Episode 30 - Part 3, Decolonization of Our Diets and Reclaiming Traditional Foods, with Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis
As Long As The River Flows Podcast by Keepers of the Water
Release Date: 06/19/2025
Episode 35 - The Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders in Canada - Our Truth Part Four, Frances Mahon and Erin Riley-Oetll
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Episode 30 - Part 3, Decolonization of Our Diets and Reclaiming Traditional Foods, with Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis
As Long As The River Flows Podcast by Keepers of the Water
Episode 30 - Part 3, Decolonization of Our Diets and Reclaiming Traditional Foods, with Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis WHAT Food sovereignty traces back to our original teachings, to learn about the connection between the land and our food supply and connection to community through traditional foods. Decolonizing our diet means incorporating traditional foods to preserve and nurture our mind, body and spirit and eliminate diseases that have long impacted Indigenous peoples. WHO Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis - Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis is a Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) instructor,...
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Episode 29 - Part 2, Decolonization of Our Diets and Reclaiming Traditional Foods, with Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis
As Long As The River Flows Podcast by Keepers of the Water
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Episode 27 Water is sacred Tu' de'gha' Conference Part 2
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Episode 26 Water is Sacred Tu' de'gha' Conference Part 1 Jesse Stoepler
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Episode 26 Water is Sacred Tu' de'gha' Conference Part 1 WHAT August 1st to 3rd in 2024, Keepers of the water partnered with Kátł’odeeche First Nation and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), to hold the Water is Sacred Conference, in Katlodeeche First Nation. The conference looked within First Nations communities for guidance from traditional knowledge Keepers, for direction and solutions for watershed management within their territories. Keepers of the Water offers our support in uplifting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge as the path forward for solutions...
info_outlineEpisode 30 - Part 3, Decolonization of Our Diets and Reclaiming Traditional Foods,
with Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis
WHAT
Food sovereignty traces back to our original teachings, to learn about the
connection between the land and our food supply and connection to
community through traditional foods. Decolonizing our diet means
incorporating traditional foods to preserve and nurture our mind, body and
spirit and eliminate diseases that have long impacted Indigenous peoples.
WHO
Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis - Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis is a Nêhiyaw
(Plains Cree) instructor, researcher and writer from Ministikwan Lake Cree
Nation in Treaty 6 Territory.
Dr. Lewis has worked with higher learning institutions within the Prairie
Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in the areas of Cree
Language Development and Instructional methodologies. His research
interests include language and policy development, second language
teaching methodologies, teacher education programming, and
environmental education.
For the past 15 years, Dr. Lewis has been working with community schools
in promoting land and language-based education and is the founder of
kâniyâsihk Culture Camps, a non-profit organization focused on holistic
community well-being and co-developer of Land-Based Cree Immersion
School kâ-nêyâsihk mîkiwâhpa.
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