First Voices Radio

In the first segment, Tiokasin talks with Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About Raising Children (Simon and Schuster, 2021). The book describes a way of raising helpful and confident children, which moms and dads have turned to for millennia. It also explains how American families can incorporate this approach into their busy lives. Michaeleen wrote the book after traveling to three continents with her 3-year-old daughter, Rosy. Maya, Inuit, and Hadzabe families showed her how to tame tantrums, motivate kids to be helpful, and build children's confidence and self-sufficiency. Michaeleen is also a global health correspondent for NPR's Science Desk, where she reports about disease outbreaks and children's health. More about Michaeleen at michaeleendoucleff.comIn the second segment, William Iggiagruk Hensley (Iñupiaq) is the author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009). It is a stirring memoir of his childhood among the Iñupiaq people in Alaska, his lifelong crusade, including a stint in Congress, to protect their culture and way of life. William brilliantly portrays how the lessons he learned in childhood, battling the wilderness of Alaska without many basic necessities, helped him as an adult to battle the hardships of political corruption and deceit in order to preserve his heritage. In 1971, after years of William's tireless lobbying, the U.S. conveyed 44 million acres and earmarked nearly $1 billion for use by Alaska Native peoples. This is the inspiring true story of one man's quest to preserve and defend his people's "Ilitqusiat" - or Native Spirit.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:25)2. Song Title: Straight UpArtist: Kory ThorntonAlbum: N/A (released as a single in 2020)Label: Music and Beyond Records(00:49:40)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

On this episode Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse is joined by One Way Sky, a "Chill-Hype" alternative rock band comprised of community members from the Gila River Indian Community and the Tohono O'odham Nation. The band members are: Adrian D. Thomas: rhythm guitar, lead vocalist; Cody Bruguier; drums; David Romero, guitar; and Loma Manuel, bass. One Way Sky's music blends the genres of hard rock, indie, jazz and "chill-wave." Their debut EP, Soul Searcher, was released in 2021. Adrian, Cody and David join Tiokasin for an hour of talk and music. For moreinformation about One Way Sky, you can find them on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and other platforms.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:22)2. Song Title: HumanityArtist: One Way SkyEP: Soul Searcher (2021)Label: Akimel Records(00:07:25:)3. Song Title: Reap and SowArtist: One Way SkyEP: Soul Searcher (2021)Label: Akimel Records(00:16:53)4. Song Title: Away From HereArtist: Smokey D PalmtreeEP: Peace of Mind (2021)Label: Gila River Records(00:22:45)5. Song Title: Soul SearcherArtist: One Way SkyEP: Soul Searcher (2021)Label: Akimel Records(00:27:25)6. Song Title: Time DriftArtist: Smokey D PalmtreeEP: Peace of Mind (2021)Label: Gila River Records(00:31:10)7. Song Title: Soul SearcherArtist: One Way SkyEP: Soul Searcher (2021)Label: Akimel Records(00:31:00)8. Song Title: Voice of EarthArtist: NASAAlbum: NASA Space Sounds (2015)Label: NASA(00:39:50)9. Song Title: Ball and ChainArtist: Xavier RuddAlbum: Jan Juc Moon (2022)Label: Virgin Music Label and Adult Services Australia (P&D)(00:48:35)10. Song Title: He Sapa Ki, Un Kita PiArtist: Earl BullheadAlbum: Keeper of the Drum (1995)Label: SOAR(00:53:48)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

Dwaine Perry is Chief of the Ramapough-Lunaape Nation located in Mahweh, New Jersey. Chief Perry has a long history of advocacy and has sat with elders and Indigenous leaders in the Himalayas, the Andes and throughout North America, seeking and coalescing the seeds of unity and truth remaining in the colonized mind. He champions human rights today, focusing primarily on issues concerning the Ramapough Lunaape Nation and the Indigenous community at-large.STEVEN T. NEWCOMB (Shawnee, Lenape) is a scholar, educator, author, journalist, film producer, public speaker and workshop leader/facilitator. He is internationally recognized for his more than three decades of research and writing on the origins of federal Indian law and international law dating back to the early days of Christendom, most notably focused on the religious doctrine now known in history as the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. Steve is author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum Publishing, 2008) and a Producer of the 2015 documentary film, The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code directed and produced by Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota). Steve's website is http://originalfreenations.com/.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:22)2. Song Title: Don't Wanna FightArtist: Alabama ShakesCD: Sound and Color (2015)Label: ATO Records(00:20:52)3. Song Title: Mad WorldArtist: Gary Jules and Michael Andrews (by Michael Gondry)Album: Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets (2001)Label: Down Up Down Music(00:23:38)4. Song Title: Shape of BecomingArtist: JahanAlbum: N/ALabel: N/A(00:26:52)5. Song: The UnforgottenArtist: IskwéAlbum: acākosīk (2019)Label: iskwé Music, Inc.(00:58:15)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

