Meda's Tlingit names are Tśa Tsée Naakw, Khaat kłaat, adopted Iñupiaq name is Tigigalook, and adopted Cree name is Boss Eagle Spirit Woman "Boss." Her clan is Naanyaa.aayí and she is a child of the Kaach.aadi. Her family comes from Shtuxéen kwaan (now referred to as Wrangell, AK.) Meda's lineage also comes from Oregon, Washington, and the BC/Yukon Territories. Currently she lives on Dena'ina lands in Anchorage, Alaska with her fiancé James "Chris" Paoli and their eight children. Meda's work revolves around the personal credo "Leave a world that can support life and a culture worth living for." Her work experience draws from her training as an Alaska Native traditional healer, traditional foods educator, and Healthy Native Communities capacity building facilitator.

Arlana Redsky is Anishinaabe and a member of the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. She is a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, and a faculty member of the Summer Internship Program for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics (SING Canada). Arlana's current areas of research and specialization include wildlife disease management, wildlife conservation, Indigenous harvesting rights, posthumanist ecology, and historical-contemporary multi-species entanglements in the Colonialocene.

Hi, I'm Michelle Brass, I am a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and coach deeply committed to the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities. Currently, much of my work is focused on the areas of Indigenous food sovereignty and the impacts of climate change, Indigenous health and wellness, personal healing and transformation, and the empowerment of Indigenous women.

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Additional Resources

ICA Blog: Healing Justice: ICA's New Pathway

Panel at the Indigenous Economics Conference on Healing Justice

Webinar: "Climate Crisis, Fragmentation & Collective Trauma" discussion with Eriel Deranger, Bayo Akomolafe, Angaangaq Angakkorsuaw and Gabor Mate

Book: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (Resmaa Menakem)

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Manoomin (wild rice) grows along the waterways of Northern Turtle Island and has been treasured by Anishinaabe since time immemorial. But in the past hundred years, protecting wild rice has become an increasing concern. Learn more about this sacred food source from manoomin harvesters James Whetung, William Yerxa, and Jana Rae Yerxa.

Inspired by Harold Perry, whose grandmother carried seeds from Rice Lake to the Mississippi River near Ardock, James Whetung returned home from Ardock's 1982 food security uprising to his community of Curve Lake First Nation determined to restore their wild rice beds, with the ultimate goal of putting the rice back in Rice Lake.James and his clan (Black Duck) continue to work to restore their hereditary territory and to put the rice back in Rice Lake! BlackDuckWildRice.net Jana-Rae Yerxa is Anishinaabe. Her home community is Couchiching First Nation in Treaty #3 territory. She currently resides in Fort Frances, Ontario and is happy to be part of Seven Generations Education Institute as Faculty and Curriculum Developer in Anishinaabe Gikendaasowin. William Yerxa is Anishinaabe from Little Eagle which is now known as Couchiching First Nation. William began ricing when he was 13 years old and has been caring for manoomin for 70 years. He is happy his children and grandchildren know how to care for manoomin.

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Atelihai! (Welcome) I am Samantha Saksagiak of Nain, Nunatsiavut. An inuk youth activist, leader, musician, writer, and student. A role model and a strong voice for Indigenous people.

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Amber Sandy is a member of Neyaashiinigmiing (Chippewas of Nawash First Nation) living in Sudbury, Ontario. She is an artist with a focus on leather work, beadwork and moose and caribou hair tufting. Amber is a hide tanner and uses moose, deer and fish skins to make leather by hand. As the coordinator of Indigenous Knowledge and Science Outreach for SciXchange at Ryerson University, she is an enthusiastic advocate for Indigenous Science. Her work focuses on the intersections of Indigenous knowledge and western science in her approach to conservation, environmental science, education and art. She passionately works to increase access to traditional land based practices for Indigenous peoples.

Instagram: @ambsandy

Twitter: @ambersandy

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The ICA Pod Team is made up of Lindsey Bacigal, Morningstar Derosier, and Brina Romanek.