{"podcast":{"title":"Ancestral Science","slug":"ancestral-science-6413616","podcast_index_feed_id":6413616,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/660edce66ed3b200177f9869","website_url":"https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/660edce66ed3b200177f9869/show-cover.jpg","author":"Ancestral Science of \"Relational Science Circle\"","episode_count":67,"summary":"Experiencing and Sharing the depth of Scientific Knowledge within Stories that humans have been gifted from the Star, Land, and Animal Ancestors for thousands of years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancestral-science-6413616"},"episode":{"title":"Smoketalk & Stone Stories","slug":"smoketalk-stone-stories","published_at":"2026-04-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancestral-science-6413616/smoketalk-stone-stories","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancestral-science-6413616","url":"https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/660edce66ed3b200177f9869/e/69d91bf400eb02bda11fc70c/media.mp3","summary":"We recorded this episode back in the Fall of 2025, on a windy fall evening here on the Lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut’ina Nation, Îethka Nakoda First Nation, and more recently the Otipemisiwak Métis.  The Ancestral Science Podcast team gathered to speak about their experiences at the Majorville Sacred Site or Iniskum Umapii. Visiting this location evokes an indescribable feeling of reverence for both its location and connection to the Ancestors that knew of its significance. Overlooking the banks of the Bow River, this site gifts a view of the horizon unparalleled in both distance and connection to the stars.  We (Emil, Alex, and myself) got to visit Iniskum Umapii with Innu Astronomer Dr. Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, Rob Cardinal, and a group of local Blackfoot Elders and Knowledge Keepers. If you are interested in the \" Stones, Stories, and Stars\" Gathering of Indigenous Astronomers/Scientists and Knowledge Keepers being hosting in Treaty 7 later this year, or want to be more involved in this relational \"research\", or have a sacred site/medicine wheel you want us to look into, email relational.science@gmail.com for more information. This conversation goes along with the previous pod episode, \"Sacred Sites: Protocols, Science, & Stories (part 1)\" with Dr. LAURIE Rousseau-Nepton ,  WILFRED Buck , ROB Cardinal , & Dr. ALVIN Harvey about Indigenous and Ancestral science to make whole, validating science of land and ancestors, what is a sacred site, and a teaser of the precision and depth of alignments between stone circles, sacred sites, and star cycles from thousands and thousands AND THOUSANDS of years ago.... Much appreciation to CULTURAL SURVIVAL for the support of this episode and this project.  Thanks to Emil St…","meta_description":"We recorded this episode back in the Fall of 2025, on a windy fall evening here on the Lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut’ina Nation, Îethka N…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2297,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ancestral-science-6413616/episodes/smoketalk-stone-stories/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancestral-science-6413616/smoketalk-stone-stories.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}