Indigenous Earth Community Podcast

🎤 Episode 32 - Dr Don Dexter , Modoc member of the Klamath Tribes of Southern Oregon   In this episode of Indigenous Earth Community Podcast, we have Dr. Don Dexter, a Modoc storyteller. He will share his experience in pursuing higher education as an Indigenous person. He talks about the challenges of being the only one in his community who did so, and how he hopes to inspire others to follow in...

On this episode we talk to Antonio Teoli from the Amazonic about: The start of the Amazonic Project, where Antonio Teoli—an award-winning game composer and sound designer—lived in the Amazon for 4 years and fell in love with the culture and musicality and decided to rescue the instruments sounds to share with the world.  Antonio tells us his fish out of water story, moving from the concrete jungle...

Many of us have lost our connection to the natural world, we walk with metaphorical rubber shoes, not aware of the impact of our footprints in the environment and to ourselves. This broken relationship numbs us to the awareness that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of our planet.  This is where “Malama” comes in. An important Hawaiian word, and a core philosophy from the people of H...

From the Murray–Darling river system, one of the largest in the world, and home to ancient fish traps, with a rich and deep culture is where my next guest Kabushka Ngemba comes from.  Kabushka Ngemba is a very successful commissioned contemporary indigenous artist with a background in mental health and an ambassador for Australian First Nation arts & culture for both indigenous and non indigenous...

Do feel drained by the endless negative news ?  Do you want a break from dromscrolling news of ecological disasters, pollution of our waterways, and killer record high temperatures? Then I have a great show for you.  On this episode I will be talking to Taylor Cheíí Begay, who is going to bring a lot of joy wisdom, and energy into our podcast!  Taylor will introduce himself on his Navajo language,...

We all know that the timeless Indigenous value of environmental stewardship is needed now more than ever and that we must all stand up on behalf of Mother Earth!  I had a very good conversation with Indigenous authors Keith Egawa and Chenoa Egawa, about their book “The Whale Child” where they tell a story of the existing environmental issues with a message of hope, education, sharing, and action. ...

MiLizbeth Flaco es una guardiana del bosque, criada en el corazón de la selva de Panamá. Después de décadas de búsqueda a un lugar seguro por causa de la guerra civil en Colombia, pudo finalmente encontrar un lugar seguro al que llamar hogar. Pero ahora con el cambio climático y la contaminación de los ríos, su hogar esta amenazado. Pero MiLizbeth, es una guardiana del bosque y a organizado progra...

Welcome to our special 2022 Earth Day Episode! We're chatting with Moonstar, from Walatowa-Pueblo of Jemez. Moonstar is a community organizer, activist, fashion model, and teacher who works with Indigenous youth to help them organize environmental projects.  We talk about how to deal with climate anxiety, her’s grandfather's Eagle feather,  what we can do to help heal our planet, and UNITY's mid y...

MiLizbeth Flaco is a guardian of the forest. She was raised in the heart of the Panama jungle after a decades long search for a safe place from the civil war in Colombia. After finally found a secure place to call home, climate change and pollution are increasingly becoming a threat to her home. But MiLizbeth have begun to organize youth education programs to defend their land and future. Listen t...

A very hard-hitting interview with Neil Giardino, an American journalist whose storytelling focus is on the Amazon and indigenous peoples. Neil is a freelance journalist who has stories published on NBC and Al Jazeera, who just returned from a trip to Paraguay where he reported on land eviction of indigenous people from their ancient and traditional lands.   In this episode, we cover several key t...

July 29th came in just like another day   People went through their daily lives, like just another day...    But after 155 days in 2021, we have reached Earth Overshoot day   (a day that marks the moment in time when demand for earth’s ecological resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate.)   And each year, this day comes in earlier and earlier...   Its halfway through the year, and humans h...

A great episode to start is Episode 21: "A poem for the Earth by an Indigenous Nahuatl Women Esmeralda Gonzales" Welcome to Indigenous Earth Community Podcast My name is Frank Oscar Weaver,  Growing up in Paraguay, I participated in many environmental projects with the Guarani People. Leading me to be initiated in a ritual called KUNUMI PEPY, a lip piercing ceremony.  Making me an official  member...

