RAIR Digital Dialogues

Aug 02 2022 12 ep. 56 mins 10

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RAIR Digital Dialogues is a podcast series exploring land, our relationships to land, as well as issues of food sovereignty, Indigenous land rematriation and relational accountability in research and land-based protection.

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11. Making land sovereign and reclaiming relationships

Aug 02 2022 57 mins

Stephanie Morningstar (Kanien’kehá:ka, Wakeniáhten, Mohawk, Turtle clan; She/Her, They/Them) is an herbalist, earth worker, and educator, as well as the executive director and relationships and reciprocity co-director of the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust. In today’s episode, we are very grateful to Stephanie for sharing her knowledge about reclaiming relationships, la

10. Rematriation: 'A lifelong decolonial love journey' with Melissa West Morrisson

Jul 19 2022 37 mins

Melissa West-Morrison is ‘Namgis and Chinese with a passion for growing culturally-relevant food and making medicines on her life-long journey of learning the language of plants. She is the Nursery Coordinator at the Coast Salish Plant Nursery at Maplewood Flats, a community artist, UBC alumni, and recent graduate of the Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School. In today’s episode w

9: Environmental Racism, Justice and Land Revitalization with Beze Gray

Jul 05 2022 50 mins

In this episode we speak with Beze Gray. Beze is an Anishinaabe water protector and land defender from Aamjiwnaang First Nation and has been an active voice in the movement against environmental racism and in support of decolonization from a young age. Along with their ongoing activism, Beze has also been doing land-based work and learning Ojibwe in their own effort to revital

8: Bringing Seed Ancestors Home with Tiffany Traverse

Jun 21 2022 45 mins

Tiffany Traverse is a Secwepmec land and seed steward, farmer and advocate for Indigenous food and seed sovereignty. She recently began a new role as Seed Collection Lead for Aski Reclamation. In this podcast, Tiffany shares her knowledge and experience with Indigenous-led seed projects and her reflections on rematriation, caretaking seed-ancestors, mentorship and many other themes

7: Rematriation as Relational Practice with Alivia Moore and Kessi Kimball of the Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective

Jun 07 2022 54 mins

In this episode we speak with Alivia Moore and Kessi Kimball from Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective -- a grassroots organization aiming to restore Indigenous food and kinship systems and the spiritual foundation of Indigenous livelihoods. Alivia Moore is a member of the Penobscot nation and the two-spirit community. They are a mother, child welfare advocate and co-founder o

6: Learning from the Treaty Land Sharing Network with Amy Seesequasis and Dr. Emily Eaton

May 24 2022 83 mins

In this episode we speak with Amy Seesequasis and Dr. Emily Eaton about The Treaty Land Sharing Network's efforts to bring together a group of farmers, ranchers, and other landholders to begin the crucial work of honouring Treaties. Amy and Emily offer important and timely perspectives and experiences that farmers and other landholders can draw from to

5: Digging into Indigenous Food Sovereignty with Dr. Tabitha Robin Martens

May 10 2022 59 mins

In this episode we speak with Dr. Tabitha Robin Martens, who is an Assistant professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. We discuss Indigenous food systems and the complexities of Indigenous Food Sovereignty within the context of ongoing settler colonialism and the imposition of settler food and governance systems. Music by Aysanabee.

4: Indigenous Sovereignty and Resistance to Settler Colonial Resource Extraction with Anne Spice

Apr 26 2022 57 mins

In this episode we speak with Anne Spice, who is a queer Indigenous feminist and anti-colonial organizer and an Assistant professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at X University. We discuss rematriation, land back, Indigenous sovereignty, and accountability in our relations within the context of land struggles and resistance against colonial resource extraction. Music by A

3: Reclaiming Anishinaabe Land Relations, Governance and Ways of Being with Dr. Eva Jewell and Nancy Deleary

Apr 12 2022 62 mins

In this episode we speak with Dr. Eva Jewell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at X University and the Research Director at the Yellowhead Institute alongside her mother Nancy Deleary who is engaging directly with land back, land sharing and reclamation in her work and life. We discuss settler-Indigenous land and farming relations, land reclamation, rematriation,

2: Talking Treaties, Indigenous Governance & Land Relations with Dr. Deborah McGregor

Mar 29 2022 58 mins

In this episode we speak with Dr. Deborah McGregor, an Associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. We discuss rematriation, land back, treaties, Indigenous food sovereignty, and accountability in our relations with one another, other than human beings, and the land. Music by Aysanabee.