Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome to Redwood Community Radio's special series celebrating Women's History Month. Throughout history, women have led, innovated, and broken barriers in every field, often against the odds. Let's dive into their stories and celebrate their achievements.
[00:00:21] Speaker B: For Women's Her Story Month, I honor all Indigenous women who have been leaders, activists, innovators, educators, and caretakers from time immemorial and continue to be. We uniquely connect to land, water, ancestors, and tradition while manifesting a profound sense of responsibility to our communities. Our contributions to society, culture, and history are vast and significant, yet we can often be overlooked, sidelined, dismissed, and ignored in discussions about women's achievements as Indigenous women. Our stories are a testament to the power of resilience as we continue work to protect land, water rights, and cultural practices while advocating for justice. We honor the diversity and complexity of women's experiences across different cultures and communities.
We acknowledge the ongoing struggles for sovereignty, self determination, self healing, and cultural revitalization that many Indigenous women face today.
Central to the sacredness of Indigenous womanhood is recognizing our roles as caretakers, leaders, mentors, healers, community members, and keepers of cultural knowledge.
We carry knowledge passed down through generations, preserving ceremonies, languages, and customs integral to our cultural identity.
As we celebrate and reflect, we must highlight the unique challenges that Indigenous women face due to colonization, dysphoria, displacement, and ongoing systematic injustices while celebrating our resilience, perseverance, wisdom, and collective contributions to culture and society.
[00:02:26] Speaker A: These women's stories remind us that courage, resilience, and vision can transform the world. Keep celebrating, keep learning, and keep lifting each other up because history is still being written.
