I Am The River: Conversation with Amber Morning Star Byars
b'In this podcast we feature a timely and pointed conversation with dear friend, water protector, artist and current law school student Amber Morning Star Byars. The topics we discuss in this episode range from healing ancestral trauma, survival, the Resist Line3 camps, Land Back initiatives, tribal law, art, wellness, mental health and self care; all of which need continued attention as we work towards a healthy relationship to our planet. \\n\\nAmber Morning Star Byars is an artist, advocate, storyteller, and law student from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Amber is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a descendant of the Chickasaw Nation. She received a BA in Indigenous Liberal Studies and an AFA in Studio Art from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2018 and is a current student at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. After graduating law school in the spring of 2022, Amber will continue to advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples, specifically in the areas of Land Back, Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, and environmental protection.\\n\\nIn the middle of our conversation we shared an audio reading of an article Amber wrote about her reflections from the Line3 pipeline resistance at Red Lake River in Northern Minnesota, while she was on the frontlines this year. The article titled I Am The River, was first published via AllCreation.org as part of their Fall Equinox 2021 collection, Sacred Relationship. At the end of my conversation with Amber, we here the song \\u201cSilt and Clay\\u201d by singer/songwriter Adam Horowitz. \\n\\nLand Back, Front Line and Tribal Law Resources:\\n\\nRebecah Nagle work and her podcast, This Land\\nhttps://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/\\n\\nNick Estes and the Red Nation podcast\\nhttp://therednation.org\\n\\nWinona LaDuke and Honor The Earth\\nhttps://www.honorearth.org\\n\\nStopline3.org For info and then donate to legal fund\\nhttp://Stopline3.org\\n\\nWater Protectors Legal collective\\nhttps://waterprotectorlegal.org\\n\\nIG @resist_line_3 \\n\\n\\nWell Being, Spiritual and Mental Health Books:\\n\\nTHE EXTENDED MIND: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul\\nThe Body Keeps the Score by Vessel Vanderclock\\nThe Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Edith Eger\\nBreath by James Nester\\nWe Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life by Laura McKowen\\nHappiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good by Tina Turner\\nThe Book of Secrets by Depak Chopra\\n\\nLeadership Books:\\n\\nThink Again by Adam grant\\nDare To Lead by Brene Brown\\n\\nEssentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown'