It's been a cortisol-inducing year, and with the holidays approaching, we thought re-launching a mindfulness episode would be helpful. Reconnect with your body, brain, DNA, and the Land with a Mindfulness Episode of the Ancestral Science Podcast with Dr. Michael Yellow Bird

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This episode was recorded in November 2024, on a mild wintery morning here on the Lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut’ina Nation, Îethka Nakoda First Nation, and more recently the Otipemisiwak Métis.

The Ancestral Science podcast got to learn from Dr. 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.

Thanks to Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing. As well, Walter White Bear, Sharon Foster, and Emil for that opening tune!

Get comfy with your fav blanket or meditation pillow, by a houseplant or a window to connect with the sky, open all your senses and heart to wellness teachings from Dr. Michael Yellowbird.

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The Ancestral Science pod team has been wanting to do a "Show n Tell" episode for awhile...so, here we are! This is a great way to learn a bit more about the team, rate our nerdiness levels, and learn a bit about land-based science.

This is probably a great episode to check out on YouTube, link here.

This was way too much fun...unfortunately, a part 2 is needed! Stay tuned for that next week.

So come join the team to learn about decolonizing movie posters, fishing lures, the connection between mukluks and card games, its Grogu not baby yoga, and the importance of a doorstopers in fishing!

Our website has unique Indigenous Science merch and a lot of educational resources (soon to be more).

Thanks to Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.

Feel free to comment about what Indigenous Science "show n tell" you would share, or like us to share in a future episode.

So let's reconnect with out grade school selves, for a relational game of "show n tell" with the Ancestral Science pod team!

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Hang out with the Ancestral Science Podcast Team to discuss the last episode...which was "Art & Science of Beads, Quills, Fur, Hide, & Bark" with Kim Brothers of Moonstone Creation.

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Check out:

Moonstone Creation in Inglewood in Calgary Alberta

Authentically Indigenous Craft Market, December 5-7 at The Confluence in Calgary Alberta.

Great places to get some authentic, local holiday gifts, and support Indigenous businesses!

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Thanks Emil Starlight for editing and videography, Alex F for production support, and Yvonne Jobin and Moonstone for hosting us!

Lots of resources and links and fun at our NO AI webpage

https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com

A LOT more trusted resources will be uploaded there soon....

Can you believe we are kinda on Youtube....slowly....check it out.

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This episode was recorded on a warm winter afternoon in 2024, at Moonstone Creation in Calgary Alberta.

And amongst the company of millions of beads and Indigenous art, the Ancestral Science Podcast was excited to speak with KIM BROTHERS, Cree from Northern Alberta, about revitalizing the lost arts of quillwork, tufting, and fish scale art, the sacred ratio of brain to hide within tanning, birch bark biting, art with tails, bones, and scales, the OG beads, the difference between appreciation and appropriation, and the story of the spirit bead.

Remember to tune in next week for "Smoketalk" with the pod team, where we chat more in depth about the topics from the previous episode.

YouTube link below along with lots of other educational resources and links for you to learn more!

This episode was created with the support from Telus STORYHIVE

Thanks to Bespoke Productions Hub and as always, Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.

Grab a your current beading, tufting, or sewing project, your favourite snack from your Ancestral Land, and learn about Indigenous Science & Art with KIM BROTHERS of Moonstone Creation - - - a great place to shop for authentic Indigenous art in Calgary, Alberta, go check them out. They also host classes!!

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Welcome to Smoketalk!

If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Deadly Math: Movement, Kinship, & Action" with Chris Matthews, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about this episode.

This episode Emil & Kori welcomed Brendon Many Bears who brought insights about tipi aerodynamics and Blackfoot mathematics.

Check out ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance), an amazing organization that we donated to for this episode as requested by Chris. They are an Aboriginal-led charity creating new ways of teaching and learning mathematics by connecting mathematics to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

If you want more Indigenous Mathematics Pod episodes:

"Hunting Mathematics" with Philip Stevens

"Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Surgeon Legs" with Cheyenne Sego

"Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit" with Dr. Kamuela Yong

"Reconciliation Science through Tipi Math & Indigenous Sound Baths" with Brendon Many Bears & Darren Rea

"Mathematics is Creation, Being, & Medicine" with Dr. Edward Doolittle

"Ethnomathematics solves Real World Problems" with Dr. Linda Furuto

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"Knowledge that isn't shared isn't knowledge" (Casey Eagle Speaker, Kainai)

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We were grateful to speak with CHRIS MATTHEWS of the Quandamooka People in modern day Queensland Australia about his realization about the importance and depth of culture & country within mathematics, iron mines and nuclear testing highlighting land rights and Aboriginal voices, don’t hike Uluru!, deadly coders, numbers as a process and action, kinship systems as group theory and algebra, and how to close the educational gap by walking together.

Honoraria from this episode was donated to ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance).

If you want more Indigenous Mathematics Pod episodes:

"Hunting Mathematics" with Philip Stevens

"Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Surgeon Legs" with Cheyenne Sego

"Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit" with Dr. Kamuela Yong

"Reconciliation Science through Tipi Math & Indigenous Sound Baths" with Brendon Many Bears & Darren Rea

"Mathematics is Creation, Being, & Medicine" with Dr. Edward Doolittle

"Ethnomathematics solves Real World Problems" with Dr. Linda Furuto

Remember to tune in next week for "Smoketalk" with the pod team, where we chat more in depth about the topics from the previous episode.

Thanks Bespoke Productions Hub and as always, Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.

Grab a sea mollusk (Chris' fav Ancestral Food) or your favourite snack from your Ancestral Land, and learn about Deadly Math with CHRIS MATTHEWS.

SHOWNOTES: for all you curious pod humans, educators, and nerds! Lots of links in this episode, I got a little carried away with these, but there is a lot of fascinating stuff with both Aboriginal history and Math Curriculum. Chris is doing great work!

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Welcome to Smoketalk!

If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Food Sovereignty, Smoke Science, & tending the flame of Cultural Resilience" with Daryl Kootenay, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about this episode.

Check out HOWL, an amazing organization that provides land-based education for youth across Canada!

Daryl was on the Ancestral Science Podcast Season 1, Episode 16, check out his episode titled "Glacier Sovereignty & the Science of Hunting and Laughter" here.

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This episode was recorded in fall 2024 at Star 6 Ranch at the "Harvesting Spirit" camp as hosted by HOWL (they do amazing land-based camps across Canada with youth). At this camp, the Ancestral Science Podcast was invited to learn from DARYL KOOTENAY about the science of smoke, the patience and resilience needed to live on the land, Indian popcorn, science of tending to the flame, moose noses and Elk brains, the need for multiple freezers, how smoke is the traditional Gore-Tex, and how food sovereignty can bring people together and is a massive step towards reconciliACTION.

This episode was created with the support of TELUS Storyhive.

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Please like, share, follow, and rate the pod, it goes a long way to share this knowledge.

Thanks to Emil Starlight (@emilstarlight) of Limelight Multimedia for editing, videography, and editing as well as support from Bespoke Productions Hub.

Intro composed and performed by Walter White Bear, Sharon Ann Foster, and Emil Starlight.

Questions for the Pod? Email us at relational.science@gmail.com

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