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Do the languages and cosmologies of Indigenous peoples hold the keys to the mysteries of quantum physics and the nature of reality? That is the intriguing premise of The Language of Spirituality, a documentary film about the intersection of spirituality, modern science and language. Inspired by a series of dialogues between western physicists, Indigenous scholars, elders and linguists, the documentary begins by exploring how language and worldview influence each other. Filmmaker Anthony DellaFlora captures this momentous meeting of minds and the beginnings of the ongoing dialogue in The Language of Spirituality. Participants in the dialogues, including Fred Alan Wolf (What the Bleep Do We Know?), Bohm colleague the late F. David Peat and Blackfoot scholar Leroy Little Bear, speak about the dialogues and their implications for the future.For more information, visit http://www.thelanguageofspirituality.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)(00:00:44)2. Song Title: Ball and ChainArtist: Xavier RuddAlbum: Jan Juc Moon (2022)Label: Virgin Music Label and Adult Services Australia (P&D)(00:30:03)3. Song Title: Rainy Night in GeorgiaArtist: Tony Joe WhiteAlbum: Continued (1969)Label: Warner Records(00:53:30)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.

Munya Andrews is an Indigenous woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Born to an Aboriginal woman and Scottish father, she is proud of her Aboriginal and Celtic heritage. Her Bardi 'saltwater' people come from the Dampier Peninsula and the offshore islands north of Broome. Regarded by Melbourne University as a "leading Australian thinker," Munya is an accomplished author and barrister with degrees in anthropology and law. Educated in Australia and the United States, she is fascinated by comparative religions, languages, mythology and science, and is intrigued by the way in which they interact and inform each other. Munya's book, Journey into Dreamtime, is an easy guide to Aboriginal spirituality that explains Dreamtime concepts in a simple way. Munya's life purpose is to create better understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal people, leaving behind a legacy of Dreamtime wisdom for generations to come. Munya's long term vision is to create a fairer, more inclusive Australian society, which recognizes and pays respect to its First Nations people.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: Lakota Calling Song / Dream Song / Doing Song / Being SongArtist: LakotaAlbum: N/ALabel: N/A(00:35:35)3. Song Title: Everybody Wants to Rule the WorldArtist: Tears for FearsAlbum: Everybody Wants to Rule the World (1985)Label: Phonogram / Mercury(00:45:40)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.

Melanie Goodchild is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) complexity and systems thinking scholar. She is moose clan from Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Ketegaunseebee First Nations. Melanie is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Social & Ecological Sustainability at the University of Waterloo and is a Research Fellow with the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation & Resilience. She is a proud member of the Iron Butt Association riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle 1000 miles in 24 hours! Melanie is a faculty member with the Academy for Systems Change, the Wolf Willow Institute for Systems Learning and is a Scholar Practitioner Faculty member at the University of Vermont's MS and Ph.D. in Leadership for Sustainability. She is an Advisor to the new Systems Awareness Lab at MIT and in 2022 will be a Systems Changer in Residence with a global philanthropy. Melanie is an alumna of the IWF Leadership Foundation's Fellows Program (2015-16 class) sponsored by Harvard Business School and INSEAD.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: Fallin' Rain (written by Link Wray)Artist: Neville BrothersAlbum: Brother's Keeper (1990)Label: A&M Records(00:26:22)3. Song Title: Ball and ChainArtist: Xavier RuddAlbum: Jan Juc Moon (2022)Label: Virgin Music Label and Adult Services Australia (P&D)(00:50:40)4. Song: Caravan of FoolsArtist: John PrineAlbum: The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)Label: Oh Boy Records(00:56:02)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.

