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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...

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 ...

When you are a self-identifying white or Caucasian, there are many big assumptions afforded you in Eurocentric societies such as the US and Canada. To help us unpack these assumptions we have extended a special request to Hilary Giovale. As a self-identifying cisgender white female, Giovale has been on a long journey toward wholeness that allows her ancestral blood lines and land lines to both penetrate and inform her desired outcome, personal reparations. Giovale will share with us the im...

Would you look how far we have come? Thirty episodes along this path Together Here on Broken Lands and now, there is time to pause for there is sufficient cause to raise up our hands in thanksgiving and gratitude for all of you. Miigwech, thank you for making this intention possible by pointing your attention this way and attuning to our mission, which is to continue to honor treaties and respect each relative for their unique contribution.

For the first time on this podcast we will be inviting our listeners and Patreon members to what we are lifting up as an "elder share." Whenever we offer our listeners and members an "elder share," we kindly request that you pause, open and shift (ie., POS) Pause - come to a still point Open - turn all attention to heart center Shift - breathe in and out of your heart center (4x) This call to action will be approximately 60 seconds, which will lend our "elder share" the honor and respect we...

For the first time on this podcast we will be inviting our listeners and Patreon members to what we are lifting up as an "elder share." Whenever we offer our listeners and members an "elder share," we kindly request that you pause, open and shift (ie., POS) Pause - come to a still point Open - turn all attention to heart center Shift - breathe in and out of your heart center (4x) This call to action will be approximately 60 seconds, which will lend our "elder share" the honor and respect we...

In a world that values profit over the truth that sets truth free (i.e., prophet), there is always a need for truth-tellers. So, when a film comes along whose sole purpose and original intent is to set truth free, what will truth-seekers do once they elect to view the documentary? Sugarcane is both a masterpiece of art through nonfiction storytelling and a clarion call to sacred action. Anyone who chooses to view this film must set aside at least 30 minutes to allow yourself to fully soak in t...

In a world that values profit over the truth that sets truth free (i.e., prophet), there is always a need for truth-tellers. So, when a film comes along whose sole purpose and original intent is to set truth free, what will truth-seekers do once they elect to view the documentary? Sugarcane is both a masterpiece of art through nonfiction storytelling and a clarion call to sacred action. Anyone who chooses to view this film must set aside at least 30 minutes to allow yourself to fully soak in t...

There's a saying in many ancient traditions, that without love in the heart, life is like a sapless tree in a barren desert. At 6 foot five, Bryan Newland stands tall, and yet his heart flows within a spiritual current, that knows that he is known by his Creator Spirit who sits atop the crown of this beloved son, sibling, husband, parent, friend, and Ojibwemowin student. Perhaps, of all his accolades and accomplishments, committed to lifelong learning appears most admirable, since he continues ...

An ancient Tamil proverb from the 1st Century shares a bit of indigenousness from south India; "Without love in the heart, life is like a sapless tree in a barren desert." It is our privilege to cross half of the northern hemisphere to reach New Delhi where we find Seema Shalini Lugun (Adivasi - Munda) from Orisa, India. Seema Shalini shares her world view that has grown from rural tribal girl to urban adivasi woman. She reveals her ancestry and warrior spirit to keep up the good fight for her p...

Continuing to center the voices and values of our indigenous relatives among us, we hear from Colleen Bernu (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa). Deacon Colleen in the Lutheran world represents authentic diversity and in her experience of the church there remains a process of colonization that presents an extractive arena to navigate as a native woman. Bernu simultaneously walks in the Indigenous world where authenticity means belonging first and identifying second. Join us for another t...

During this episode, we explore beyond primary education into secondary education that leads to higher education for Native American youth. Chip Beal points out ways that Native American students can access and afford to go for higher education. According to professor Beal, there is a double standard within the current system of higher education that he and others are trying to correct. One important solution offered is to allow for Indigenous ways of knowing and being to co-exist, along with we...

Center School builds up trustworthy protocols and processes across generations, which might be its greatest gift to educating citizens of Turtle Island and Mother Earth. As George Spears shares insights on the edge of unitive vision, we can listen to the real possibility of American Indian Education for Everyone coming along, very soon, in order to involve all our relations in being human on this planet and citizen on these Broken Lands experiencing the tittering and tottering of quid quo pros t...

Join us for part one of our conversation with Richard and Lorraine White, founders of Nawayee Center School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Richard shares a fascinating history of how the school, combining both Indigenous and Western education, emerged. The voices of indigenous youth landed on his heart, leading him to build and develop this place through advocacy. www.centerschool.org Cover art by: @clairemakes7

Join us for part 2 of our conversation with Rev. Dr. Paul Reynolds. He is a Kaupapa Māori Health researcher, an ordained priest in Te Hāhi Mihinare (Anglican Church), and a fledgling Indigenous theologian. He shares what led him to his work and discusses some of the ongoing processes involved in reclaiming cultures, traditions, knowledge, and faith. We also explore some acknowledgments and conversations the Church could engage in to foster pathways of healing and recovery from historical and int...

In this premiere episode, we welcome Rev. Dr. Paul Reynolds. He is a Kaupapa Māori Health researcher, an ordained priest in Te Hāhi Mihinare (Anglican Church), and a fledgling Indigenous theologian. He shares what led him to his work and discusses some of the ongoing processes involved in reclaiming cultures, traditions, knowledge, and faith. We also explore some acknowledgments and conversations the Church could engage in to foster pathways of healing and recovery from historical and intergener...