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Seedcast

Nia Tero

Seedcast is a story centered podcast, produced by Nia Tero, where we dig up, nurture, and root stories of the Indigenous experience from around the world.

  • 33 minutes 36 seconds
    Acampamento Terra Livre Preview with Dinamam Tuxá

    Convidamos você a curtir esse episódio em português aqui!

    “Indigenous Peoples, who want their territory demarcated for the protection of their own lives, automatically protect the life of humanity.” – Dinamam Tuxá (Tuxá People, Brazil) 

    Brazil is home to an outsized portion of the world’s biodiversity. It is also one of the most dangerous places in the world for environmental defenders – but also a place guarded by hundreds of powerful Indigenous tribes.   

    This week, thousands of Indigenous Peoples from across Brazil are gathered in the country's capital, Brasília, with bold hope for the future, and to share culture, celebrate, and demand their rights to their lands and to their cultural ways of being. This gathering is called Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL), or in English, Free Land Camp – and it's been happening for 20 years.   


    To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, we're sending our Seedcast producers to Brasília, and today on Seedcast, we’re getting a preview of Acampamento Terra Livre with Dinamam Tuxá, of the Tuxá People. A lawyer and Indigenous social activist, Dinamam is a legal advisor to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo (APOINME), and the coordinator of the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). APIB strengthens, unifies, and mobilizes Indigenous Peoples to promote and defend their rights. APIB also organizes Acampamento Terra Livre.   

    Dinamam joins us in conversation with Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker (Kanaka Maoli).  

    Special thanks to Nia Tero colleagues Maria Fernanda Ribeiro, Nara Baré and Leslie Benzakein.   

    Host: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker. Producer, Translation and Audio Mix: Marianna Romano. Additional Production: Jenny Asarnow, Idjahure Kadiwel

    Learn more about APIB: 

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    24 April 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 16 seconds
    Seedcast em Português: Prévia do Acampamento Terra Livre com Dinamam Tuxá

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    “Os povos indígenas que querem o seu território demarcado para a proteção da sua própria vida automaticamente protegem a vida da humanidade.” Dinamam Tuxá (Povo Tuxá, Brasil) 

      

    O Brasil abriga uma enorme parte da biodiversidade global. É, também, um dos lugares mais perigosos do mundo para os defensores ambientais — mas também está sob a guarda de centenas de poderosas nações indígenas.  

     

    Esta semana, milhares de povos indígenas de todo o Brasil estão reunidos na capital do país, Brasília, com ousada esperança no futuro para compartilhar cultura, celebrar e exigir seus direitos a suas terras e a seus modos culturais. Esse encontro — o Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL) — já acontece há 20 anos.  

      

    Para celebrar o 20º aniversário do ATL, nossos produtores do Seedcast estarão em Brasília. Hoje teremos uma visão prévia do Acampamento Terra Livre com Dinamam Tuxá, do Povo Tuxá, aqui no Seedcast. Advogado e ativista social indígena, Dinamam é assessor jurídico da Articulação dos Povos e Organizações Indígenas do Nordeste, Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo (APOINME) e coordenador da Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB). AAPIB é uma articulação de todos os povos indígenas do Brasil que fortalece, unifica e mobiliza os povos indígenas para promover e defender seus direitos. A APIB também organiza o Acampamento Terra Livre.  

      

    Dinamam se junta a nós numa conversa com Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker (Kanaka Maoli).  

      

    Agradecimentos especiais aos colegas da Nia Tero Maria Fernanda Ribeiro, Nara Baré e Leslie Benzakein. 

      

    Apresentação: Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker, Marianna Romano, Idjahure Kadiwel 

    Produção, tradução e mixagem de áudio: Marianna Romano  

    Produção adicional: Jenny Asarnow, Idjahure Kadiwel 

       

    Saiba mais sobre a APIB: 

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    24 April 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 13 seconds
    Sonic Journey Five: Pili Ka Moʻo

    Close your eyes. Imagine standing on land that your family has held for generations. The waters that trickle nearby sing your family name, and your ancestors are there with you, buried deep in the earth. Now, imagine a stranger coming along and violating this land with no regard to the lineage it carries. 

    This is the story at the heart of our latest Sonic Journey. We’re sharing the story of the Fukumitsu family who is protecting their land -- their ‘āina -- through the Emmy Award-winning film “Pili Ka Moʻo” by Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (both Kanaka Maoli.) 

