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In this podcast featuring in part one is music and an interview with singer songwriter Sandra Sutter. We feature Sandra's new album Aurora 12 which is described at her website www.sandrasuttermusic.com "Aurora 12 is a mix of new songs, written and performed by Sandra, along with a few traditional Christmas songs presented in a way that only the award-winning singer-song writer can deliver. Learn more about the making of Aurora 12 and the meaning behind the various songs by following Sandra's blog or by reading the news release. " We talk about making music during these troubling times of covid and the joy Sandra finds in music and sharing her love of her culture and people. In part 2 we talk with Miss Lucy (Lucy Cannon Neel who is an Abenaki Cultural Educator. Lucy is a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe and tells us about the new Cultural Center in Holland, Vermont where ehe is presenting via Zoom to public schools in the area of "North East Kingdom" Vermont. Music Credits in this podcast are from Fireside and Aurora 12 CD's by Sandra Sutter Winter Wonderland, Burn In Me, Standing People, Hypnotized and Sparkling Light www.sandrasuttermusic.com Moccasin Tracks is a weekly broadcast on Community Radio, WGDR. Listen Mondays 10AM (eastern time)and Tuesdays at 4PM at wgdr.org where Moccasin Tracks is archived for 2 weeks. Also Thursday 11AM-Noon on wruv.org, 90.1FM locally Podcasts (interviews) are posted at podomatic.com www.radiowithdeb.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks Moccasin Tracks is syndicated on Pacifica Radio Network weekly. www.ORCAmedia.net https://www.orcamedia.net/series/moccasin-tracks Deb Reger is host, producer and engineer for Moccasin Tracks. In Solidarity with Traditional Original Peoples!! We will continue to prioritize the voices of the original peoples and the many issues confronting original peoples today that includes decolonization of our minds, workplaces and institutions. As Abenaki scholar Marge Bruchac said in an interview, “we are still living in a colonial state, we are not yet in a post-colonial time…” Decolonization is still important to talk about and work for. Contemporary and Traditional music from Native artists, news views and interviews. Producing from home since covid!

In this conversation with Abena Songbird and Moccasin Tracks host, Deb Reger Abena Songbird gifts us with a poem "Pandemic". She tells us a little about her journey and coming back to the homeland of her ancestors, the Abenaki peoples. Now living in central Vermont Abena is growing heirloom seeds that were grown by her ancestors. She has been a creative writer and after many years she was inspired to write a poem that was heard on radio on the west coast earlier this summer. Abena is keeping her hands busy during these pandemic times and is now making her own style of Dreamcatchers. We are looking forward to more poetry by Abena!! Find more from Abena Songbird at these sites: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SignatureSongbird?ref=seller-platform-mcnav https://dawnlandvoiceswebs.wixsite.com/dawnlandvoices/abena-songbird?fbclid=IwAR2QGUbwL4iYb81p_uOCcVWvJTlf4eS7KcVD4ifKafnVhR3a0EQidJsW3Mg songs/poems on YouTube(Songbird & the Moor) and on Wordpress website: asongbird.com Signaturesongbird.org If you listen to Moccasin Tracks consider supporting locally produced radio at wgdr.org. Moccasin Tracks is heard weekly at WGDR Community Radio broadcasting from Goddard College, Mondays 10-11AM (eastern)and Tuesdays 4PM and archived at wgdr.org wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks We are syndicated on Pacifica Radio Network weekly, contact us for more information and thank-you for your interest and for listening! www.youtube.com/Moccasin Tracks ORCAmedia.net https://www.orcamedia.net/series/moccasin-tracks host, producer and audio editor is Deb Reger We are remotely producing radio during the pandemic and the radio station remains closed but broadcasting 24/7 thanks to staff!!

In this podcast we talk with Chenae Bullock from the Shinnecock Nation and speaks to racism and growing up knowing these times are different. The youth are demanding change and are moving with change not seen in many years. The Black Lives Matter is a movement and she is part of it. Music Credits: Canoe Song, Evan Pritchard from Resonance and the River Songs CD We talk about Black Lives Matter as a global movement and supported throughout her community by the youth. She is articulate in expressing her responsibility and perspective to bridge the gap in understanding and mutual respect. She speaks to unity and the common struggles of the Tribes of the East. She talks about how she has been witness to the contrast of her reservation land and the super wealthy communities that surround them. The struggles are very real for the tribes: protecting the ancestors, protecting the land and water and the rights of sovereignty for the original peoples. https://www.moskehtuconsulting.com/ From her website,"Moskehtu Consulting is Indigenous owned and operated. It was founded by Chenae Bullock, an enrolled Shinnecock Indian Nation Tribal Member and descendant of the Montauk Tribe in Long Island New York. Chenae is a historian, activist, preservationist and traditionalist. She has over 12 years of experience as an Indigenous perspective Historian. She has worked at many accredited Indigenous museums such as the Shinnecock Indian Museum and Cultural Center, Plimoth Plantation, and Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center." also find chenae on facebook..Sagkompanau Mishoon Netooeusqua and netooeusqua on instagram Music Credits: Canoe Song, Evan Pritchard from Resonance and the River Songs CD Moccasin Tracks is broadcast on WGDR Plainfield and WGDH Hardwick at wgdr.org, 91.1FM and 91.7FM go to streams/ archives day of broadcast at wgdr.org and scroll down to Moccasin Tracks on Mondays 9AM-10:30AM to hear the show archive wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly on Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks www.ORCAmedia.net/series/moccasintracks host, producer and engineer is Deb Reger. Thank-you for your interest.

In this podcast from the radio interview on WGDR, March 16, 2020 Moccasin Tracks host Deb Reger welcomes back Algonquin Culture scholar and author, musician and teacher Evan Pritchard. www.algonquinculture.org The Center for Algonquin Culture PO Box 259 Rosendale, NY 12472 ~ RESONANCE COMMUNICATIONS publishes and/or distributes the writings, films and music of Evan Pritchard P.O. Box 259, Rosendale, NY 12472 www.resonancemagazine.blogspot.com http://booksoflight.blogspot.com www.algonquinculture.org Email: evan.pritchard7@gmail.com Evan is also on Facebook In today's podcast Evan Pritchard speaks about "The Way of The Heron" an Algonquin way of governance and conflict resolution, a way of living that is ancient but relevant in today's society. He also speaks to doing ritual when you are afraid and how simple rituals can be sacred because of understanding and bringing together the elements. Evan reminds us that we are on a cycle and to remember also the "unseen". Evan will be sharing presentations on the internet as we all isolate and practice social distancing. Look for information on his website Music Credits:I Hold A Prayer In My Heart from River Song CD from Resonance with Evan Pritchard; Break On Thru To The Other Side song on The Doors Album 1968, Electra Records; Akwesasne Women Singers, Carriers Of The Word CD from Ohgwahlee Records we hear Peace Song at the end of podcast As of June 2019 Moccasin Tracks is broadcasting weekly on Goddard College Community Radio Monday mornings..go to wgdr.org and click on the archives to hear Moccasin Tracks for that week www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks contact: wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com https://www.orcamedia.net/series/moccasin-tracks (look for our series/Moccasin Tracks for cable TV networks) Moccasin Tracks is syndicated on Pacifica Radio Network host,audio editor and producer is Deborah Reger. occasional blog at: radiowithdeb.wordpress.com www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks

In this podcast we talk about "Crazy Horse the Lakota Warrior's Life and Legacy" a book written and as told to William B. Matson. On a book tour with the legal family administrator Floyd Clown Sr. they will be presenting at the Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH Oct 19 at 1PM. (www.indianmuseum.org) In this podcast from the broadcast on WGDR, Goddard College Community Radio with host Deb Reger, Moccasin Tracks, we talk about spirituality, the book and the purpose of the book tour. They are presenting in each state and will have had 277 presentations this week at the Kearsarge Indian Museum. Bill also talked briefly about his documentary film work and future projects. This book is written from oral history and is the true story about Crazy Horse. Much respect for this important work. Music Credits: Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Custer Died For Your Sins, CD and song; Keith Secola, Got Land, Thank an Indian, single from you tube; N'we Jinan, Innu Song final mix, nwejinan.com Moccasin Tracks is broadcast on WGDR Plainfield and WGDH Hardwick at wgdr.org, 91.1FM and 91.7FM/ go to streams archives day of broadcast at wgdr.org and scroll down to Moccasin Tracks or Mondays 9AM-10:30AM to hear the show archive wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly on Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks www.ORCAmedia.net/series/moccasintracks host, producer and engineer is Deb Reger. Thank-you for your interest.

From the broadcast of Moccasin Tracks on WGDR Plainfield, September 30, 2019, we talk to George Larabee who is writing a book (novel) about Greylock using Abenaki words. George's new book will be published with Heritage Books https://heritagebooks.com/ Find George at the Ethan Allen Museum Events and we look forward to his return to Moccasin Tracks soon. Music Credit: Joanne Shenandoah, Nature Dance CD, Shelter From The Storm song, www.joanneshenandoah.com Moccasin Tracks is broadcast on WGDR Plainfield and WGDH Hardwick at wgdr.org, 91.1FM and 91.7FM/ go to streams archives day of broadcast at wgdr.org and scroll down to Moccasin Tracks or Mondays 9AM-10:30AM to hear the show archive wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly on Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks www.ORCAmedia.net/series/moccasintracks host, producer and engineer is Deb Reger. Thank-you for your interest.

Alcatraz Fifty Years Ago, Asserting Native Rights and Native Protectors Music Credits: Greeting Song from Wabanaki Songs CD from Good Mind Records by Jesse Bowman Bruchac; Truth by Bryan Blanchette, single unreleased, bryanblanchette.com; Nature Dance CD and song and and a little of Shelter From The Storm by Joanne Shenandoah (joanne shenandoah.com): also by Joanne from Lifegivers CD we hear She Teaches In this podcast we talk to Doug George-Kanentiio who gifts us with incredible stories about Richard Oakes, Mohawk who started the occupation at Alcatraz. Doug also speaks to Traditions and the ongoing actions being taken by Indigenous Peoples to Protect The Earth and all life. We speak to the Mauna Kea Protectors and the Protectors at Sacred Stone Camp and how that inspires and has influenced todays work to protect. He is available to speak to your group and will travel. Bryan Blanchette, singer songwriter speaks to how he is promoting the Abenaki language. contact: kanentiio@aol.com Moccasin Tracks is broadcast on WGDR Plainfield and WGDH Hardwick at wgdr.org, 91.1FM and 91.7FM/ go to streams archives day of broadcast at wgdr.org and scroll down to Moccasin Tracks or Mondays 9AM-10:30AM to hear the show archive wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly on Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks www.ORCAmedia.net/series/moccasintracks host, producer and engineer is Deb Reger. Thank-you for your interest.

In this podcast from the radio broadcast of Moccasin Tracks July 8 at Goddard College Community Radio, WGDR we highlight the book by Dana E. Powell, Landscapes Of Power Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation. Guests are Professor Dana Powell, Earl Tulley (Dine) and Dailan Long (Dine) with host Deb Reger. https://www.dukeupress.edu/landscapes-of-power Earl Tulley is one of the co-founders of Dine Care (Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment) and speaks about building relationships internationally and gifts us with his perspectives of Cultural Genocide. He works with Dana Powell on projects to protect land and life. His closing comments remind us how we are all connected. Truely an honor to have him on air with us. Dailan Long shares his perspectives about the public hearings that were federally mandated and the Alternative Energy Report that resulted from the careful study and participation of many community members. He joined his Grandmothers who are protectors of the land when he found out about the Desert Rock Energy Project. He has collaborated with Dana Powell on writing projects that inform and remind us of Fundamental Law ie: Natural Law. We look forward to hearing more from Dailan and appreciate his work that reveals environmental injustice. Dana E. Powell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University. Music credits: From Epic Records on vinyl from 1990, Shades of Indigo with Indigo Girls, Watershed. and from the vinyl Indigo Girls Live we hear You & Me & 10,000 Wars with Epic Records Moccasin Tracks is broadcast weekly on Goddard College Community Radio, WGDR FM Plainfield as of June, 2019 Mondays, 9AM-10:30AM Eastern Time. Can be heard at 91.1FM and WGDH Hardwick at 91.7FM and online at wgdr.org where the program is archived (wgdr.org/archives..scroll down to date and time of show). Moccasin Tracks is syndicated thru the Pacifica Radio Network weekly. wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks https://www.orcamedia.net/series/moccasin-tracks www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks Deb Reger is host, producer and audio engineer. Thanks for listening!!

This podcast of Moccasin Tracks is a slice of the the live show we broadcasted from WRUV FM Burlington at the University of Vermont campus, May 17, 2019 featuring a conversation with amazing Abenaki author, professor, anthropologist, historian, musician and so much more, We talk about her latest publication, Savage Kin Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists published by University of Arizona Press.(www.uapress.arizona.edu) Music Credits: Honor Songs CD from Dawnland Singers, Warriors of the Twilight and Miga Gwa New Day Ya, Good Mind Records and from the LP Wild Tchoupitoulas, Hey Hey by Cyril Neville https://wampumtrail.wordpress.com from University of Penn: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/anthropology/people/margaret-bruchac Moccasin Tracks is broadcast weekly wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com youtube.com/MoccasinTracks Moccasin Tracks is syndicated with Pacifica Radio Network with host Deb Reger and friends www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks https://www.orcamedia.net/series/moccasin-tracks

Broadcasting on WRUV FM Burlington, we talk to Sandra Sutter (Native American Music Awards Winner 2018, Best Americana Album, Cluster Stars) by phone. She gifts us with the stories behind some of her songs and we hear parts of the songs as we talk. Sandra's personal story and more info on her music can be found here: www.sandrasutter.com Sandra tells us her music is about reconciliation and while some songs speak to social ills of today her lyrics find us on the "Good Red Road of Beauty". Appreciating her voice and song writing she is encouraged by her Elders and you hear one of those Elders on the track, Song Of Heaven. We also play Love Touch, Mountain Song,and of course Indian In The Child which she tells us will be part of a play in a high school near home. We also play Thank-you. All music by Sandra Sutter, Cluster Stars CD, risingproductions.CA and sandrasutter.com Moccasin Tracks is broadcasting on WRUV FM, University of Vermont (UVM) Student and Community Radio at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org check in on facebook for broadcast dates. www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com Thank-you for listening with your heart and clear mind!!! radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly with Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks ORCAmedia.net search under series for Moccasin Tracks for cable TV sharing contact ORCA media

Music Credits:Stars by TsayKehDene Youth and N'we Jinan, Nwejinan.com Grandmother Puddingstone from Aquene CD, self-released WenDeYaHo and The Earth The Air The Fire The Water; Earl Ray from Traditional Songs of The Pima CD from Canyon Records. Michael Bastine on Moccasin Tracks July 19, 2018 at WRUV FM Burlington. We talk about an annual gathering in Lincoln, Vermont with the Sunray Meditation Society and Peacekeepers Village called the Elders Wisdom Gathering the 34th annual. Michael Bastine an Algonquin gifts us with this conversation on Moccasin Tracks. He has co-authored a book: Iroquois Supernatural Talking Animals and Medicine People and studied with many Elders, visionaries and spiritual leaders. He reminds us to use our gifts for the greater good and that the cosmos wants human beings to be at their highest level. He can be reached thru Bear and Company Books in Rochester, Vt. Moccasin Tracks is broadcasting on WRUV FM, University of Vermont (UVM) Student and Community Radio at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org summer 2018 schedule varies, check in on facebook for broadcast dates. Here are some times July 28, 2018 2-6PM, August 9 Noon-2PM, August 23 Noon-2PM. starting September 2018 tentatively Thursdays Noon-2PM. thanks for listening www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com Thank-you for listening with your heart and clear mind!!! radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly with Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks

In this edition of Moccasin Tracks Damian Costello joins Host, Deb Reger in this interview with author, teacher and leader Basil Brave Heart who speaks with us about his book, Spiritual Journey, from his home on the Pine Ridge Reservation. This is part 1 of a series we hope to continue this summer (2018) with Basil. "Interview with Basil Brave Heart, Part 1: Lakota Childhood and Spiritual Formation" The book is available at https://birchbarkbooks.com/all-online-titles/the-spiritual-journey-of-a-brave-heart "In The Spiritual Journey of a Brave Heart, Basil Brave Heart describes in vivid detail how he was raised in a full-blood Lakota family by his deeply spiritual grandparents, struggled to find his way in contemporary society, was devastated by and successfully overcame the demon alcohol, and found maturity and peace in a vision-rich traditional spirituality. He graphically describes the values and struggles of an Indian warrior as a 'soldier' in a modern American war. As an Indian AA counselor and school administrator he used traditional insights that were leading and successful. The breadth of his interest and insights provides a living example of a traditional Lakota who has successfully overcome many problems and found a peaceful, successful life in the current bicultural situation of the Lakota. - William Stolzman, author of The Pipe of Christ" Music Credits: Bob Seger and Silver Bullet,By The River song, single, youtube.com also: Howard Bad Hand, Lakota Sacred Songs CD Gifts CD with Bear Fox, Water Song bearfox.com Moccasin Tracks is broadcasting on WRUV FM, University of Vermont (UVM) Student and Community Radio at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org w) www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail Thank-you for listening with your heart and clear mind!!! radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly with Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks

This is a question we asked of Grandmother Carole Bubar-Blodgett while doing support for the Water Is Life Walks Housatonic River 2018. We reflected on the days walk and asked Grandmother Carole to reflect with us what she gained by doing this prayer walk. She tells us everyone can take the opportunity to receive these same gifts by joining on this Walk. Moccasin Tracks was on the walk just for 2 days May 23 and 24 and we are grateful to everyone who walked with us and shared feelings and words to be broadcast May 29 on Moccasin Tracks broadcast at wruv.org and locally at 90.1FM. We'll make another podcast and video will be posted soon!! Recordings include Grandmother Carole, Grandmother Rema and words from the Walkers who joined in gathering the headwaters. waterislifewalk.org on Facebook.com/waterislifewalks Moccasin Tracks is broadcast on WRUV FM Burlington and archived at wruv.org for one week (go to wruv.org> schedule and scroll down to Moccasin Tracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly on Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks

Music with Joan Henry and Spirited, Uprising CD,joanhenry.net and Woman's Honoring Song Louie Gonnie, Breathe Deep The Dusk CD from Canyon Records, Transcendence and The Dawn Joseph FireCrow, Maheo Walk With Me, Face The Music CD from josephfirecrow.com In this podcast from the May 22, 2018 broadcast from WRUV FM Burlington, we talk to Joan Henry who has many talents among them: Vocalist, actress, dancer, composer, poet-lyricist, percussionist, choreographer. She tells about the song that came thru her, Woman's Honoring Song which we start off with. She has been singing all her life and is a song carrier. (Konogisgi) She says about herself that she carries all songs in a good way so that they can be sung when needed. Part of her responsibility from Creator is to pass on the songs to "who will hold our Mother Earth safe when we are gone". She says song holds the People together, to one another and to the Earth. We were honored to talk with Joan Henry on Moccasin Tracks. She has a website: earthsinger.net and can be found performing and leading workshops throughout the country as she mentioned her ongoing projects. Moccasin Tracks is broadcast on WRUV FM Burlington and archived at wruv.org for one week (go to wruv.org> schedule and scroll down to Moccasin Tracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated weekly on Pacifica Radio Network www.youtube.com/MoccasinTracks

