# Episode 262: Stories in the Snow - Connecting to Lakota Knowledge

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Podcast: [The Wandering Naturalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951)
Published: 2025-12-03T06:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.threeriversparks.org/podcast
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Duration seconds: 1590

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Michael Kurtz, enrolled member from the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, shares how he taught himself to read animal signs and photograph them. He talks about the experiences with animals he has had following animal signs and how it connects him to the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of his ancestors.

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