The Native Seed Pod

Aug 05 2024 27 ep. 47 mins 146

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Celebrating the diversity and beauty of Native seeds, soils, and indigenous foods. Exploring the Foodways and Traditional Ecological Knowledge needed to renew the health of the Earth and all our relations.

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TEK is a Verb: Activating Indigenous Ecologies at ESA

Aug 05 2024 43 mins

In this episode, Melissa Nelson interviews two Native scientist colleagues, Frank Lake and Lydia Jennings, at the annual 2023 Ecological Society of America conference in Portland, Oregon, where they discuss Indigenous ecologies, the history of the TEK section, and data sovereignty.

Knowledge Symbiosis with Roxanne Swentzell and Anne LaForti

Jan 26 2024 61 mins

Roxanne Swentzell, Anne LaForti and Sara El Sayed engage around regenerative concepts, soil, permaculture, and how TEK and Western science can be woven together to heal ecosystems.

Knowledge Symbiosis with PennElys Droz and Maibritt Pedersen Zari

Dec 20 2023 65 mins

PennElys Droz, Maibritt Pedersen Zari and Lily Urmann, explore cosmologies, paradigm shifts and how to be in good relationship as humans within creation, outline principles of regenerative design in communities, engage in decolonization and learn from Indigenous ecological relationships.

Knowledge Symbiosis with Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson Part 2

Nov 30 2023 60 mins

Sara El-Sayed hosts this conversation on biomimicry and Indigenous knowledges, exploring ethical spaces of engagement for biomimicry practitioners and Indigenous knowledge-holders.

Knowledge Symbiosis with Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson Part 1

Nov 07 2023 56 mins

Dayna Baumeister joins Melissa K. Nelson in a conversation guest hosted by Sara El-Sayed to explore the common ground and map the divergences between Indigenous science and biomimicry.

TEK Warriors use ethical space to indigenize ecology

Jul 27 2023 51 mins

Lakota leader James Rattling Leaf, a global Indigenous consultant and Gwen Bridge, a Cree First Nations environmental leader with host and Native ecologist Melissa Nelson have conversation about the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK).

First Scientist: Exploring the Harmonics of Abundance with Rose Imai

Oct 12 2022 45 mins

We honor the voice and wisdom of Rose Imai, a beloved Tuscarora elder who passed into the spirit world on April 22nd, 2022. In this free-flowing conversation, Rose and host Melissa K Nelson traverse many topics, from the song of corn to the harmonics of abundance.

Indigenous Food Warriors with Chef Crystal Wahpepah

Jun 20 2022 48 mins

Guest Host Sara Moncada sits down with Chef Crystal Wahpepah in Wahpepah’s Kitchen, her newly opened Native-owned restaurant in Oakland, California. In a wide-ranging and intimate conversation, they discuss Crystal’s vision of what it means to be an Indigenous Food Warrior: nourishing community through cooking and serving Native foods and educating the next generation on the po

Rematriating the Land with Corrina Gould

Feb 03 2022 39 mins

Host Melissa Nelson sits down on the land for a wide-ranging conversation with Ohlone leader Corrina Gould of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, discussing rematriating Indigenous homelands, the history and strategy of land trusts and Native land taxes, resilience hubs in the Bay Area, and much more.

Seed Rematriation with Becky Webster

Nov 30 2021 53 mins

Host Melissa Nelson talks with Becky Webster, Oneida farmer, seedkeeper and attorney. They explore the challenges and joys of being a Native farmer, cultivating recently rematriated crops, navigating both market and trade economies, and more.