Hidden Roots of Democracy

Matrilineal Men

Matrilineal men are men who stand empowered alongside empowered women. They are able to express their masculinity without diminishing a woman's voice or her autonomy. On today's episode, Featuring: Chief Spencer Lyons of the Onondaga Nation Hawk Clan, Chief Brennen Ferguson of the Tuscarora Nation Turtle Clan, and Neil Powless, member of the Onondaga Nation Eel Clan.

Eve meets Skywoman

Walking among the Haudenosaunee, the early suffragists saw a world where Indigenous women were in their full authority and held absolute autonomy over their bodies, their minds, their children, their homes and the land. Featuring: Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Mommabear, Louise McDonald Herne, and historian and author Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner.

Hidden Roots of Democracy

Haudenosaunee governance supports a matrilineal and matrifocal culture that is rooted in democracy and peacemaking. Featuring: Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Mommabear, Louise McDonald Herne, Mohawk Bear Clan Faithkeeper Sandra Fox, Onondaga Hawk Clan Chief Spencer Lyons and Tuscarora Turtle Clan, Chief Brennen Ferguson.

First Environment

A focus on our relationship with the living world and the first environment we experience as human beings. Featuring: Mohawk midwife and environmentalist Katsi Cook and Potawatomi author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Mother Law & the Doctrine of Discovery

Indigenous women are working alongside allies to educate the public about the Doctrine of Discovery, the political and legal justification for colonization of Indigenous Lands across the planet. Featuring: Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Louise McDonald Herne, better known as Mommabear, Mohawk attorney and educator Beverly Jacobs and Sarah Bradley and Brittany Koteles from Land Justice Futures.