Paradigm Deep Dive: Indigenous Magick with James Sambrano

The Dreamspeakers were assembled during the Grand Convocation by the Eurasian mages who weren't quite sure to do with the varied practices and paradigms of their indigenous peers. Indigenous magick is a varied topic with rich gaming opportunity, but how do we add it to our games while being respectful? James Sambrano, Mage writer and scholar of North American and African Indigenous practices provides some best practices, pitfalls, resources, and recommendations to adding these paradigms and practitioners to your Mage game.

A Tribe Called Red's tracks "Before" and "Soon" from We are the Halluci Nation

Resources

• James' Patreon where he writes stories and provides commentary
• Gods and monsters show - Previous episode on M20 Gods and Monsters 
• Creating Indigenous Stories in Werewolf - interview with James on Werewolf the Podcast
• Blood and Dreams - 2e Tradition book collection containing Dreamspeakers, Verbena, and Cult of Ecstasy 
• Tradition Book: Dreamspeaker - Revised book on the Dreamspeakers

Other Books

• Atlas of a Lost World - Book about what Ice Age North America was like and how the peoples of the era likely dealt with it
• 1491 - Book on what the pre-Columbian Americas were like
• Standing Rock protests - Protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline going through sacred territory
• Debt: a 5000 Year History - A book on how the notion of economy and exchange have changed over time
• The Island at the center of the world 

Notable People

• Joy Harjo - First Indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States
• Joseph Boyden - Canadian author who writes novels about the First Nations.
• A Tribe Called Red - Canadian music duo that incorporates First Nations musical elements