The Native Seed Pod
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
TEK is a Verb: Activating Indigenous Ecologies at ESA
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This sixth episode of Season Four with Frank K. Lake and Lydia Jennings centers around Indigenous ecologies and their practical application. Frank Lak...
Knowledge Symbiosis with Roxanne Swentzell and Anne LaForti
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of our limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, Roxanne Swentzell and Anne LaForti ...
Knowledge Symbiosis with PennElys Droz and Maibritt Pedersen Zari
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of our limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, PennElys Droz and Maibritt Pedersen ...
Knowledge Symbiosis with Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson Part 2
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of the limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nel...
Knowledge Symbiosis with Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson Part 1
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of the limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, Dayna Baumeister joins Melissa ...
TEK Warriors use ethical space to indigenize ecology
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The speakers discuss how they are working with Tribes and First nations in the US and Canada and how they are elevating TEK in academia, research, and...
First Scientist: Exploring the Harmonics of Abundance with Rose Imai
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of the season, we honor the voice and wisdom of Rose Imai, a beloved Tuscarora elder who passed into the spirit world on April 2...
Indigenous Food Warriors with Chef Crystal Wahpepah
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Host Sara Moncada sits down with Chef Crystal Wahpepah in Wahpepah’s Kitchen, her newly opened Native-owned restaurant in Oakland, California....
Rematriating the Land with Corrina Gould
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Seed Rematriation with Becky Webster
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Melissa Nelson sits down with Becky Webster, Oneida farmer, seedkeeper and attorney. Their conversation explores the challenges and joys of being...
Seed Rematriation with Shelley Buffalo
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Shelley Buffalo talks with host Melissa Nelson about the healing power of ancestral foods, feeding the community with rematriated cro...
Seed Rematriation with Jessika Greendeer
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Melissa Nelson talks with Jessika Greendeer of the Ho-Chunk Nation in this first of three episodes focused on Seed Rematriation. Jessika and Meli...
The Poetry of Sacred Food Culture: Conversations with Simon Ortiz
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Melissa Nelson sits down with famous Acoma Pueblo writer, poet, and storyteller Simon J. Ortiz to discuss the intricacies of traditional tribal i...
Hawaiian Cartography and 'Aina Sovereignty
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Renee shares her experience of being changed while writing her book Kanaka Hawaiʻi Cartography: Hula, Navigation, and Oratory (2017), which exp...
Kai Ora: Māori stories of life-giving foods across Moana
19 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a sunny fall afternoon in the shadow of Mount Tamalpias, Seed Pod host Melissa Nelson and producer Sara Moncada sat down with Wikuki and Tania for ...
Rekindling Native California Ecologies - Part 2
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Redbird teaches how Native Californians co-created the landscape using "mild disturbance," fire, seeding, and seasonal harvesting rotations to increas...
Rekindling Native California Ecologies - Part 1
04 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a full day of harvesting, teachings, and community during The Cultural Conservancy’s annual Harvest Day gathering, Melissa Nelson catches up w...
Food Is Medicine: Native Health and Cultural Foodscapes - Part 2
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Food Is Medicine: Native Health and Cultural Foodscapes - Part 1
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On a winter morning in Reno, Nevada, on the homelands of the Washoe nation, host Melissa Nelson has a conversation with Native chefs and health educat...
A Feast of Food Stories with Abalone, Salmon and Wild Rice
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For this final episode of season one of the Native Seed Pod we featured the voices of four strong Native American food sovereignty leaders talking abo...
Nourishing the Spirit in Native California
10 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dive deep into agroecology and the Native plant wisdom of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Keeper and medical herbalist Sage LaPena (Noptipom Wi...
#CafeOhlone: Language, Food, Community
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we sit down with California Native chefs and educators Vincent Medina (Chochenyo Ohlone) and Louis Trevino (Rumsen Ohlone), to talk a...
Green Corn: Change and Transmission of the Life Sustainers
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We feature husband-wife team and Traditional Knowledge Holders Dave and Wendy Bray from the Seneca Nation in Western New York. Dave Bray is a traditio...
Trusting in Abundance: Finding Your Regeneration Niche
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this intimate dialogue, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer explores the beauty and sophistication of seed germination and how plants use their...
The Seed Sovereignty Sisters
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Update: We want to acknowledge that since this episode's airdate, it has come to light that Elizabeth Hoover has misrepresented her identity as an Ind...
The Re-Emergence of the Buffalo
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the New Moon in March, host Melissa Nelson traveled to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada to participate in the 2018 Think Indigenous Education Confer...
The Native Seed Revolution
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Melissa Nelson visits with Mohawk Seed Keeper Rowen White at her family’s Sierra Seeds farm in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains on ...