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Tending Our Roots
by Jill Fish & Miigis Gonzalez
Tending Our Roots is a conversation-based podcast that uplifts Indigenous voices, knowledge, and ways of being as pathways to well-being. Hosted by Dr. Miigis Gonzalez (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) and Dr. Jill Fish (lineal descendant of the Tuscarora Nation), the podcast creates space for stories grounded in relationships—to land, to community, to spirit, and to self.Each episode brings listeners into conversation with guests whose lives and work reflect Indigenous approaches to living well. From artists and scholars to knowledge holders and community leaders, these conversations move through story, humor, and reflection—rooted in everyday practices of care, responsibility, and connection. Whether speaking about language revitalization, ceremony, land, or creative expression, guests share how wellbeing is lived, not defined.Rather than seeking to define or measure Indigenous systems of health, Tending Our Roots listens to and learns from those who carry them forward. The podcast in
Episodes
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Sean Sherman — “Taking the Power of Food Back”
Join us for our season finale of Tending Our Roots with chef, author, and food sovereignty visionary Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Sean is transforming the landscape of Indigenous cuisine. Through his work with the nonprofit NATIFS and his award-winning restaurant Owamni...
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Shakara Liddelow-Hunt — “The Ancestors Are Reflected in Them.”
Our guest this week is Shakara (Shak) Liddelow-Hunt, a researcher, advocate, and community builder centering the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQIA+ young people. Shak is Wajarri Yamatji and grew up on Noongar Country. Their work challenges Western…
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Shawn Wilson — “It’s a Way of Life”
Listen as we visit with Shawn Wilson, a researcher, teacher, and storyteller from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Canada. Shawn reminds us that research itself can be ceremony. Now based on Syilx territory in British Columbia, Shawn’s work spans continents — from Turtle Island to Australia…
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Susan Beaulieu — “Re-membering: The Pathway to Healing”
This week we’re Tending Our Roots with Susan Beaulieu, an Anishinaabe woman and citizen of the Red Lake Nation who has spent two decades working with Indigenous communities and the last decade supporting healing from collective, ancestral, and individual trauma. A facilitator, teacher, and…
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Melinda Adams — “We Burn the Things We Want Back”
Join us as we sit down with Melinda Adams, a cultural fire practitioner and scholar from the N’dee San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Tohono O’odham Nation. Melinda brings together ecology, ceremony, and Indigenous science in her work. As an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas, she…
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Linda Tuhiwai Smith — “Family, Community, and Land”
On this week’s episode of Tending Our Roots, we sit down with Māori scholar, Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) — the grandmother of Indigenous research. Linda’s guided generations through her groundbreaking book Decolonizing Methodologies. In conversation, she speaks with warmth,...
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson — “The Coexistence of Creation and Grief”
This week we’re Tending Our Roots with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, musician, and scholar. Leanne teaches through story, song, and movement — reminding us that knowledge lives in relationships. In her newest book, Theory of Water, she writes through creation and...
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Michael Migizi Sullivan — “Speaking Our Languages Shamelessly, Unapologetically, and Fearlessly”
Join Tending Our Roots with Michael “Migizi” Sullivan Sr., a linguist, researcher, educator and storyteller from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Nation. Migizi is a leading practitioner devoted to the revitalization of the Ojibwe language and a father of four proficient Ojibwe speakers. He reminds...
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Sharon Day — “The River Talks to Me”
Welcome to Tending Our Roots with Sharon Day, a two-spirit elder from the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Sharon is a water walker, artist, and activist whose life’s work is rooted in ceremony and love for all our relations. As the longtime Executive Director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force…
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Charlie Amáyá Scott — “Choosing and Loving Ourselves”
Note: This episode was recorded when Amáyá was using the name Charlie. You’ll hear us refer to her as Charlie throughout the episode; however, she now goes by Amáyá, as reflected below. We're kicking off this season of Tending Our Roots with guest Amáyá Scott, a Diné scholar, writer, and creator...
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Welcome to Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies
Welcome to Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies, a podcast exploring Indigenous approaches to research, evaluation, and community practice. Come join us each week as we visit with guests to talk about how Indigenous Knowledges and ways of being support the health, healing, and futures…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Tending Our Roots is a conversation-based podcast that uplifts Indigenous voices, knowledge, and ways of being as pathways to well-being. Hosted by Dr. Miigis Gonzalez (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) and Dr. Jill Fish (lineal descendant of the Tuscarora Nation), the podcast creates space for stories grounded in relationships—to land, to community, to spirit, and to self.Each episode brings listeners into conversation with guests whose lives and work reflect Indigenous approaches to living well. From artists and scholars to knowledge holders and community leaders, these conversations move through story, humor, and reflection—rooted in everyday practices of care, responsibility, and connection. Whether speaking about language revitalization, ceremony, land, or creative expression, guests share how wellbeing is lived, not defined.Rather than seeking to define or measure Indigenous systems of health, Tending Our Roots listens to and learns from those who carry them forward. The podcast in
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Jill Fish & Miigis Gonzalez
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How many episodes does Tending Our Roots have?
Tending Our Roots currently has 11 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Tending Our Roots about?
Tending Our Roots is a conversation-based podcast that uplifts Indigenous voices, knowledge, and ways of being as pathways to well-being. Hosted by Dr. Miigis Gonzalez (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) and Dr. Jill Fish (lineal descendant of the Tuscarora Nation), the podcast creates space for stories...
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Tending Our Roots is created and hosted by Jill Fish & Miigis Gonzalez.
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