Gali Sanchez from the New Hampshire Abenaki Nation brings us his perspectives on the use of Native American imagery for mascots. He is an educator, public speaker, storyteller, musician and gifts us with this interview today on Moccasin Tracks, Nov 15, 2017. He joins us by phone from his home in Virginia. Continuing to practice a living culture, Gali recently made a wool coat replicating a style from the 1800's that his ancestors might have worn. He describes the beadwork added by Master Beadworker Rhonda Besaw. (rhondabesaw.com) Always an honor to have Gali on air!! Thank-you for listening. Music credit: Dawnland Singers from Honor Songs CD we play the Honor Song for Elders sung in Abenaki from Good Mind Records. Moccasin Tracks is broadcast weekly on WRUV FM Burlington with host and producer Deb Reger at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org (fall 2017 Wed 2-4PM) The program is archived at wruv.org/schedule/ Wed/scroll down to Moccasin Tracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com youtube.com/MoccasinTracks Moccasin Tracks is syndicated with Pacifica Radio Network with host Deb Reger and friends facebook.com/MoccasinTracks

Music Credit: Steven Rushingwind and The Native Groove from the CD FUEGO, from el Cerrito Records and www.stevenrushingwindmusic.com In this segment of Moccasin Tracks broadcast June 14, 2017 from the campus of the University of Vermont, WRUV FM Burlington we talk to Doug Harris(Deputy Narragansett Indian Tribe Historic Preservation Officer)and attorney for the Narragansett Nation in this effort, Anne Marie Garti. We talk about the identified Ceremonial Stone Landscape in the path of the Connecticut Transfer Expansion Pipeline (Gas) and the efforts to protect. Doug reminds us of the language we use and how the language of the ancient ones describe and have more to tell us today. We talk about the NHPA (National Historic Preservation Act) and Doug helps us to understand the perspective of the original peoples. We celebrate the family relationships (cousins) between the peoples and he gifts us with stories relating to place and ceremonies. His responsibility is to avoid adverse effects on the "prayer stones" and continue to teach the youth how to identify these sites so they may continue to protect their sacred sites and spiritual ways. If you would like to make a donation to help fund the legal fight to protect the Ceremonial Stone Landscapes, please make your check payable to “Creative Thought and Action,” and put CSL in the “for” line. Mail it to: Rene Theberge Treasurer, Climate Action Now 250 Shutesbury Road Amherst, MA 01002 Moccasin Tracks is broadcast weekly on WRUV FM Burlington at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org Summer 2017: Wed 9AM-Noon The program is archived at wruv.org/schedule/ Wed/scroll down to Moccasin Tracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com youtube.com/MoccasinTracks Moccasin Tracks is syndicated with Pacifica Radio Network with host Deb Reger and friends

Music by Robert Tree Cody from Songs For Grandfather from Canyon Records and from the CD Bembia from Wind Spirit Records, Negwetch and Wabanaki We talk to Roger Lewis,of the Sipenkne'Katik Band of Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia. He is the Ethnology Curator of the Nova Scotia Museum and his Academic work includes Landscape Archaeology, pre-contact Archaeology. He has a deep appreciation for the land and water and his people. Our conversation may be entitled Mi'kmaq Relationship To Land and Water. We talk about Cultural Memory and relationship with Nature and the experience of Culture. An honor to explore these concepts with this very special historian and keeper of culture. Moccasin Tracks is heard weekly on WRUV FM Burlington at 90.1FM and wruv.org with host and producer Deb Reger wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com We are syndicated on Pacifica Radio Network

