Tamara Stands and Looks Back-Spotted Tail on Indigenous Entrepreneurship - Building Sustainable Housing Through Cultural Values

In this episode, Bard MBA candidate Milana Pakes interviews Tamara Stands and Looks Back-Spotted Tail about creating sustainable earth-block housing for the Shanju Lakota tribe. Tamara shares her entrepreneurial journey from jewelry artist to sustainable housing advocate, discussing how she bridges traditional Lakota values with modern sustainability practices. She explains her vision for self-sufficient homesteads powered by renewable energy that enable economic independence while honoring cultural heritage. Tamara emphasizes reclaiming language, land, and food sovereignty while maintaining deep connections to the earth, noting that “giving back to the earth is also protecting the earth and keeping things in balance.”

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Tamara Stands and Looks Back-Spotted Tail on Indigenous Entrepreneurship - Building Sustainable Housing Through Cultural Values is an episode from The Impact Report by Bard MBA in Sustainability.

This episode is 53:35 long.

This episode was published on May 22, 2025.

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