60 acast.com The Aunties Dandelion https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com en 2020 The Aunties Dandelion arts, community, medicine, food, indigenous language, health, kanyenkeha, mohawk, sovereignty, women, teachings, wellness, indigenous stories, land back, indigenous podcast Kahstoserakwathe

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]]> false Paulette Moore info+674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3@mg-eu.acast.com 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 the-aunties-dandelion https://feeds.simplecast.com/QL2taOrk episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3/show-cover.jpg https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com The Aunties Dandelion https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 Indigenous Women Lead - Smithsonian NMAI Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo) Indigenous Women Lead - Smithsonian NMAI Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo) Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:13:37 GMT 1:01:22 69c3d172176efa5257846dca false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/indigenous-women-lead-smithsonian-nmai-director-cynthia-chav 69c3d172176efa5257846dca 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 indigenous-women-lead-smithsonian-nmai-director-cynthia-chav full 5 2 Indigenous Women’s Leadership with NMAI Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar and co-hosts Kahstoserakwathe and Taiawentón:ti' 


It’s an Awesome Auntie co-hosting collaboration this month as Taiawentón:ti' Chelsea Sunday (Kanyen’kehà:ka) joins Kahstoserakwathe to visit with Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo, Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo).

Cynthia is the first woman director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, including its three locations in Washington, D.C., New York City, and the Cultural Resources Center in Maryland.


Taiawentón:ti' and Kahstoserakwathe first met Cynthia last summer at the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Taiawentón:ti'’s land-based language revitalization organization, Ionkwahronkha’onhátie’, was one of four groups featured for their language, place, and ways of learning. Kahstoserakwathe was there co-producing a documentary about their work.


When Cynthia came to visit the group on the National Mall, Taiawentón:ti' noticed her openness and the path she has taken as an Indigenous woman in leadership. That moment sparked this conversation.


In this episode, the three talk about leadership, creative direction, and building institutions that remain accountable to Indigenous communities.

Cynthia is a curator, author, and scholar whose work focuses on Southwest Native art and collaborative practice with Indigenous communities. She has served on national arts and cultural boards, including the Institute of American Indian Arts and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development and the New Mexico Arts Commission.


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]]> Indigenous Women’s Leadership with NMAI Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar and co-hosts Kahstoserakwathe and Taiawentón:ti' 


It’s an Awesome Auntie co-hosting collaboration this month as Taiawentón:ti' Chelsea Sunday (Kanyen’kehà:ka) joins Kahstoserakwathe to visit with Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo, Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo).

Cynthia is the first woman director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, including its three locations in Washington, D.C., New York City, and the Cultural Resources Center in Maryland.


Taiawentón:ti' and Kahstoserakwathe first met Cynthia last summer at the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Taiawentón:ti'’s land-based language revitalization organization, Ionkwahronkha’onhátie’, was one of four groups featured for their language, place, and ways of learning. Kahstoserakwathe was there co-producing a documentary about their work.


When Cynthia came to visit the group on the National Mall, Taiawentón:ti' noticed her openness and the path she has taken as an Indigenous woman in leadership. That moment sparked this conversation.


In this episode, the three talk about leadership, creative direction, and building institutions that remain accountable to Indigenous communities.

Cynthia is a curator, author, and scholar whose work focuses on Southwest Native art and collaborative practice with Indigenous communities. She has served on national arts and cultural boards, including the Institute of American Indian Arts and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development and the New Mexico Arts Commission.


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]]> Cree Author David A. Robertson on Mental Wellness, Reconciliation, and His Beloved Dad Cree Author David A. Robertson on Mental Wellness, Reconciliation, and His Beloved Dad Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:01:00 GMT 46:31 698a1db13d87b095b5220eca false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/cree-author-david-a-robertson-on-mental-wellness-reconciliat 698a1db13d87b095b5220eca 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 cree-author-david-a-robertson-on-mental-wellness-reconciliat full 5 1 The Aunties Dandelion Season Five begins with a full house, a generous conversation, and stories grounded in land, memory, and care. Last fall at the Cambridge Public Library, Kahstoserakwathe moderated a sold-out evening with celebrated author and media creator David A. Robertson of Norway House Cree Nation. This was TAD's first episode recorded with a live audience.


Together, they explored how land shapes emotional health, how identity unfolds through writing, and how family stories guide us across time.

David is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, recipient of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and the Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award. In this conversation, he shares tender memories of his father, Dr. Donald Robertson, a pioneering educator whose influence continues to shape his work and life.


We also speak about David’s powerful six-part podcast Kiwew (S/he returns home), which became an unexpected and moving tribute to his father after he passed away during its creation.

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]]> The Aunties Dandelion Season Five begins with a full house, a generous conversation, and stories grounded in land, memory, and care. Last fall at the Cambridge Public Library, Kahstoserakwathe moderated a sold-out evening with celebrated author and media creator David A. Robertson of Norway House Cree Nation. This was TAD's first episode recorded with a live audience.


Together, they explored how land shapes emotional health, how identity unfolds through writing, and how family stories guide us across time.

David is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, recipient of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and the Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award. In this conversation, he shares tender memories of his father, Dr. Donald Robertson, a pioneering educator whose influence continues to shape his work and life.


We also speak about David’s powerful six-part podcast Kiwew (S/he returns home), which became an unexpected and moving tribute to his father after he passed away during its creation.

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]]> Dr. Jolene Rickard, Skarù:ręʔ, Turtle Clan Dr. Jolene Rickard, Skarù:ręʔ, Turtle Clan Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT 1:17:10 6943134d56694f2c884a43a6 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/dr-jolene-rickard-skarur-turtle-clan 6943134d56694f2c884a43a6 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 dr-jolene-rickard-skarur-turtle-clan Carrying Deep Responsibility at Home and Beyond full 4 12 What a dynamic visit this month with Tuscarora Turtle clan scholar, curator, historian, and artist Dr. Jolene Rickard. At Cornell University, she teaches in the History of Art and Visual Studies and Art Departments, where she has long guided students through Indigenous studies leadership and practice. She co-curated two of the four permanent exhibitions at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Across her work, Dr. Rickard centers Indigenous knowledge, lived experience, and visual sovereignty.


Jolene is the curator of the ambitious outdoor exhibition Deskaheh in Geneva 1923 to 2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty, which opened along the Quai Wilson in Geneva in 2023. The exhibition marks 100 years since Deskaheh Levi General sought to speak for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at the League of Nations. Working with the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee, the City of Geneva, and Docip, Dr. Rickard highlights the ongoing struggle for Indigenous sovereignty. Her work also addresses the health of her homeplace, including the impacts of the Niagara Falls Power Project and Love Canal on the Tuscarora community, bringing these conversations into museums, classrooms, and public life.

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]]> What a dynamic visit this month with Tuscarora Turtle clan scholar, curator, historian, and artist Dr. Jolene Rickard. At Cornell University, she teaches in the History of Art and Visual Studies and Art Departments, where she has long guided students through Indigenous studies leadership and practice. She co-curated two of the four permanent exhibitions at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Across her work, Dr. Rickard centers Indigenous knowledge, lived experience, and visual sovereignty.


Jolene is the curator of the ambitious outdoor exhibition Deskaheh in Geneva 1923 to 2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty, which opened along the Quai Wilson in Geneva in 2023. The exhibition marks 100 years since Deskaheh Levi General sought to speak for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at the League of Nations. Working with the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee, the City of Geneva, and Docip, Dr. Rickard highlights the ongoing struggle for Indigenous sovereignty. Her work also addresses the health of her homeplace, including the impacts of the Niagara Falls Power Project and Love Canal on the Tuscarora community, bringing these conversations into museums, classrooms, and public life.

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 11 - '25 - Auntie Betty Osceola, Miccosukee, Panther Clan]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:55:58 GMT 1:04:03 691df69f8f2dd34e465b3d08 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-11-25-auntie-betty-osceola-mikkosukee-panther-clan 691df69f8f2dd34e465b3d08 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-11-25-auntie-betty-osceola-mikkosukee-panther-clan Protecting the Natural World and Human Rights in the Everglades full 4 11 Betty Osceola (Miccosukee, Panther Clan) grounds us in the spectacular land and life of the Everglades in this visit with host Kahstoserakwathe. She explains how the region’s natural filtration system protects fresh water for millions, carries cultural memory for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and sustains plant, animal, and water relatives.


Betty is well known for her prayer walks that became especially urgent when the cruelty of the “Alligator Alcatraz” outdoor immigrant detention camp surfaced last summer on traditional homelands in South Florida, and her research is instrumental in ongoing lawsuits around the facility. She says our struggle for equitable treatment cannot be separated from the health and well-being of the natural world.


Betty spent decades living what environmental justice looks like from an Indigenous perspective: caring for water as kin, community mobilization as a responsibility, and finding joy in walking, guiding, laughing, and listening. She asks us to consider how we reconnect to our own sources of care and to show up when the land says it needs us. This conversation is a clear invitation to walk our lands and raise our voices to protect the natural world and the humanity of our hearts. Stay to the end for her cute stories about mama ‘gators and their babies.


 Key Takeaways from Our Conversation with Betty Osceola



1. The Everglades is a living relative, not a resource.

Betty reminds us that the River of Grass is alive, speaking, and essential for the fresh water that sustains millions of people. Protecting it is not just an environmental act; it is a kinship responsibility. The "river" is a slow-moving sheet of water, full of swamp grasses, that flows from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, moving only about a quarter-mile per day.