Show Synopsis: A special hour of music and commentary from Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:22)2. Song Title: What have I done to HelpArtist: Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitCD: Reunions (2020)Label: Southeastern Records(00:03:05)3. Song Title: PalestineArtist: Jim Page (from Seattle, Wa)Album: N/A (single debut)Label: N/A(00:09:37)4. Song Title: JusticeArtist: Bruce CockburnAlbum: Inner City FrontLabel: True North(00:16:26)5. Song: Just Another Holy ManArtist: Floyd Red Crow Westerman from the Sisseton Wahpeton DakotaLive Performance: "Caught live somewhere, some place," said Tiokasin GhosthorseLabel: N/A(00:21:13)6. Song Title: The Rain Falls and the Sky ShuddersArtist: MobyAlbum: Move (1993)Label: Elektra Records(00:27:55)7. Song Title: Blue Moon DriveArtist: Iskwē and Tom Wilson and featuring Chuck CopenaceAlbum: Blue Moon DriveLabel: Red Music Rising(00:31:38)8. Song Title: AatagaArtist: RittAlbum: N/ALabel: N/A(00:35:43)9. Song Title: Grand EntryArtist: Northern CreeAlbum: Dance Hard (1997)Label: Canyon Records(00:37:10)10. Song Title: Honor SongArtist: Jeremy Dutcher and YoYo MaAlbum: Notes for the FutureLabel: Sony Classical Records(00:45:22)10. Song Title: White Man's WorldArtist: Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitAlbum: The Nashville Sound (2017)Label: Southeastern Records(00:48:37)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

Tiokasin Ghosthorse's guest for the full hour is Alnoor Ladha. Alnoor's work focuses on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rules (TR), a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others focused on changing the rules that create inequality, poverty and climate change. TR started in 2012 as a time-bound project and an experiment in anarchist organizational design, exploring new ways of how to work, play and make trouble together. Alnoor comes from a Sufi lineage and explores/writes about the intersection between politics and spirituality in troubled times."This is not about saving the world. Even the idea of saving the world is such a hubristic, western thought. The world doesn't need saving. It's we who need saving. It's we who need redemption. And that possibility only exists if we're willing to humble ourselves to the emergence of what could be." - Alnoor LadhaProduction Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:44)2. Song Title: NorupoSong Length: 03:84Artist: HeilungCD: Futha (2019)Label: Season of Mist(00:54:22)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

"There is a reason why the Six Nations-Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) were not invited to Rome to meet the pope and secure an apology for the victims of the residential schools. We don't want an apology, we want justice," writes residential school survivor Doug George-Kanentiio (Akwesasne Mohawk) in a column that was widely published in April. Tiokasin and Doug discuss the recent papal apology. Doug was born and raised at the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne. Doug George-Kanentiio was born and raised at the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne. He attended school on and near the reservation before enrolling at Syracuse University and then the Antioch School of Law. Doug was a co-founder of the Native American Journalists Association before serving the Mohawk Nation as editor of the journals Akwesasne Notes and Indian Time. He worked with the late Vine Deloria, Jr., on the Traditional Knowledge conferences before joining the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Doug is vice-president for the Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge, a non-profit higher learning facility that is based on Iroquois principles. He resides on Oneida Iroquois Territory. Read Doug's column: https://bit.ly/39KA5dmThe second half-hour, Tiokasin discusses Native elder abuse with CC Hovie, Communications Manager at StrongHearts Native Helpline. Domestic abuse can look similar in elder relationships as it does in their younger counterparts, but some elders may be more vulnerable to the impacts of abuse and less able to get support. CC Hovie is Anishinaabe Ojibwe from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Indians. In her job, CC develops and oversees all StrongHearts' communications and media efforts to support the organization's mission, vision and goals. Prior to working at StrongHearts, CC was the Program Coordinator for the Grand Traverse County Senior Center Network in Michigan. CC is experienced in public relations, media appearances, and marketing strategies. She volunteered as the Marketing Director for several non-profits and helped them create brand identity by leveraging her skills in electronic and print media. In 2002, CC began working in the domestic violence prevention field at the Advocacy Resource Center for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She attended Lake Superior State University and Ferris State University with a concentration on Business Management. For more information about StrongHearts Native Helpline, visit strongheartshelpline.org.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:15)2. Song Title: Wela'linSong Length: 03:01Artist: Emma Stevens, Morgan Toney & SHIFT FROM THA 902Album: N/A (Single, 2021)Label: N/A(00:26:37)3. Song Title: Another Day in ParadiseSong Length: 05:22Artist: Phil CollinsAlbum: Another Day in Paradise (1989)Label: Atlantic Records(00:46:40)4. Song Title: Come As You AreSong Length: 03:44Artist: NirvanaAlbum: Nevermind (1992)Label: DGC(00:53:10)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patr

