Indigenous Earth Community Podcast
Indigenous Earth Community Podcast
An empowering journey alongside Indigenous heroes from around the world. In 'Indigenous Earth,' you're not just a listener; you're an active participant in a transformative mission to become true stewards of our planet. Explore inspiring stories and wisdom from Indigenous cultures, and on how to take steps to connect and protect to our beautiful Earth.
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Indigenous Earth Community Podcast

Indigenous Earth Community Podcast

Journey alongside Indigenous conservation heroes from around the world, as they share ancient wisdom for our modern environmental crisis. This podcast bridges traditional ecological knowledge with practical steps to turn eco-anxiety into meaningful action.
On Indigenous Earth you’re not just a listener; you’re an active participant in a transformative mission to become true stewards of our planet. Unlike typical sustainability content that overwhelms, these episodes leave listeners feeling …

Chaco Canyon Uranium Mining: How a Sacred Site Is Being Fought For (with Sumaya Quitugua)
Indigenous Earth Community Podcast
Chaco Canyon Uranium Mining: How a Sacred Site Is Being Fought For (with Sumaya Quitugua)

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Chaco Canyon Uranium Mining: How a Sacred Site Is Being Fought For (with Sumaya Quitugua)
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June 21, 2026

Chaco Canyon Uranium Mining: How a Sacred Site Is Being Fought For (with Sumaya Quitugua)

What happens when a place your people have prayed at for a thousand years becomes a uranium mining site? And what can one voice actually do to stop it? Sumaya Quitugua, a young woman from the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico and Chamorro from Guam, grew up at the Sky City, in traditional adobe homes on top of a mesa, where her grandfather taught her that we don't own the land or the water. We protect them. In this episode, Sumaya breaks down the fight for Chaco Canyon, a place protected by President T
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🎧 Soundscape | Amazon After Dark: A Night in Kichwa Territory, Ecuador
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May 11, 2026

🎧 Soundscape | Amazon After Dark: A Night in Kichwa Territory, Ecuador

Hey friends, it's been a while. Like many of you, we've been navigating a lot on the environmental and overall news front lately, so today I'm doing something a little different. I think back to those early days kayaking with friends here in Florida, searching rivers for trash. Some days we'd arrive and the water was pristine. We almost felt bad, like we had nothing to do. My mentor smiled and said, "just enjoy it, sometimes we need to remember why we do what we do." That's what this episode is.
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Why Native People Were the First Scientists (And What That Means Today) with Laylalanai Gocobachi
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Jan. 25, 2026

Why Native People Were the First Scientists (And What That Means Today) with Laylalanai Gocobachi

Feeling overwhelmed by climate change and disconnected from nature? What if the solutions we need have been here all along, in the wisdom our ancestors knew, in the plants growing in our backyards? Laylalanai Gocobachi, a Pascua Yaqui woman and Unity Earth Ambassador, learned this from her grandfather who sent her into the Arizona desert with grocery bags to "shop" for dinner. He taught her the desert is like our pantry, and that Native people were the first scientists. Today, Laylalanai shows u
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How to Start an Environmental Career (Without Losing Your Values) with Andrea Everett
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Oct. 19, 2025

How to Start an Environmental Career (Without Losing Your Values) with Andrea Everett

Want a green career but worried you'll have to compromise your values? Andrea Everett from the Pueblo of Isleta shows there's another way. Andrea shares how she turned her midnight business decision into Matriarch Projection, a drone and GIS mapping company that serves communities instead of extracting from them. She reveals why she turns down high-paying work that doesn't align with her Pueblo values, and how that actually attracts better opportunities. You'll also hear the inspiring story of h
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How to Connect with Your Ancestors (And Why)
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Aug. 25, 2025

How to Connect with Your Ancestors (And Why)

Environmentalist face devastating burnout rates - 96% experience high or very high exhaustion levels from working on environmental issues. BIPOC communities bear this burden even more heavily, standing on the frontlines of climate destruction. For this Earth Warrior Challenge we are looking on how Indigenous wisdom offers a powerful antidote: connecting with your environmental ancestors. What You'll Experience: The exercise from Dr. Sue Bell Chiblow's Indigenous science class Why connecting with
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How to Learn Indigenous Knowledge the Right Way (Dr. Susan (Sue) Chiblow)
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Aug. 5, 2025

How to Learn Indigenous Knowledge the Right Way (Dr. Susan (Sue) Chiblow)

Join us as we return with Professor Susan (Sue) Chiblow, one of our most beloved guests whose wisdom bridges Indigenous science with academic research. As an Ojibwe professor and International Joint Commission commissioner, Sue reveals the right way to learn from Indigenous knowledge—without appropriation or harm. Discover how to respectfully access traditional wisdom, trace your own ancestral stories, and apply Indigenous practices to solve environmental problems in your own community. What You
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