Mother Earth Medicine. An Ancestral Intelligence Podcast to Heal Our Future
Episodes
Mother Earth Medicine Podcast - Episode 1 - Healing Our Future
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 1, our hosts, Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese), Cultural Survival Board Member, and Aimee Roberson (Chahta/Chikashsha), C...
Changes!: Nihizhi Podcast is Transitioning to “Mother Earth Medicine Podcast"!
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode, Dr. Lyla June Johnston speaks with Aimee Roberson, Executive Director of Cultural Survival, to announce an exciting new transition! L...
Shinnecock Kelp Forestry on Long Island: Revolutionizing Atlantic Stewardship with Tela Troge
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Tela Troge, a Shinnecock Nation matriarch, lawyer, and kelp farmer, Indigenous to what is now known as Long Island, NY....
The Tidewater People: Nanticoke Food Sovereignty in Delaware with Karelle Hall and Courtney Streett
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Karelle Hall and Courtney Streett share their experience in the colonial state of Delaware as Nanticoke Tribal Members to bring back their ancient see...
Pathways to Right Relations as a White British Man: A Conversation with Justin Adams
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Justin Adams, co-founder of Ostara and chair of Embercombe. The episode discussion revolves around reconnec...
Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk Nation) Stories, Songs and Wisdom with Theresa “Bear” Fox
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, host Lyla June is in conversation with Theresa "Bear" Fox, a song carrier and knowledge bearer of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mo...
The Muwekma Ohlone’s “Trail of Truth” with Charlene Nijmeh
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Charlene Nijmeh, the chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, which is comprised of all known surviving Amer...
Thacker Pass: The Lithium Rush & Its Impact on Indigenous Communities
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Dean Barlese, an elder and spiritual leader from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Max Wilbert, writer and ...
Protectors of the Snow Leopard: Maria Azhunova of the Buryat-Mongol Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Federation
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June talks with Maria Azhunova of the Buryat-Mongol Indigenous Peoples, Director of the Land of Snow Leopard Network. Their...
Nisenan Homelands: CHIRP, #LandBack, and Cultural Phoenixing with Shelly Covert and Ember Amador
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode host Lyla June talks with Shelly Covert, spokesperson for the Nisenan Indigenous Nation, native to Grass Valley & Nevada City ar...
Akimel O'odham Power: Fighting for the Land, Water and Culture with Marina Thomas
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Marina Thomas, a curly haired, light skinned Onk Akimel O'odham mother fighting for the existence of o...
Israel, Palestine and Indigeneity: A Jewish Perspective with Jeffrey Haas
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Jeffrey Haas, a Jewish civil rights and criminal defense attorney who has represented with the families of ...
Realities, People, and God: Christian Palestinian Liberation Theology with Omar Halamy and Samuel Munayer
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Lyla June interviews two Palestinians who work with Sabeel, a Palestinian Christian group in Jerusalem. They work for Palestinia...
Good Fire: The Karuk Nation and the Original Prescribed Burns of Turtle Island
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Indigenous People of Turtle Island (ala North America) have been intentionally burning the landscape for millennia with low intensity burns. This cycl...
Earth Defenders of the Philippines: Bontok-Kankanaey Life with Beverly Longid
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Beverly Longid, an Igorot (Indigenous Philippine) woman of the Bontok-Kankanaey community. We discuss her efforts with...
Indigenous Parenting, ICWA, and Epigenetics with Grace Johnson, Misty Flowers, and Elizabeth Lovejoy Brown
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Grace Johnson about traditional Indigenous parenting techniques, from rites of passage to holding our babies when they c...
Lessons from Abya Yala: The Indigenous Peoples of Suriname with Sherlien Sanches
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Sherlien Sanches of the Kaliña Nation of Suriname, a country in Abya Yala (South America). Her peoples were colonized ...
Black and Indigenous Solidarity with Katina Stone-Butler
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two sisters from different cultural backgrounds discuss the beautiful ways in which Black and Indigenous struggles intersect and have the potential to...
áyACon: The Power of Indigenous Comics, Fandom, and Artistry with Kristina Bad Hand
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us, as we delve into the brilliant mind of Indigenous illustrator, cosplayer, comic book creator, Indiginerd, and organizer of áyACon, Denver’...
Bridging Islam and Turtle Island: Parallel Struggles with Mona Haydar
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lyla June and Mona Haydar discuss the similarities between Turtle Island and the various cultures of Islam. Their discussion covers tr...
Sacred Animals: Navajo Churro Sheep and Reweaving Our Ancient Ecologies
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nikyle and Kelli passionately discuss the Indigenous practice of sheep herding as a living, breathing system, spanning across centuri...
Indigenous Food Warriors: Crystal Wahpepah and the Art of Feeding Community
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chef Crystal Wahpepah (James Beard Award Winner) of the Kickapoo Nation discusses our connection to food as it relates to living clos...
Indigenous Masculinity, Jim Thorpe, and Hip-Hop with Anishinaabe/Oneida Artist Tall Paul
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we celebrate and uplift Tall Paul's recent album release "The Story of Jim Thorpe." A concept biographical album honor...
Lateral Kindness: Sherri Mitchell, Traditions of Compassion, and the Antidote to Division
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sherri Mitchell, author of Sacred Instructions, reviews the many-layered causes of lateral violence (or the ways in which colonization turns communiti...
The Island of Guåhan (Guam): The Beauty & Struggle of Chamorro Liberation with Monaeka Flores
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Monaeka Flores of the Chamorro Indigenous Community of Guåhan (colonially known as Guam). She works with Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidia...
Opening Space for Creator: Karen Rodriguez's Decolonization Journey Home
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this immersive and inspiring episode with Karen Rodriguez (Maya) as we recount her journey from the urban streets of Los Angeles as an immi...
Beata Tsosie-Peña: The Poetry of Land Liberation
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, Doula, Seed-keeper, and Land Defender Beata Tsosie-Peña of the Santa Clara Pueblo Indigenous Community, generously reads her poetry, venturing ...
Birthing Ancestral Paradigms through Indigenous Midwifery with Nicolle Gonzales
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolle Gonzales educates us on the topic of Indigenous midwifery within the context of Diné society. From cradle to womanhood, Indigenous doulas r...
Publishing Indigenous Authors: Jessa Calderon's New Book, 'SisterHood'
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessa Calderon's first fiction publication celebrates Indigenous women in the heart of Tongva Territory, narrating their strength in the face of ...
MMIW in Latin America with Dr. Lydia Huerta
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness Day, we draw attention to the epidemic in Abya Yala (Latin America) of missin...
Hopi Dryland Farming with Ahkima Honyumptewa
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you thrive with limited water? Hopi dry-land farmers have been positioning their fields at the base of small watersheds to catch the nutrients ...
Indigenous Languages: Raising Fluent Speakers
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can we raise our children to be fluent speakers of our endangered languages? In this episode, we interview three people who have accomplished this...
Corrina Gould, #Landback, and the Art of Indigenous Land Trusts
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Corrina Gould, chair and spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, unpacks the reality of Indigenous Peoples in the San...
'A Gathering Basket' Multimedia Cookbook and the Promise of Rematriation
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, we meet with M. Karlos Baca, who shares the I-Collective’s most recent multimedia publication, A Gathering Basket; Haze...
Nihizhí, Our Voices: An Indigenous Solutions Podcast Trailer
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A podcast shining light on various Indigenous Voices, carrying grassroots solutions for our communities and the world.