Celebrating the diversity and beauty of Native seeds, soils, and indigenous foods. Exploring the Foodways and Traditional Ecological Knowledge needed to renew the health of the Earth and all our relations.
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About the host
The Cultural Conservancy hosts The Native Seed Pod, a arts show with 28 episodes published.
Living Káruk Language with Julian Lang & Tori McConnell
Apr 6, 20261h 0mEp. 28S5
Julian Lang and Tori McConnell share their journey into Káruk and Yurok language, and the deep relationship to the land it carries. Julian, a Káruk elder, is a long-time language advocate and traditional knowledge keeper
TEK is a Verb: Activating Indigenous Ecologies at ESA
Aug 5, 202443mEp. 27S4
This sixth episode of Season Four with Frank K. Lake and Lydia Jennings centers around Indigenous ecologies and their practical application. Frank Lake discusses the complex relationship between science, research, and re
Knowledge Symbiosis with Roxanne Swentzell and Anne LaForti
Jan 26, 20241h 1mEp. 26S4
In the fourth episode of our limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, Roxanne Swentzell and Anne LaForti engage in a conversation hosted by Sara El-Sayed, converging Indigenou
Knowledge Symbiosis with PennElys Droz and Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Dec 21, 20231h 5mEp. 25S4
In the third episode of our limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, PennElys Droz and Maibritt Pedersen Zari engage in conversation hosted by Lily Urmann, exploring cosmologi
Knowledge Symbiosis with Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson Part 2
Nov 30, 20231h 0mEp. 24S4
In this second episode of the limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson continue their conversation, hosted by Sara El-Sayed, exploring th
Knowledge Symbiosis with Dayna Baumeister and Melissa K Nelson Part 1
Nov 7, 202356mEp. 23S4
In this inaugural episode of the limited series Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize?, Dayna Baumeister joins Melissa K. Nelson and Sara El-Sayed in a conversation exploring the common gro
TEK Warriors Indigenize Ecology with Ethical Space
Jul 27, 202351mEp. 22S4
The speakers discuss how they are working with Tribes and First nations in the US and Canada and how they are elevating TEK in academia, research, and government. They specifically discuss the growing movement of TEK wit
Episode 21 - First Scientist: Exploring the Harmonics of Abundance with Rose Imai
Oct 12, 202245mEp. 21S3
In this final episode of the season, we honor the voice and wisdom of Rose Imai, a beloved Tuscarora elder who passed into the spirit world on April 22nd, 2022. We recorded this episode in Rose’s home studio in the summe
Indigenous Food Warriors with Chef Crystal Wahpepah
Jun 20, 202248mEp. 20S3
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 vis
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 tru
Host Melissa Nelson sits down with Becky Webster, Oneida farmer, seedkeeper and attorney. Their conversation explores the challenges and joys of being a Native farmer, cultivating recently rematriated crops, navigating b
In this episode, Shelley Buffalo talks with host Melissa Nelson about the healing power of ancestral foods, feeding the community with rematriated crops and medicines, and her work with Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiati
Host Melissa Nelson talks with Jessika Greendeer of the Ho-Chunk Nation in this first of three episodes focused on Seed Rematriation. Jessika and Melissa discuss this important growing movement, seed keeping and agricult
Host Melissa Nelson sits down with famous Acoma Pueblo writer, poet, and storyteller Simon J. Ortiz to discuss the intricacies of traditional tribal identities, the wonder of our traditional foods, and our role as Indige
Renee shares her experience of being changed while writing her book Kanaka Hawaiʻi Cartography: Hula, Navigation, and Oratory (2017), which explores Kanaka Hawai’i place-name and spatial knowledge systems. We are met wit
Kai Ora: Māori stories of life-giving foods across Moana
Jan 19, 202044mEp. 13S2
On a sunny fall afternoon in the shadow of Mount Tamalpias, Seed Pod host Melissa Nelson and producer Sara Moncada sat down with Wikuki and Tania for a cup of tea to talk stories of land and foods across the Pacific. Fro
Redbird teaches how Native Californians co-created the landscape using "mild disturbance," fire, seeding, and seasonal harvesting rotations to increase diversity and cultivate an ecosystem so vibrant and abundant that it
After a full day of harvesting, teachings, and community during The Cultural Conservancy’s annual Harvest Day gathering, Melissa Nelson catches up with knowledge keeper Redbird (Edward Willie) on the beautiful back acres
Food Is Medicine: Native Health and Cultural Foodscapes - Part 1
Dec 21, 201936mEp. 9S2
On a winter morning in Reno, Nevada, on the homelands of the Washoe nation, host Melissa Nelson has a conversation with Native chefs and health educators Dr. Lois Ellen Frank (Kiowa) and Walter Whitewater (Navajo). They
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The Native Seed Pod is hosted by The Cultural Conservancy. The show is categorised under arts (food) and has published 28 episodes.
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