Episode 28: Native well-being with Dream of Wild Health

Dream of Wild Health is a nonprofit working to restore health and well-being in the Native American community by recovering knowledge of and access to healthy Indigenous foods, medicines, and lifeways. In this episode, Allison and Odia sit down with Program Manager Jill Greendeer, Ph.D., M.A., M.S. (Ho-Chunk/Potawatomi/Kaw), and her son and colleague, Justice Haom. They discuss the goals of Dream of Wild Health, Jill’s new research on the barriers that Native youth face in the education system, resources for educators and much more.

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RESOURCES

·        ⁠Dream of Wild Health website⁠

·        ⁠Indigenous Food Network (IFN) website⁠

·        ⁠IFN Youth Gardening Curriculum⁠

·        ⁠Indigenous Voices ElevatED⁠

·        ⁠Books are Good Medicine Instagram⁠

·        ⁠Books are Good Medicine YouTube channel⁠

·        ⁠Books are Good Medicine website⁠

This podcast is sponsored by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and produced by Goff Public. Our theme music is “Stomp Dance” by Bluedog.