Episodes

When we pause to ponder how we are all playing a part in history right now, isn't there always a vantage point to listen from and a vanishing point to see through time in space? Well, Indigenous History Now founders are with us to share their first take on a shared vanishing point from behind the camera vantage point. Leilani Kaholo is a native Hawaiian composer with a Master of Music in Film Scoring from Berklee College of Music. She is also a co-founder and board vice president for Indigenous...

Our featured indigenous voice for all of June 2026 is ... Prairie Rose Seminole. As co-tenant of her animal shelter/sanctuary in western North Dakota, Prairie Rose lives an exemplary life as a teacher, healer, warrior, and singer. Her current life work is at the intersection of "biker culture" and indigenous women riders. Focused on directing a documentary film, that follows several Native women from one sacred site of the Lakota to Sturgis biker rally in early August, she admits to feeling the...

Our featured indigenous voice for all of June 2026 is ... Prairie Rose Seminole. As co-tenant of her animal shelter/sanctuary in western North Dakota, Prairie Rose lives an exemplary life as a teacher, healer, warrior, and singer. Her current life work is at the intersection of "biker culture" and indigenous women riders. Focused on directing a documentary film, that follows several Native women from one sacred site of the Lakota to Sturgis biker rally in early August, she admits to feeling the...

Our featured indigenous voice for all of June 2026 is ... Prairie Rose Seminole. As co-tenant of her animal shelter/sanctuary in western North Dakota, Prairie Rose lives an exemplary life as a teacher, healer, warrior, and singer. Her current life work is at the intersection of "biker culture" and indigenous women riders. Focused on directing a documentary film, that follows several Native women from one sacred site of the Lakota to Sturgis biker rally in early August, she admits to feeling the...

When the Oglala Lakota Episcopal Church was formed in 2008, as a response to the dishonoring of past relations, many of the Nungpa Tatanka Tayoshpaye took a stand that their ancestors took several generations ago. Rev. Twilla "TR" Two Bulls is based in Red Shirt Table, where she serves in ministry at both Christ Church Red Shirt Table and St. John's Episcopal Church. A dedicated advocate for her community, she is currently serving her second term as President. Alongside her family, TR will be t...

A Tamil Sage from the First Century still speaks, "Without Love in the heart, life is like a sapless tree in a barren wilderness." What is real for you as an attentive listener to this podcast? If this question is something that you can feel resonating in your heart, then we wholeheartedly invite you to listen to this episode with our new curriculum developer and community administrator, Colleen Bernu ( Fond du Lac). Who am I related to after listening for the other persons perspective? When t...

Balancing an American Indigenous identity with a Christian faith calling from within a "liminal space" between these worlds can be a place of learning and discernment. Vance Blackfox cannot help but be Native, but he chooses to be Christian every day, and this liminal space helps him navigate how to be safe and effective in non-Indigenous environments. When asked about changes in tribal inclusion within the church since he started in 1988-89, Vance expressed frustration that many of the same i...

Balancing an American Indigenous identity with a Christian faith calling from within a "liminal space" between these worlds can be a place of learning and discernment. Vance Blackfox cannot help but be Native, but he chooses to be Christian every day, and this liminal space helps him navigate how to be safe and effective in non-Indigenous environments. When asked about changes in tribal inclusion within the church since he started in 1988-89, Vance expressed frustration that many of the same i...

When we take rest and breathe easy, there is nothing to do but stay present to what is most sacred. Might there be an Advent of the Sacred as we learn to walk together here as relatives? Settlers doing their work of decolonizating extractive systems, while Indigenous Peoples do their work of returning us all to a sense of place by indiginazation. We are joined by Sarah Augustine, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery.

When we take rest and breathe easy, there is nothing to do but stay present to what is most sacred. Might there be an Advent of the Sacred as we learn to walk together here as relatives? Settlers doing their work of decolonizating extractive systems, while Indigenous Peoples do their work of returning us all to a sense of place by indiginazation. We are joined by Sarah Augustine, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery.

T.S Elliott upon completion of The Four Quartets asked for more humility in the pursuit of happiness by predicting where we are going if we do not acknowledge where we are coming from: "Where is the wisdom lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge lost in information?" Dr. Marty expresses a similar spirit of humility when he says, "Those who tell, don't know and those who know, don't tell." We all know people who tell stories, and yet fail to grip their full meaning. But, where might we find s...

T.S Elliott upon completion of The Four Quartets asked for more humility in the pursuit of happiness by predicting where we are going if we do not acknowledge where we are coming from: "Where is the wisdom lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge lost in information?" Dr. Marty expresses a similar spirit of humility when he says, "Those who tell, don't know and those who know, don't tell." We all know people who tell stories, and yet fail to grip their full meaning. But, where might we find s...

