The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast
Conversations
Conversations with amazing people connecting what is all too often disconnected
This episode features a conversation between host Sara Jolena Wolcott and guest Jessica Intermill, a lawyer and land history consultant. Jessica highlights the significance of land history in revealing the complex relationships between Indigenous cultures, settlers, and the land. She also discusses the emotional and practical aspects of land return and repair, stressing the need for respectful use of power and resources to support Indigenous goals.
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Music Title: Both of Us
Music by: madiRFAN
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Bio
Jessica Intermill
As a Strategic Policy Consultant, Jessica leads MNIPL's work to engage congregations in the work of reparations and reparatory action, and to advocate for legislation advancing the Land Back and reparations movements.
Jessica is a systems builder with a policy heart. She brings 15 years of experience as a treaty-rights and tribal-law attorney to her work in building inclusive pathways that serve all our neighbors. In her efforts around legal structures and processes, she often asks "does it work?" "who does it work for?" and "how can we make it work better for everyone?"
After serving as pro bono council to Youth N’ Power in their courtroom work to block Line 3, Jessica worked with MNIPL to publish articles exploring the role of the public interest in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission's decision-making process. Her writing also explained the racialized connections between past segregation and present-day climate impacts.
As a Strategic Policy Consultant at MNIPL, she now organizes faith and spiritual communities to advocate for people-centered policy at the intersection of racial, environmental, and climate justice.
Source: mnipl.org
