The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to speak with PHILIP 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 t...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 20
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 some impromptu 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...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 19
We were honoured to be recording in a cedar longhouse on the ancestral Nisqually lands of Hweqwidi HANFORD MCCLOUD . 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...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 18
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, disconnecting fear from death, and the how jokes and laughter at the seemingly most inappropriate times is incredibly healing. Terri donated her honoraria to Good Hoops , a grassroots basketball program ...
Feb 17, 2025•53 min•Season 2Ep. 17
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 with Dr. ALVIN HARVEY a 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 su...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 16
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....
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 15
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 explored a 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...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 14
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 Pe...
Dec 23, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 13
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 Pe...
Dec 09, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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 from Indigenous Screen Office and Storyhive . Take a moment to like, share, follow, ...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 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 throu...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Welcome Back to the second part of the "Quantum Entanglement ghosts, shapeshifters, and ancestral visits" episode from the ANCESTRAL SCIENCE PODCAST. if this is new to you, please go back to episode one, its a good one!! After many conversations about the "seemingly irrational" experiences we all have had, the Ancestral Science Pod team decided to gather some cool people amid the season where the veil between worlds is the thinnest, and everyone's intuition and creepy-meter is heightened... In t...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 9
After many conversations about the "seemingly irrational" experiences we all have had, the Ancestral Science Pod team decided to gather some cool people amid the season where the veil between worlds is the thinnest, and everyone's intuition and creepy-meter is heightened... In this TWO PART episode, we chatted about Schrödinger's cat and Sasquatch, shapeshifters and star people, glitches in the matrix, how to bargain with the universe, spirit spaces and quantum, overlapping dimensions, and the s...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Cree Chef Shane Chartrand with us out on location at CHARCUT University District. Through kitchen pedagogy of breaking bread to expand relationality, Shane taught us about science of food that is hot and cold, how cutting/chopping/slicing foods differently effects their flavour, the connection between reindeer lichen and moustaches, mushroom identification (or not), Tapwe, the dark history of the Canadian food guide, bannock as resilience, and the importance of reciprocity within food. Check out...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
We were grateful to speak with Dr. KAMUELA YONG, a Native Hawaiian mathematician about how mathematics is all around us, calculating latitude by North Star angles, moving islands and the law of cosines, wingspan measurements, Kāuna-number systems, and sea swells as the constant drum beat of navigation. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop , all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, a...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Ancestral Science was honored to speak with Drs. MIWA TAKEUCHI & EUN-JI AMY KIM and learn how to be an ally/friend to Indigenous Science. We learned about the difference between allyship, friendship, and kinship, how to re-centre scientific voices of children, the Land, and Knowledge Keepers, how mathematics both take and give lives, reconciliation work never ends, and the importance of balancing both understanding the history and trauma of the original peoples of the land with the beauty, i...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 5
We were grateful to speak with Brendon Many Bears from Siksika, and Darren Rea, who is Cree Métis about how relational science is magical and indescribable, and a deep part of Indigenous culture. They talked about how science describes how we are all connected, through frequencies and mycorrhizal networks to tipi poles, and the depth of science within the “sacred aerodynamics” of tipi mathematics, healing frequencies of drums and sound bowls, and how multiple worldviews of science and life CAN b...
Aug 19, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 4
It was a warm late spring morning, just before solstice, filming on Treaty 4 Lands within the beautiful Fort Qu'Appelle Valley. We were grateful to speak with DR. GREGORY CAJETE, Tewa from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico about how Indigenous Science is truly the OG (original) science and his life work of weaving together Indigenous and Western science. He also spoke about the connections between corn, seeds, and the cosmos, biophilia versus biophobia, creation stories and science, being in relati...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 3
We were grateful to NATASHA DONAHUE, a Métis physicist and Indigenous Science educator, about Science and Spirituality, the linear and restrictive history of science, the depth of scientific knowledges within astrology and alchemy, time as a biproduct of energy exchange, how "everything is aware," dwelling in the flux of the "greyspace," and the questions around and relationality of star beings and UFO's. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.rela...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 2
As we waited for the First Thunder of the season, I was grateful to speak with Wilfred "The Star Guy" Buck , from Opaskwayak Cree Nation and Siksika Astrophysicist Rob Cardinal about the science and stories of the recent Solar Eclipse, the reverence and silence within the darkness of totality, the connection between the alignment, states of matter, and ceremonies, protocols of NOT LOOKING at these significant cosmic events, the Creation of "Tipis and Telescopes," the three-body problem, the Nort...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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DARYL KOOTENAY is a Traditional singer, dancer, artist, speaker, youth leader, and film maker, from Stoney Nakoda Nation in Treaty 7 and member of Dine (Navajo) Nation in New Mexico. He taught us about the science of sinew and its representation as connection, how he uses the teachings of travelling abroad to help his home community, what we can learn from the parfleche, changing genes through laughter, hunting, and food, UNDRIP and Indigenous Science, glacier sovereignty, and how water is our b...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Mohawk Mathematician Dr. Edward Doolittle , Kanyen’kehake from Six Nations, taught us about mathematics as medicine, the difference between global/Indigenous/and Western mathematics, how there are many ways to learn and understand math, connections between mathematics and the Creation Story, and the importance of bringing emotion and spirit back into mathematics. Support the pod w " Ancestral Podcast MERC H " helps pay Knowledge Keepers, follow protocols, & keeps the pod going What is scienc...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 15
TESSA WOLFLEG from Siksika Nation, taught us about how 'science is LIFE and Math RUNS THE WORLD,' Ancestral scientific knowledge is on "another level of thinking," her deep love for the crocus, getting punched in the face by humility, the connection between non-Native plants and trees and railroads, "Alberta is POKEY," and the harms of over-harvesting and Pan-Indigenizing. Remember, profits from Ancestral Podcast MERCH support Knowledge Keepers & keeping the pod going -University of Calgary,...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Dr. LINDA FURUTO is a mathematics educator professor & Director of the Ethnomathematics Graduate Certificate and M.Ed. Curriculum Studies, Mathematics Education. She taught us about how math is all around us- from angles in spearfishing to trigonometry and navigation, ethnomathematics is used to solve real-world problems, the importance of service learning, the wisdom of the Hawaiian Star Compass, and how we can create tools together to navigate the universe. She graciously donated her honor...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
JADE GOULD (Butchulla & Woppabura scientist) taught us about how Science helps us better understand Landscape & Country, significance of Native Fire Mitigation practices, depth of scientific knowledge & Land-connection within Native languages, what are Land Rights, the importance of original place names to local knowledges, and how Land is our grocery store, pharmacy, and teacher.... Support from the "Ancestral Podcast MERCH " www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop helps pay Knowledge ...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 12
LATIFA PELLETIER-AHMED, botanist, herbalist, educator, artist, co-owner of ALCLA Native Plants & Nursery in Treaty 7, taught us about critical thinking in science, plants as teachers and guides, the incredible adaptability and resilience of Native Plants, personalities of seeds, harm of mono-agriculture, honeybees aren’t native, how to decolonize your lawn, and the importance of recognizing and learning about invasive species. Remember, any support from the “Ancestral Podcast MERCH ” www.rel...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 11
JESSIE FIDDLER-KISS, a Métis mother, beader, entrepreneur, and educator, taught us about Science as relationships between Land and time, how children are the best teachers of truth, love and how to play, the significance of trickster stories, anti-septic properties of moss, and the connection between swaddling and brain development. "Ancestral Podcast MERCH " helps pay Knowledge Keepers and editors, to keep this podcast going. - The Moss Bag Projec t -Articles about Moss Bag Project on CBC , ...
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 10
With MIT scientists fron the Navajo Nation, ALVIN HARVEY described the differences between the two MIT's (yes, there are two!), what it means to be in relationship with space? "space justice," how space is alive, remembering not to do donuts on Mars, how relationships cannot be destroyed but renewed, and how humans are really not as disconnected from space as we may think. Remember, any support from the "Ancestral Podcast MERCH " www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop helps pay Elders, Knowledge K...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 9
DR. NICOLE REDVERS (Deninu Kųę́ First Nation) chatted to us about berries changing genetics, Indigenous Medicine Science as a reawakening, Land as healing and amplifying these connections through consciousness, differences between spirit & soul, what is a gut feeling?, and decolonizing & recolonizing our microbiome. Remember, profits from the " AS Podcast MERCH " www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop helps pay Knowledge Keepers & Editor , to follow protocols & keep the podcast goi...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
