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It's been a cortisol-inducing year, and with the holidays approaching, we thought re-launching a mindfulness episode would be helpful. Reconnect with your body, brain, DNA, and the Land with a Mindfulness Episode of the Ancestral Science Podcast with Dr. Michael Yellow Bird
FULL SHOWNOTES & Additional educational LINKS: here
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This episode was recorded in November 2024, on a mild wintery morning here on the Lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut’ina Nation, Îethka Nakoda First Nation, and more recently the Otipemisiwak Métis.
The Ancestral Science podcast got to learn from Dr. Yellow Bird, by first beginning with a guided meditation to ground ourselves and focus on the present, then we explored a mathematical equation for decolonization, how Auntie jokes can protect the brain, the effects of colonization on our bodies and brains, the smell of bacon and well-being, mindfulness and systemic racism, and ancestral eating.
Thanks to Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing. As well, Walter White Bear, Sharon Foster, and Emil for that opening tune!
Get comfy with your fav blanket or meditation pillow, by a houseplant or a window to connect with the sky, open all your senses and heart to wellness teachings from Dr. Michael Yellowbird.
FULL SHOWNOTES & Additional educational LINKS: here
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The Ancestral Science pod team has been wanting to do a "Show n Tell" episode for awhile...so, here we are! This is a great way to learn a bit more about the team, rate our nerdiness levels, and learn a bit about land-based science.
This is probably a great episode to check out on YouTube, link here.
This was way too much fun...unfortunately, a part 2 is needed! Stay tuned for that next week.
So come join the team to learn about decolonizing movie posters, fishing lures, the connection between mukluks and card games, its Grogu not baby yoga, and the importance of a doorstopers in fishing!
Our website has unique Indigenous Science merch and a lot of educational resources (soon to be more).
Thanks to Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.
Feel free to comment about what Indigenous Science "show n tell" you would share, or like us to share in a future episode.
So let's reconnect with out grade school selves, for a relational game of "show n tell" with the Ancestral Science pod team!
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Hang out with the Ancestral Science Podcast Team to discuss the last episode...which was "Art & Science of Beads, Quills, Fur, Hide, & Bark" with Kim Brothers of Moonstone Creation.
WE ARE ON YOUTUBE! If you want to SEE this episode, go here.
Check out:
Moonstone Creation in Inglewood in Calgary Alberta
Authentically Indigenous Craft Market, December 5-7 at The Confluence in Calgary Alberta.
Great places to get some authentic, local holiday gifts, and support Indigenous businesses!
Get your own unique Indigenous Science Merch
All proceeds support knowledge keeper honoraria and keep the pod going.
Thanks Emil Starlight for editing and videography, Alex F for production support, and Yvonne Jobin and Moonstone for hosting us!
Lots of resources and links and fun at our NO AI webpage
https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com
A LOT more trusted resources will be uploaded there soon....
Can you believe we are kinda on Youtube....slowly....check it out.
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This episode was recorded on a warm winter afternoon in 2024, at Moonstone Creation in Calgary Alberta.
And amongst the company of millions of beads and Indigenous art, the Ancestral Science Podcast was excited to speak with KIM BROTHERS, Cree from Northern Alberta, about revitalizing the lost arts of quillwork, tufting, and fish scale art, the sacred ratio of brain to hide within tanning, birch bark biting, art with tails, bones, and scales, the OG beads, the difference between appreciation and appropriation, and the story of the spirit bead.
Remember to tune in next week for "Smoketalk" with the pod team, where we chat more in depth about the topics from the previous episode.
YouTube link below along with lots of other educational resources and links for you to learn more!
This episode was created with the support from Telus STORYHIVE
Thanks to Bespoke Productions Hub and as always, Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.
Grab a your current beading, tufting, or sewing project, your favourite snack from your Ancestral Land, and learn about Indigenous Science & Art with KIM BROTHERS of Moonstone Creation - - - a great place to shop for authentic Indigenous art in Calgary, Alberta, go check them out. They also host classes!!
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Welcome to Smoketalk!
If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Deadly Math: Movement, Kinship, & Action" with Chris Matthews, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about this episode.
This episode Emil & Kori welcomed Brendon Many Bears who brought insights about tipi aerodynamics and Blackfoot mathematics.