2. Ceremony is a form of resistance.

Through prayer walks and gatherings, Betty and her community practice ceremony as a form of activism. Each step, song, and offering re-centers human presence within a network of life that has been disrupted by extraction and control.


3. Alligator Alcatraz is part of a larger pattern.

Betty describes the proposed detention facility as one more example of how industrial and political systems see Indigenous land as empty or disposable. Her organizing through prayer, education, and direct presence helped bring national attention and legal action to pause construction.


4. Environmental justice and Indigenous rights are inseparable.

The conversation links the Miccosukee Tribe’s struggle for full federal recognition with the broader movement to restore balance between governance, ecology, and Indigenous sovereignty. Justice begins when Indigenous knowledge leads.


5. Joy and community are forms of survival.

Even amid ongoing fights for land and water, Betty’s stories centre laughter, family, and collective prayer. Joy is not a distraction from struggle; it is what keeps the work alive.


Photo by Lisette Morales, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons


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]]> Betty Osceola (Miccosukee, Panther Clan) grounds us in the spectacular land and life of the Everglades in this visit with host Kahstoserakwathe. She explains how the region’s natural filtration system protects fresh water for millions, carries cultural memory for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and sustains plant, animal, and water relatives.


Betty is well known for her prayer walks that became especially urgent when the cruelty of the “Alligator Alcatraz” outdoor immigrant detention camp surfaced last summer on traditional homelands in South Florida, and her research is instrumental in ongoing lawsuits around the facility. She says our struggle for equitable treatment cannot be separated from the health and well-being of the natural world.


Betty spent decades living what environmental justice looks like from an Indigenous perspective: caring for water as kin, community mobilization as a responsibility, and finding joy in walking, guiding, laughing, and listening. She asks us to consider how we reconnect to our own sources of care and to show up when the land says it needs us. This conversation is a clear invitation to walk our lands and raise our voices to protect the natural world and the humanity of our hearts. Stay to the end for her cute stories about mama ‘gators and their babies.


 Key Takeaways from Our Conversation with Betty Osceola



1. The Everglades is a living relative, not a resource.

Betty reminds us that the River of Grass is alive, speaking, and essential for the fresh water that sustains millions of people. Protecting it is not just an environmental act; it is a kinship responsibility. The "river" is a slow-moving sheet of water, full of swamp grasses, that flows from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, moving only about a quarter-mile per day.


2. Ceremony is a form of resistance.

Through prayer walks and gatherings, Betty and her community practice ceremony as a form of activism. Each step, song, and offering re-centers human presence within a network of life that has been disrupted by extraction and control.


3. Alligator Alcatraz is part of a larger pattern.

Betty describes the proposed detention facility as one more example of how industrial and political systems see Indigenous land as empty or disposable. Her organizing through prayer, education, and direct presence helped bring national attention and legal action to pause construction.


4. Environmental justice and Indigenous rights are inseparable.

The conversation links the Miccosukee Tribe’s struggle for full federal recognition with the broader movement to restore balance between governance, ecology, and Indigenous sovereignty. Justice begins when Indigenous knowledge leads.


5. Joy and community are forms of survival.

Even amid ongoing fights for land and water, Betty’s stories centre laughter, family, and collective prayer. Joy is not a distraction from struggle; it is what keeps the work alive.


Photo by Lisette Morales, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons


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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 10 - '25 Aunties Emergent Alex Jacobs-Blum with Jaime Montour]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT 1:08:05 68fe472e0ab449ff102722c3 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-10-25-aunties-emergent-alex-jacobs-blum-with-jaime-m 68fe472e0ab449ff102722c3 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-10-25-aunties-emergent-alex-jacobs-blum-with-jaime-m Connecting Law, Wellness, and Spirit full 4 10

Here is our lates Aunties Emergent episode, hosted by Cayuga curator and media artist Alex Jacobs-Blum. This is the second Aunties Emergent episode Alex has hosted this year - the first was with Grandmother René Thomas-Hill and her grounded approach continues to nurture the next generation of Indigenous storytellers. In this episode, Alex visits with Jaime L. Montour, an Indigenous woman of the Delaware, Turtle Clan, and Lenape Nations who lives in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.


Jaime, whose name Iotenerahtatenion means “leaves scattered by the wind,” brings a lifetime of experience connecting law, wellness, and spirit. She is a paralegal and the founder of JLM Professional Outsource and JLM AWAKENS, initiatives that weave together legal advocacy, holistic healing, and ancestral knowledge. With over 13 years of experience in family law and community service, Jaime shares powerful reflections on restorative justice, trauma-informed advocacy, and spirit-led reconciliation. Her voice reminds us that healing and accountability are deeply connected, guided by wisdom of land, language, and ancestor. ATTENTION: This episode includes stories of addiction and healing.

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Here is our lates Aunties Emergent episode, hosted by Cayuga curator and media artist Alex Jacobs-Blum. This is the second Aunties Emergent episode Alex has hosted this year - the first was with Grandmother René Thomas-Hill and her grounded approach continues to nurture the next generation of Indigenous storytellers. In this episode, Alex visits with Jaime L. Montour, an Indigenous woman of the Delaware, Turtle Clan, and Lenape Nations who lives in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.


Jaime, whose name Iotenerahtatenion means “leaves scattered by the wind,” brings a lifetime of experience connecting law, wellness, and spirit. She is a paralegal and the founder of JLM Professional Outsource and JLM AWAKENS, initiatives that weave together legal advocacy, holistic healing, and ancestral knowledge. With over 13 years of experience in family law and community service, Jaime shares powerful reflections on restorative justice, trauma-informed advocacy, and spirit-led reconciliation. Her voice reminds us that healing and accountability are deeply connected, guided by wisdom of land, language, and ancestor. ATTENTION: This episode includes stories of addiction and healing.

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 9 - '25 Aunties Emergent Alycia Two Bears with Otakwan]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:39:27 GMT 45:01 68d2a30f1215b9b4f62cb261 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-9-25-aunties-emergent-alycia-two-bears-with-otakwan 68d2a30f1215b9b4f62cb261 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-9-25-aunties-emergent-alycia-two-bears-with-otakwan Amplifying Voices/Healing Lateral Violence full 4 9 The Aunties Dandelion is proud to share this new instalment of our Aunties Emergent series, guest-hosted by Alycia Two Bears, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation—an author, poet, full-spectrum birth worker, and land-based yoga teacher—who visits with Otakwan, Métisse, Otipemisiwak Nation—an educator, supermodel, producer, and activist. This mentoring series highlights the voices of young Aunties who are stepping into their gifts and responsibilities with courage, creativity, and honesty.


In this episode, Alycia leads a powerful dialogue on the urgent need to address bullying and lateral violence in our communities, focusing on expansive approaches to healing. Both Aunties share from the heart in a conversation that is as complex as the women themselves. They speak openly about the intersections of their identities, the responsibilities they carry, and the challenges of navigating community expectations. They invite us to reflect more deeply on how we care for one another, how we confront harm, and how we continue to build the full spectrum of our peoples.

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]]> The Aunties Dandelion is proud to share this new instalment of our Aunties Emergent series, guest-hosted by Alycia Two Bears, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation—an author, poet, full-spectrum birth worker, and land-based yoga teacher—who visits with Otakwan, Métisse, Otipemisiwak Nation—an educator, supermodel, producer, and activist. This mentoring series highlights the voices of young Aunties who are stepping into their gifts and responsibilities with courage, creativity, and honesty.


In this episode, Alycia leads a powerful dialogue on the urgent need to address bullying and lateral violence in our communities, focusing on expansive approaches to healing. Both Aunties share from the heart in a conversation that is as complex as the women themselves. They speak openly about the intersections of their identities, the responsibilities they carry, and the challenges of navigating community expectations. They invite us to reflect more deeply on how we care for one another, how we confront harm, and how we continue to build the full spectrum of our peoples.

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 8 - '25 Aunties Revisited Series with Kahehtoktha Janice Brant (Kanyen'kehà:ka)]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT 44:38 68a4c26f3b6c8654979bcbe3 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-8-25-aunties-revisited-series-with-kahehtoktha-janic 68a4c26f3b6c8654979bcbe3 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-8-25-aunties-revisited-series-with-kahehtoktha-janic The first of our new series revisiting beloved aunties from past episodes full 4 8 Four years ago, we sat down with Kahehtoktha Janice Brant one of the first Aunties we ever interviewed for this podcast.


She’s a Kanyen'kehà;ka Mohawk Seed Keeper, farmer, and co-founder of the Kenté:ke Seed Sanctuary. And honestly, that episode still stands out because of who she is - so we are very happy to include her in the first of our Aunties Revisited series.


Her name, Kahehtoktha, means “She goes the length of the garden,”. Janice has been doing this work for a long time - planting, protecting, organizing, teaching. And since that first interview, she’s only expanded what she’s doing.


We caught up with her again recently, in pajamas, with coffee. We also talk about her niece who’s starting to take on the seed work. Janice is still in it - and she is raising up the next generation of leaders.

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]]> Four years ago, we sat down with Kahehtoktha Janice Brant one of the first Aunties we ever interviewed for this podcast.


