03/03/24 - Steven Solomon, Sr.
03/04/24 • 58 min
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse spends the hour with Steven Solomon, Sr., a lifelong Lummi fisherman and traditional knowledge holder of the reef net practice. “Reef net fishing is an ancient, sustainable salmon-harvesting technique created and perfected by the Lummi and other Coast Salish Indigenous people over a millennium. Rather than chasing the fish, this technique uses ropes to create an artificial reef that channels fish toward a net stretched between two anchored boats. Fishers observe the water and pull in the net at the right moment, intercepting salmon as they migrate from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River near present-day Washington state and British Columbia. Colonialism, government policies, habitat destruction, and declining salmon populations have separated tribes from this tradition. Today, only 12 reef net permits exist, with just one belonging to the Lummi Nation. Many tribal members hope to revive reef net fishing to restore their cultural identity and a sustainable salmon harvest but face difficulties balancing economic realities with preserving what the Lummi consider a sacred heritage.” — Liz Kimbrough, author, “Last of the reef netters: An Indigenous, sustainable salmon fishery,” Mongabay, Nov. 21, 2023: https://bit.ly/3IlGIk9
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
2. Song Title: Freedom Now (feat. Golshifteh Farahani & Arooj Aftab)
Artist: Nick Mulvey
Album: Freedom Now (released Feb. 13, 2024)
Producers: The Parisi Brothers (Ed Sheeran, Fred Again).
3. Song Title: Ambrosia
Artist: A Reminiscent Drive
Album: Ambrosia (2000)
Label: F Communications
4. Song Title: War / No More Trouble (Live at The Pavillon De Paris - 1977)
Artist: Bob Marley and the Wailers
Album: Gold (2005)
Label: Island Records
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Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse spends the hour with Steven Solomon, Sr., a lifelong Lummi fisherman and traditional knowledge holder of the reef net practice. “Reef net fishing is an ancient, sustainable salmon-harvesting technique created and perfected by the Lummi and other Coast Salish Indigenous people over a millennium. Rather than chasing the fish, this technique uses ropes to create an artificial reef that channels fish toward a net stretched between two anchored boats. Fishers observe the water and pull in the net at the right moment, intercepting salmon as they migrate from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River near present-day Washington state and British Columbia. Colonialism, government policies, habitat destruction, and declining salmon populations have separated tribes from this tradition. Today, only 12 reef net permits exist, with just one belonging to the Lummi Nation. Many tribal members hope to revive reef net fishing to restore their cultural identity and a sustainable salmon harvest but face difficulties balancing economic realities with preserving what the Lummi consider a sacred heritage.” — Liz Kimbrough, author, “Last of the reef netters: An Indigenous, sustainable salmon fishery,” Mongabay, Nov. 21, 2023: https://bit.ly/3IlGIk9
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
2. Song Title: Freedom Now (feat. Golshifteh Farahani & Arooj Aftab)
Artist: Nick Mulvey
Album: Freedom Now (released Feb. 13, 2024)
Producers: The Parisi Brothers (Ed Sheeran, Fred Again).
3. Song Title: Ambrosia
Artist: A Reminiscent Drive
Album: Ambrosia (2000)
Label: F Communications
4. Song Title: War / No More Trouble (Live at The Pavillon De Paris - 1977)
Artist: Bob Marley and the Wailers
Album: Gold (2005)
Label: Island Records
AKANTU INTELLIGENCE
Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
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Jonathan Gonzales was born in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico and grew up in southern California. He has spent the last 12 years learning earth living skills and ancestral ceremonial ways with many teachers and elders, combined with participating in Indigenous, earth-based ceremonies along with a quest to connect more deeply with his ancestral lineage, which is Indigenous Taino from Puerto Rico, Chinanteco from Mexico, and African.
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
2. Song Title: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Artist: The Dramatics
Concert: Wattstax, Watts Summer Festival, Los Angeles Coliseum (1971)
Organizer: Stax Records; Distributed by Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures
3. Song Title: Way of the Future
Artist: Sneezy
Album: 440 Cook (2019)
Label: Color Red Music
4. Song Title: Native American Flute Music
Artist: Pan Flute Crew
Album: Best Spiritual Flute Music Collection (2016)
Label: Magic Art Project
AKANTU INTELLIGENCE
Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
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03/10/24 - Curtis Zunigha (Repeat Show)
This week we're revisiting Tiokasin's conversation with Curtis Zunigha. Curtis is an enrolled member of the federally-recognized Delaware Tribe of Indians https://delawaretribe.org/ He has more than 35 years of experience in tribal government and administration, community development, telecommunications, and cultural preservation. Curtis is an acknowledged expert on Delaware/Lenape culture, language, and traditional practices. He is Co-Director of Cultural Affairs for The Lenape Center, https://thelenapecenter.com/ based in New York City. The Lenape Center promotes the history and culture of the Lenape people through the arts, environmental advocacy, social justice, and agricultural practices. The Lenape Center’s work represents the return of the original Indigenous people to their original homeland of Lenapehoking (NY, NJ and PA). Curtis is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Malcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
2. Song Title: Exodus (Inspired by the Film “One Love: Bob Marley”)
Artist: Skip Marley
Album: One Love (2024)
Label: Island Records
3. Song Title: If 60s Were 90s
Artist: Beautiful People
Album: If 60s Were 90s (1992)
Label: Essential Records
4. Song Title: Autumn Sky Meditation
Artist: Shane Miller / Nature’s Eye
Album: N/A
Label: Find Nature’s Eye on YouTube
AKANTU INTELLIGENCE
Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
First Voices Radio - 03/03/24 - Steven Solomon, Sr.
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