    “Pili Ka Moʻo” is a part of the first season of our sibling initiative Reciprocity Project. This is also the film that inspired Seedcast producer Stina Hamlin to embark on our whole Sonic Journey Series, and we understand why: this film not only includes the strong voices of the Fukumitsu family and their ancestors, but it also includes beautiful sounds from their kalo, or taro, fields and the collective voice of a community standing up for the land and their ancestors. 

    Justyn’s film is part of Reciprocity Project, a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios. 

    Host and Story Editor: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. Story Editor and Audio Mix: Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker.  

    Learn more:  

     Listen to previous Sonic Journey Episodes:  

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    13 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 57 seconds
    Sonic Journey Four: Ma's House

    In our latest Sonic Journey, join us on the lands of the Shinnecock Nation, which have been cared for by the Shinnecock People for over 10,000 years. Here, photographer and artist Jeremy Dennis has restored his family’s home in order to create a place for creativity, care, and community for a new generation of BIPOC artists. This unique space is called Ma’s House, and Jeremy documented the building’s restoration in a short film of the same name. 

    Lean closer and listen to fond remembrances of Ma from her descendants. Sense the transformation with the sawing and hammering of Jeremy’s construction. And feel your hair rustled by the salty breezes of the Atlantic Ocean.  

    Jeremy's film is part of Reciprocity Project, a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios. 

    Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. Story Editor and Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow.  

    Relevant Links: 

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    28 February 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 14 minutes 19 seconds
    Sonic Journey Three: SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother)

    Who’s ready for a little Indigenous joy, knowledge, and inspiration? We’re starting Seedcast Season Four with deep listening, as a powerful way to witness one another.  

    Welcome to the rich desert landscape of the Wayuu People on the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. You hear more from birds, goats, and cacti in this story than you do people, and when you do hear human voices, they’re speaking Wayuunaiki, the language of about half of Wayuu Peoples, a language currently undergoing a revitalization. This Sonic Journey centers the film SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother), the story of two Wayuu women teaching the next generation valuable lessons about reciprocity. Even if you don’t speak Wayuunaiki, the rhythms and tones of the elders in the story will no doubt stir in you memories and lessons from your own parents, grandparents, and ancestors. 

    SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother) is a collaboration between director David Hernández Palmar and his mother, Flor Palmar. The film is part of the first season of our sibling initiative Reciprocity Project. Reciprocity Project is a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios. 

    Host and Story Editor: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. Audio Mix: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker.  

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    14 February 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 38 seconds
    Coming Soon: Seedcast Season 4 – An Invitation to Listen

    We can’t believe that we are kicking off Season 4 of Seedcast on February 14! With so much chaos and noise around us, we’re going to start off this season by getting grounded and listening to Indigenous song and language. So here’s an invitation: Close your eyes, and get quiet: What do you hear from the world around you, from the lands you’re on? And what does that stir inside of you? 

    Season Four of Seedcast starts with a series of Sonic Journeys, which immerse us in the deep knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and the homelands they’re connected to, as featured in our sibling initiative, Reciprocity Project. 

    Enjoy this sneak peek at the next three Seedcast episodes. And until the first one is released on February 14, listen to our previous Sonic Journeys and watch the films in the first season of Reciprocity Project. Reciprocity Project is a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios. 

    Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer and Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow. 

    Relevant Links: 

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    31 January 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 39 minutes 53 seconds
    Sending Light This Winter Solstice

    Here in the northern hemisphere, as the winter solstice approaches, the light is changing quickly, and the sun sits lower on the horizon with each passing day. By now, all the harvest celebrations have come to an end, but the practice of gratitude and acknowledgement for the rewards of summer’s hard work continues.  

    As we wrap up Season 3 of Seedcast, this very special final episode is dedicated to the hard work that has gone into this podcast. We revisit the diversity of nine productions created since last autumn by different producers. Through this journey, Executive Producer of Seedcast, Tracy Rector, shares her gratitude for how each of these creatives have played a vital role in the storytelling of Seedcast. 

