#30 Stories From The Earth Podcast - Interview with Linda and Luke Black Elk

<p>Today Ellen and Jennifer are going to be talking with Linda Black Elk, Ethnobotanist and Educator, Director of Food Sovereignty at United Tribes Technical College of Bismarck, and activist from Standing Rock who oversaw the medic tent at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests &nbsp;in 2016 through 2017.</p> <p>We also welcome her husband, Luke Black Elk, an environmental studies major, Indigenous sovereignty activist, and direct descendent of famed Oglala Lakota &nbsp;medicine man Nicholas Black Elk.</p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>Follow Linda and Luke on:&nbsp;</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lindablackelk" target="_blank"><em><strong>https://www.facebook.com/lindablackelk</strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/linda.black.elk/" target="_blank"><em><strong>https://www.instagram.com/linda.black.elk/</strong></em></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>💚Why Stories From the Earth? &nbsp;Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>🍄Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ " target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/&nbsp;</a></p> <p>🍄YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>🍄 Listen on Spotify <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoE