This episode will take you to the Southwest corner of Navajo Nation where we dig into the connection between colonialism and climate change. Meet several people who are using community agriculture to reclaim cultural traditions while also addressing issues of food insecurity and diabetes on the reservation. Learn about the injustices Navajos experience in the healthcare system, and hear from one woman in particular about the effects of uranium exposure on her health. Radiation and lack of nutritious food are just two examples of how settler-colonialism is still at work today.
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Mikki is heavily involved in the divestment movement at Yale, and through our conversation on extraction we talked about the patterns of colonialism and the many shapes it takes today. Mikki is the first voice you hear in this episode.
The STAR school is a charter elementary school located near Leupp, AZ. Students here are taught sustainable agriculture, indigenous history, and the Dine language among other things. The acronym STAR stands for Service To All Relations.
Jalapeno pepper plants line the wall of one greenhouse. Students get to plant the seeds and watch them mature over the school year, eventually harvesting the peppers to eat.