    Storytelling is one of the most connective experiences people have with each other. Throughout the world during the coldest months, Indigenous Peoples wintertime traditions most often include sharing stories about who they are, their histories, and lessons of the season to offer wisdom and inspiration across the generations. Winter is a time to share what we have, to draw from what has been gathered to give us energy and offer lessons of survival through the coldest of seasons and it is through storytelling that the link between humans and all life on Earth – seen and unseen - is understood, maintained, and nurtured.  

    As our team settles in for the winter, we ask you, our listeners: How will you come together in kinship this winter? Wintertime is the perfect occasion to get to know one another better through storytelling, ceremony, and joy. Enjoy! 

    Special thanks to special artistic contributors Jennifer Kreisberg, Joel Schomberg and Mia Kami.  
     
    Host + Co-Producer: Tracy Rector. Co-Producer + Story Editor: Stina Hamlin: Audio Mix: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker 

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    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    20 December 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 4 seconds
    The Sacred Essence of Blackfoot Culture

    “Our way of life is a collective. All Blackfoot people are one.” - Johnathon Red Gun (Siksika) 

    In Blackfoot Territory, a powerful people is in relationship with a powerful place. At the Continental Divide, the snow-capped Rocky Mountains leap out from prairies that stretch out flat for what feels like forever. Rivers from Blackfoot Territory flow across much of North America, and the Blackfoot see their territory as the source of water for this vast continent. 

    Spend time with people from the Blackfoot Confederacy who are resisting ongoing colonialism, awakening their culture, listening to elders, and regaining sovereignty of their land, language, and spirit. As Liz Fox (Kainai) shares, “Living your culture and wanting to preserve it; there's a lot of work that goes into it, and there's a lot of peace that comes from it.” In addition to Liz Fox, we’re also honored to share the voices and stories of Doane Crow Shoe (Piikani), Rose Fox (Kainai), Johnathon Red Gun (Siksika), Tyson Running Wolf (Blackfeet Nation), and Lona Running Wolf (Blackfeet, Haida, Little Shell Creek.) There are four tribes within the Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikani (commonly referred to as Blackfeet Nation.) 

    This episode includes interviews and audio from the Wayfinders Circle film “Siksikaitsitapi,” which has been co-created with the Blackfoot Confederacy and directed by Bryan Gunnar Cole, with additional production support from Nils Cowan and Jacob Bearchum.  

    We’re grateful for the collaboration on this story with the Blackfoot Confederacy, which is part of the Wayfinders Circle. Wayfinders Circle is a global network of Indigenous Peoples from around the world who work to strengthen self-determination in managing their lands and territories and maintain the cultural and spiritual continuity through intergenerational transmissions. It is a joint effort convened by the Pawanka Fund, World Union of Indigenous Spiritual Practitioners, and Nia Tero. 

    Special thanks  to Nia Tero colleagues Mariana López, Marianna Olinger, Michael Painter, and David Rothschild. 

    Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer + Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow: Story Editor: Jacob Bearchum.  

    Links: 

    More Wayfinders Circle Collaborations:

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    6 December 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 50 minutes 16 seconds
    Spotlight: The Native Seed Pod - Indigenous Food Warriors with Chef Crystal Wahpepah

    “If you want to talk about the Indigenous Food Warrior, that's what we all are.  We're here to protect. We're here to give. We're here to heal.” - Chef Crystal Wahpepah (Kickapoo) 

    How Indigenous people show up in the kitchen is how they will show up for community, so the responsibility and care in creating food for others is taken very seriously, from the recipes created to the sourcing of ingredients. 

    Our latest Spotlight comes from the amazing team behind The Native Seed Pod. In this episode, we get to hear a fast-moving conversation between guest host Sara Moncada (Yaqui) with Indigenous chef Crystal Wahpepah (Kickapoo), who is the owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen in Oakland, California. Crystal received the Indigenous Artist Activist Award and has been inducted into the Native American Almanac for being one of the first Native American women to own a catering business. In 2016, she was the first Native American Chef to compete in The Food Network’s show, Chopped, and in 2022, she was a finalist for a prestigious James Beard Award in the category of “Emerging Chef.” Crystal and Sara talk about Native foods, how they carry their shared work of educating the next generation on preserving Indigenous food systems, and what it means to be an Indigenous Food Warrior. In addition to hosting this episode of The Native Seed Pod, Sara is also the current CEO of The Cultural Conservancy, which is the home of The Native Seed Pod, as well as a grantee of Nia Tero. 

