DR. TED JOJOLA: Heno Mathenwe. Greetings Everybody. I’m Dr. Ted Jojola and welcome to Season 2 of our PlaceKnowing podcast series. We’re building on the stories we shared in Season 1 about how and why we engage Indigenous Design and Planning methods to heal damaged lands and waters called brownfields.This season, we turn our attention to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill disaster - where a crew from the Environmental Protection Agency ruptured a plug of rock and soil near Silverton, Colorado.
That incident released three million gallons of acidic mine waste into the Animas River, on the northeastern edge of Navajo Nation and still impacts farmland and sacred waters in the San Juan River basin.
In the coming episodes, you’ll hear how Indigenous and non-Indigenous scientists, farmers, and community members are coming together through cultural resiliency to restore and protect their places.We begin with Diné research scientist and farmer Brandon Francis whose family has stewarded corn in the Black Mesa, New Mexico area for generations. Brandon works with New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center in Farmington, New Mexico - and takes the time to set both the cultural and scientific tone for the rest of this series.
BRANDON FRANCIS: Every decision that you make as a researcher and as a scientist you have to analyze it in terms of how is this going to benefit people. And not just you. That’s not going to advance your career. As an Indigenous person you are trying to move along the five fingered people. The people who live on the Earth as the human people.
DR. TED JOJOLA: Brandon and his organization were key in providing much needed information about the status of the spill as it was unfolding – and critical testing for farmers on the health of land and water in the aftermath of the spill.
A big thank you to The Transformation Network for sponsoring this season, and to our production partners at The Aunties Dandelion. And don’t forget to find us and follow us on your favourite podcasting platform! Matuwen
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