Music Credit: Medzhawk with Poetic Justice (https://soundcloud.com/medz-hawk-official), and Mary Youngblood on flute with Heart of The World CD from Silver Wave Records We talk to Cody Hall on Moccasin Tracks from the Red Warrior Camp at the Sacred Stone Camp on the Treaty Territory of the Lakota Nation. Cody is part of the media team and has been the MC at some of the Rhyme and Rhythm Events on site giving voice to everyone. He gifts us with story and experiences that are part of this collective resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. The story is being shared worldwide thru the social media and especially Facebook pages, posts and audio that is collected daily at this peaceful non-violent encampment. find the Red Warrior Camp on facebook.com also info at: www.indigenousresistance.org www.ienearth.org www.honortheearth.org Moccasin Tracks is broadcast weekly on WRUV FM Burlington at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org 4-6PM (EST) The program is archived at wruv.org/schedule/listen to archives/scroll down to Moccasin Tracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated with Pacifica Radio Network with host Deb Reger and friends

"Founded in 1998 by director Evan T. Pritchard, the Center for "Algonquin Culture is a group of individuals across North America who are committed to exchanging a deeper knowledge of the culture, history, language, and wisdom of Algonquin people." algonquinculture.org Joining us on Moccasin Tracks with hosts Dee BrightStar and Deb Reger, Evan Pritchard, a descendant of the Mic'kmaq people, shares stories and talks about his recent publication, "Bird Medicine The Sacred Power of Bird Shamanism". Moccasin Tracks is broadcast weekly on WRUV FM Burlington at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org 4-6PM (EST) wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com Moccasin Tracks is syndicated with Pacifica Radio Network

From the Moccasin Tracks broadcast July 14 from University of Vermont, WRUV Burlington we talk with Grandmother Josephine who is on a Sacred Water Walk. www.waterwalkersunited.com Music Credit: Doreen Day; Water Song (Nibi); Timbered Lake from Shimmering in the Rhythms CD, Hear The Wind and Carry It On by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power In The Blood (CD) "Words from the Water (by Josephine Mandamin) Water is amazing, it flows where it wants to, it can go through any crack, crook or cranny. It can sing the most beautiful songs, if you listen well. She can sound like a male voice, especially during huge waves. It ebbs and flows leaving us messages in her journey throughout life. We are connected and united to life with water, and as we are all united by water; it seems we must be conscious of all things united.This connections or linkage helps us understand life and what it gives to humans, nature and animals. We are all so connected, so united with/by water. It is all life. To see how water can mold itself to any situation, we can see it in any shape we put it in: jars, small containers, huge gallons - it flows to any shape or form. We are all connected by water and as we are all of water: 70 or 80% of our body mass, why can't we flow like the water? to unite ourselves with each other, to sing like the water, to think like the water, to be of one conscious entity? Why can't we? IF we could be, we will be one big ocean of love, kindness, respect, united and jelled together as one, we will be the generation to save our Mother. Science is slowly catching up to our anishinabe thinking about our natural laws as governed to us by Creation/Creator. Our duty and responsibility is to our Mother's care and well being. The common denominator of life is Water. In our Mide Lodge we know all this from the teachings and oral inscriptions left by our ancestors, but we have not been vocal enough to tell the world and science that we know what they are collecting as new science. It is not new knowledge, or new understanding. it's been around as long as our Mide ancestors have been on this Mother earth. Our ancestors knew where water comes from, whence it flows, and how it flows. This is all understood in our waters songs and Lodge creation story. How can we tell the world that science is in our Mide Lodge? Is it time to open the doorway to the Lodge so they can hear? Let's all think about this !! Josephine Mandamin Grandmother, WaterWalker" Moccasin Tracks broadcasts on Mondays 11AM-3PM at WJSC Johnson at 90.7FM and online here: http://www.jsc.edu/student-life/arts-recreation/arts-culture/wjsc-90.7-radio-johnson With Ruth Wilder and The Wildside. Moccasin Tracks broadcasts Tuesdays on WRUV FM, University of Vermont (UVM) and Community Radio at 90.1FM and online at wruv.org where the program is archived for one week. www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks wruv.moccasintracks@gmail.com or radiowithdeb@gmail.com