This video emphasizes the importance of traditional foods, ceremonies, and learning from our natural environment in order to maintain spiritual connections.
Shawn discusses the deep connection between Indigenous creation stories and current environmental changes, highlighting how human activities, invasive species, and pollution have disrupted traditional ecosystems, foods, and health, impacting the community
Join us on the final leg of the ‘Walking With Our Ancestors’ journey as Lummi youth and elders travel through Skelotses, our ancestral homeland in the San Juan Islands, sharing stories, culture, and history while fostering community and mental wellness.
PLANTS provides a platform on the Young and Indigenous Podcast for knowledge keepers to share insights and testimony on how plants contribute to the well-being of their communities and the ecosystems.
Anna Cook shares about her experience being raised off the land in her multi-generational household, and where her interest and appreciation for her "plant relatives" stems from.
Sadie Olsen shares about how Whiteswan Environmental utilizes plants for programs and tools, and gives the audience insight on her own personal experience with plants and how they've helped her over time.
Darrell Gray and James van der Voort from the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) share the challenges and successes that the organization has had in their conservation efforts against Climate Change.
