AMERICAN GENOCIDE PODCAST CONTINUES TO HAVE PROFOUND IMPACT A YEAR AFTER ITS RELEASE
We’re excited to share that American Genocide has won not one, but two, awards for its storytelling and its unique approach to reaching new and vast audiences through digital platforms.
Since its release in April 2023, the American Genocide podcast has reached millions of people. Its “true crime” approach chronicles an investigation into the dark history of the Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Listeners are pulled into the Oglala Lakota community’s difficult and complicated relationship with the Native boarding school’s legacy, as hosts Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) and Lashay Wesley (Choctaw) uncover new and startling evidence of a painful past.
May 13
American Genocide won the 28th Annual Webby Award in the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (Limited-Series & Specials) category. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the internet.
May 14
American Genocide won Best Podcast for this year’s Digiday Media Awards. The Digiday Media Awards recognize brands and agencies around the globe for their award-winning digital marketing and media work.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
People of Pine Ridge
IllumiNative would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the people of Pine Ridge for welcoming us into their community. Their generosity and openness allowed us to share this story with the world.
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Sponsoring Partner
We also want to offer a special thank you to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians who helped make this podcast possible.
In addition, we are deeply grateful to the following organizations who helped bring this story to light:
Diga Studios
Madica Production
Open Society Foundations
Pop Culture Collaborative
CAA Foundation