Kwitsel Tatel will never give up. Born Sto:lo Coast Salish to a lineage of land defenders and water protectors, Kwitsel has spent her entire life fighting for Indigenous sovereignty and rights. She is a survivor of residential school, where she suffered incomprehensible abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church and the Canadian government, and has spent decades in court working tirelessly to hold Canada accountable for its genocidal behavior against First Nations. A blunt and outspoken advocate, Kwitsel was exiled from her own community in 2000 after demanding the elected Chief and Council be transparent and accountable to the money they receive from the Canadian government - she has been homeless or precariously housed ever since. For the past year, Kwitsel has been living in a camper van; but since it broke down in the late summer, she has moved into a small car and currently lives in this car around so-called Vancouver. For more information, google "Kwitsel Tatel."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: Universal SoldierArtist: Buffy Sainte-MarieAlbum: It's My Way (1964)Label: Vanguard Records(00:30:40)3. Song Title: Sarereen Hoveen Mernem (means "I die of / for the winds of the mountains, meaning I love the wind of the mountains." The "mountains" refer to the great Armenian Mount Ararat and Masis.)Instrumental: Armenian duduk wind instrumentAlbum: N/A(00:48:50)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 talks with Fred Leonard. Fred is the author of Grandma's Spirit Calling Us Home to Tyendinaga, a book about his Tyendinaga Mohawk ancestors from the mid-1600s to the 1900s. Fred was born in 1969 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada (next door to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory). He has lived in this area most of his life. Fred has helped with the marketing and promotion of two books: And Grandma Said by Mohawk elder Tom Porter and What I Need To Leave Behind by elder Betty Maracle. Fred has traveled across North America to meet and learn traditional knowledge, spirituality and history from many elders. He has done public speaking and is a social activist. Fred has worked on an environmental contaminants research project at Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in association with Trent University, and he has worked for the environmental department for National Defense. For the past nine years, Fred has been running his own business.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: The CleansingArtist: John TrudellAlbum: Tribal Voice (1983)Label: Effective(00:28:40)3. Song Title: The City: Grass and Concrete, Taxi to BrooklynArtist: Mark-AlmondAlbum: Speak Easy, It's a Whiskey Scene (1971)Label: UMG Recordings, Inc.(00:35:05)4. Song: ImagiNation (feat. David Strickland)Artist: ImagiNation (Q052 is a Mi'gmaq rapper from Gesgapegiag, Quebec. His collaborators are: Stun, David Strickland, Hyper-T, Will E. Skandalz, Wendego, Simon Nevin and Sensei H. They claim justice for Indigenous people.)Album: ImagiNationLabel: Musique Nomad(00:45:25)5. Song Title: Voice of EarthArtist: NASAAlbum: NASA Space Sounds (2015)Label: NASA(00:52:16)6. Song Title: Change on the RiseArtist: Avi KaplanEP: I'll Get By (2019)Label: Fantasy Records(00:54:40)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.

Tiokasin talks with returning guest and friend of First Voices Radio, Ed Kabotie. Ed is a multifaceted creative from the Tewa village of Khap'o Owinge and the Hopi village of Shungopavi. His creative expressions take the forms of paintings, drawings, silvercraft, and multi-lingual musical compositions. Kabotie considers himself an "Edu-tainer," using the arts and music to educate people about social justice issues related to the Indigenous people and lands of the Colorado Plateau. His reggae rock band, Tha 'Yoties, are known for their catchy melodies, lively performances and conscious message. Tiokasin and Ed will talk about (in Tiokasin's words): "How education experimenting and living experience are the differences… and how to hold them inclusively."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: The RiverArtist: Ed KabotieAlbum: N/ALabel: N/A(Song available on YouTube)(00:26:30)3. Song Title: Rule the WorldArtist: Michael KiwanukaAlbum: Love and Hate (2016)Label: Polydor Records(00:50:15)4. Song Title: Love and HateArtist: Michael KiwanukaAlbum: Love and Hate (2016)Label: Polydor Records(00:55:17)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.

Dr. Tink 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. He 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: WarriorArtist: Xavier Rudd and the United NationsAlbum: Nanna (2015)Label: Nettwerk(00:22:40)3. Song Title: In the BloodArtist: Robbie RobertsonAlbum: Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (1998)Label: Capitol Records(00:52:20)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.

