In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.
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In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.
This episode features Abigail Echo-Hawk, an international leader in Indigenous public health research and the decolonization of data.
In this episode, Echo-Hawk speaks with Dr. Sofia Locklear about how her trailblazing work on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls was inspired by a dream.
A member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Echo-Hawk is the Executive Vice President at Seattle Indian Health Board and the Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute.
The Guardians of Sleep
In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.
