Indigenous Medicine Stories: Anishinaabe mshkiki nwii-dbaaddaan

About Indigenous Medicine Stories: Anishinaabe mshkiki nwii-dbaaddaan

Indigenous Medicine Stories Podcast is a collaboration between AMS Healthcare and the Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Traditional Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University. Indigenous Medicine Stories aims to educate health professionals and the public about Indigenous healing. The podcast will highlight the lived experiences of Indigenous Knowledge holders, healers, and Elders and help professionals who practice Indigenous healing. Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples held a knowledge system of wellness, healing, and medicine. Colonial processes such as Treaties, the Reserve system, the Indian Act of Canada, Residential Schools, child welfare policies, racism, discrimination, and excluding Indigenous healing in Western biomedicine and education have attempted to erase this knowledge system. Furthermore, until recently, the health education professions have played a role by excluding Indigenous knowledge from the curriculum. Also known as Anishinaabe mshkiki nwii- dbaaddaan ("I'm going to talk about Indigenous medicine") in Anishinaaabemowin, medicine stories explore the perseverance and holism of Indigenous well-being and healing practices through the lived experiences of practitioners. About AMS Healthcare Our work advances a Canadian healthcare system through innovation and technology while remaining rooted in compassion and our medical history. We convene networks, develop leaders, and fund crucial medical history, healthcare research, education, and clinical practice activities. Our work helps improve care for all Canadians. For more information, contact Anne Avery at Anne.Avery@amshealthcare.ca. About the Jason A. Hannah Chair. Through a permanent endowment, the Jason A. Hannah Chairs teach the history of medicine in healthcare education. Dr. Darrel Manitowabi is the inaugural Hannah Chair in the History of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Traditional Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Sudbury Campus. His research in the history of Indigenous health situates the place of the Anishinaabe language and knowledge in conceptualizing holistic well-being and ill health. For more information, contact Dr. Darrel Manitowabi at dmanitowabi@nosm.ca

Publisher

Darrel Manitowabi

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jun 2023

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Caring: Nursing, Culture, and Community w/ Rosella Kinoshameg

   This episode features Rosella Kinoshameg. Rosella is Odawa/Ojibway from Doaganing, Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She is the youngest of 10 children, with two siblings later adopted into the family, and is a Residential School survivor. She has been married for 58 years and is a mother of five, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of six. A retired Registered Nurse, Rosella has more than 52 years of nursing experience, including 49 years working primarily with First Nations communities. She graduated from the Marymount Hospital School of Nursing in Sudbury in 1968 and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Ottawa in 1977. Throughout her career, Rosella worked as a Community Health Nurse and Immunization Nurse, as well as in hospital nursing in Sudbury and Windsor and at the Wikwemikong Nursing Home. Her work has also included college-level teaching for First Nations health workers and Personal Support Worker training programs, along with the development and delivery of education related to policies and procedures, cultural competency and safety, and core health competencies for physicians and nurses. She has also facilitated workshops on Anishinaabe culture and spirituality, traditional medicine and ways of life, palliative care, and preparing for the journey to the Spirit World. In November 1996, Rosella received an honorary Doctor of Sacred Letters, Honoris Causa, from Regis College at the University of Toronto. AMS Healthcare (https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/)

2. 

   10 Jun 2026

   Indigenous Sovereignty and Community Leadership w/ Gordon Peters

   This episode features Councillor Gordon Peters.  Councillor Gordon Peters is a member of the Turtle Clan and is Lunaapeew (Lenape) from Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit (Delaware Nation). He currently serves as a Councillor for Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit. Councillor Peters has worked with First Nations in both political and non-political capacities for more than four decades, applying his extensive organizing knowledge to promote and advance Indigenous sovereignty. He formerly served as Deputy Grand Chief, an elected position within the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI). He also served as Ontario Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations for 12 years and as head of the AIAI for four years. He is an author and educator and is frequently invited to speak on issues related to First Nations communities, economic development, and cultural development. In addition to his work with the AIAI and the Assembly of First Nations, Councillor Peters was instrumental in the creation of the Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty, a non-profit corporation that prioritizes the development and implementation of First Nations initiatives focused on rebuilding Indigenous communities. Through his work at the Centre, Councillor Peters has also played a key role in preserving the Lunaapeew language in the Delaware Nation in southwestern Ontario. Due to the pervasive and ongoing effects of racism and colonialism in Canada, earlier generations were discouraged from passing along this critical component of Lunaapeew culture and identity. Over the past decade, Councillor Peters has worked with Elder Dianne Snake, the last fluent speaker of Lunaapeew, to train a new generation of speakers. Through this collaborative process, Lunaapeew is now taught to youth in Delaware Nation schools. http://amshealthcare.ca/

3. 

   13 May 2026

   Research, Responsibility, and Indigenous Health w/ Dr. Bernice Downey

   This episode features Dr. Bernice Downey. Dr. Downey is a woman of Ojibwe and Celtic heritage, a mother, and a grandmother. She is a medical anthropologist whose current research interests include Indigenous women's heart health, health literacy, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, and health and research system reform for Indigenous populations. She is a Heart & Stroke Foundation-CIHR Early Career Chair in Indigenous Women's Heart and Brain Health. She is also the inaugural Associate Dean, Indigenous Health for the Faculty of Health Sciences, and a former Acting Director of the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute. Dr. Downey has participated in multiple national and international Indigenous research policy initiatives, including serving as a two-term member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Aboriginal Health Advisory Board, helping plan and participate in the International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge Development, and serving as Chief Executive Officer of the National Aboriginal Health Organization, whose mandate included a strong research and knowledge translation focus. As part of her post-doctoral fellowship role with the Department of Graduate Studies at McMaster, Dr. Downey led the development of the innovative Indigenous Undergraduate Summer Research Scholars Program and the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute.

Who has been a guest on Indigenous Medicine Stories: Anishinaabe mshkiki nwii-dbaaddaan

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• Ron Linklater
• Brenda Mason
• Randy Sewap
• Dieter Sainnawap
• Nelly Mesenegeeshik

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

69 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

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Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

96

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