Julian Lang and Tori McConnell share their journey into Káruk and Yurok language, and the deep relationship to the land it carries.

In this episode, Melissa Nelson interviews two Native scientist colleagues, Frank Lake and Lydia Jennings, at the annual 2023 Ecological Society of America conference in Portland, Oregon, where they discuss Indigenous ecologies, the history of the TEK section, and data sovereignty.

Roxanne Swentzell, Anne LaForti and Sara El Sayed engage around regenerative concepts, soil, permaculture, and how TEK and Western science can be woven together to heal ecosystems.

PennElys Droz, Maibritt Pedersen Zari and Lily Urmann, explore cosmologies, paradigm shifts and how to be in good relationship as humans within creation, outline principles of regenerative design in communities, engage in decolonization and learn from Indigenous ecological relationships.

Sara El-Sayed hosts this conversation on biomimicry and Indigenous knowledges, exploring ethical spaces of engagement for biomimicry practitioners and Indigenous knowledge-holders.

Dayna Baumeister joins Melissa K. Nelson in a conversation guest hosted by Sara El-Sayed to explore the common ground and map the divergences between Indigenous science and biomimicry.

Lakota leader James Rattling Leaf, a global Indigenous consultant and Gwen Bridge, a Cree First Nations environmental leader with host and Native ecologist Melissa Nelson have conversation about the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK).

We honor the voice and wisdom of Rose Imai, a beloved Tuscarora elder who passed into the spirit world on April 22nd, 2022.  In this free-flowing conversation, Rose and host Melissa K Nelson traverse many topics, from the song of corn to the harmonics of abundance.

Guest Host Sara Moncada sits down with Chef Crystal Wahpepah in Wahpepah’s Kitchen, her newly opened Native-owned restaurant in Oakland, California. In a wide-ranging and intimate conversation, they discuss Crystal’s vision of what it means to be an Indigenous Food Warrior: nourishing community through cooking and serving Native foods and educating the next generation on the power and beauty of traditional Indigenous food systems.

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 rematriating Indigenous homelands, the history and strategy of land trusts and Native land taxes, resilience hubs in the Bay Area, and much more.