She’s a Kanyen'kehà;ka Mohawk Seed Keeper, farmer, and co-founder of the Kenté:ke Seed Sanctuary. And honestly, that episode still stands out because of who she is - so we are very happy to include her in the first of our Aunties Revisited series.


Her name, Kahehtoktha, means “She goes the length of the garden,”. Janice has been doing this work for a long time - planting, protecting, organizing, teaching. And since that first interview, she’s only expanded what she’s doing.


We caught up with her again recently, in pajamas, with coffee. We also talk about her niece who’s starting to take on the seed work. Janice is still in it - and she is raising up the next generation of leaders.

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 7 - '25 Auntie Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow (Kanyen'kehà:ka)]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:01:00 GMT 1:27:42 6871f11afe0897380e1636fb false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/auntie-kawennakon-bonnie-whitlow 6871f11afe0897380e1636fb 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 auntie-kawennakon-bonnie-whitlow Language and Cultural Carrier/Disc Golf Maven full 4 7 Wa’tkwanonhweráton sewakwé:kon — greetings love, and respect to all of you listening, and a special shoutout if you're making your way to or from the Great Law Recital in Tyendinaga.


In this episode, we’re visiting with Kawénnakon Bonnie Whitlow. Her name means in her words, and over the years, she’s lived profoundly into that name — through art, education, original language work, and some unexpected places too, like the world of disc golf. She’s a little bit of a fanatic and I think she’s pulling me in as well.


Bonnie doesn’t make a lot of noise about what she’s done — but she’s taken on big responsibilities and projects. She supported Tuscarora language learning for two years, making a weekly three-hour border-crossing trip. She’s been part of rites of passage, cultural resurgence, and grassroots projects that bring language and land into everyday practice, the PeaceMaker’s Journey.


She’s also out here proposing and designing a disc golf course for Six Nations that carry Haudenosaunee teachings, creating space for play, movement, and community.In this conversation, Bonnie shares how her different paths  are not separate. They run alongside each other, weave together, and shape how she moves through the world.This episode is a real treat – and it’s a long one - cuz we got a lot to say. We are dipping our toes into video as well as audio so check us out in 15 minute increments on our YouTube channel.


Nyá:wenkò:wa as always to Indigenous Screen Office Teyonkhiwihstakenha – for supporting these stories.

I’m Kahstoserakwathe. We’re Yeti Nihstenha ne TeKaronyakenare The Aunties Dandelion. Thanks for coming along to - Listen to Your Aunties

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]]> Wa’tkwanonhweráton sewakwé:kon — greetings love, and respect to all of you listening, and a special shoutout if you're making your way to or from the Great Law Recital in Tyendinaga.


In this episode, we’re visiting with Kawénnakon Bonnie Whitlow. Her name means in her words, and over the years, she’s lived profoundly into that name — through art, education, original language work, and some unexpected places too, like the world of disc golf. She’s a little bit of a fanatic and I think she’s pulling me in as well.


Bonnie doesn’t make a lot of noise about what she’s done — but she’s taken on big responsibilities and projects. She supported Tuscarora language learning for two years, making a weekly three-hour border-crossing trip. She’s been part of rites of passage, cultural resurgence, and grassroots projects that bring language and land into everyday practice, the PeaceMaker’s Journey.


She’s also out here proposing and designing a disc golf course for Six Nations that carry Haudenosaunee teachings, creating space for play, movement, and community.In this conversation, Bonnie shares how her different paths  are not separate. They run alongside each other, weave together, and shape how she moves through the world.This episode is a real treat – and it’s a long one - cuz we got a lot to say. We are dipping our toes into video as well as audio so check us out in 15 minute increments on our YouTube channel.


Nyá:wenkò:wa as always to Indigenous Screen Office Teyonkhiwihstakenha – for supporting these stories.

I’m Kahstoserakwathe. We’re Yeti Nihstenha ne TeKaronyakenare The Aunties Dandelion. Thanks for coming along to - Listen to Your Aunties

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 6 - '25 Auntie Artist Yvette Molina (Mexican/American, Chippewa Turtle Mountain)]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT 28:46 6853219acf39b4f29a1783ac false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-6-25-auntie-artist-yvette-molina 6853219acf39b4f29a1783ac 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-6-25-auntie-artist-yvette-molina Thriving At the Intersection of Care, Justice, and Art full 4 6 We are living in tremendously uncertain times and this month’s guest, artist Yvette Molina, reminds us through her expansive work of the relationship between justice and care. Yvette is Mexican-American of Chippewa of Turtle Mountain descent who is currently artist-in-residence at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her collaborative exhibition, A PROMISE TO THE LEAVES, centers the four elements: earth, air, water, fire, and a fifth presence, the cosmos. By focusing on these ancient, essential forces, Molina invites us to remember that humans, plants, and all earthly beings are composed of star matter and sustained by the elements. Her work encourages us to understand care as inherently relational. Care for one another, human and non-human alike, is care for ourselves and all of creation.

Yvette’s artistic practice is rooted in community engagement and activism - through processional banners, ritual, storytelling, costumes, collage, painting, and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Stockholm Fringe Festival, the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Arsenal Contemporary Art, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NADA FAIR, and the Legion of Honor and de Young Museums in California. She currently lives and creates in Oakland, California.


Nyá:wen to Indigenous Screen Office for supporting these important stories!

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]]> We are living in tremendously uncertain times and this month’s guest, artist Yvette Molina, reminds us through her expansive work of the relationship between justice and care. Yvette is Mexican-American of Chippewa of Turtle Mountain descent who is currently artist-in-residence at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her collaborative exhibition, A PROMISE TO THE LEAVES, centers the four elements: earth, air, water, fire, and a fifth presence, the cosmos. By focusing on these ancient, essential forces, Molina invites us to remember that humans, plants, and all earthly beings are composed of star matter and sustained by the elements. Her work encourages us to understand care as inherently relational. Care for one another, human and non-human alike, is care for ourselves and all of creation.

Yvette’s artistic practice is rooted in community engagement and activism - through processional banners, ritual, storytelling, costumes, collage, painting, and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Stockholm Fringe Festival, the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Arsenal Contemporary Art, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NADA FAIR, and the Legion of Honor and de Young Museums in California. She currently lives and creates in Oakland, California.


Nyá:wen to Indigenous Screen Office for supporting these important stories!

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 5 - '25 - Aunties Emergent! Alex Jacobs-Blum visits with Grandmother René Thomas-Hill]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT 1:13:28 68272765696b5d1232f883a2 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-5-25-aunties-emergent-alex-jacobs-blum-visits-with-g 68272765696b5d1232f883a2 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-5-25-aunties-emergent-alex-jacobs-blum-visits-with-g Our Teachings Shape Our Future full 4 5 Our Aunties Emergent mentoring program returns as guest host Alex Jacobs-Blum Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga), Wolf Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River visits with Grandmother Renée Thomas-Hill Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), Turtle Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River


As a Haudenosaunee woman, Grandmother Renee Thomas Hill carries the deep responsibility of upholding and sharing the teachings of “Our” Way of Life, guided by peace, power, and righteousness. Renee is founder of Grandmother’s Voice, a visionary Indigenous organization that aims to unite Indigenous voices while extending a warm invitation to individuals from all directions.

Renee is an auntie and grandmother to many and reminds us how the natural world cares deeply for us. “Right now it's the frogs that are singing and oh gosh, I get all excited hearing the frogs, and then when I wake up and I hear the birds singing, that's my medicine, says Grandmother Renee, “They're taking care of me. They're looking after me. The sun rises and it's taking care of me. So just those moments, slowing down and just appreciating everything that's around you is that medicine that builds up your immune system.”


Alex Jacobs-Blum (she/her) is a Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and curator living in Hamilton, ON. Her research focuses on Indigenous futures and accessing embodied ancestral Hodinöhsö:ni’ knowledge. The core of her practice and methodology is a strong foundation in community building, fostering relationships, empowering youth, and Indigenizing institutional spaces. Her creative process is rooted in storytelling and challenging hierarchical power structures. Alex endeavours to facilitate transformative change infused with love and care.

Check out our February interview with Alex as our guest! 



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]]> Our Aunties Emergent mentoring program returns as guest host Alex Jacobs-Blum Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga), Wolf Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River visits with Grandmother Renée Thomas-Hill Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), Turtle Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River


As a Haudenosaunee woman, Grandmother Renee Thomas Hill carries the deep responsibility of upholding and sharing the teachings of “Our” Way of Life, guided by peace, power, and righteousness. Renee is founder of Grandmother’s Voice, a visionary Indigenous organization that aims to unite Indigenous voices while extending a warm invitation to individuals from all directions.

Renee is an auntie and grandmother to many and reminds us how the natural world cares deeply for us. “Right now it's the frogs that are singing and oh gosh, I get all excited hearing the frogs, and then when I wake up and I hear the birds singing, that's my medicine, says Grandmother Renee, “They're taking care of me. They're looking after me. The sun rises and it's taking care of me. So just those moments, slowing down and just appreciating everything that's around you is that medicine that builds up your immune system.”


Alex Jacobs-Blum (she/her) is a Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and curator living in Hamilton, ON. Her research focuses on Indigenous futures and accessing embodied ancestral Hodinöhsö:ni’ knowledge. The core of her practice and methodology is a strong foundation in community building, fostering relationships, empowering youth, and Indigenizing institutional spaces. Her creative process is rooted in storytelling and challenging hierarchical power structures. Alex endeavours to facilitate transformative change infused with love and care.

