{"id":14,"date":"2026-10-14T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merry-ivory-buffalo.3fishstrategy.com\/blog\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:17:09","slug":"about-aly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merry-ivory-buffalo.3fishstrategy.com\/blog\/about-aly\/","title":{"rendered":"About Aly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-cream-color has-prairie-background-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-20aa6b84 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8a69af51 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border bcb-portrait\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merry-ivory-buffalo.3fishstrategy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/beyond-colonial-borders\/assets\/images\/painting-square.jpg\" alt=\"Replace with a portrait of Aly Bear\" style=\"border-radius:18px;aspect-ratio:4\/5;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-bcb-eyebrow has-sunset-tint-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Your host<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cream-color has-text-color has-display-font-size\">Aly Bear<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Alyson (Aly) Bear is a Dakota woman, lawyer, and leader from Whitecap Dakota Nation, and the host and creative lead of Beyond Colonial Borders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knowledge and lived experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aly\u2019s background in law, leadership, and Indigenous governance means she understands many of the issues on this show from a professional perspective. Just as important is her lived experience as an Indigenous woman. Conversations about identity, family, community, colonial systems, and finding our way within them are things she understands personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That combination lets her relate to guests beyond their professional titles, so a conversation can be raw, relatable, and personal while still taking on complex subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-ink-color has-text-color\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--sunset);border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--sunset);border-bottom-width:4px\"><blockquote><p>Her experience is not everyone\u2019s experience. Every person, family, community, and Nation carries a different story.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Her role on the show<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aly helps choose guests and topics, prepares for each interview, and leads the conversations. Whether she is sitting with an Elder, a guest from another Nation, or someone from a very different walk of life, her job is to bring her knowledge to the table while leaving room for people to tell their own story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Aly\u2019s words<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Add a few sentences from Aly on why these conversations matter to her.]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/merry-ivory-buffalo.3fishstrategy.com\/blog\/episodes\/\">Hear the conversations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your host Aly Bear Alyson (Aly) Bear is a Dakota woman, lawyer, and leader from Whitecap Dakota Nation, and the host and creative lead of Beyond Colonial Borders. 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