To honor the Indigenous people of Mexico, we have Esmeralda Gonzalez, who is a teacher of the Indigenous language Nahuatl, and also an earth guardian, leading group of students in reforestation projects of native trees. Esmeralda shares the ancient wisdom of the Nahualt passed down generations after generation. This community wisdom speaks of the importance of taking care of our planet for generat...

Natasha Akiwenzie shares with The Seven Grandfather teachings, and how they can help us bring balance to our relationships with ourselves and the planet.  Natasha runs an Environment nonprofit group of First Nation fishers and others who care about Climate Change and its effects on Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.   Connect with Natasha and her group at:  @bagidawaad on all social media: https://www.i...

Do you wanna help the environment, and at the same time support the indigenous people of Paraguay? This weekend I got a message from my friend Osmar Valenzuela.  He told me the story on how young members of the indigenous communities in Amambay, are being forced to abandoned their tribal lands and go into the cities in search of jobs.  Osmar has an idea, to start an organization named “The way of...

Happy to introduce my friend Arjho from the Blaan Indigenous community of the Philippines, She’s a champion for climate change, community involvement, and is an international activist in indigenous peoples' rights.  If you're passionate about indigenous people's rights and want to create change towards more sustainable future, you going to love our conversation.  We talked 2 years to the day after...

Considered a rising star in the Seminole Tribe of Florida and crowned as the 36th Miss Indian World, Cheyenne Kippenberger is committed to helping her community. She gives back to her community by preserving and sharing the traditions and history of the Seminoles, while promoting wellness, and also by helping to protect the important biodiverse region of the Florida everglades. We talk about the f...

Yuahula Alay Kalapalo is in ground zero of the Amazon deforestation, the Xingu region. We talk about what Yuahula is witnessing in the Amazon burning fires, and how he's creating music and film to bring awareness to the problems that the fires have caused in his villages health and also animals and plants. Yuahula also shares his dream of creating a volunteer firefighting indigneous team. https://...

Countdown to the Future with with Sruthi Gurudev, climate reality leader, and marine conservation storyteller.  https://www.flipsnack.com/beneaththeblue/an-hour-in-the-deep-e-magazine.html and follow her on instagram: @sruthi.gdev Learn more about Climate Reality: https://www.24hoursofreality.org   ☀️ Welcome to Indigenous Earth Community Podcast. Where we celebrate Indigenous and BIPOC heroes fro...

Today's episode is: Tami Patterson from UNITY! We chat on the work of UNITY to help native youth take leadership roles in their communities, and to live a spiritual and healthy lifestyle. Tami is an amazing person, and we chat how she inspired me to create a part of this podcast, her decades of empowering native youth and an event we organized to raise awareness about water conservation ☀️ If you...

Angela Noah ( @angno97 ) is a National Indian Tribal Youth Peer Guide, the Current Miss Indian University of Oregon, an Earth Ambassador , and a very community driven individual. I learned so much from her in the half an hour we shared together. We go over a wide range of topics, such as the Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma , being a native college student,...

We start our new season with an amazing interview with Alex Ibarra, from Indigenous Bee Rescue, all the way from Australia.  Alex shares his incredible work of saving bee colonies, and how he honors the traditions of the originals inhabits of Australia in his work with Indigibee.  “Indigibee is Australia's premier Indigenous Australian owned and operated native bee rescue service, we are a dedicat...

Supper happy of the conversation I had with Sháán díín Cedar , who is an avid outdoors woman, in fact, Sháán díín is one of the ambassadors for Native Outdoors!  In the season finale of our podcast,  we talk about her advocacy for people of colors to enjoy the outdoors. Sháán díín also shares how we can help the Navajo Nation during the pandemic, and the ways indigenous people knowledge and storyt...

“To all our stray, homeless, an abandoned animals, I want to let you know you are loved, you are not forgotten, there are humans that will fight for you!” Zunneh-bah Martin shares the story of her family's generations fight against animal cruelty, and how now she is rescuing stray animals in her community, and is asking for our support , and more importantly, for us to become Animal Protectors as...

"What is the craziest thing you ever found?!" Is the number one question I got asked when I tell people I do kayak clean ups. I will tell you that on this episode , and will have a very special guest who will also share the craziest thing he ever found. Our special guest is my good and long friend Ariel Takuma. Ariel has been doing clean ups as long as I have. We discuss our decades long mission o...