can be streamed below:

Audio recorded and produced by Moe Thomas.

Visit Native Lifelines and learn about their services for our Communities. http://www.nativeamericanlifelines.org/index.html