    The Native Seed Pod has just started their fourth season, so catch up on their episodes on their website or on your favorite podcast platform. 

    Special thanks to the vibrant team behind The Native Seed Pod: Mateo Hinojosa, Melissa K. Nelson, Sara Moncada, Raven K. Marshall, and more. 

    Learn more:  

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    22 November 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 58 seconds
    'Weʻve Become Paolo for Everyone': Creating UTOPIA for Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders

    “I'm sacred, the next person is sacred, and all life is sacred. That connection we have to each other and to all forms of life is sacred and must be cherished. In the same way, the relationship we have with land and the relationship the land has with us should be honored.” - Agaiotupu Viena (Samoan) 

    Colonization has disrupted the identities of queer Indigenous Peoples, and because of this, they practice deep forms of care, often making chosen families as a built space of refuge. In Samoa, one way to describe a refuge is “paolo,” which means “to give shade” or “protect.” Care and shade are inherently a part of queer and trans Pacific Islander identity.  

    This summer, Seedcast producer Ha’aheo Auwae Dekker (Kanaka Maoli) was a guest at UTOPIA Washingtonʻs Hoʻolauleʻa, a community event dedicated to celebrating queer and trans Pacific Islanders, or QTPIs. In this episode, they share the sounds and music from the event along with wisdom from fellow QTPIs Ara Sifainu’ululei “Ara-Lei” Mahealani Yandall and Agaiotupu Viena. Both share about their experiences as fa'afafine, a gender identity embedded in the lands of Samoa, as well as the reason UTOPIA was created, and the unique role they play in caring for the wider Pasifika community and each other. 

    Special thanks to Ara-Lei, Agaiotupu, and UTOPIA Washington for welcoming Seedcast into their Hoʻolauleʻa earlier this year and for sharing their time, stories, and energy with us. Thanks also to our Nia Tero colleagues Michael Painter, Nichlas Emmons, and Anne Quidez for their feedback on this episode. 

    Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer and Audio Mix: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker. Story Editor: Jenny Asarnow. 

    Resources: 

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    8 November 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 33 seconds
    Tuhaymani'chi Pal Waniqa (The Water Flows Always) in the Mojave Desert

    For this episode of Seedcast, let’s meet in the Mojave Desert in a spot where we can gaze upon Mamápukaiv, also known as the Old Woman Mountains. We’re surrounded by boulders, mesquite, deer, bighorn sheep, and even eagles. The air smells of creosote, and when it rains, you can smell tar. Water is an extremely precious resource here, and the survival of every living thing - humans, animals, and plants - depends on it.  

    Almost thirty years ago, a group of Native Peoples came together to form the Native American Land Conservancy to protect not only the land their peoples are from but to revitalize their cultural wellbeing.  

    “With the land comes a lot of knowledge. And this knowledge is inside the rocks, it's inside the water, it's inside the plants,” explains Sean Milanovich, a member of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in Southern California, a PhD, and the Vice President of Native American Land Conservancy. 

    Right now, Native American Land Conservancy is fighting a big corporation threatening their lands, their water, and their traditional ways of life. In this episode, Sean shares about Native American Land Conservancy's work to buy back land, to protect the water, and to engage people like you to help them in their work to heal our shared planet through interviews with Sean and audio from the Wayfinders Circle film about Native American Land Conservancy, “Tuhaymani'chi Pal Waniqa (The Water Flows Always)", directed by Nils Cowan and Gina Milanovich (Cahuilla, Cupeño.) 

    We’re grateful for the collaboration on this story with Sean Milanovich and Native American Land Conservancy, which is part of the Wayfinders Circle. Wayfinders Circle is a global network of Indigenous Peoples from around the world who work to strengthen self-determination in managing their lands and territories and maintain the cultural and spiritual continuity through intergenerational transmissions. It is a joint effort convened by the Pawanka Fund, World Union of Indigenous Spiritual Practitioners, and Nia Tero. 

    Special thanks also to Nia Tero Wayfinders Circle collaborators Mariana López, Marianna Olinger, Michael Painter, and David Rothschild. 

    Host: and Producer: Jessica Ramirez. Story Editor: Nils Cowan. Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow.  

    More Wayfinders Circle Collaborations:

    Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

    Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

    Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

    25 October 2023, 1:00 pm
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