When I left Akwesasne, I knew I needed to confront the one person who I had been avoiding: Mom.&nbsp;Subscribe on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-grief/id1176140270?mt=2" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-776342820" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>&nbsp;or wherever else you listen to podcasts.&nbsp;New episodes released every first Monday of the month. Episode extras every two weeks.Music: <a href="https://indianwells.bandcamp.com/track/deuce" target="_blank">"Deuce"</a>&nbsp;by Indian Wells.&nbsp;<a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_15_Enjoyable_to_Know1" target="_blank">"Enjoyable to Know"</a> by C. Scott. Narration recorded at D.C. Public Library Studio Lab.<h1>Episode Extra</h1><h2><a href="http://www.goodgriefpodcast.com/blog/2017/3/5/interviewing-family-is-tough-ok" target="_blank">Interviewing Family is TOUGH.</a>&nbsp;</h2>


































































 

 
 
 

 

 
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05 Brothers

I learned about my Native heritage by reading it in my estranged father's obituary the week he died. This is a serialized show about what I did after that.