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Michelle Schenandoah on Rematriation, Food Sovereignty, and the PBS Series Rematriated Voices On Good News York, host Noah Chrysler interviews Syracuse-based Oneida Nation Wolf Clan member Michelle Schenandoah, founder of the nonprofit Rematriation and host of WCNY/PBS’s Rematriated Voices. Schenandoah explains Haudenosaunee naming traditions and defines rematriation as “returning the sacred to the mother,” describing its applications in cultural revitalization, governance, language, and food sovereignty through preserving and returning ancestral seeds. She discusses environmental impacts of climate change and highlights season one of Rematriated Voices (five episodes), including topics such as the indigenous roots of U.S. democracy, Haudenosaunee influence on women’s suffrage, matrilineal culture, and the Doctrine of Discovery’s ongoing legal an ...