To mark Indigenous People's Day, we'll hear two stories about communities working with food to revitalize identity and ancestry. First, we speak to Mariah Gladstone and Kenneth Cook in Blackfeet Nation in Montana about their online cooking show Indigikitchen and follow them into the field as they harvest a bison. Then, we talk to Dr. Keitlyn Alcantara about the Tlaxcala, an indigenous tribe living in central Mexico who were able to survive the expansive Aztec empire in the period just before colonization, and visit the Healing Garden at Hilltop in Bloomington, Indiana, where diaspora members connect with familiar plants, the earth and each other. This show first aired in August 2022.

Featuring:

• Kenneth Cook, helps operate Indigikitchen
• Mariah Gladstone, founder of Indigikitchen
• Boyd Evans, rancher on Blackfeet Nation
• Dr Keitlyn Alcantara, assistant professor of archeology at Indiana University
• Margarita Martinez Osorio, PhD student of history at Indiana University
• Andre Bispo de Jesus, gardener at Indiana University

Making Contact Team:

• Guest Reporter: Kathleen Shannon
• Episode hosts: Salima Hamirani and Amy Gastelum
• Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani and Lucy Kang
• Executive Director: Jina Chung
• Engineer: Jeff Emtman
• Digital Marketing Manager: Lissa Deonarain

Music Credits:

• Caslo – Freedom
• Jonny Ripper – Opening Credits
• Danny Bale – Grevillia Music

Learn More:

• Indigikitchen
• The Healing Garden

Making Contact is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world.