Wisdom Continuum
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCelebrating Native knowledge for a thoughtful, healthier, more just future.
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Shelley Means - Shelley Means - Infusing Collaboration in Work Structure and Health Systems
August 24, 2022 16:12 - 59 minutes - 136 MBIn this conversation we talk with Shelley Means (Ojibwe/Lakota) about nonprofit leadership from a cultural perspective. We hear how Shelley incorporates her values into the structure and implementation of her work, important work that strives to improve infant health outcomes based in Native wisdom. We are so grateful to Shelley for sharing her powerful stories. Episode Page Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits -...
Eileen Briggs - Sharing Food and Much More
August 10, 2022 14:11 - 45 minutes - 103 MBCooking is a time to share wisdom. Eileen Briggs (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) has decades of experience in tribal government, tribal colleges, and native non-profits, and is a foundation Grantmaking Director focusing on Native American communities. She has a fun cooking show on her social media channel for her relatives, friends and followers. Though it’s a lot more than a cooking show. There’s humor, culture, lessons, and connection. Episode page Here are Eileen’s Cooking Show episodes...
Hosts Reflect - What's the Latest?
July 06, 2022 16:11 - 24 minutes - 56.9 MBToday we’re back with a hosts-only episode where we discuss turning knowledge to wisdom. We’re looking back on our latest conversations, and Leah is planning her trip on the Superior Hiking Trail. We’ll be back in August!! Transcript Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host: Leah and Daniel Lemm - Contributing Producer: Multitude: multitude.productions About Us A podcast celebrating Native knowl...
Rob Gotchie - Our Relationship with Fire
June 22, 2022 16:03 - 59 minutes - 137 MBHow do Indigenous practices with fire work in relationship with the landscape? We speak with Rob Gotchie, who works as the Forestry and Fire Restoration Coordinator at Leech Lake Wildland Fire and Aviation Management, about our relationship with fire, fire as a spirit, and controlled burns. We also see Indigenous knowledge spreading to our larger citizenry! Episode page Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host...
Dustin Goslin - Building Tribal Economy
June 07, 2022 18:07 - 1 hour - 138 MBHow can Native values inform economic development? Today, we are talking about building the tribal economy! Dustin Goslin (Pam-Mbwit-M’ko) is a proud member of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation and is the Vice President of Business & Economic Development at the Mille Lacs Band Corporate Ventures. Episode page with transcript Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures Native Lights with Joe Nayquonabe Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom C...
Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart - Nourishment Through Food and Resource Management
May 24, 2022 18:50 - 50 minutes - 116 MBToday, we are talking about Indigenous ways of eating and entrepreneurship! How do our values inform food, work ethic, and investment? Kim Tilsen-Brave Heart is a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation of the Pine Ridge Indian Reserve in South Dakota. She is an entrepreneur, a chef, and she embraces both her Indigenous and Jewish heritage. Links: https://www.chefbraveheart.com https://www.paintedskyemanagement.com Episode Page: https://www.wisdomcontinuum.com/kimberly-tilsenbrave-heart ...
Hosts Reflect - Looking Back
April 26, 2022 17:28 - 34 minutes - 79.6 MBToday we’re back with a hosts-only episode where we discuss turning knowledge to wisdom. Leah recently attended the MIT Indigenous Earth Day Summit, at her alma mater. She shares a few takeaways, connects them to what we’ve been hearing, and relates a bit of her own healing journey. This conversation is part of a much larger picture. Article from MIT about some recent updates: https://news.mit.edu/2022/indigenous-scholarship-mit-0425 Young and Indigenous Podcast: https://settingsunprod...
Darlene St. Clair - Responsible Citizenry Through Sharing Perspectives
April 12, 2022 20:17 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBWhat happens when we as citizens of this land can explore Dakota perspectives? Perspectives that can build our relationship to the land, environment, and to one another? Today, we are talking about the Mni Sota Makoce: the Dakota Homelands Curriculum. This curriculum was a project of Dakota Wicohan and led by Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair, who is our guest for today’s episode. Link to Dakota Wicohan Episode transcript can be found here on our website. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdo...
David Shane Lowry - Academia's Debt to Native People
March 29, 2022 16:16 - 58 minutes - 134 MBToday, we talk about academia and its debt to Native people, and we explore how universities can do better and take responsibility. Our guest is David Shane Lowry, PhD, member of the Lumbee Tribe and the Distinguished Fellow in Native American Studies at MIT. David Shane Lowry Episode transcript can be found here on our website. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host: Leah and Daniel Lemm - Contributing P...
Cole Premo - Power of Story
March 15, 2022 16:52 - 26 minutes - 60 MBCole Premo talks with us about how he’s learned from covering Indian Country through reporting, conversation, and relationship-building and applies it to his work in mainstream media. Cole is Leah's brother and co-hosts the podcast/radio program, "Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine," with her! Native Lights website Episode transcript can be found here on our website. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum ...
Hosts Reflect - Gaining Wisdom
March 01, 2022 19:57 - 37 minutes - 68.5 MBToday we’re back with a hosts-only episode where we discuss turning knowledge to wisdom. Join us as we take time to digest what we’re hearing and learning. At times with clarity, sometimes with a stumble. It’s a process! Episode transcript can be found here on our website. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host: Leah and Daniel Lemm - Contributing Producer: Multitude: multitude.productions - Audio...
Ramona Marozas - Direction of Journalism
February 15, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 148 MBWe chat about journalism as a system and how Native voices can change it for the better. What’s a better possible environment to create? Ramona Marozas (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) is WDSE/WRPT's Senior Producer. Ramona lends her journalistic expertise and experience to Native Report, a nationally syndicated show that celebrates Native American culture and heritage. Check out Native Report. We also talk about the Native American Journalist Association. Episode transcript ...
Terri Peterson - On Belonging and Storytelling
February 01, 2022 18:32 - 41 minutes - 75.8 MBHow does storytelling maintain, restore, and empower who we are? We chat about storytelling and how it weaves into our own understanding, wisdom, and belonging. Teresa (Terri) Peterson is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community. Terri Peterson describes herself as a writer, gardener, and relative. Check out Terri here on her website. New book: Voices From Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers. Episode transcript can be found here on our website. ...
Gaby Strong - Generosity and Liberating Wealth
January 18, 2022 20:52 - 40 minutes - 74.3 MBWhat does it mean to liberate wealth? Today we talk with Gaby Strong about generosity, operating from abundance, and defining wealth as Indigenous people. Gaby is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate. She has over 35 years of experience in the tribal, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors, and is currently the NDN Foundation Managing Director. More about NDN Collective here. Episode transcript can be found here on our website. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum ...
Hosts Reflect - Recognizing Wisdom
January 04, 2022 16:56 - 43 minutes - 79.1 MBHow do we recognize wisdom? Hosts Leah and Daniel take a deep look at how community wisdom has influenced their professional lives. They also start to integrate what they’ve learned from the voices they’ve heard from so far on the podcast. Leah’s work can be found here on her bio page. Daniel can be found on LinkedIn. Episode transcript can be found here on our website. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Cred...
Susan Beaulieu - Healing by Reconnecting to Spirit
December 21, 2021 17:38 - 56 minutes - 103 MBHow is healing related to the connection of the physical body and spiritual body? And what is the Wisdom of Trauma? Join us in conversation with Susan Beaulieu, citizen of the Red Lake Nation, as we chat about healing. We’ll hear how healing involves connecting to one’s spirit, not just symptom management. And how Indigenous medicines and ceremonies help in the reconnection to spirit. We’ll hear about her own experience as well! Podcast that Susan is a part of: Remembering Resilience! ...
Syngen Kanassatega - Anishinaabe Values Guiding Government
December 07, 2021 17:47 - 37 minutes - 69.4 MBJoin us for a chat with Syngen Kanassatega, citizen of the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe and lawyer. He works as the Legal and Policy Counsel for the Mille Lacs Band’s Office of the Chief Executive, and he has cultural roles with the tribe as well. We explore an Anishinaabe cultural approach to law and tribal law. Is it possible to approach conversations with more civility? With more compassion? And we’ll hear more about how the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has a little-known cultural component t...
Wyatt Pickner - Dakota Values in Public Health
November 23, 2021 14:00 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBWyatt Pickner is Hunkpati Dakota, originally from Crow Creek South Dakota. Wyatt now lives in Minneapolis, MN where he serves as the Research Manager for the American Indian Cancer Foundation. We chat about how Native wisdom strengthens our health and a bit about how the American Indian Cancer Foundation is “Healing with culture. Reclaiming Indigenous health.” Article: Connecting traditional values, culture, and history to battle cancer in Indian Country American Indian Cancer Foundat...
Shirley Nordrum: Part 2
November 09, 2021 17:20 - 21 minutes - 24.7 MBWe continue our lively chat with Shirley Nordrum. Where can we find the shine? Daniel (Lower Sioux Dakota Oyate) and Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) bring you conversations from awesome Native folks to celebrate Native wisdom for a healthier, thoughtful, more just future. Hyped, Humorous, and Hopeful. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host: Leah and Daniel Lemm - Contributing Producer: Mul...
Shirley Nordrum: Part 1
November 09, 2021 17:12 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MBShirley Nordrum is from the Red Lake Nation. We introduce Shirley and her love for our animal relatives and much more. Daniel (Lower Sioux Dakota Oyate) and Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) bring you conversations from awesome Native folks to celebrate Native wisdom for a healthier, thoughtful, more just future. Hyped, Humorous, and Hopeful. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host: Leah and D...
Wisdom Continuum: Trailer
October 26, 2021 16:53 - 4 minutes - 5.5 MBIntroducing Wisdom Continuum! Meet Daniel (Lower Sioux Dakota Oyate) and Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) and hear what’s coming up in their conversational adventures, bringing you conversations from awesome Native folks to celebrate Native wisdom for a healthier, thoughtful, more just future. Hyped, Humorous, and Hopeful. Find Us Online - Website: Wisdom Continuum - Twitter: Wisdom Continuum - IG: Wisdom Continuum Credits - Host: Leah and Daniel Lemm - Contrib...