Check out ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance), an amazing organization that we donated to for this episode as requested by Chris. They are an Aboriginal-led charity creating new ways of teaching and learning mathematics by connecting mathematics to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
If you want more Indigenous Mathematics Pod episodes:
"Hunting Mathematics" with Philip Stevens
"Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Surgeon Legs" with Cheyenne Sego
"Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit" with Dr. Kamuela Yong
"Reconciliation Science through Tipi Math & Indigenous Sound Baths" with Brendon Many Bears & Darren Rea
"Mathematics is Creation, Being, & Medicine" with Dr. Edward Doolittle
"Ethnomathematics solves Real World Problems" with Dr. Linda Furuto
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"Knowledge that isn't shared isn't knowledge" (Casey Eagle Speaker, Kainai)
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We were grateful to speak with CHRIS MATTHEWS of the Quandamooka People in modern day Queensland Australia about his realization about the importance and depth of culture & country within mathematics, iron mines and nuclear testing highlighting land rights and Aboriginal voices, don’t hike Uluru!, deadly coders, numbers as a process and action, kinship systems as group theory and algebra, and how to close the educational gap by walking together.
Honoraria from this episode was donated to ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance).
Remember to tune in next week for "Smoketalk" with the pod team, where we chat more in depth about the topics from the previous episode.
Thanks Bespoke Productions Hub and as always, Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.
Grab a sea mollusk (Chris' fav Ancestral Food) or your favourite snack from your Ancestral Land, and learn about Deadly Math with CHRIS MATTHEWS.
SHOWNOTES: for all you curious pod humans, educators, and nerds! Lots of links in this episode, I got a little carried away with these, but there is a lot of fascinating stuff with both Aboriginal history and Math Curriculum. Chris is doing great work!
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Welcome to Smoketalk!
If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Food Sovereignty, Smoke Science, & tending the flame of Cultural Resilience" with Daryl Kootenay, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about this episode.
Check out HOWL, an amazing organization that provides land-based education for youth across Canada!
Daryl was on the Ancestral Science Podcast Season 1, Episode 16, check out his episode titled "Glacier Sovereignty & the Science of Hunting and Laughter" here.
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"Knowledge that isn't shared isn't knowledge" (Casey Eagle Speaker, Kainai)
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This episode was recorded in fall 2024 at Star 6 Ranch at the Food Sovereignty camp hosted by HOWL (they do amazing land-based camps across Canada with youth). At this camp, the Ancestral Science Podcast was invited to learn from DARYL KOOTENAY about the science of smoke, the patience and resilience needed to live on the land, Indian popcorn, science of tending to the flame, moose noses and Elk brains, the need for multiple freezers, how smoke is the traditional Gore-Tex, and how food sovereignty can bring people together and is a massive step towards reconciliACTION.
This episode was created with the support of TELUS Storyhive.
Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
Thanks to Emil Starlight (@emilstarlight) of Limelight Multimedia for editing, videography, and editing as well as support from Bespoke Productions Hub.
Intro composed and performed by Walter White Bear, Sharon Ann Foster, and Emil Starlight.
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Welcome to Smoketalk!
If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Decolonizing Blood & Birth" with Alycia Two Bears, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about the previous episode.
Check out Alycia's book "The Feast"
If you are curious or an educator, here are some shownotes for additional content and links.
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"Knowledge that isn't shared isn't knowledge" (Casey Eagle Speaker, Kainai)
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The Pod was grateful to learn from THE Alycia Two Bears, a Two-Spirit mixed Cree educator and author from Misatawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation, about her journey to become a midwife, what is a land-birth, how to decolonize and de-stigmatize blood, reconnecting ceremony and community with birthing, reproductive justice and birth sovereignty, caregiving roles of men and partners within pregnancy, birth, and caregiving, and of course...moss bag science, adult moss bags, and one comfy swaddled podcast host!
Grab a tea with honey, snuggle a small human or fluffy pet, and join us in this incredibly important conversation for EVERYONE (not just women) with ALYCIA TWO BEARS.
Remember to check out Alycia's new poetry book "The Feast” about love, loss, sex, and ceremony through an Indigenous feminist lens.
Curious for more resources or are you an educator? Check out the shownotes: here.
You can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
Intro composed and performed by Walter White Bear, Sharon Ann Foster, and Emil Starlight.
Questions for the Pod? Email us at relational.science@gmail.com
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Join the Ancestral Science Pod Team as we chat about the previous episode. We had some technical difficulties this week, so we decided to re-release a previous episode about a similar topic connected to Drew Hayden Taylor. But, "Smoketalk" going to be even cooler after the next episode drop on October 13 with Alycia Two Bears, sorry, THE Alycia Two Bears!
Check out our webpage, which is being updated (again, stick with is!) https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com
-lots of resources for educators and all you curious humans
-and NEW MERCH!
