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Seedcast: Nia Tero founder Peter Seligmann on being an ally to Indigenous peoples and their lands

KNKX Public Radio | By Kevin Kniestedt

Published July 28, 2021 at 6:00 AM PDT

Courtesy of Peter Seligmann

Peter Seligmann with Indigenous leader Beto Marubo in the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory.

Peter Seligmann is the founder and CEO of Nia Tero, a Seattle nonprofit working with Indigenous peoples who are trying to protect their homelands from colonization and destruction.

Nia Tero launched the Seedcast podcast, which explores the Indigenous experience around the world. KNKX has been presenting excerpts of that podcast all week.

In a conversation with Seedcast executive producer Tracy Rector, Seligmann talks about his German ancestry, what it means to be an ally and why he founded Nia Tero.

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Kevin Kniestedt

Kevin began his career at KNKX in 2003, where his first responsibility was to eradicate the KNKX Jazz Library from all Smooth Jazz CD’s. Since then there is not much at KNKX he hasn’t done. Kevin has worked as a full time jazz host, news host, and has hosted, at least once, almost every single program on KNKX. Kevin currently produces 88.5's weekly show Sound Effect. Kevin has conducted or produced hundreds of interviews, has won local and national awards for newscasts and commentary, and helped make the KNKX Grocery Tote famous.

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