This episode is a special hour of global Indigenous music and commentary by Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Song length: 00:04:50Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:00)2. Song Title: Who Discovered AmericaSong Length: 04:35Artist: OzomatliAlbum: Street Signs (2004)Label: Concord Records(00:06:44)3. Song Title: Leonard Peltier in a CageSong Length: 01:23Artist: The GoatsAlbum: Tricks of the Shade (1992)Label: Ruffhouse(00:11:11)4. Title: The Walrus: What iskwé learned from her grandfather (Nov. 5, 2018)Length: 07:20Artist: iskwéSource: The Walrus: https://thewalrus.ca/remembrance-iskwe/(00:12:36)5. Song Title: The UnforgottenSong Length: 03:46Artist: iskwéAlbum: acākosīk (2019)Label: iskwé Music, Inc.(00:25:05)6. Song Title: Vuoi Vuoi MeSong Length: 04:47Artist: Mari BoineAlbum: In the Hand of the Night (2006)Label:(00:23:32)7. Song Title: Amassakoul 'N'TénéréSong Length: 03:24Artist: TinariwenAlbum: Amassakoul (2004)Label: INDEPENDENT RECORDS(00:32:01)8. Song Title: Ogou (Pran Ke Mwen)Song Length:Artist: Lakou Mizik, Joseph RayAlbum: Leave the Bones (2021)Label: Anjunadeep(00:35:20)9. Song Title: ReadySong Length:Artist: Liv WadeAlbum: Know Your Medicine (2022)Label: Liv Wade(00:41:30)10. Song Title: Ngā Iwi ESong Length: 03:47Artist: Indigie FemmeCD: Te Hau WaiataLabel: Indigie Femme(00:44:28)11. Song Title: HumanitySong Length: 04:06Artist: One Way SkyCD: Soul Searcher (2021)Label: Akimel Records(00:40:09)12. Song Title: The CitySong Length: 03:12Artist: Mark-AlmondAlbum: Mark-Almond (Bonus Track Edition) (1971)Label: Verve Records(00:56:00)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

Edgardo Krebs was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied social anthropology at the University of Oxford in England. Edgardo's main topic of interest is the history of anthropology in Argentina. He did fieldwork among the Tatsimo of southern Madagascar, and in Tierra del Fuego, following the diaries of Sir Baldwin Spencer. He conducted several research trips to the Gran Chaco. Harpers Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Times Literary Supplement have published his work, which has also appeared in several scholarly journals and books. Edgardo's book on the first film adaptation of Richard Wright's 1950 film Native Son, which was shot in Buenos Aires with Wright himself playing the lead role, appeared in Spanish. Edgardo was the executive producer of the film's restoration. Edgardo is now working on the biography of Alfred Métraux, one of the pioneers of Gran Chaco ethnography. Edgardo is a Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Tiokasin and Edgardo discuss "Landmark Napalpí Massacre trial begins in Argentina, 98 years after Indigenous Killings," an article that was published in The Buenos Aires Times on April 20, 2022. The article opens with this sentence: "Almost 100 years after police officers and settlers in Argentina mowed down hundreds of Indigenous people protesting living and working conditions on cotton plantations, a landmark trial has opened in Chaco Province to finally secure some form of accountability."Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorLoye Miller, Final Audio EditMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:15)2. Song Title: Tree of Life (lead vocals by Don Amero)Song Length: 03:14Artist: Indian CityAlbum: Here & Now (2017)Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada(00:31:10)3. Song Title: Tiny HandsSong Length: 03:04Artist: Quantum TangleAlbum: Shelter As We Go (2017)Label: Coax Records, Calgary, AB, Canada(00:35:05)4. Song Title: Spring to ComeSong Length: 03:07Artist: Digging RootsAlbum: We Are (2009)Label: Digging Roots(00:37:45)5. Song: Some Kind of HellSong Length: 03:34Artist: BurnstickAlbum: Kîyânaw (2019)Label: Burnstick(00:41:08)6. Song Title: Reap and SowSong Length: 05:14Artist: One Way SkyEP: Soul Searcher (2021)Label: Akimel Records(00:44:57)7. Song Title: Star PeopleSong Length: 03:54Artist: Indian CityCD: Code Red (2021)Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada(00:53:23)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

