by Darrel Manitowabi
Indigenous Medicine Stories Podcast is a collaboration between AMS Healthcare and the JasonA. Hannah Chair in the History of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Traditional Medicine at theNorthern Ontario School of Medicine University. Indigenous Medicine Stories aims to educatehealth professionals and the public about Indigenous healing. The podcast will highlight thelived experiences of Indigenous Knowledge holders, healers, and Elders and help professionalswho practice Indigenous healing.Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples held a knowledge system of wellness, healing, andmedicine. Colonial processes such as Treaties, the Reserve system, the Indian Act of Canada,Residential Schools, child welfare policies, racism, discrimination, and excluding Indigenoushealing in Western biomedicine and education have attempted to erase this knowledge system.Furthermore, until recently, the health education professions have played a role by excludingIndigenous knowledge from the curric