Talking Leaves: An Indigenous Perspectives Podcast

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“Yes, I got knocked down. I got knocked for a loop by this horrible drought combined with whatever blight I got hit with. But I am going to dig deep, draw on strength from my roots, and I am going to assert myself and blossom and think about the next generations as well as myself.”

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"Yes, in Taiwan we do have Indigenous peoples, who are not so well known by the international world because the Chinese influence in Taiwan has been many decades...."

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Crawford Lake, in Ontario, Canada, has found herself in the middle of controversies about whether she should be the "poster child" for the Anthropocene, a new geological era...

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In November 2023, we (Randy Kritkausky and Carolyn Schmidt) invited four people from different Christian religious traditions to our house. We hoped that sharing a meal might provide an opportunity to further explore a range of interests that had previously been shared only over electronic media.

Our wildest expectations were exceeded as life changing encounters unfolded before our eyes. Strangers who arrived at a dinner table left feeling that they had found soul mates. Or to use the phrase we heard many times over dinner and in numerous followup emails, we all became a band of travelers on a shared journey of discovery. This podcast is a snapshot in time of where we are now individually and collectively in that journey. It is our hope that capturing this moment in time, a virtual electronic regathering, may help others to find common ground so that we may all make progress toward healing our society and planet together.

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It's been over three years since the publication of Randy Kritkausky's book, Without Reservation: Awakening to Native American Spirituality and the Ways of our Ancestors. In this show we explore what Randy has learned from his readers and how the experiences he discusses in his book are of even greater relevance today.

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How did the Indigenous nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast survive ecological and political chaos, and transform their societies to cope....

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Kaitlin Curtice discusses healing through connections with the seasons and with her Potawatomi roots, and the importance of children's books to enable everyone to connect with "the child within"...

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On today’s show, we’ll be interviewing some of the members of the creative team that has worked together to produce an "opera for all ages," The Flight of the Hummingbird. This show carries an Indigenous story, and was developed and produced by a mix of Indigenous and Canadian artists.

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Here's the question: what fundamental aspect of being Indigenous continues to be threatened today but is not political, like treaty rights or getting land back, and not economic, like finding new ways to generate income for tribal nations?

It's the ways that our Indigenous belief systems - deeply spiritual and affirming routine connections with the animate world - are routinely questioned and dismissed by those in the mainstream, even routinely by those who claim to be our allies and advocates.

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