Welcome to Reclaiming Our Stories: Voices of Indigenous Peoples of California.

In this opening episode, Story Weaver Victorio Shaw invites you to arrive—not just to listen, but to enter into a relationship with story, land, and truth.

As conversations around the United States Semiquincentennial begin to take shape, this series asks a different question: Whose stories are being told—and whose have been left out?

This is not a traditional history podcast. This is an invitation into narrative sovereignty—where California Native voices speak on their own terms, grounded in lived experience, cultural continuity, and self-determination.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why this podcast exists—and why now
• What it means to re ...