Meant To Be: How Lakota Values Help Us Be Good Relatives | Sarah Eagle Heart | TEDxDelthorneWomen

Sarah takes us through her childhood growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, from deciphering the colonizer lies, to her present journey as a storyteller and a dreamer. Sarah Eagle Heart (Waŋblí Šiná Wíŋyaŋ, Eagle Shawl Woman), Oglála Lakota, is an Emmy Award–winning social justice storyteller, entrepreneur, and philanthropic leader. Sarah cofounded Zuyá Entertainment to create multi-platform stories based on her unique worldview infused by her Lakota culture.

Sarah is an Executive Producer on “Lakota Nation vs. The United States”, a documentary feature film about the fight for HeSapa (The Black Hills of South Dakota), which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022 and will be in theaters in July 2023, as well as streaming on Hulu in the late fall.

In 2019, her narrative change partnership with John Legend’s Get Lifted and Baobab Studios “Crow: the Legend”, a virtual reality story about how the crow became black, led to an Emmy in Outstanding Interactive Media.

In January 2023, her book “Warrior Princesses Strike Back: How Lakota Twins Fight Oppression and Heal Through Connectedness” published by Feminist Press and was endorsed by actors Mark Ruffalo and Piper Perabo. In 2021, Ms. Eagle Heart contributed to “This is How We Come Back Stronger” published by Feminist Press.

Sarah is currently writing and producing, and is also an exclusive public speaker with American Program Bureau. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx