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Exploring and Sharing the depth of Scientific Knowledge within Stories that humans have been gifted from the Star, Land, and Animal Ancestors for thousands of years.

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Episode 11: "Gravitational Waves
with the Blackfoot MacGyver"

Corey GRAY

Siksika

The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to chat with Blackfoot Physicist Corey Gray about inspiring to be the "Blackfoot MacGyver," the connection between the Blackfoot language and Albert Einstein, how we are all a part of space-time, chirps and hairy neutron stars, supermassive blackholes and wolf eyes, and the importance of seeing people that "look like you" in science and physics. Hand to heart to support from Indigenous Screen Office and Storyhive. Take a moment to like, share, follow, and rate, it is much appreciated. Now, open your minds and heart to teachings from the very very big to the very very small. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.

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Dr. Nicole REDVERS

We were grateful to speak with DR. NICOLE REDVERS (Deninu Kųę́ First Nation) with defining both "science" and "healing," which lead to a conversation about how "everyday can be a healing experience," berries changing genetics, Indigenous Medicine Science as a reawakening, Land as healing and the effects of amplifying these connections through consciousness, differences between spirit and soul, what is a gut feeling?, and decolonizing and recolonizing our microbiome. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going. Dr. Redvers graciously donated her honoraria to: Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, they are doing amazing work, please check them out.

Episode 10: "Planetary Health
through Berries, Land, & Water"

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Episode 8 & 9: "Quantum Entanglement Ghosts,  Shapeshifters, & Ancestral Visits"

After many conversations about the "seemingly irrational" experiences we all have had, the Ancestral Science Pod team decided to gather some cool people amid the season where the veil between worlds is the thinnest, and everyone's intuition and creepy-meter is heightened... In this TWO PART episode, we chatted about Schrödinger's cat and sasquatch, shapeshifters and star people, glitches in the matrix, how to bargain with the universe, spirit spaces and quantum, overlapping dimensions, and the seemingly unexplainable but Indigenously rational "ghost" stories and creepy happenings. Light a candle, crack open a bag of candy corn, and listen to some stories about spirit and science

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Episode 7: "Reciprocity, Resilience
& Tapwe (truth) within
Indigenous Cuisine"

Shane Chartrand

Cree

Join Cree Chef Shane Chartrand with us out on location at CHARCUT University District. Through kitchen pedagogy of breaking bread to expand relationality, Shane taught us about science of food that is hot and cold, how cutting/chopping/slicing foods differently effects their flavour, the connection between reindeer lichen and moustaches, mushroom identification (or not), Tapwe, the dark history of the Canadian food guide, bannock as resilience, and the importance of reciprocity within food.

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Episode 6: "Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit"

Dr. Kamuela Yong

Native Hawaiian

We were grateful to speak with Dr. KAMUELA YONG, a Native Hawaiian mathematician about how mathematics is all around us, calculating latitude by North Star angles, moving islands and the law of cosines, wingspan measurements, Kāuna-number systems, and sea swells as the constant drum beat of navigation. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going. Gratitude to the support from JUAN-CARLOS CHAVEZ, the editing and audio skills of EMIL STARLIGHT of Limelight Multimedia, and ALEX F. for marketing and pod support.

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Episode 5: "Friends of
Indigenous Science"

Miwa Aoki Takeuchi
Eun-Ji Amy Kim

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Ancestral Science was honoured to learn about being an ally/friend to Indigenous Science with Miwa and Amy. We learned about the difference between allyship, friendship, and kinship, how to re-centre scientific voices of children, the Land, and Knowledge Keepers, how mathematics can both take and give life, reconciliation work never ends, and the importance of balancing both understanding the history and trauma of the original peoples of the land with the beauty, innovation, ingenuity, and science within their cultures. Despite the guests concerns this episode may take space away from the voices and teachings of Elders and Knowledge Keepers, the pod hosts understand the importance of accomplices and allies; Indigenous people can't do this work alone.

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Episode 4: "Reconciliation Science
through Tipi Math & Indigenous
Sound Baths"

Darren Rea

Siksika Nation

We were grateful to speak with Brendon Many Bears from Siksika, and Darren Rea, who is Cree Métis about how relational science is magical and indescribable, and a deep part of Indigenous culture. They talked about how science describes how we are all connected, through frequencies and mycorrhizal networks to tipi poles, and the depth of science within the “sacred aerodynamics” of tipi mathematics, healing frequencies of drums and sound bowls, and how multiple worldviews of science and life CAN be woven together. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going.

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Brendon Many Bears

Cree Métis

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Episode 3: "OG Science of
Corn Calendars, Seed Ceremonies,
& Sun Daggers"

Dr. Gregory Cajete

Tewa, Santa Clara Pueblo

We were grateful to speak with DR. GREGORY CAJETE, Tewa from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico about how Indigenous Science is truly the OG (original) science and his life work of weaving together Indigenous and Western science. He also spoke about the connections between corn, seeds, and the cosmos, biophilia versus biophobia, creation stories and science, being in relationship with plants and animals, sun daggers and the Solstice Project, and quantum thought. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going. Gratitude to the support from JUAN-CARLOS CHAVEZ, the editing and audio skills of EMIL STARLIGHT of Limelight Multimedia, and ALEX FLETT for marketing and pod support.

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Episode 2: "Everything is Aware:
Quantum Consciousness & Spirit in Science"

Natasha Donahue

Métis Physicist

We were grateful to NATASHA DONAHUE, a Métis physicist and Indigenous Science educator, about Science and Spirituality, the linear and restrictive history of science, the depth of scientific knowledges within astrology and alchemy, time as a biproduct of energy exchange, how "everything is aware," dwelling in the flux of the "greyspace," and the questions around and relationality of star beings and UFO's. Remember, you can support the pod and rock some unique Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop, all proceeds go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, following protocols, and keeping the pod going. Natasha donated her honoraria back to the pod. Appreciate the support. **episode correction: Natasha mistakenly said “the Earth is at the center of the solar system,” when she meant “the sun us the center of the solar system."

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Episode 1: "Alignment of Plants,
Stars, & Stories"

Wilfred Buck
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Opaskwayak Nation

As we waited for the First Thunder of the season, I was grateful to speak with Wilfred "The Star Guy" Buck, from Opaskwayak Cree Nation and Siksika Astrophysicist Rob Cardinal about the science and stories of the recent Solar Eclipse, the reverence and silence within the darkness of totality, the connection between the alignment, states of matter, and ceremonies, protocols of NOT LOOKING at these significant cosmic events, the Creation of "Tipis and Telescopes," the three-body problem, the North Star and moon cycles, and the origin of the Thunderbirds. Remember you can support the pod with Ancestral Science Podcast MERCH, profits go towards Knowledge Keeper honoraria, help us follow protocols of reciprocity, and keep this pod going. Hand to heart, hai hai. Each Episode has a unique t-shirt design based on its theme, so go check them out! Gratitude to the support from JUAN-CARLOS CHAVEZ, the editing and audio skills of EMIL STARLIGHT of Limelight Multimedia, and ALEX FLETT for marketing and pod support.

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