Wicozani

(Wi-cho-zuh-nee)

Dakota Traditions of Food Sovereignty is a conversational podcast with Dakota Elder Angela Redman. We will explore growing food as medicine and which foods help remedy certain health conditions. We will also look into the importance of food sovereignty in Indigenous communities and learn more about Indigenous agriculture.

This series is for Dakota language learners with an interest in this traditional use of the land.

The name of her podcast is Wicozani (Wi-cho-zuh-nee) and means: “Good way of life, how the person and their family guide their life in a good way”.

Language(s): Dakota

Episodes

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Traditional Foods
Traditional Foods

Dakota Elder Angela Redman discusses traditional foods as medicines.

Dakota Food Sovereignty
Dakota Food Sovereignty

Saskatchewan podcast host Mercedes Redman interviews her kunshi, Angela Redman, to discuss Dakota food sovereignty.

Stewardship of the Earth
Stewardship of the Earth

Podcast host Mercedes Redman speaks with her grandmother, Dakota Elder Angela Redman on Dakota teachings of plants for food and medicine.

Introduction and Seed Germination
Introduction and Seed Germination

In Episode one of Wicozani, host, Mercedes Redman introduces us to Dakota Elder, Angela Redman. Elder Redman recounts how she initially lost her language and what she is doing now to regain it.