Existence Is Resistance with Tiffany Joseph

About this episode

Tiffany Joseph discusses the healing properties of native Indigenous plants and the importance of cultural connection to fire stewardship.

Good Fire Podcast by Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff Stories of Indigenous fire stewardship, cultural and social empowerment and environmental integrity Existence Is Resistance with Tiffany Joseph Episode highlight In this episode, Tiffany Joseph talks about native Indigenous plants and their ability to heal the ecosystem. Resources Tiffany Joseph XAXE TENEW SACRED LAND SOCIETY Community Profile: W̱SÁNEĆ’s ŚW̱,XELOSELWET Tiffany Joseph Pollinator Partnership The Story of SEMSEMÍYE by Tiffany Joseph The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy Sponsors Canada Wildfire Indigenous Leadership Initiative Quotes 13.19 - 13.41: “Anytime we are on the land, you have to have good thoughts and feelings, so anytime you light a fire, you have to be in that prayerful mindset, and being in a prayerful mindset really means having that abundance of positivity within your heart and your mind.”  21.54 - 22.27: “Settlers, they are hungry for culture basically and really they need to find their own roots… they have to… trace their English or Celtic origins, whatever it is, and connect with that, so I found that eagerness to work with fire with us… came from… a hungry place of not…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy Cardinal Christianson, Matthew Kristoff

Guest: Tiffany Joseph

Topics covered

• Indigenous fire stewardship
• cultural empowerment
• environmental integrity
• native plants
• ecosystem healing

Keywords

• Indigenous plants
• fire stewardship
• cultural empowerment
• ecosystem
• environmental integrity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pollinator Partnership, Canada Wildfire, Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Books & works: The Story of SEMSEMÍYE, The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy

Places: W̱SÁNEĆ, Sḵx̱wu7mesh

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