On The Land

Dec 18 2021 85
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Welcome to On The Land: Stories from the People, Stories from the Land.

On this podcast, we bring you the voices of Indigenous People in this time of political and climate insecurity. We tackle difficult discussions on who has access to land, water, and air and offers a contemporary understanding of what it means to be Indigenous and live in relation to what is often known as the “outdoors” or “the wild.

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OTL x Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat Series: Our Arctic Presence

Dec 18 2021 14 mins  
New Series Alert! Been wondering what we've been cooking up during those long periods of silence? The Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat and On The Land in collaboration with the Permanent Participant Youth Network and the Permanent Participants, brings you a new podcast series. Our Arctic Presence features the story of how the Arctic Council Permanent Participant organizations came

Lemau Bantatua: Growing Indigenous Youth Podcasters

Dec 01 2021 17 mins  
Waqaa! And welcome to an On The Land Mini Series featuring Indigenous Youth Voices! Lemau Bantatua is from Norvik, and created a podcast about Iñupiaq fur sewing based upon an interview with her Ana (Grandma).In spring of 2021, we teamed up with the Alaska Humanities Forum, See Stories, and Bitanga Productions to host a month-long podcasting workshop with a small group of middle a

Jessica Chingliak: Growing Indigenous Youth Podcasters

Nov 24 2021 16 mins  
Waqaa! And welcome to an On The Land Mini Series featuring Indigenous Youth Voices! Jessica Chingliak is from Goodnews Bay, and created a podcast about teaching in Goodnews Bay based upon an interview with her English / Language Arts Teacher.In spring of 2021, we teamed up with the Alaska Humanities Forum, See Stories, and Bitanga Productions to host a month-long podcasting worksho

Arthur Hanna: Growing Indigenous Youth Podcasters

Nov 09 2021 16 mins  
Waqaa! And welcome to an On The Land Mini Series featuring Indigenous Youth Voices! Today’s episode features Arthur Hanna. Arthur is from Bethel, and created a podcast documenting the ice road on the Kuskokwim river from his own perspective and from an Elder’s perspective.In spring of 2021, we teamed up with the Alaska Humanities Forum, See Stories, and Bitanga Productions to h

Alfred Barr: Growing Indigenous Youth Podcasters

Nov 02 2021 12 mins  
Waqaa! And welcome to an On The Land Mini Series featuring Indigenous Youth Voices! Today we feature Alfred Barr's episode. Alfred is from Deering, and celebrates his Mom's home cooking and catering business in his podcast. In spring of 2021, we teamed up with the Alaska Humanities Forum, See Stories, and Bitanga Productions to host a month-long podcasting workshop with a small gro

Rozlynn Dock: Growing Indigenous Youth Podcasters

Oct 23 2021 19 mins  
Waqaa! And welcome to an On The Land Mini Series featuring Indigenous Youth Voices! In spring of 2021, we teamed up with the Alaska Humanities Forum, See Stories, and Bitanga Productions to host a month-long podcasting workshop with a small group of middle and high school students across western Alaskan villages. Students had the opportunity to create their own 5-15 minute episode

[Xilegg 4] The Harvest of Fall w/ Eva Dawn Burk

Aug 19 2021 54 mins  
It is that time here in Alaska. People along the road system, river beds, tundra, mountains and cities are preparing and heading out for the fall big game hunt. Excitement stirs in the air as whisperings of moose and caribou float on the wind. Hopes for filled freezers weigh heavy on the mind. In this episode community leader, scholar, and activist Eva Dawn Burk and I discuss the r

[Xilegg 3] SuperSápmi x On The Land : More Fish, Less Fish & Reconciliation (?)

Jun 10 2021 59 mins  
Welcome back to the second part of our conversation with Àslat Holmberg and Beaska Niillas of SuperSàpmi. In this half we discuss the importance of fish to our communities, tackle some of the conversation around green colonialism and yes, touch on reconciliation. This conversation was recorded in the spring of 2020 pre-COVID in Sápmi on the banks of the Deatnu River and on Puebl

[Xilegg 2] SuperSápmi x On The Land: The Right to Fish

Feb 16 2021 62 mins  
In this episode, Deenaalee visits with Áslat Holmberg and Beaska Niillas of SuperSápmi Podcast. During this first part they discuss fishing rights and the impacts of climate change on northern fisheries in the Arctic. This conversation was recorded in the spring of 2020 pre-COVID in Sápmi on the banks of the Deatnu River and on Pueblo Lands in Dixson, New Mexico. The Storyteller

[Xilegg I] Mapping: Accessing Indigenous Belonging to Place w/ Haliehana Stepetin

Nov 30 2020 76 mins  
Ade’ and welcome to the first episode of Xilegg: Our Arctic Presence. In this episode, originally recorded in late October of 2019, we visit with Unangax̂ scholar, activist, and performance artist Haliehana Stepetin. During our conversation we touch on the mapping of Indigenous spacialities that help us imagine and construct our understanding of the world as contemporary Indigen