Our first guest is a dual citizen of Canada and the US, also of indigenous (Metis) and northern European descent. He was born and raised in east Duluth. He is a husband and father of three adult children. The Most Rt. Rev'd Mark MacDonald is the retired National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. Mark recently heard an elder and social worker from Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa say to a group of east Duluth community members; "From east Duluth to west Du...

A reflection on season 3 and appeal to our licensers before season 4. Thank you for listening to season 3! Miigwech!

If you are a descendant of Scandinavian or Russian heritage, kindly consider this episode a must share with all your relatives. Because, above the Arctic Rim along the tree line, in what many conceive on maps as Scandinavia and northwestern Russia, lives a people who are still coexisting with reindeer herds. The Sami follow where the herd leads, not recognizing the partitions of nations and claims of corporates. Both letting go and living in one of the most harsh climates on planet Earth, the ...

If you are a descendant of Scandinavian or Russian heritage, kindly consider this episode a must share with all your relatives. Because, above the Arctic Rim along the tree line, in what many conceive on maps as Scandinavia and northwestern Russia, lives a people who are still coexisting with reindeer herds. The Sami follow where the herd leads, not recognizing the partitions of nations and claims of corporates. Both letting go and living in one of the most harsh climates on planet Earth, the ...

Meredith Migizi is founder and executive director of Miigwech, Inc., a nonprofit organization driven by a single goal: to promote and practice Mino-Bimaadiziwin (The Good Life) by making our community a better place for all. Miigwech, Inc. is continuously providing services, sharing teachings, advocating for sustenance policies, and building more understanding of Mino-Bimaadiziwin. Miigwechinc.org

Chase Iron Eyes returns home and shares his sharp intellect during a season of harvest and prayerperation for what comes next. Chase is a Native American activist, attorney, and citizen-member of the Lakota nation. Chase is the Executive Director of the Lakota People’s Law Project (Sacred Defense Fund) and publisher of the Native American news website Last Real Indians. Chase has appeared as a guest on numerous outlets including the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, CNN’s United Shades of America as well a...

When we are found by the faith of "all our relatives" (Lakota - Mitakuye Oyasin), then we are found to be recipients of the greatest gift ever given by our Creator, and that is the land on which we are still standing and walking. Father Robert Two Bulls, Oglala Lakota Episcopal Priest, is the youngest of 5 children from a large family (Lakota - tiospaye) of artists who call Pine Ridge IR and He Sapa, SD home. Fr. Two Bulls and his wife Ritchie Two Bulls focus their faith on one mission, Food Jus...

Come along, as Tom and Juno Biron help us imagine what pedagogical paradigm might be emerging on Broken Lands Trust. ) When combining traditional teachings of oral cultures with modern educational systems, we find that more needs are met by involving elders in the learning process. ) Where fathers reclaim and own their fathering, paternity leaves boys in a warm embrace rather than a cold shoulder. Juno Biron is a tribal citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, currently ...

Come along, as Tom and Juno Biron help us imagine what pedagogical paradigm might be emerging on Broken Lands Trust. ) When combining traditional teachings of oral cultures with modern educational systems, we find that more needs are met by involving elders in the learning process. ) Where fathers reclaim and own their fathering, paternity leaves boys in a warm embrace rather than a cold shoulder. Juno Biron is a tribal citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, currently ...

Dr. Abadian conducted research on several First Nations over 3 decades ago in order to offer an economists expertise. What transpired during her long visits effectively changed her world view so much, that she reenvisioned her world view to incorporate an elemental reciprocity. Come along again and listen to how one religious refugee from a small village in Iran, where she is from a long line of indigenous women who stayed on their land despite continuous persecutions was able to begin to overco...

Dr. Abadian conducted research on several First Nations over 3 decades ago in order to offer an economists expertise. What transpired during her long visits effectively changed her world view so much, that she reenvisioned her world view to incorporate an elemental reciprocity. Come along again and listen to how one religious refugee from a small village in Iran, where she is from a long line of indigenous women who stayed on their land despite continuous persecutions was able to begin to overco...

Mitch Bolo, a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, is a seasoned on-air personality with over 20 years of experience in radio broadcasting. He currently hosts “The Morning Strain” and “The Aftermath” on The Rockin Eagle 98.7/106.9 WGLI/WZAM and “The Lunch Special” on Eagle Country 105.7 WCUP-FM, two popular radio stations that serve a vast audience across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, parts of Wisconsin, and into Canada. In addition to his radio work, Mitch is a skilled videographer ...