Check out our February interview with Alex as our guest! 



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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 4 - '25: Katsitsionni Fox and Ty Defoe]]> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT 33:42 67fee28077ffc5d97c28d1fa false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-4-25-katsitsionni-fox-and-ty-defoe 67fee28077ffc5d97c28d1fa 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-4-25-katsitsionni-fox-and-ty-defoe On Seeds and Community full 4 4

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 3 - '25 - Ansley Jemison]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT 1:23:34 67d9682489c80e5ef06eca76 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-3-25-ansley-jemison 67d9682489c80e5ef06eca76 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-3-25-ansley-jemison Host, Original Peoples Podcast full 4 3 Ansley Jemison (Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan), host of the Original Peoples Podcast (OPP). We loved that the “Eastern Door” show (TAD podcast from Kanyen’kehà:ka territory) is crossing over with Ansley's excellent “Western Door” show. We had a rollicking time covering culture, art, traditional teachings, clans, while exploring sensitive topics that lots of people shy away from. Ansley is great at opening conversations in a safe and thoughtful way.

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]]> Ansley Jemison (Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan), host of the Original Peoples Podcast (OPP). We loved that the “Eastern Door” show (TAD podcast from Kanyen’kehà:ka territory) is crossing over with Ansley's excellent “Western Door” show. We had a rollicking time covering culture, art, traditional teachings, clans, while exploring sensitive topics that lots of people shy away from. Ansley is great at opening conversations in a safe and thoughtful way.

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 2 - '25 - Auntie Alex Jacobs-Blum - (Cayuga) Artist/Curator]]> Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT 49:13 67b3e2debce64a0601c220ee false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/episode-2-25-auntie-alex-jacobs-blum-cayuga-artistcurator 67b3e2debce64a0601c220ee 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-2-25-auntie-alex-jacobs-blum-cayuga-artistcurator full 4 2 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonweráton Sewakwé:kon. Today, we’re visiting with Alex Jacobs Blum who is Cayuga and Wolf Clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River.

Raised away from her territory, Alex now engages dual tracks of art and curation to find a pathway—to the natural world, her Haudenosaunee teachings and community - and to herself.

Alex shares her remarkable journey back to Cayuga territory in Central New York a few years back where she reconnected with ancestors to find her path forward.


AJB: You know growing up - there was a lot of shame built up around my identity, so I had been working to unpack and unlearn that. And then when I was there - you know I just felt so validated in myself and I felt so surrounded by so much care.


AUNTIE: Alex is well-known for surrounding others with the same type of care as she nurtures a supportive web of relationships, uplifts young artists, and weaves Indigenous perspectives into institutional spaces. Through her transformative work she disrupts hierarchical power structures in storytelling and creates space for collective, Indigenous, matrilineal voices to be amplified. And in the wake of her mother’s recent passing, Alex’s work has become a way to make sense of her own profound loss.


If you’re in region around Six Nations, you can experience Alex’s work firsthand—her In the Shadow of the Eclipse residency is on view at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until March 16, 2025. She also co-curated Ascending Horizons with Métis artist Kim Anderson, now showing at the McMaster Museum of Art until June 20, 2025.


We are Yetinistenha ne Tekaronkyakánere – the Aunties Dandelion and wa’tkwanonhweráton greetings, love, and respect to Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office – teyonkhiwihstekénha – who provide the support to keep this show running. And can you do us a big favor by liking and sharing our episodes – and subscribe to our feed on your favorite platform. It goes a long way to support voices of Indigenous changemakers. #IndigenousArt #IndigenousCreatives #Haudenosaunee #Cayuga #IndigenousVoices #Storytelling #ArtCurator #MatrilinealPower #IndigenousMedia #AuntiesDandelion #ListenToYourAunties 🎙️💫

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]]> AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonweráton Sewakwé:kon. Today, we’re visiting with Alex Jacobs Blum who is Cayuga and Wolf Clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River.

Raised away from her territory, Alex now engages dual tracks of art and curation to find a pathway—to the natural world, her Haudenosaunee teachings and community - and to herself.

Alex shares her remarkable journey back to Cayuga territory in Central New York a few years back where she reconnected with ancestors to find her path forward.


AJB: You know growing up - there was a lot of shame built up around my identity, so I had been working to unpack and unlearn that. And then when I was there - you know I just felt so validated in myself and I felt so surrounded by so much care.


AUNTIE: Alex is well-known for surrounding others with the same type of care as she nurtures a supportive web of relationships, uplifts young artists, and weaves Indigenous perspectives into institutional spaces. Through her transformative work she disrupts hierarchical power structures in storytelling and creates space for collective, Indigenous, matrilineal voices to be amplified. And in the wake of her mother’s recent passing, Alex’s work has become a way to make sense of her own profound loss.


If you’re in region around Six Nations, you can experience Alex’s work firsthand—her In the Shadow of the Eclipse residency is on view at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until March 16, 2025. She also co-curated Ascending Horizons with Métis artist Kim Anderson, now showing at the McMaster Museum of Art until June 20, 2025.


We are Yetinistenha ne Tekaronkyakánere – the Aunties Dandelion and wa’tkwanonhweráton greetings, love, and respect to Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office – teyonkhiwihstekénha – who provide the support to keep this show running. And can you do us a big favor by liking and sharing our episodes – and subscribe to our feed on your favorite platform. It goes a long way to support voices of Indigenous changemakers. #IndigenousArt #IndigenousCreatives #Haudenosaunee #Cayuga #IndigenousVoices #Storytelling #ArtCurator #MatrilinealPower #IndigenousMedia #AuntiesDandelion #ListenToYourAunties 🎙️💫

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 1 - '25 - Auntie Iehstoseranón:nha - (Kanyen'kehà:ka) She Keeps the Feathers]]> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT 1:06:24 678fb5155dd9c67f176481b0 false https://www.theauntiesdandelion.com/podcast.html 678fb5155dd9c67f176481b0 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 episode-1-iehstoseranonnha-kanyenkehaka-she-keeps-the-feathe Feather protector, community connector, and graphic artist full 4 1 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon! We’re starting strong in this Ohserá:se – this New Year – on The Aunties Dandelion podcast as we visit with Iehstoseranón:nha, who is Kanyen’kehà:ka and Bear Clan.

 

Iestohseranon:nha is a feather protector, community connector, and graphic artist. She is also a survivor of the Sixties Scoop – a term that refers to Canada’s mass removal of Onkwehón:we children into the welfare system and non-Indigenous families without consent of their own families or communities. That removal began in the 1960s and continues to this day.

 

Iehstoseranón:nha was 18 in 1989 when she found her biological family and spent these past decades reconnecting with her Mohawk territory at Akwesasne. She recognizes the unique emotional and spiritual perspective this epic journey brings.

 

IESTOHSERANON:NHA: Adoptees like me – Indigenous, Native, Onkwehón:we that are just coming home – we have spent our lives on the colonial side, with a Native heart and a Native spirit. And so we see in each other and we see our colleagues: we are the bridges, right? Because we can sit in both worlds and we can connect that in a different way than anyone else.

 

AUNTIE: Iehstoseranón:nha centers Indigenous women creatives as the owner, writer, and artist at Pass the Feather Indigenous, and founder of Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada – a registered charity. She was the first facilitator of the National Day of Truth Reconciliation on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill and founder of the National Indigenous Women Arts Conference. She takes the gifting of feathers seriously and I was grateful to receive a beautiful feather fan from her as we began our visit.

 

IESTOHSERANON:NHA: To be really, really truthful – it is friendship making, it’s relationship making. And I don’t give them to many people but when I do it’s because someone has touched me in a way and given me time in a way that I never expected them to. And so my first response is to share that medicine with them because that is important medicine that I think that people forget about. It’s that flight and that connection to Sky World.

 

AUNTIE: I feel a particular connection with Iehstoseranón:nha – whose name means “she keeps the feathers” because my name – Kahstoserakwathe – means Bright Feather – can you hear the similar Mohawk root word for feather - oshstòseri - in our names? It’s all about the feathers. We are Yetinistenha ne Tekaronkyakánere – the Aunties Dandelion and we’re sending a big wa’tkwanonhweráton to the Indigenous Screen Office – teyonkhiwihstekénha – who are providing us financial support for the third year in a row. And can you do us a big favor by liking and sharing our episodes – and subscribe to our feed on your favorite platform. It goes a long way to help us bring stories of Indigenous changemakers your way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon! We’re starting strong in this Ohserá:se – this New Year – on The Aunties Dandelion podcast as we visit with Iehstoseranón:nha, who is Kanyen’kehà:ka and Bear Clan.

 

Iestohseranon:nha is a feather protector, community connector, and graphic artist. She is also a survivor of the Sixties Scoop – a term that refers to Canada’s mass removal of Onkwehón:we children into the welfare system and non-Indigenous families without consent of their own families or communities. That removal began in the 1960s and continues to this day.

 

Iehstoseranón:nha was 18 in 1989 when she found her biological family and spent these past decades reconnecting with her Mohawk territory at Akwesasne. She recognizes the unique emotional and spiritual perspective this epic journey brings.

