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Ancestral Science

Ancestral Science of "Relational Science Circle"

Exploring and Sharing the depth of Scientific Knowledge within Stories that humans have been gifted from the Star, Land, and Animal Ancestors for thousands of years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:47

Food Sovereignty, Smoke Science, & tending the flame...

Ancestral Science ·

2025/10/27

This episode was recorded in fall 2024 atStar 6 Ranchat the "Harvesting Spirit" camp as hosted byHOWL(they do amazing land-based camps across Canada with youth). At this camp, the Ancestral Science Podcast was invited to learn from DARYL KOOTENAY about the science of smoke, the patience and resilience needed to live on the land, Indian popcorn, science of tending to the flame, moose noses and Elk brains, the need for multiple freezers, how smoke is the traditional Gore-Tex, and how food sovereignty

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44:32

Smoketalk about "Decolonizing Blood & Birth"

Ancestral Science ·

2025/10/20

Welcome to Smoketalk!If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Decolonizing Blood & Birth" with Alycia Two Bears, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about the previous episode.Check out Alycia's book "The Feast"If you are curious or an educator, here are some shownotes for additional content and links.Ancestral Science Podcast WebsiteAncestral Science Podcast MerchFollow us on IG and FBPlease like, share,

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1:09:14

Decolonizing Blood & Birth

Ancestral Science ·

2025/10/14

The Pod was grateful to learn fromTHE Alycia Two Bears, a Two-Spirit mixed Cree educator and author from Misatawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation, about her journey to become a midwife, what is a land-birth, how to decolonize and de-stigmatize blood,reconnecting ceremony and community with birthing, reproductive justice and birth sovereignty, caregiving roles of men and partners within pregnancy, birth, and caregiving, and of course...moss bag science, adult moss bags, and one comfy swaddled podcast

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1:15:41

Smoketalk- "Indigenous Science Fiction"

Ancestral Science ·

2025/10/06

Join the Ancestral Science Pod Team as we chat about the previous episode. We had some technical difficulties this week, so we decided to re-release a previous episode about a similar topic connected to Drew Hayden Taylor. But, "Smoketalk" going to be even cooler after the next episode drop on October 13 with Alycia Two Bears, sorry, THE Alycia Two Bears!Check out our webpage, which is being updated (again, stick with is!) https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com-lots of resources for educators and

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47:46

Hopping Dimensions through Humour & Metaphor

Ancestral Science ·

2025/09/22

We were grateful to speak with contemporary storytellerDrew Hayden Taylor, Ojibwe from Curve Lake First Nation about learning to write through osmosis, dimensional hopping & portaging, how Indigenous stories make great Science Fiction, 1492 and Alien contact, anthropomorphizing animals and plants through relationality, humour as WD40, and science fiction as a metaphor for many of life’s issues.Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch

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1:01:18

I don't know what you did last summer...

Ancestral Science ·

2025/09/08

The Pod Team decided to begin Season 3 by reconnecting overSmoketalkwhere we chat about what we have learned over the summer, our goals for season 3...from new segments to opening up more conversations with community and the pod listeners.Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch atwww.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod,

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1:11:14

Indigenous Science Fiction

Ancestral Science ·

2025/05/19

The Ancestral Science pod crew, Emil Starlight, Alex Flett, and Kori Chewbacca (haha), chatted about INDIGENOUS SCIENCE FICTION while recording LIVE on location, beyond Earth...I mean... at the Calgary Comic Convention about how Science Fiction has been inspired by Indigenous Teachings, was Barf from Space Balls inspired by a rez dog? Thinking about how animals, trees, and the wind are Ancestors and therefore use language that goes beyond human-to-human, The Force, glitches in the Matrix or

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1:05:33

Telling Indigenous Stories: from pre-colonization...

Ancestral Science ·

2025/04/28

The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to speak withTCHADAS LEO, from Xwemalhkwu and Stillaguamish Nations, a journalist and tv and podcast host (check out his pod "Our Native Land"). We chatted about his passion for being an Indigenous journalist and how he balances time constraints with protocols, his dream story to cover, the courage needed to "tell the truth," and artifact/ancestor rematriation. We heard more about his SOON TO BE LAUNCHED graphic novel named "Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A

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1:28:50

Re-Release: Decolonizing Mother Earth, One Native...

Ancestral Science ·

2025/04/14

Within this "active" Spring season of re-birth and re-growth, the Ancestral Science Podcast is taking a brief break to refresh and heal ourselves...so in deciding what episode to re-launch we were guided by the recent first thunder (amidst a thunderSNOW storm) that prompted the pop of the cottonwood buds, emerging crocus, and increased desires to reconnect with Native plants and our gardens, we thought...let's promote a previous guest Latifa of ALCLA Native Plants.The episode was recorded in Fall

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1:44:45

Hunting Mathematics

Ancestral Science ·

2025/03/31

The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to speak withPHILIP STEVENS, San Carlos Apache, Director of American Indian Studies at the University of Idaho, about (global/Western) mathematics being like pornography or taxidermy, non-Euclidian tessellations in mesquite wood stacking, patterns of the Land, Apache ontologies, academic camouflage, and focusing on how to take care of our own garden/sphere of influence to broaden mathematical perspectives.Upon Philip’s request, honoraria was gifted to

