Community Resilience Episodes

Learn about Indigenous practices that foster community resilience in the face of environmental and social challenges, promoting sustainable development.
Chaco Canyon Uranium Mining: How a Sacred Site Is Being Fought For (with Sumaya Quitugua)
June 21, 2026

Chaco Canyon Uranium Mining: How a Sacred Site Is Being Fought For (w…

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 Ch...

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How to Start an Environmental Career (Without Losing Your Values) with Andrea Everett
Oct. 19, 2025

How to Start an Environmental Career (Without Losing Your Values) wit…

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,...

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How to Connect with Your Ancestors (And Why)
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 cl...

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How to Get Indigenous Books into Native Youth Hands (Anagali Duncan)
Dec. 2, 2024

How to Get Indigenous Books into Native Youth Hands (Anagali Duncan)

We’re joined by Anagali Duncan, founder of the nonprofit Seven Ravens, who shares their inspiring mission to bring books written by Indigenous authors to Native youth. The Indigenous Book Drop initiative is about more than ju...

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Defending the Earth and the Sacred
Oct. 14, 2024

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Defending the Earth and the Sacred

What if the answers to the climate crisis are here? In this special Indigenous Peoples’ Day episode, host Frank Oscar Weaver speaks with Indigenous leaders from across the world who are on the front lines of the fight to prot...

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Giving Back to the Earth: The Significance of Pachamama Day
Aug. 2, 2024

Giving Back to the Earth: The Significance of Pachamama Day

We explore the tradition of Pachamama Day, celebrated on August 1st in Latin America. This day, originating from the Andean communities of South America, is dedicated to honoring Pachamama, the goddess of fertility and the ea...

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From Mountain Springs to Classroom Dreams: Anagali’s ᎠᎾᎦᎵ ᏛᎩ Journey protecting water and championing native students
Aug. 22, 2023

From Mountain Springs to Classroom Dreams: Anagali’s ᎠᎾᎦᎵ ᏛᎩ Journey …

Ever found yourself scrolling through Instagram and suddenly confronted by images of devastating forest fires, unprecedented hurricanes, and record-breaking heatwaves? Or maybe you found yourself in the front lines of climate change? With 80% of the ...

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Catching the Green Wave: Mentorship in Climate and Sustainability Careers
May 16, 2023

Catching the Green Wave: Mentorship in Climate and Sustainability Car…

🎤 Catching the Green Wave: Mentorship in Climate and Sustainability Careers🌳In this insightful episode of Indigenous, we dive deep into exploring personal values, mentorships, and actionable steps towards carving out a fulfilling career in the env...

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A fun and upbeat talk about good environmental news with Taylor Cheíí Begay.
July 19, 2022

A fun and upbeat talk about good environmental news with Taylor Cheíí…

Do feel drained by the endless negative news ?Do you want a break from dromscrolling news of ecological disasters, pollution of our waterways, and killer record high temperatures?Then I have a great show for you. On this episode I will be talking to ...

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Jóvenes Indígenas Al Rescate de los Ríos con MiLizbeth Flaco de Emberá, Panamá
May 23, 2022

Jóvenes Indígenas Al Rescate de los Ríos con MiLizbeth Flaco de Ember…

MiLizbeth Flaco es una guardiana del bosque, criada en el corazón de la selva de Panamá. Después de décadas de búsqueda a un lugar seguro por causa de la guerra civil en Colombia, pudo finalmente encontrar un lugar seguro al que llamar hogar. Pero ahora ...

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Moonstar:  Community Organizer and Earth Advocate - On Leading Environmental Workshops and the Power of Connecting with Nature!
April 18, 2022

Moonstar: Community Organizer and Earth Advocate - On Leading Enviro…

Welcome to our special 2022 Earth Day Episode!We're chatting with Moonstar, from Walatowa-Pueblo of Jemez. Moonstar is a community organizer, activist, fashion model, and teacher who works with Indigenous youth to help them organize environmental projec...