 

IESTOHSERANON:NHA: Adoptees like me – Indigenous, Native, Onkwehón:we that are just coming home – we have spent our lives on the colonial side, with a Native heart and a Native spirit. And so we see in each other and we see our colleagues: we are the bridges, right? Because we can sit in both worlds and we can connect that in a different way than anyone else.

 

AUNTIE: Iehstoseranón:nha centers Indigenous women creatives as the owner, writer, and artist at Pass the Feather Indigenous, and founder of Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada – a registered charity. She was the first facilitator of the National Day of Truth Reconciliation on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill and founder of the National Indigenous Women Arts Conference. She takes the gifting of feathers seriously and I was grateful to receive a beautiful feather fan from her as we began our visit.

 

IESTOHSERANON:NHA: To be really, really truthful – it is friendship making, it’s relationship making. And I don’t give them to many people but when I do it’s because someone has touched me in a way and given me time in a way that I never expected them to. And so my first response is to share that medicine with them because that is important medicine that I think that people forget about. It’s that flight and that connection to Sky World.

 

AUNTIE: I feel a particular connection with Iehstoseranón:nha – whose name means “she keeps the feathers” because my name – Kahstoserakwathe – means Bright Feather – can you hear the similar Mohawk root word for feather - oshstòseri - in our names? It’s all about the feathers. We are Yetinistenha ne Tekaronkyakánere – the Aunties Dandelion and we’re sending a big wa’tkwanonhweráton to the Indigenous Screen Office – teyonkhiwihstekénha – who are providing us financial support for the third year in a row. And can you do us a big favor by liking and sharing our episodes – and subscribe to our feed on your favorite platform. It goes a long way to help us bring stories of Indigenous changemakers your way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> Auntie Germaine Tremmel(kénha), Lakota Water Protector Auntie Germaine Tremmel(kénha), Lakota Water Protector Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:09:40 GMT 58:38 675df3f664b31a64791bf9c6 false https://shows.acast.com/the-aunties-dandelion/episodes/auntie-germaine-tremmelkenha-lakota-water-protector 675df3f664b31a64791bf9c6 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 auntie-germaine-tremmelkenha-lakota-water-protector full 3 12 Honoring our epic Auntie Germaine Tremmel (kénha) in this powerful episode — a Lakota Water Warrior, lawyer, and descendant of Sitting Bull. 💧✨ We first met her in 2017, in the wake of the Standing Rock protection actions, and her wisdom and humour still pushes and pulls on us. Joining Kahstoserakwathe is Wisconsin activist and Food Sovereignty advocate Rebecca Kemble. Together, we remember Auntie Germaine’s profound insights — including her prediction of the global pandemic.

Germaine's voice carries truth, love and the spirit of resistance. Don't miss this unforgettable episode.

#PowerfulAuntie #WaterIsLife #LakotaWarrior #IndigenousWisdom

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]]> Honoring our epic Auntie Germaine Tremmel (kénha) in this powerful episode — a Lakota Water Warrior, lawyer, and descendant of Sitting Bull. 💧✨ We first met her in 2017, in the wake of the Standing Rock protection actions, and her wisdom and humour still pushes and pulls on us. Joining Kahstoserakwathe is Wisconsin activist and Food Sovereignty advocate Rebecca Kemble. Together, we remember Auntie Germaine’s profound insights — including her prediction of the global pandemic.

Germaine's voice carries truth, love and the spirit of resistance. Don't miss this unforgettable episode.

#PowerfulAuntie #WaterIsLife #LakotaWarrior #IndigenousWisdom

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie Dr. Beverly Jacobs (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Justice Activist]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:00 GMT 1:16:17 e8857ea8-134b-41b4-a710-476eb4cb5a28 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-dr-beverly-jacobs-kanyenkeha-ka-justice-activist-IRgfSml_ 674f58595e1cc0fabe27033e 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonweráton Sewakwé:kon Today we’re visiting with Dr. Beverly Jacobs - beloved Kanyen’kehà:ka/Mohawk citizen who is Bear Clan, an activist and justice leader for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and land back efforts. She’s a law pro full 48 Dr. Beverly Jacobs - University of Windsor bio

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]]> Aunties Emergent! Filmmaker/Host Loren Waters (Cherokee/Kiowa) visits with Artist Dana Tiger (Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee) Aunties Emergent! Filmmaker/Host Loren Waters (Cherokee/Kiowa) visits with Artist Dana Tiger (Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee) Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT 45:44 c2ab79dd-3030-4a1a-8bff-deac7c680375 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/aunties-emergent-filmmaker-host-loren-waters-cherokee-kiowa-visits-with-artist-dana-tiger-muscogee-seminole-cherokee-4ZUCr531 674f58595e1cc0fabe27033f 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 47 Dana Tiger's website

Loren Waters website

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Loren Waters website

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]]> The Aunties Who Are Saving Tuscarora Language The Aunties Who Are Saving Tuscarora Language Wed, 25 Sep 2024 04:00:00 GMT 41:52 ea4b5814-9299-4d5d-bb58-b7bba4856d8e false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/the-aunties-who-are-saving-tuscarora-language-70c0A9Ke 674f58595e1cc0fabe270340 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Greetings, Love, and Respect from us to all of you. Today we are visiting with three amazing women who’ve come together to create Tuscarora Nation’s mighty language programs called Neyekwaweta’tkwáhsheg. Tuscarora Nation, or full 46 Nęyękwawęta'θkwáhshek - Tuscarora Language Program

Onkwawénna Kentsyóhkwa - Six Nations Kanyen'ké:ha language program that helped Tuscarora Nation

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Onkwawénna Kentsyóhkwa - Six Nations Kanyen'ké:ha language program that helped Tuscarora Nation

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]]> Eleng Kazangiljan, Paiwan/Indigenous Taiwan Law Grad Eleng Kazangiljan, Paiwan/Indigenous Taiwan Law Grad Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT 48:13 b4cc6922-b056-43d4-9c24-902a5562ada9 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/eleng-kazangiljan-paiwan-indigenous-taiwan-law-grad-HOaSU8XT 674f58595e1cc0fabe270341 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: WA’TKWANONHWERÁTON SEWAKWÉ:KONDID YOU KNOW THAT IN TAIWAN THERE ARE 16 RECOGNIZED INDIGENOUS TRIBES WHO LIVE IN 700 COMMUNITIES? THAT WAS NEWS TO ME UNTIL I MET THE REMARKABLE ELENG KAZANGILJAN- WHO IS A PAIWAN INDIGENOUS PERSON AND RECENT GRADU full 45

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]]> Aunties Emergent! Otsistohkwí:yo visits with Tehahenteh, Language and Cultural Carrier Aunties Emergent! Otsistohkwí:yo visits with Tehahenteh, Language and Cultural Carrier Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT 54:39 537fcfbf-f27f-49c5-8c6a-2fe038d90717 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/aunties-emergent-otsistohkwi-yo-visits-with-tehahenteh-language-and-cultural-carrier-8rRbw0Kb 674f58595e1cc0fabe270342 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 44 Here's the FB page for Skaronhyasekò:wa - The Mohawk immersion school where Otsistohkwí:yo works with early years students and where Tehahenteh taught when the school was being built. 

Tekarahkwarásare = The Eclipse  (the faces that lay over each other)

Kayanere'kó:wa - The Great Law (the great space between steps)

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]]> Here's the FB page for Skaronhyasekò:wa - The Mohawk immersion school where Otsistohkwí:yo works with early years students and where Tehahenteh taught when the school was being built. 

Tekarahkwarásare = The Eclipse  (the faces that lay over each other)

Kayanere'kó:wa - The Great Law (the great space between steps)

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]]> Aunties Emergent Paige Bethmann with Filmmaker Loren Waters Aunties Emergent Paige Bethmann with Filmmaker Loren Waters Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:22:22 GMT 45:23 2d3c51c5-890b-44fd-9e99-4eb36b6ae27e false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/aunties-emergent-paige-bethmann-with-filmmaker-loren-waters-2kq3BhMH 674f58595e1cc0fabe270343 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 Our Aunties Emergent series returns as Haudenosaunee filmmaker and host Paige Bethman visits with Cherokee filmmaker Loren Waters. The two discuss the joys and challenges of creating movies that honour Indigenous communities. full 43

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie Shelley Niro, Legendary Kanyen'kehà:ka Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer]]> Wed, 22 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT 44:10 749aa383-3af6-46d2-821b-0426ac1af1f0 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-shelley-niro-legendary-artist-filmmaker-photographer-AWGqMBlL 674f58595e1cc0fabe270344 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Oh. My. Goodness Sewakwékon. How to begin to introduce the epic Kanyen’kehà:ka Mohawk artist. Shelley Niro - who I am proud to say is from my home community of Six Nations of the Grand River. Wa’tkwanonhweráton - Greetings, Love and Respect fr full 42 Art Gallery of Hamilton - 500 Year Itch

Shelley Niro's Website

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Shelley Niro's Website

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]]> Eclipse 2024! with co-host Kaluhyanu:wes Michelle Schenandoah, Rematriation Eclipse 2024! with co-host Kaluhyanu:wes Michelle Schenandoah, Rematriation Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:29:37 GMT 45:24 46d54950-1a4d-4d76-b557-7b2ae6067121 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/eclipse-2024-with-co-host-kaluhyanu-wes-michelle-schenandoah-rematriation-PIFU9tVK 674f58595e1cc0fabe270345 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 A special Eclipse 2024 episode co-hosted with Rematriation and their Rekindling the Fire of Our Sisterhood gathering: a group of Onkwehónwe women who have been meeting for the past seven years in anticipation of this historic day for the Confederacy of Si full 41

