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Podcast Session — Diné Nation
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Rough Cut Review
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ᏣᎳᎩ Episode 04
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Community Screening
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Language Archive Session
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Oral History — Lakota
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Storyboard Review
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Broadcasting Since Time Immemorial

Stories that have
always been here.

An Indigenous-owned media house turning ancestral narratives into podcasts, documentaries, and digital series — streaming alongside anything on your queue.

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Extraction vs. Sovereignty

Scroll through what changes when Indigenous stories are told by the people who carry them.

Old Paradigm
Sovereign Reality
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Hollywood Extraction
Outside Voice

"Mystic Warriors of the West"

A sweeping epic about noble savages protecting their ancient ways from the encroaching modern world. Narrated by an Academy Award winner who has never visited the nation.

Stock imagery · White narrator · Zero community consultation

Real production still of Diné storytellers recording a podcast episode together
Sovereign Production
Community Voice

"Hózhó: Walking in Beauty"

A 6-episode audio documentary series following Diné weavers preserving the language of pattern. Written and narrated by community members. Recorded on Navajo Nation.

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Production stills · First-person narration · Tribal council approved

Stereotyped Hollywood representation of Indigenous ceremony
Streaming Platform Brief
Extracted Narrative

"Spirit Animal" (Working Title)

"We need an Indigenous angle — can you get us something spiritual, maybe with drumming? It needs to feel timeless and universal. We were thinking a non-Indigenous host for accessibility."

Assigned logline · External creative control · Ceremonial imagery misused

Elder and young filmmaker collaborating on documentary storyboard together
Sovereign Commission
Owned Narrative

"Rez Radio: Frequencies from the Interior"

A 10-part documentary series about Indigenous radio stations keeping languages alive across 400 miles of high desert. Pitched, written, and directed by community members. Streaming rights negotiated by the nation.

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Community-written · IP owned by nation · Revenue share to language fund

"The contrast isn't anger.
It's clarity."

— Sovereign Creative Direction Statement

The Work

Sovereign
Catalog

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2024–2026 Production Reel
Diné weavers working on traditional patterns while discussing language preservation
Language Preservation
Documentary Series

Hózhó: Walking in Beauty

Diné Nation

6 episodes·Diné Bizaad·340K streams
Indigenous radio broadcaster at a vintage console in a reservation studio
Oral History
Podcast Series

Rez Radio: Frequencies from the Interior

Lakota & Dakota Nations

10 episodes·Lakȟótiyapi·520K streams
Yurok tribal member standing at the Klamath River during salmon ceremony documentation
Environmental Sovereignty
Digital Series

The Salmon Remembers

Yurok Tribe

4 episodes·Yurok·290K streams
Cree elder teaching syllabics writing system to children in a community classroom
Language Revitalization
Documentary

Syllabics: Writing the Sky

Cree Nation

1 episode·ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ·180K streams
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Voices That Trust Us

Nations. Platforms.
Foundations.

For the first time, our elders watched something about us that didn't make them wince. That's the only metric that matters.

Rosalind Swiftwind

Cultural Director, Pueblo of Acoma

Nation

We've licensed Indigenous content from three other producers. Sovereign is the only one that came with full rights clarity and zero community controversy.

Marcus Webb

VP Acquisitions, Sundance Channel

Our language program was struggling to get young people engaged. The podcast series Sovereign produced has 18-year-olds learning Lakȟótiyapi because it sounds like them.

Delia Twofeathers

Language Program Director, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Nation

For the first time, our elders watched something about us that didn't make them wince. That's the only metric that matters.

Rosalind Swiftwind

Cultural Director, Pueblo of Acoma

Nation

We've licensed Indigenous content from three other producers. Sovereign is the only one that came with full rights clarity and zero community controversy.

Marcus Webb

VP Acquisitions, Sundance Channel

Our language program was struggling to get young people engaged. The podcast series Sovereign produced has 18-year-olds learning Lakȟótiyapi because it sounds like them.

Delia Twofeathers

Language Program Director, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Nation
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