David Graeber and David Wengrow are the co-authors of The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021). "This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast. There is not a single chapter that does not (playfully) disrupt well-seated intellectual beliefs. It is deep, effortlessly iconoclastic, factually rigorous, and pleasurable to read." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author, The Black SwanTiokasin talks with co-author David Wengrow, a professor of comparative archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is a visiting professor at New York University. He is the author of three books, including, What Makes Civilization? David has conducted archaeological fieldwork in various parts of Africa and the Middle East.Co-author David Graeber (d. 9/2/2020) was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. He was the author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years and Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, and was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Guardian and The Baffler. An iconic thinker and renowned activist, his early efforts in Zuccotti Park made Occupy Wall Street an era-defining movement.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: Rich Man's WarArtist: John Trudell with Jesse Ed DavisAlbum: AKA Graffiti Man (1992)Label: Rykodisc(00:32:05)3. Song Title: PrayerArtist: Tiokasin Ghosthorse with vocals by Lisa BodnarAlbum: Ghosthorse - Ksa (2007)Label: Ghosthorse(00:37:55)4. Song Title: Darker Than a ShadowArtist: Terry CallierAlbum: Speak Your Peace (2002)Label: Mr Bongo(00:43:37)Artist: Terry CallierCD: It's About TimeAlbum: The New Folk Sound (1965)Label: Prestige Records(00:52:27)5. Song Title: Waiting on a WarArtist: Foo FightersCD: Medicine at Midnight (2021)Label: Roswell Records(00:55:47)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 talks with Eda Zavala Lopez, a direct descendant of the Wari people of Peru. She inherited ancient traditions and profound knowledge related to plants, spirits and magical storytelling from her ancestors. Eda is dedicated to Amazonian Indigenous healing practices by leading ceremonies with medicinal plants, practicing ancient ways of healing knowledge and empowering her people in preserving their sacred territories. As a Curandera, Eda directly uses the power of medicinal plants to help heal people emotionally and spirituality, especially women. As a spiritual leader in her village, she is deeply committed to Indigenous Peruvian people in defending their sacred territories and protecting their lands. Find out more about Eda at http://www.edazavalalopez.com/In the second segment, Tiokasin's guest is Oqwilowgwa Kim Recalma-Clutesi of the Qualicum First Nation, British Columbia, Canada. Oqwilowgwa is a cross-cultural interpreter, teacher, researcher and writer on topics of ethnobiology and tribal history. She is also a nonprofit director, political organizer, and award-winning videographer and film producer.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: American DreamArtist: OndaraAlbum: Tales of America (2019)Label: Verve Forecast Records(00:25:32)3. Song Title: Beaiveldttás (Butterfly)Artist: Marie Boine (Saami)Album: Eight Seasons (Gávcci Jahkejuogu) (2001)Label: NorthSide(00:52:46)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's guest for the full hour is George Nuku. George is an artist from Aotearoa. He is of Scottish, German and Maori descent and has been a full-time practitioner of arts for 36 years. George's works range from delicate pearl shell, bone and jade amulets to life-size plexiglass sculptures and multi-story high polystyrene depictions of Polynesian demigods and Maori culture heroes. His decades of art practice has been spent globally, ranging from the world's prestigious art institutions and treasure houses through to communities of all ethnicities and socio-economic status. George has created more than 100 projects to date, including: the British Museum, National Museum of Scotland, Museum of Geneva, Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Museum of Contemporary Art in Taiwan, United Nations Forum for Indigenous People, Tijibao Cultural Centre in Nouméa, New Caledonia and many more. George carries the thousands' year-old art traditions of his ancestors that promise to both expand life and enhance survival.George talks about his life's journey ranging from children to the elders to the ancestors - the concepts of time, practicality with Mother Earth, throughout his art carvings to his art carvings to the political aspects of working at the United Nations in the early 2000s. Tiokasin and George discuss the importance of Indigenous peoples who were largely ignored by the dominant societies; and if it were not for previous generations who didn't need the dominant societies and being noticed by Mother Earth let alone modern day society. The Maori Nation's culture is vibrant, up-to-date and never archaic - the same as many Indigenous peoples thoughts and ways of living with Earth.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: TangihiaArtist: Tama Waipara (Maori) (feat. Hinewehi Mohi)Album: Fill Up the Silence (2007)Label: Tama Waipara music(00:24:50)3. Song Title: Vuoi Vuoi MéArtist: Marie Boine (Saami)Album: In the Hand of the Night (2006)Label: Universal Music Group(00:52:15)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.