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MiLizbeth Flaco: Indigenous Youth Saving The Rivers of Panamá
March 28, 2022

MiLizbeth Flaco: Indigenous Youth Saving The Rivers of Panamá

MiLizbeth Flaco is a guardian of the forest. She was raised in the heart of the Panama jungle after a decades long search for a safe place from the civil war in Colombia. After finally found a secure place to call home, climate change and pollution are i...

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Natasha Akiwenzie: The Seven Grandfather Teachings
July 28, 2021

Natasha Akiwenzie: The Seven Grandfather Teachings

Natasha Akiwenzie shares with The Seven Grandfather teachings, and how they can help us bring balance to our relationships with ourselves and the planet. Natasha runs an Environment nonprofit group of First Nation fishers and others who care about Clima...

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Climate Reality – Lead On Climate: A message from Sruthi Gurudev, marine conservation storyteller
Oct. 10, 2020

Climate Reality – Lead On Climate: A message from Sruthi Gurudev, mar…

Countdown to the Future with with Sruthi Gurudev, climate reality leader, and marine conservation storyteller. This podcast is part of Climate Reality's 24 Hours of Reality: Countdown to the FutureA twenty-four hours of digital presentations and conver...

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Unity Earth Ambassador: Tami Patterson
Aug. 18, 2020

Unity Earth Ambassador: Tami Patterson

Today's episode is: Tami Patterson from UNITY!We chat on the work of UNITY to help native youth take leadership roles in their communities, and to live a spiritual and healthy lifestyle.Tami is an amazing person, and we chat how she inspired me to crea...

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Animal Protectors: The Story of My Family's Fight Against Animal Cruelty & How I Am Now Saving Stray Animals
May 28, 2020

Animal Protectors: The Story of My Family's Fight Against Animal Crue…

“To all our stray, homeless, an abandoned animals, I want to let you know you are loved, you are not forgotten, there are humans that will fight for you!”Zunneh-bah Martin shares the story of her family's generations fight against animal cruelty, and ho...

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This is what happened when we picked up trash on the Navajo Reservation: Honoring Mother Earth
April 30, 2020

This is what happened when we picked up trash on the Navajo Reservati…

Looking for inspiration to honor Mother Earth? In this episode, we hear from Indigenous youth, from grade school to college age, and their #EarthDayEveryDay efforts. Nathaniel Sayas, Zunneh-bah Martin, Shundeen-bah Martin, Nizhoni-bah Martin, and Atsa-ba...

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Meet Uganda's Eco Warrior: Nkusi Gerald
April 23, 2020

Meet Uganda's Eco Warrior: Nkusi Gerald

My next guest is Nkusi Gerald, an eco warrior,  adventurer,  promoter of diversity, a youth ambassador for climate change, and a passionate travel guide in Africa.We talk about the challenge that people don’t necessary see the benefit of conservation,...

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Sky Wildcat: The Indigenous Environmentalist Fighting for a More Sustainable Future
April 16, 2020

Sky Wildcat: The Indigenous Environmentalist Fighting for a More Sust…

Today is a very special episode with Sky Wildcat from The Cherokee Nation, I meet Sky last year on UNITY's conference in Orlando, as Sky joined myself and other Earth Ambassadors to do some Eco Action cleaning a local spot of litter, and we organized, an...

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We Will Go To The North Of Sumatra, Indonesia To Talk To Ridanto Sembirign About His Efforts To Save Wildlife
April 9, 2020

We Will Go To The North Of Sumatra, Indonesia To Talk To Ridanto Semb…

In today's episode, we will go all the way to the Northern part of Sumatra in Indonesia to speak to Ridanto Sembirign, part of the Karo people, and founder of the Indonesian Species Conservation Program.We start our conversation with a beautiful nature p...

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Zunneh-bah: A Conversation With An Indigenous Activist
April 1, 2020

Zunneh-bah: A Conversation With An Indigenous Activist

Happy to start our first episode with Zunneh-bah Martin.Zunneh-bah is an advocate for nonviolent social change, Indigenous/civil rights, and environmental protection. We catch up and talk about her experience going to the White House to promote indigeno...

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