Unsettled Lives

6: Where Do We Grow From Here?

Celía Burke — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:30:00 -0600

Host Celía Burke discusses what influences Unsettled Lives and what she sees as next steps. Heads up: there's no history or community focus here, but keep an eye out for a new story in the next episodes. Resources include: Remembering Bulbancha, The Place of Many Tongues (https://www.bigeasymagazine.com/2018/12/17/remembering-bulbancha-the-place-of-many-tongues-a-tour-of-new-orleans-unlike-any-other/), Black Elderberry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus_nigra) The Gullah Society (http://www.thegullahsociety.com/dr-ade-ofunniyin-dr-o.html), Gullah/Geechee Nation (https://gullahgeecheenation.com/), Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing (https://bookshop.org/books/working-the-roots-over-400-years-of-traditional-african-american-healing/9780692857878), and Spatial solutions for healing in marginalized communities: A case study on the Gullah/Geechee people (https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/105701).

Reach out to unsettledlivespod@gmail.com or check out @unsettledlivespod on Instagram to connect.

Theme music is Pine Street by Reed Mathis.

5: Black People in New Mexico?

Celía Burke — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:45:00 -0600

Join host Celía Burke on a brief excursion to the little known town of Blackdom, NM and why it didn't stand the test of time. Our ideas around the west and the southwest don't typically include the stories of Black residents, but there's a rich history there. *Apologies for any background noise.* Resources include:

Native Land Maps (https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/mescalero-apache/)
The Mescalero Apache Tribe (https://mescaleroapachetribe.com/)
Colores|Blackdom|New Mexico PBS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZO0-8P6hso&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=37)
New Mexico History in 10 Minutes - Ep -65 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaTNrrdeoI&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=38)
How the First Black Settlement in New Mexico Became a Ghost Town (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlonGj1wyak&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=40)
National Park Service - Blackdom New Mexico (https://www.nps.gov/places/blackdom-new-mexico.htm)
Welcome to Blackdom (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/welcome-to-blackdom-the-ghost-town-that-was-new-mexicos-first-black-settlement-10750177/)
The Borderlands - Plants (https://aces.nmsu.edu/rootsandmedicine/borderlands-plants.html)
The EthnoBotanist (http://www.ethnoherbalist.com/southern-california-native-plants-medicinal/creosote-bush-uses/)

*Theme music is Pine Street by Reed Mathis.*

4: What Folks Get Wrong About Oscarville

Celía Burke — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0600

On this episode, host Celía Burke gives an overview of the racial cleansing of Forsyth County, GA and its impact.

Eastern Band of Cherokee: https://ebci.com/
Yuchi Nation: http://www.yuchi.org/
Beyond Tulsa: The Secret History of Flooding Black Towns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3D4hSQcWbk&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=5&t=157s
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America: https://bookshop.org/books/blood-at-the-root-a-racial-cleansing-in-america/9780393354737
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance -- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power: https://bookshop.org/books/at-the-dark-end-of-the-street-black-women-rape-and-resistance-a-new-history-of-the-civil-rights-movement-from-rosa-parks-to-the-rise-of-black-pow/9780307389244
Sassafras Rx List Description: https://www.rxlist.com/sassafras/supplements.htm

3: Give Back

Celía Burke — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 03:00:00 -0600

Bruce's Beach has been on the news a lot in the past year, and host Celía Burke will tell you more about it. The websites for the Tongva Nation (http://nahc.ca.gov/cp/tribal-atlas-pages/gabrielino-tongva-nation/) and the Kizh Nation (https://gabrielenoindians.org/) are here. The resources used during this episode for Bruce Beach include: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj_1HNNtv1w&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=16, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EpUuR7ejy8&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=17, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsV0840k1Rs&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=26&t=3888s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjYsJV5zn64&list=PLA8_PGWmfATP2mnZs7verYr249WEEu1ua&index=27, https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101883806/return-of-bruces-beach-could-chart-path-for-reparations-in-california, and the Get Back In The Water Episode of the Resistance Podcast from Gimlet Media. The resources on yarrow are: http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/yarrow/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMzYfaTkHY&t=217s. Where Is My Land (https://whereismyland.org/) is one of the organizations mentioned.

2: For Zora

Celía Burke — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:00:00 -0600

During this episode, we're going to take a lil' visit to Eatonville, FL, home of famed author Zora Neale Hurston. I used a variety of resources to create this episode including Native Land Maps (https://native-land.ca/), The Republic of Timucua, and Seminole Tribe of Florida. Additionally this website provided context on Indigenous and African American history (https://otherworldlyoracle.com/old-florida-folk-magic/). Additional Eatonville resources are: The Town of Eatonville, Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc., The Town That Freedom Built, Eatonville, Florida: A Historic Town Sets its Eyes on the Future, Central Florida Roadtrip | Eatonville/Maitland, are Eatonville: The Oldest Black Town in America. Zora Neale Hurston materials mentioned were In Search of Zora, ZORA! Festival, Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures by Frederick Douglass Opie, and assorted books by Zora including by the author including: Mules and Men, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road, and Barracon. The book I used on saw palmetto is Working the Roots: 400 Over 400 Years of Traditional African-American Healing by Michele E. Lee. I used VeryWell Health to look at uses and side effects (https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-saw-palmetto-88334). Reach out to unsettledlivespod@gmail.com and check out @unsettledlivespod on Instagram.

Theme music is Pine Street by Reed Mathis.

Disclaimer: Please note no copyright infringement is intended and I dot not own nor claim to own any of the original Jamila Woods recordings used in this podcast.

1: Introducing: Unsettled Lives Podcast

Celía Burke — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Host Celía Burke introduces you to Unsettled Lives. This bi-weekly podcast will focus on Black communities in the United States and their tales of courage, resilience, and loss while also talking about ways we could heal through collective support and plant medicine. Please reach out to unsettledlivespod@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments and check out @unsettledlivespod on Instagram.

Theme music is Pine Street by Reed Mathis.