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Johnnie Jae is an Indigenerd belonging to the Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw Tribes of Oklahoma. She is the founder of A Tribe Called Geek and she co-hosts its namesake podcast. She is a multimedia journalist for Native Max Magazine and she contributes to other publications like Native News Online and Complex Magazine. She produces and hosts/co-hosts several other podcasts: Indigenous Flame, commUNITYTalks and SNAG’N. She is also a co-founding board member of Not Your Mascots and LiveIndigenousOK. Most of the work that she does is centered around Indigenous representation in the media and folks can keep updated on her work at http://www.johnniejae.com.


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9 Feb 2026

“I’ve never actually visited the pā before,” she said out loud. “Is this where they gather lāʻī to make the pūʻolo?” she asked. “Yes,” Benny responded, glancing to see where Nanea was pointing. “Here and in other places as well. Many of these ti have been growing for decades now.” She paused for a moment. “I think about all the work you guys do, you know, up in those offices, and I think that all of that work actually starts from right here, in the ground, all covered in the earth and the pōhaku and the ti. Most people don’t even know it, but it all starts right here.
sometime in the night, we heard rocking and knocking and rapping and tapping, a million trillion tiny feet
The triangles bred and twisted, replicating themselves.
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