Tending Our Roots podcast launches May 1 with Indigenous-focused conversations

Duluth-based podcast features weekly episodes highlighting Indigenous knowledge, well-being and community voices

May 1, 2026

A new podcast, “Tending Our Roots,” launches May 1 with weekly episodes centered on Indigenous knowledge and well-being, according to program materials. Hosted by Dr. Miigis Gonzalez of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe and Dr. Jill Fish, a lineal descendant of the Tuscarora Nation, the conversation-based series features guests including artists, scholars, knowledge holders and community leaders. New episodes are scheduled for release every Friday on podcast platforms.

The podcast highlights topics such as language revitalization, ceremony, land and creative expression, with conversations grounded in relationships to community, land and culture, according to program materials.

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