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1:45:39

Music is a Universal Language of Frequency

Ancestral Science ·

2025/03/17

The Ancestral Science Podcast wanted to support our friend JUNO AWARD NOMINEE Walter McDonald White Bear....so... we decided to gather some friends,a few guitars,and some pizza.Along with someimpromptu riffs and freestyle we got to chat about embodying music, spirit as an additional voice/instrument,connections between goosebumps and music, frequencies, songs, & language of the Land, the suppressed Native American Influence on Rock n Roll, Rhythm and Poetry, and the connection between snagging

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1:10:24

Pullin’ Cedar, Ancestral Trees, & the Fish Wars

Ancestral Science ·

2025/03/03

We were honoured to be recording in a cedar longhouse on the ancestral Nisqually lands of Hweqwidi HANFORD MCLOUD. The pod chatted with Hanford alongside relatives Juan Carlos Chavez, Alvin Harvey, and a furry friend for support.Amongst the aroma of cedar and displays of relational and practical science of canoe and basket-making, we chatted about cedar bark as insect repellant, trees as teachers and wise helpers, FishWars,how to make waterproof woven cedar baskets, the difference between a canoe

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53:15

Nehiyaw Science of Love & Death from Grandmother...

Ancestral Science ·

2025/02/17

The Ancestral Science Podcast was honoured to be gifted some time with TERRI CARDINAL from Saddle Lake Cree Nation. We chatted about Nêhiyaw teachings of death and dying, the science of soothing when grieving, connection between hair and senses /love and grief, death as a transition not an end, disconnectingfear from death, and the how jokes and laughter at the seemingly most inappropriate times is incredibly healing.Terri donated her honoraria toGood Hoops, a grassroots basketball program out of

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1:34:32

Space Justice & Cosmic Relationality2

Ancestral Science ·

2025/02/03

With increased conversations about journeying beyond Earth, to Mars and beyond....we thought we would re-release this timely episode we recorded in Fall 2023. We were grateful to speak withDr.ALVIN HARVEYa Navajo/Diné Scientist about Space Justice, the ethics of travelling beyond Earth, what it means to be in relationship with Space, how space is ALIVE, and why humans really shouldn't do donuts on Mars. Alvin is a doing his post-doc on Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT.Remember, you can support

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1:04:02

Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Sturgeon Legs

Ancestral Science ·

2025/01/20

Join the Ancestral Science Pod and learn from CHEYENNE SEGO, about about the scientific significance of the teachings of gut feelings, Anishinabek Mathematics, stories of the time when sturgeon had legs and beavers were giants, economic reconciliation, and the resurgence of Indigenous peoples, science, and the seven sacred teachings.Cheyenne generously donated her honoraria to Na-Me-Res, an organization that provides temporary and transitional housing to Aboriginal men, located in Toronto.Want to

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1:26:02

Healing Frequencies of Jokes, Scents, Movement, & a...

Ancestral Science ·

2025/01/06

The Ancestral Science podcast got to learn from Dr. Michael YELLOW BIRD, by first beginning with a guided meditation to ground ourselves and focus on the present, then we exploreda mathematical equation for decolonization, how Auntie jokes can protect the brain, the effects of colonization on our bodies and brains,the smell of bacon and well-being, mindfulness and systemic racism, and ancestral eating.Hand to heart to support from Indigenous Screen Office and Storyhive.Take a moment to like, share,

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55:31

Pt2- Reconnecting the human in Science, Law, Health,...

Ancestral Science ·

2024/12/23

The Ancestral Science podcast fam ALL got to chat with Sahtu Dene mother, wife, activist, political organizer, and podcast host MICHELLE ROBINSON (they/them) about the game and everyday application of mathematics, how nature talks back to us, the silence of snow as a teaching, dogs as ancestors, natural law vs. colonial law, colonization,addictions and uranium, and how the future and sustainability of the earth lies with the teachings of reciprocity, respect, and circle of life of Indigenous

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55:00

Pt1- Reconnecting the human in Science, Law, Health,...

Ancestral Science ·

2024/12/09

The Ancestral Science podcast fam ALL got to chat with Sahtu Dene mother, wife, activist, political organizer, and podcast host MICHELLE ROBINSON (they/them) about the game and everyday application of mathematics, how nature talks back to us, the silence of snow as a teaching, dogs as ancestors, natural law vs. colonial law, colonization,addictions and uranium, and how the future and sustainability of the earth lies with the teachings of reciprocity, respect, and circle of life of Indigenous

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1:18:01

Gravitational Waves from the Blackfoot MacGyver

Ancestral Science ·

2024/11/25

The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to chat with Blackfoot Physicist COREY GRAY about inspiring to be the "Blackfoot MacGyver," the connection between the Blackfoot language and Albert Einstein, how we are all a part of space-time, chirps and hairy neutron stars, supermassive blackholes and wolf eyes, and the importance of seeing people that "look like you" in science and physics.Hand to heart to support fromIndigenous Screen OfficeandStoryhive.Take a moment to like, share, follow, and rate,

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1:06:24

Planetary Health through Berries, Land, & Water

Ancestral Science ·

2024/11/11

Relaunching one of our favourite episodes as the Pod-fam takes some time to plan upcoming episodes, edit, and prepare our merch for upcoming holiday markets!We began the conversation with DR. NICOLE REDVERS (Deninu Kųę́ First Nation) with defining both "science" and "healing," which lead to a conversation about how "everyday can be a healing experience," berries changing genetics, Indigenous Medicine Science as a reawakening, Land as healing and the effects of amplifying these connections through

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