The Ancestral Science pod crew, Emil Starlight, Alex Flett, and Kori Chewbacca (haha), chatted about INDIGENOUS SCIENCE FICTION while recording LIVE on location, beyond Earth...I mean... at the Calgary Comic Convention about how Science Fiction has been inspired by Indigenous Teachings, was Barf from Space Balls inspired by a rez dog? Thinking about how animals, trees, and the wind are Ancestors and therefore use language that goes beyond human-to-human, The Force, glitches in the Matrix or teachings from our Ancestors? Reconnecting with ancestral technology and DNA, our deepest fears and reoccurring dreams, and the future of Indigenous Science Fiction...
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We were grateful to speak with contemporary storyteller Drew Hayden Taylor, Ojibwe from Curve Lake First Nation about learning to write through osmosis, dimensional hopping & portaging, how Indigenous stories make great Science Fiction, 1492 and Alien contact, anthropomorphizing animals and plants through relationality, humour as WD40, and science fiction as a metaphor for many of life’s issues.
Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
Thanks to Emil Starlight (@emilstarlight) of Limelight Multimedia for editing, videography, and editing as well as support from Bespoke Productions Hub.
Intro music composed and performed by Walter White Bear, Sharon Ann Foster, and Emil Starlight.
Questions for the Pod? Email us at relational.science@gmail.com
See related episodes of ASP:
-Season 2 Episode 23 “Indigenous Science Fiction”
-Season 1 Episode 9 “Space Justice & Cosmic Relationality”
Full Shownotes: here
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The Pod Team decided to begin Season 3 by reconnecting over Smoketalk where we chat about what we have learned over the summer, our goals for season 3...from new segments to opening up more conversations with community and the pod listeners.
Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
Thanks to Emil Starlight (@emilstarlight) of Limelight Multimedia for editing, videography, and editing as well as support from Bespoke Productions Hub.
Intro music composed and performed by Walter White Bear, Sharon Ann Foster, and Emil Starlight.
Questions for the Pod? Email us at relational.science@gmail.com
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The Ancestral Science pod crew, Emil Starlight, Alex Flett, and Kori Chewbacca (haha), chatted about INDIGENOUS SCIENCE FICTION while recording LIVE on location, beyond Earth...I mean... at the Calgary Comic Convention about how Science Fiction has been inspired by Indigenous Teachings, was Barf from Space Balls inspired by a rez dog? Thinking about how animals, trees, and the wind are Ancestors and therefore use language that goes beyond human-to-human, The Force, glitches in the Matrix or teachings from our Ancestors? Reconnecting with ancestral technology and DNA, our deepest fears and reoccurring dreams, and the future of Indigenous Science Fiction...
This is the final episode of SEASON TWO!! Stay tuned for some exciting pod fun happening over the summer, from an “Indigenous Youth Podcast Take-over” to more videos... email us at relational.science@gmail.com for more information.
For all the EDUCATORS, check out the shownotes for additional links, expanded learnings, and much more!
Hand to heart to Emil Starlight for editing & audio amazingness, and Indigenous Screen Office and Bespoke Productions Hub for their support.
Grab a glass of Bantha milk or some Rootleaf Stew, and open your mind and heart to the topic of Indigenous Science Fiction with the Ancestral Science Podcast team...
**cue the Wookie Grunt**
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The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to speak with TCHADAS LEO, from Xwemalhkwu and Stillaguamish Nations, a journalist and tv and podcast host (check out his pod "Our Native Land"). We chatted about his passion for being an Indigenous journalist and how he balances time constraints with protocols, his dream story to cover, the courage needed to "tell the truth," and artifact/ancestor rematriation. We heard more about his SOON TO BE LAUNCHED graphic novel named "Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel
", that shares stories of his Ancestral lands before and after colonization. We dug into the science within these stories, from food preservation and sensory hunting to clam digging in relation to moon cycles and sand stories.
For all you teachers and educators, we have extensive show notes and additional links available here.
Hand to Heart to Indigenous Screen Office and Bespoke Productions Hub.
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Within this "active" Spring season of re-birth and re-growth, the Ancestral Science Podcast is taking a brief break to refresh and heal ourselves...so in deciding what episode to re-launch we were guided by the recent first thunder (amidst a thunderSNOW storm) that prompted the pop of the cottonwood buds, emerging crocus, and increased desires to reconnect with Native plants and our gardens, we thought...let's promote a previous guest Latifa of ALCLA Native Plants.
The episode was recorded in Fall 2023, on the Lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut’ina Nation, Îethka Nakoda First Nation, and more recently the Otipemisiwak Métis.
