Sending Light This Winter Solstice

Here in the northern hemisphere, as the winter solstice approaches, the light is changing quickly, and the sun sits lower on the horizon with each passing day. By now, all the harvest celebrations have come to an end, but the practice of gratitude and acknowledgement for the rewards of summer’s hard work continues.  

As we wrap up Season 3 of Seedcast, this very special final episode is dedicated to the hard work that has gone into this podcast. We revisit the diversity of nine productions created since last autumn by different producers. Through this journey, Executive Producer of Seedcast, Tracy Rector, shares her gratitude for how each of these creatives have played a vital role in the storytelling of Seedcast. 

Storytelling is one of the most connective experiences people have with each other. Throughout the world during the coldest months, Indigenous Peoples wintertime traditions most often include sharing stories about who they are, their histories, and lessons of the season to offer wisdom and inspiration across the generations. Winter is a time to share what we have, to draw from what has been gathered to give us energy and offer lessons of survival through the coldest of seasons and it is through storytelling that the link between humans and all life on Earth – seen and unseen - is understood, maintained, and nurtured.  

As our team settles in for the winter, we ask you, our listeners: How will you come together in kinship this winter? Wintertime is the perfect occasion to get to know one another better through storytelling, ceremony, and joy. Enjoy! 

Special thanks to special artistic contributors Jennifer Kreisberg, Joel Schomberg and Mia Kami.  
 
Host + Co-Producer: Tracy Rector. Co-Producer + Story Editor: Stina Hamlin: Audio Mix: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker 

Episodes Mentioned: 

• Indigenous Sovereignty Begins At Birth: A Conversation with Camie J Goldhammer 
• Princess Daazhraii Johnson and the Generation Reclaiming Gwichʻin 
• The Omen Birds Still Sing in Sungai Utik 
• How Stories Give Life to Knowledge and Culture: Two Decades of imagineNATIVE 
• ʻNo Climate Justice Without Racial Justiceʻ: Rev. Yearwood and Leo Cerda with Tracy Rector 
• The Life-Giving Pottery of Katsitsionni Fox 
• Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty on TikTok 
• DJ Eric Terena: The Collective Sounds for a New Era 
• ʻWeʻve Become Paolo for Everyone’: Creating UTOPIA for Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders 

Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.

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