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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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 calmer and grounded while providing accessible ways to reconnect with nature. Indigenous Earth delivers upbeat yet honest conversations that remind us we don’t just live on this Earth—we are this Earth.
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Oct. 11, 2026
Did Columbus Really Discover America? The Taíno Story and the Fight for Florida’s Sacred Places (with Robert Rosa)
What does it mean to “discover” a place where people have lived for thousands of years? And who is protecting the sacred places and waters that are still here today? Robert Rosa is a Taíno leader and a member of the American Indian Movement who has spent years protecting Native burial sites and wild places across Florida. On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, he takes us back to where the Taíno story begins: who they were, how they lived, how they traded all the way to Florida, and why so many wor
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Sept. 6, 2026
Cindy Wagner: An Alaska Elder on the Unuk River, the Savior Fish, and the dangerous of the mines upstream
What happens when the first fresh fish your people have eaten for ten thousand years stops coming up the river? And what do you lose when an entire generation grows up never tasting it? Cindy Wagner has lived on the Annette Island Reserve in Metlakatla, Alaska for 56 years, the only Native reserve in the state and the only one in the world sitting entirely on an island. Her husband Louie is known as the hooligan man. She is the Grease Lady. Together they have spent their lives on the Unuk Riv
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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
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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
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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 s
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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 stor
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