Tiokasin welcomes Dr. Tink Tinker back to "First Voices Radio" this week. Dr. Tinker is the Clifford Baldridge Emeritus Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He is a citizen of the Osage Nation (wazhazhe) and has been an activist in urban American Indian communities for four decades. He joined the faculty at Iliff School of Theology in 1985 and brought an American Indian perspective to this predominantly euro-christian school.Dr. Tinker is committed to a scholarly endeavor that takes seriously both the liberation of Indian peoples from their historic oppression as colonized communities and the liberation of euro-christian (White) Americans, the historic colonizers and oppressors of Indian peoples, whose self-narrative typically avoids naming the violence committed against Indians in favor of a romance narrative that justifies their euro-christian occupancy of Indian lands.Dr. Tinker is the author of American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty (Orbis Press, 2008); and is author or editor of several other volumes; and has written nearly a hundred journal articles and chapters for edited volumes. He has served on the Leadership Council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado and was active in the 30-year project to rid Colorado of its state proclaimed columbus day holiday, which was finally successful in April 2020.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:44)2. Song Title: Natural MysticArtist: Luka BloomAlbum: Keeper of the Flame (2000)Label: Big Sky Records(00:29:05)3. Spoken Word Presentation: The Plantagon Message (September 2011)Narrator: Oren LyonsAlbum: N/ALabel: N/A. License: Creative Commons Attribution(00:43:08)4. Song Title: The Road to Hell Parts I and IIArtist: Chris ReaAlbum: The Road to Hell (1989)Label: Rhino Entertainment(00:48:15)5. Song: SocietyArtist: Eddie VedderAlbum: Into the Wind (2007)Label: BMG Music Entertainment(00:56:15)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.

In the first segment, Tiokasin speaks with award-winning filmmaker and photographer Deborah Anderson, director, producer and writer of the new documentary film, Women of the White Buffalo. The film shows the lives of the modern day Native women as we listen to their stories of loss, suicide, murder and epidemic meth addiction among their community, mirrored by their deep ancestral roots, traditional ceremony, prayer and hope. Women of the White Buffalo features testimonials from nine women from the Lakota Nation, ranging in age from 10 to 98, living on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota. Deborah's work has graced the covers of pop music albums and magazines, as well as the walls of an expansive clientele of private homes and landmark hotels worldwide. Of Indigenous, Black, Irish and Scottish descent, her photographic work has hung in galleries both in Europe and the US, including the world-class Leica Galleries, which have hosted three shows for her Women Of The White Buffalo series. More information at https://womenofthewhitebuffalo.com/homeIn the second segment, Tiokasin speaks with Scott Frazier, a Santee and enrolled Crow Tribe citizen. He is currently Executive Director and Indigenous Liaison for Project WET, and recently he formed a new company called Project Indigenous, with the mission of promoting wellness, diversity and environmental consultation to Indigenous peoples. Tiokasin and Scott discuss the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park, which is taking place in 2022. As a highly accomplished and driven leader, Scott keeps a rigorous schedule of public speaking engagements and guest appearances teaching Native environmental education. He has been involved in buffalo issues for many years. When asked what his perspective is as a Native person on water, wellness, and environmental issues, he says: "To me all things on this planet are earth, wind, fire and water. Different proportions, of course, but maintaining a relationship to all… In the Native perspective of nature, we are all part of nature… We are not just observers." More information can be found at https://projectindigenous.comProduction Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:44)2. Song Title: The CleansingArtist: John TrudellAlbum: Tribal Voice (1983)Label: Effective(00:26:50)3. Song Title: Lakota Flute SongArtist: Georgia Wettelin-LarsenAlbum: Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women (1995)Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings(00:29:58)AKANTU INSTITUTEVisit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse.