{"podcast":{"title":"Sounds of SAND","slug":"sounds-of-sand-5690251","podcast_index_feed_id":5690251,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147505844/feed","website_url":"https://we.scienceandnonduality.com/podcasts/sounds-of-sand","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2147497225/podcasts/ebee3ce-a804-46ad-65c1-b6f30c8bce_sounds-of-sand-2023-3000.png","author":"Science and Nonduality","episode_count":177,"summary":"Sounds of SAND invites listeners into a contemplative journey through the infinite cycles of existence - from its raw beauty to its deepest mysteries, from its intricate complexity to its profound wonder. Through intimate conversations, thought-provoking interviews, poetic readings, and carefully curated music, we weave together ancient wisdom with lived experience, creating a tapestry of sound that honors the great questions of being","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:20:30.350731+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sounds-of-sand-5690251"},"episode":{"title":"Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Dr. Leroy Little Bear","slug":"indigenous-ways-of-knowing-dr-leroy-little-bear","published_at":"2026-01-22T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sounds-of-sand-5690251/indigenous-ways-of-knowing-dr-leroy-little-bear","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sounds-of-sand-5690251","url":"https://we.scienceandnonduality.com/podcasts/sounds-of-sand/episodes/2149155449","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149155449.mp3","summary":"Blackfoot scholar Dr. Leroy Little Bear shares foundational Indigenous ways of knowing—revealing a worldview built on energy, motion, and relationship rather than matter, time, and separation.In this conversation, Little Bear illuminates how Blackfoot philosophy understands reality through \"interpretive templates\"—cultural lenses shaped by language, land, and cosmology. Where Western thought centers singularity and fixed answers, Blackfoot ways embrace flux, transformation, and \"all my relations.\" Dr. Leroy Little Bear is a Blackfoot legal scholar, professor emeritus, and prominent Indigenous rights advocate from the Blood Tribe. He is a founding member of the Native American Studies Department at the University of Lethbridge, served as the director of the Harvard University Native American Program, and played a crucial role in shaping Canadian constitutional law to recognize Indigenous rights, including contributing to Section 35 of the Constitution Act . His work extends to international advocacy, advising the United Nations on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , and he has received numerous honors, such as the Order of Canada and the Alberta Order of Excellence . Topics     00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:45 Guest Introduction: Dr. Leroy Little Bear 01:42 Blackfoot Tradition and Identity 02:59 Western vs. Blackfoot Worldview 10:15 Energy Forces and Relationships 27:39 Impact of Colonization 34:26 Language and Interpretive Templates 54:38 Closing Remarks and Gratitude Explore more in Indigenous Worldviews in the SAND film Series The Eternal Song Support the mission of SAND and the production of this podcast by becoming a SAND Member","meta_description":"Blackfoot scholar Dr. Leroy Little Bear shares foundational Indigenous ways of knowing—revealing a worldview built on energy, motion, and relationship rat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3363,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sounds-of-sand-5690251/episodes/indigenous-ways-of-knowing-dr-leroy-little-bear/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sounds-of-sand-5690251/indigenous-ways-of-knowing-dr-leroy-little-bear.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}