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]]> Auntie Samantha Doxtator (Oneida) Sky Knowledge Carrier/Eclipse Auntie Samantha Doxtator (Oneida) Sky Knowledge Carrier/Eclipse Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:48:31 GMT 46:45 29f1e990-c016-4efa-92c1-1253487ce8be false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-samantha-doxtator-oneida-sky-knowledge-carrier-zqlqUCnK 674f58595e1cc0fabe270346 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On April 8th, 2024 the path of totality of the solar eclipse will fall over our Haudenosaunee homelands surrounding Lake Ontario. It’s an historic event that we’ve been anticipating for years as we remember a similar full 40

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie Taiawentón:ti' Chelsea Sunday (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Whole Community Language Revitalizer]]> Wed, 21 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT 50:34 f323622c-6509-4a5b-a3b7-29bc5efd8451 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-taiawenton-ti-chelsea-sunday-kanyenkeha-ka-whole-community-language-revitalizer-48gKB0PO 674f58595e1cc0fabe270347 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: WA’TKWANONHWER´ATON’ SEWAKWÉKON. YOU KNOW, IT’S EASY TO ROMANTICIZE AN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE JOURNEY – YOU ARE GETTING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS, YOUR BRAIN IS REWIRED. IT IS A REMARKABLE THING. TODAY WE VISIT WITH TAIAWENTÓN:TI’ CHELSEA full 39

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]]> <![CDATA[AUNTIES EMERGENT: Nikaronhyá'a Dawn Martin with Jodi Lynn Maracle on the Beautiful Entanglement of Art and Language]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:15:52 GMT 52:47 fa1bc596-148f-495c-be1f-d57be460c55d false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/aunties-emergent-nikaronhyaa-dawn-martin-with-jodi-lynn-maracle-on-the-beautiful-entanglement-of-art-and-language-SZYz_D6i 674f58595e1cc0fabe270348 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 37 Nikaronhyá'a Dawn Martin's IG

Silo City: Why Here, Why Now with Jodi Lynn Maracle

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie Bear Fox (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Singer/Songwriter]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT 41:58 58fae44d-6ee2-4f51-8e59-1f4d110a3458 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-bear-fox-kanyenkeha-ka-singer-songwriter-EhyYE8AY 674f58595e1cc0fabe270349 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton. Greetings, love, and respect from me to all of you. It’s Ohseráse – the New Year and we are setting the tone of skénnen - of peace - and the way we fulfill our responsibilities in this episode as we visit with singer Bear Fox - full 38 Bear Fox website

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]]> Aunties Emergent! Laura Couchie (Anishinaabe) on Her Art and Language Journey Aunties Emergent! Laura Couchie (Anishinaabe) on Her Art and Language Journey Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:35:21 GMT 24:09 9996db4b-0d3d-43b9-80f6-3c208b50f5df false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/aunties-emergent-laura-couchi-anishinaabe-on-her-art-and-language-journey-RA_optwi 674f58595e1cc0fabe27034a 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 36

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Educator, Visual Storyteller]]> Wed, 29 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT 51:51 c187d940-c65d-4f08-8065-72bf3f0bd594 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-kahente-horn-miller-kanyenkeha-ka-educator-performance-artist-65MWFS1A 674f58595e1cc0fabe27034b 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton. Greetings, love, and respect from me to all of you. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we’re visiting with Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller, a formidable Bear Clan educator from our Kanyenkehà:ka territory of Kahnawake. Kahent full 35

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]]> <![CDATA[Aunties Emergent! Otsistohkwí:yo with Tehota'kerá:ton]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT 1:09:20 01918c97-2081-455d-a5d8-2d976b00f81f false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/aunties-emergent-otsistohkwi-yo-with-tehotakera-ton-F8IC0joO 674f58595e1cc0fabe27034c 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 34 Host OtsistohkwÍ:yo or Melissa Elliott is Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is a mother, auntie, teacher and second language Kanyen’keha/mohawk speaker, storyteller and artist. She is currently working in efforts to decolonize education and language revitalization - working in her 7th year as the Ken Nikanenhá:sas (Little Seeds) Kindergarten Teacher and Kanen’shón:’a (Many types of seeds) Early Years Faculty Co-Chair at Skaronhyase’kó:wa Everlasting Tree School. Otsistohkwiyo is a trained Waldorf Early years teacher and New Adult Educator (NAE) with over 8 years of experience teaching young children and families through traditional Haudenosaunee and Waldorf pedagogical approaches. In her spare time, Otsisohkwi:yo offers training and mentoring on storytelling and utilizing the Waldorf pedagogy to create new forms of holistic, earth based, traditional Onkwehonwe (Indigenous) education. She sits on the Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa Board of Directors and on the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Committee. She is passionate about Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk language), grassroots community building, traditional storytelling, puppetry, parenting, holistic healing, and land-based practices. For more information you can contact Otsistohkwí:yo at otsistohkwiyo@gmail.com

Tehota'kerá:ton, Dr. Jeremy D. Green, is Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), wolf clan and from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. As both a scholar and Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT) of Indigenous language learning and acquisition in adult and youth learners over the past 25 years, Dr. Green’s transformative research and teaching is at the forefront of efforts to ensure that Canadian Indigenous languages and traditional cultures not only survive but thrive.

Tehota'kerá:tons completed research to date has focused on diverse localized language acquisition and status planning for indigenous language proficiency development for Rotinonhsión:ni (Six Nations) and other indigenous nations and communities. Tehota'kerá:ton also provides training and information to support these localized indigenous language acquisition planning efforts to create new speakers of indigenous languages focusing primarily on strategic planning for teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation, language use and conversational and ceremonial language and dynamic cultural practices.

 

 

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]]> Host OtsistohkwÍ:yo or Melissa Elliott is Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is a mother, auntie, teacher and second language Kanyen’keha/mohawk speaker, storyteller and artist. She is currently working in efforts to decolonize education and language revitalization - working in her 7th year as the Ken Nikanenhá:sas (Little Seeds) Kindergarten Teacher and Kanen’shón:’a (Many types of seeds) Early Years Faculty Co-Chair at Skaronhyase’kó:wa Everlasting Tree School. Otsistohkwiyo is a trained Waldorf Early years teacher and New Adult Educator (NAE) with over 8 years of experience teaching young children and families through traditional Haudenosaunee and Waldorf pedagogical approaches. In her spare time, Otsisohkwi:yo offers training and mentoring on storytelling and utilizing the Waldorf pedagogy to create new forms of holistic, earth based, traditional Onkwehonwe (Indigenous) education. She sits on the Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa Board of Directors and on the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Committee. She is passionate about Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk language), grassroots community building, traditional storytelling, puppetry, parenting, holistic healing, and land-based practices. For more information you can contact Otsistohkwí:yo at otsistohkwiyo@gmail.com

Tehota'kerá:ton, Dr. Jeremy D. Green, is Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), wolf clan and from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. As both a scholar and Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT) of Indigenous language learning and acquisition in adult and youth learners over the past 25 years, Dr. Green’s transformative research and teaching is at the forefront of efforts to ensure that Canadian Indigenous languages and traditional cultures not only survive but thrive.

Tehota'kerá:tons completed research to date has focused on diverse localized language acquisition and status planning for indigenous language proficiency development for Rotinonhsión:ni (Six Nations) and other indigenous nations and communities. Tehota'kerá:ton also provides training and information to support these localized indigenous language acquisition planning efforts to create new speakers of indigenous languages focusing primarily on strategic planning for teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation, language use and conversational and ceremonial language and dynamic cultural practices.

 

 

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie Katsitsionni Fox (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Filmmaker, Artist, Potter]]> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT 53:50 47d0f147-dd83-4635-b295-382bcd7fae57 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-katsitsionni-fox-kanyenkeha-ka-filmmaker-artist-potter-cGOjPNgn 674f58595e1cc0fabe27034d 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton. Greetings, love, and respect from me to all of you. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we’re visiting with Katsitsionni Fox who is a beloved Bear Clan filmmaker, potter, and artist from our Kanyenkehà:ka territory of Akwe full 33 Follow Katsitsionni on Instagram

Check out her website: Two Row Productions

Watch her Without a Whisper movie

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]]> Uncle Dr. Theodore Jojola (Pueblo Isleta) - Indigenous Planner Uncle Dr. Theodore Jojola (Pueblo Isleta) - Indigenous Planner Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:00 GMT 42:46 6575ca7a-1d6f-466c-98e4-edbc18f71592 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/uncle-dr-theodore-jojola-indigenous-planner-PwsI3SvF 674f58595e1cc0fabe27034e 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Dr. Theodore Jojola – Distinguished and Regents Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico and head of the Indigenous D full 32 Indigenous Design and Planning Institute