The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to speak with LATIFA PELLETIER-AHMED, French Canadian with Bangladeshi roots, who is a botanist, herbalist, educator, artist, and co-owner of ALCLA Native Plant Nursery on Treaty 7 (just North of Calgary, Treaty 7). Latifa taught us about significance of critical thinking in science, plants as teachers and guides, the incredible adaptability and resilience of Native Plants, personalities of seeds, harm of mono-agriculture, honeybees aren't native, how to decolonize your lawn, and the importance of recognizing and learning about invasive species.
Grab some herbal tea alongside a robin or crocus friend, and let's learn together about the importance of Native plants from Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed
For all you educators and curious folks who want to learn more, check out the shownotes here!
Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
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The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to speak with PHILIP STEVENS, San Carlos Apache, Director of American Indian Studies at the University of Idaho, about (global/Western) mathematics being like pornography or taxidermy, non-Euclidian tessellations in mesquite wood stacking, patterns of the Land, Apache ontologies, academic camouflage, and focusing on how to take care of our own garden/sphere of influence to broaden mathematical perspectives.
Upon Philip’s request, honoraria was gifted to someone we know that is in need. They were grateful, thank you.
Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
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As always, for all you educators out there, extensive shownotes are HERE
Here are some fast cool links from the episode:
“A Woodcutter’s Story: Perceptions and Uses of Mathematics on San Carlos Apache Reservation” (article) by Philip Stevens
“‘A space for you to be who you are’: an ethnographic portrait of reterritorializing Indigenous student identities” (article) by Vanessa Anthony-Stevens, Philip Stevens
-Math as...
...arithmetic
-in school math was a place to count
-it was about memorization and abstract ideas, disconnect from self, culture, land, spirit
...pornography
-Philip mentioned that the processes he was required to go through to understand global/western mathematics made him feel like a pornographer, because it removed all emotion and love.
...taxidermy
-Learning global/western mathematics was like hunting then killing mathematics, taking its life, its spirit, its energy, then stuffing it with inanimate, unfamiliar, unrelated...materials. It is no longer a relative, no longer connected to culture, Land, ceremony, community, or spirit.
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The Ancestral Science Podcast wanted to support our friend JUNO AWARD NOMINEE Walter McDonald White Bear....so... we decided to gather some friends, a few guitars, and some pizza. Along with some impromptu riffs and freestyle we got to chat about embodying music, spirit as an additional voice/instrument, connections between goosebumps and music, frequencies, songs, & language of the Land, the suppressed Native American Influence on Rock n Roll, Rhythm and Poetry, and the connection between snagging blankets and flutes.
Hand to heart to support from Indigenous Screen Office and BESPOKE Productions HUB
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Cheer on Bear at the JUNOS and check out his website www.walterwhitebear.com
For all you educators or if you just want to learn more about all the cool stuff we talked about, check out the SHOWNOTES. These are also available here.
Grab a non-alcoholic beer or a Bepsi, grab your favourite instrument, and come jam along with Bear and friends.
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We were honoured to be recording in a cedar longhouse on the ancestral Nisqually lands of Hweqwidi HANFORD MCCLOUD. The pod chatted with Hanford alongside relatives Juan Carlos Chavez, Alvin Harvey, and a furry friend for support. Amongst the aroma of cedar and displays of relational and practical science of canoe and basket-making, we chatted about cedar bark as insect repellant, trees as teachers and wise helpers, FishWars, how to make waterproof woven cedar baskets, the difference between a canoe and a boat, and using your hands to teach and heal through pulling cedar.
This episode of the Ancestral Science Podcast was recorded on location in January on the misty Lands of the Nisqually Nation just South of Seattle, by the Nisqually River.
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Check out some of Hanford's cedar hats, woven with science, spirit, and ancestral stories, at MccloudCreations.
Full SHOWNOTES: (great for educators!!) here
Grab your latest beading or sewing project, brew a pot of berry tea, and come learn alongside HANFORD MCCLOUD.
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The Ancestral Science Podcast was honoured to be gifted some time with TERRI CARDINAL from Saddle Lake Cree Nation. We chatted about Nêhiyaw teachings of death and dying, the science of soothing when grieving, connection between hair and senses / love and grief, death as a transition not an end, disconnecting fear from death, and the how jokes and laughter at the seemingly most inappropriate times is incredibly healing.
Terri donated her honoraria to Good Hoops, a grassroots basketball program out of Edmonton Alberta, creating opportunities through basketball.
Check out Terri and Amber’s podcast called 2 Crees in a Pod, where they have created space for Indigenous resurgence and stories!
Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.
Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.
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FULL SHOWNOTES: these are great resources for educators and learning more!
Available here.
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