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]]> Auntie Gerd Mikalsen (Sámi) Author, Farmer, Advocate Auntie Gerd Mikalsen (Sámi) Author, Farmer, Advocate Wed, 30 Aug 2023 06:00:00 GMT 31:26 9d149e52-948f-4908-8b84-8414e4dbcb49 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-gerd-mikalsen-sami-author-farmer-advocate-_lAR5khn 674f58595e1cc0fabe27034f 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion, we’re on a special visit with author Gerd Mikálsen at the Riddu Riddu Sami film and music festival in Northern Norway. Gerd is a Sámi person – which is a European Indigenous full 31 Contact Gerd's publisher to find her book in English: gollegiella@online.no

Here is the website for Gerd's book: https://samiskbibliotektjeneste.tromsfylke.no/2019/10/23/gerd-mikalsen-fathers-new-mother-tongue/

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Here is the website for Gerd's book: https://samiskbibliotektjeneste.tromsfylke.no/2019/10/23/gerd-mikalsen-fathers-new-mother-tongue/

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]]> Auntie Danis Goulet (Cree-Métis) - Director, Night Raiders, Advocate for Indigenous Filmmaking Auntie Danis Goulet (Cree-Métis) - Director, Night Raiders, Advocate for Indigenous Filmmaking Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:26:11 GMT 1:07:02 6b93b2f9-69e1-4e46-82e2-cb5fe26b0c7b false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-danis-goulet-cree-metis-director-night-raiders-advocate-for-indigenous-filmmaking-plVYrU5t 674f58595e1cc0fabe270350 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 The Aunties visit with Cree-Métis filmmaker Danis Goulet, whose debut 2021 film Night Raiders garnered the highest budget of any Indigenous-led Canadian film. Danis talks about the spirituality and practice of infusing Indigenous culture and language into full 30 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Danis Goulet – a Cree-Metis, award-winning director and screenwriter who is best known for her 2021 film Night Raiders which is set in a dystopian future. The widely popular movie had the highest budget of any Indigenous-led Canadian film and stars Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as a mother who joins a resistance movement to save her daughter. In Night Raiders – as in all of her films – Danis focuses on how Indigenous worldview can bring new insight and practice to an industry largely devoid of human care and community.

 

DANIS: The film industry was built to exploit and so if you want to work in the film industry. So if you want to go into the film industry how do we do this in a way that is driven by values and then obviously in Indigenous production you’d be looking at what are your values that come from your community or your specific culture that can inform the film process. 

 

AUNTIE: Danis spent years advocating for Indigenous creators in the film industry and co-authored a 2013 report for Telefilm with Kerry Swanson that helped lay the ground work for funding, offices and initiatives that now support Native filmmakers – including The Aunties Dandelion – Nya:wen. Danis is a passionate visual storyteller who creates strong matriarchal characters and weaves her own Cree language into her productions as a spiritual guide.

 

DANIS: It is good for the spirit and any time there is a chance to put it on screen its like those are my favourite things to shoot to hear it. To commit it to screen where you know it is going to live on through this medium. 

 

AUNTIE: I’m Kahstoserakwathe and we are Yéthi Nihsténha ne Tekarónyakénare. The Aunties Dandelion. We’re focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. And we want to say Nyá:wenkò:wa – or big thanks – to Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office – teyonhkiwihstekénha – for making this podcast possible through their New Media fund. 

 

We make space here for real conversations to unfold like when we visit in our communities. So take a breath, make some tea –  and listen to your Aunties. And when you are done – please follow us, provide some feedback, and share these visits with others. It helps us continue these visits together. 

 

 

 

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]]> AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Danis Goulet – a Cree-Metis, award-winning director and screenwriter who is best known for her 2021 film Night Raiders which is set in a dystopian future. The widely popular movie had the highest budget of any Indigenous-led Canadian film and stars Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as a mother who joins a resistance movement to save her daughter. In Night Raiders – as in all of her films – Danis focuses on how Indigenous worldview can bring new insight and practice to an industry largely devoid of human care and community.

 

DANIS: The film industry was built to exploit and so if you want to work in the film industry. So if you want to go into the film industry how do we do this in a way that is driven by values and then obviously in Indigenous production you’d be looking at what are your values that come from your community or your specific culture that can inform the film process. 

 

AUNTIE: Danis spent years advocating for Indigenous creators in the film industry and co-authored a 2013 report for Telefilm with Kerry Swanson that helped lay the ground work for funding, offices and initiatives that now support Native filmmakers – including The Aunties Dandelion – Nya:wen. Danis is a passionate visual storyteller who creates strong matriarchal characters and weaves her own Cree language into her productions as a spiritual guide.

 

DANIS: It is good for the spirit and any time there is a chance to put it on screen its like those are my favourite things to shoot to hear it. To commit it to screen where you know it is going to live on through this medium. 

 

AUNTIE: I’m Kahstoserakwathe and we are Yéthi Nihsténha ne Tekarónyakénare. The Aunties Dandelion. We’re focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. And we want to say Nyá:wenkò:wa – or big thanks – to Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office – teyonhkiwihstekénha – for making this podcast possible through their New Media fund. 

 

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]]> <![CDATA[Auntie E.F. "Betts" Doxtater (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Artist/Educator/Author]]> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:15:00 GMT 1:03:04 880cbb43-0789-4319-974c-41cb48806d51 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-ef-betts-doxtater-kanyenkeha-ka-artist-educator-author-NlwEf1ag 674f58595e1cc0fabe270351 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwé:kon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion – we visit with Six Nations of the Grand River, Kanyen’kehà:ka Auntie Elizabeth Doxtater – also known as Betts. Betts is an artist, author, corn husk doll maker and educator full 29 Everything Cornhusk Facebook Page

Article: Exploring the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession through Rotinonhsyón:ni Art.

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Article: Exploring the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession through Rotinonhsyón:ni Art.

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]]> Auntie Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné) Hydrologist/Community-Focused Scientist Auntie Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné) Hydrologist/Community-Focused Scientist Wed, 24 May 2023 13:05:07 GMT 1:15:44 036753a9-4d33-4c11-902e-8dee6546c290 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-dr-karletta-chief-dine-hydrologist-community-focused-scientist-Wmseu8B4 674f58595e1cc0fabe270352 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwé:kon. On this episode of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Dr. Karletta Chief of Navajo Nation -- who was born and raised in a richness of Diné tradition and language -- and made her way to become a revered hydrologist full 28 Dr. Chief's Indigenous Resilience Center - “The Indigenous Resilience Center is the University of Arizona’s commitment to giving back to local tribes who have stewarded this land for millennia. Tribes have endured and sacrificed so much in terms of land loss and social and environmental impacts, much at the hand of the United States. Universities have benefited from this through their physical infrastructure and have a responsibility to be a bridge — to ethically address the challenges those communities face in ways that build trust and transparency.” - Dr. Karletta Chief

Native FEWS Alliance (Food, Water, Energy Systems) - "The dual vision of the Native FEWS Alliance (the Alliance) is to build a highly skilled Native American (NA) STEM workforce at the nexus of Food, Energy and Water and to co-innovate and deploy Indigenous place-based FEWS education and community partnerships."

Dr. Karletta Chief Bio

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Native FEWS Alliance (Food, Water, Energy Systems) - "The dual vision of the Native FEWS Alliance (the Alliance) is to build a highly skilled Native American (NA) STEM workforce at the nexus of Food, Energy and Water and to co-innovate and deploy Indigenous place-based FEWS education and community partnerships."

Dr. Karletta Chief Bio

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]]> Auntie Lori Campbell (Cree-Métis) Cultural Healer/IndigiQueer Activist Auntie Lori Campbell (Cree-Métis) Cultural Healer/IndigiQueer Activist Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:04:57 GMT 1:08:57 9a3c1271-9422-439a-a370-d4691d38e434 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-lori-campbell-cree-metis-cultural-healer-indigiqueer-activist-L2Llx49M 674f58595e1cc0fabe270353 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwé:kon – on this episode of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Lori Campbell a formidable justice warrior, Intergenerational residential school survivor, Indigiqueer Auntie… she’s scholar and and recent contender on the r full 27

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]]> <![CDATA[Chandra Maracle (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Community Builder, Artist, Philosopher]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:40:01 GMT 1:08:26 13d31ffd-d404-4689-91f5-eafa4a315efd false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/chandra-maracle-kanyenkeha-ka-community-builder-artist-philosopher-natSyyMW 674f58595e1cc0fabe270354 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. You just heard a clip from one of the most profound and healing Ted Talks I’ve ever heard by our friend Chandra Maracle – the Auntie with whom we are visiting today. Chandra is  a Kanyen’kehà:ka or Mohawk mom and art full 26 Here is Chandra Maracle's Ted Talk on renaming post-partum depression

Kanikonnríyo - The good mind 

Kahkwa'ónwe - Original Food

Skaronhyasekò:wa - The Everlasting Tree School on Six Nations of the Grand River Rotinonhsyón:ni Territory

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Kanikonnríyo - The good mind 

Kahkwa'ónwe - Original Food

Skaronhyasekò:wa - The Everlasting Tree School on Six Nations of the Grand River Rotinonhsyón:ni Territory

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]]> <![CDATA[Owennatekha Brian Maracle (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Language Revitalizer]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT 1:01:56 8d74e48c-e90b-4ff9-aa42-4436eedc32e4 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/owennatekha-brian-maracle-kanyenkeha-ka-language-revitalizer-qX9NWSyA 674f58595e1cc0fabe270355 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 25 Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa adult Kanyen'kéha language immersion website

Back on the Rez - 1997 book written by Brian Maracle 

Crazy Water: Native Voices on Addiction and Recovery - 1994 book written by Brian Maracle

The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on Owennatekha Brian Maracle 

The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk) language written by Tehota'kará:ton Jeremy Green 

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Back on the Rez - 1997 book written by Brian Maracle 

Crazy Water: Native Voices on Addiction and Recovery - 1994 book written by Brian Maracle

The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on Owennatekha Brian Maracle 

The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk) language written by Tehota'kará:ton Jeremy Green 

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]]> <![CDATA[Nikaronhya'a Dawn Martin (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Miss Six Nations, Teacher, Two-Spirit Advocate, Farmer]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:42:17 GMT 57:41 4108fec7-279c-4ee4-ac9e-142c326c5997 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/nikaronhyaa-dawn-martin-kanyenkeha-ka-miss-six-nations-teacher-two-spirit-advocate-farmer-AAh1sKOy 674f58595e1cc0fabe270356 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Emergent Auntie Nikaronhyá’a Dawn Martin who is Kanyen’kehà:ka (or Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Rotinonhsón:ni Territory and who recently won the full 24

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]]> Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik) Singer, Language Carrier, Futurist PART 2 Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik) Singer, Language Carrier, Futurist PART 2 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:00:00 GMT 40:33 94b92130-31ce-4306-82c6-22a8c3b931ac true https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/jeremy-dutcher-wolastoqiyik-singer-language-carrier-futurist-part-2-vpn2Hs1P 674f58595e1cc0fabe270357 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 23 Jeremy Dutcher and world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma collaborate on the Mi'kmaw Honor Song

More background on Jeremy Dutcher from the Hamilton Philharmonic

Jeremy Dutcher and his mother, Lisa Perley-Dutcher, talk about collaborating on a series of fundraising concerts across the country to support the first Wolastoqey immersion school

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More background on Jeremy Dutcher from the Hamilton Philharmonic

Jeremy Dutcher and his mother, Lisa Perley-Dutcher, talk about collaborating on a series of fundraising concerts across the country to support the first Wolastoqey immersion school

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]]> Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik) Singer, Language Carrier, Futurist PART 1 Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik) Singer, Language Carrier, Futurist PART 1 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 20:37:32 GMT 1:09:20 888d3103-3bf2-49e0-a31e-0cdb494f03ea false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/jeremy-dutcher-wolastoqiyik-singer-language-carrier-futurist-6y0KIdjc 674f58595e1cc0fabe270358 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 full 22 Jeremy Dutcher's Website

Jeremy's collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma

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Jeremy's collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma

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]]> Katygene Jackson and Kayla Jackson - Diné Katygene Jackson and Kayla Jackson - Diné Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:52:46 GMT 1:17:23 57f8d057-e770-4790-bdef-76a3ea9a12ef false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/katygene-jackson-and-katie-jackson-dine-ojf1aufw 674f58595e1cc0fabe270359 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with language keepers, scholars and horsewomen Katygene and Kayla Jackson, - Diné sisters from Round Rock, AZ. We talk about balancing skills and passions in Indigenous traditional and Western worlds. And full 21

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]]> Kaluhyanu:wes Michelle Schenandoah - Oneida Rematriation Activist Kaluhyanu:wes Michelle Schenandoah - Oneida Rematriation Activist Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:14:57 GMT 1:45:02 95605905-1637-4bda-bd3c-de3359a8e0ee false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/kaluhyanu-wes-michelle-schenandoah-oneida-rematriation-activist-IzeNqAN0 674f58595e1cc0fabe27035a 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwé:kon. Greetings, love and respect to all of you. On this special edition of The Aunties Dandelion – we visit with rematriation activist and media creator Kalunhyanu:we’s Michelle Shenendoah from Oneida nation. Michelle full 20 Rematriation Magazine

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Doctrine of Discovery and the Oneida Case

Center for Art, Humor and Soul

 

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Doctrine of Discovery and the Oneida Case

Center for Art, Humor and Soul

 

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]]> LeAndra Nephin (Omaha/Ponca) - Therapist, Advocate, Podcaster LeAndra Nephin (Omaha/Ponca) - Therapist, Advocate, Podcaster Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:36:00 GMT 1:09:25 e7adc738-1762-4442-bf13-7439cc5b0677 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/leandra-nephin-omaha-ponca-therapist-advocate-podcaster-AWnqPhXi 674f58595e1cc0fabe27035b 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwákon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we have just a wonderful visit with LeAndra Nephin who is an enrolled member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. LeAndra is a Trauma-Focused, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and a full 19 LeAndra's Not Invisible podcast.

Red House Series website 

 

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Red House Series website 

 

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]]> Paige Bethmann - Mohawk/Oneida Filmmaker Paige Bethmann - Mohawk/Oneida Filmmaker Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:00:00 GMT 1:09:02 a4b1c91e-e072-47ce-adc3-e7da8b5e4ef3 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/paige-bethman-mohawk-oneida-filmmaker-fXR520la 674f58595e1cc0fabe27035c 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwé:kon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion – we visit with Paige Bethmann, filmmaker and storyteller from Mohawk and Oneida Nations. Paige spent years in mainstream media in New York City and then was recently compell full 18 Click here for Remaining Native website

She Carries Her House Instagram 

Paige featured on Indian Country Today

New York Times article about Ku Stevens

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She Carries Her House Instagram 

Paige featured on Indian Country Today

New York Times article about Ku Stevens

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]]> Terry Jones - Seneca Filmmaker Terry Jones - Seneca Filmmaker Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:36:17 GMT 1:18:44 5ae53f92-044e-4ac1-abc6-1a2112010b7e false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/terry-jones-seneca-filmmaker-RRIflw4R 674f58595e1cc0fabe27035d 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion – we visit with Seneca nation award-winning filmmaker and Haudenosaunee community treasure Terry Jones. Terry passion to share Haudenosaunee life and culture extends from creating intimate movies in his h full 17 Terry Jones' website - Torn Jersey Media

Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Festival - Micro Mania Film Festival

Article about Terry giving commencement speech at Syracuse University

"Seneca Wolf Clan filmmaker Terry Jones, a Haudenosaunee Promise Scholar, Udall Scholar and Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipient was the Syracuse graduation commencement speaker Friday at the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA).

In addition to those awards, Jones was also awarded the highest honor given at Syracuse University, the University Scholarship, which is only awarded to 12 students."

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Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Festival - Micro Mania Film Festival

Article about Terry giving commencement speech at Syracuse University

"Seneca Wolf Clan filmmaker Terry Jones, a Haudenosaunee Promise Scholar, Udall Scholar and Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipient was the Syracuse graduation commencement speaker Friday at the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA).

In addition to those awards, Jones was also awarded the highest honor given at Syracuse University, the University Scholarship, which is only awarded to 12 students."

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]]> Auntie Otsistohkwí:yo Melissa Elliott on the Power of Land, Language and Education Auntie Otsistohkwí:yo Melissa Elliott on the Power of Land, Language and Education Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:54:03 GMT 1:16:40 2e90a8df-a436-4c46-8446-2337f7868c16 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-otsistohkwi-yo-melissa-elliott-on-the-power-of-land-language-and-education-KoY0ekrX 674f58595e1cc0fabe27035e 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 AUNTIE: On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion – we are talking with Six Nations Auntie emergent Otsistohkwí:yo Melissa Elliott. Otsistohkwí:yo is a mom, an advanced Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk) language speaker -- and the kindergarten teacher and Early Years f full 14 Click here for the Facebook link to Skaronhya:se'kó:wa - Everlasting Tree School

Here is the Wikipedia link describing Waldorf Education.

This is the website for the Mohawk language immersion program Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa at Six Nations of the Grand River

Click here for the link to A Mind Spread Out on the Ground - the book about Otsistohkwí:yo's family written by her sister Alicia Elliott.

 

 

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]]> Click here for the Facebook link to Skaronhya:se'kó:wa - Everlasting Tree School

Here is the Wikipedia link describing Waldorf Education.

This is the website for the Mohawk language immersion program Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa at Six Nations of the Grand River

Click here for the link to A Mind Spread Out on the Ground - the book about Otsistohkwí:yo's family written by her sister Alicia Elliott.

 

 

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]]> Auntie Kahehtoktha - Keeper of the Seeds Auntie Kahehtoktha - Keeper of the Seeds Sat, 25 Sep 2021 17:02:04 GMT 1:00:36 72d36526-0ffa-43f6-aa7e-ac2aa7d80740 false https://the-aunties-dandelion.simplecast.com/episodes/auntie-kahehtoktha-keeper-of-the-seeds-XAOULdNg 674f58595e1cc0fabe27035f 674f5856f1e80b0eeba3b6b3 NARRATOR: On this episode of The Aunties Dandelion – an interview with Kahehtoktha Janice Brant - a Kanyen’kehà:ka Mohawk farmer, Seed Keeper, and co-founder of the Kenté:ke Seed Sanctuary. Janice and her Tyendinega collaborators recently took over care o full 12 Kenhté:ke Seed Sanctuary: https://kenhtekeseedsanctuary.com

Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (Tyendinaga Territory) https://mbq-tmt.org

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Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (Tyendinaga Territory) https://mbq-tmt.org

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