Dr. James Makokis is a practicing medical doctor from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. He is a proud member of the LGBTQ2S community, and offers rich perspectives on health, reclaiming traditional ways of knowing, and how to bring our two-spirit and LGBTQ relatives back into the circle of community. Â Dr. Makokis is also a marathon runner and is featured with his husband on Season 7 of the Amazing Race Canada.

Indigenous movement is alive and well today in the Twin Cities, birthplace of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. This episode is a conversation with a collection of Indigenous voices in the Twin Cities of Minnesota about how they serve the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Indigenous community and organize for the change. Guests include MN House Rep. Mary Kunesh Podein, (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe), Dr. Kate Beane (Dakota), Carly Badheart Bull (Dakota) and Michael Goze (Ho-Chunk).

Jeremy Red Eagle and LaVerne Whitebear have chosen a path reconnecting to ancestral teachings. Through learning and teaching the Dakota language, traditional games and the arts, by being good relatives and practicing mindful living, they have shaped their household in a way that has created health and wellness for their family. For the couple, this decolonial shift was prompted by life struggles which are familiar to many Indigenous people throughout Turtle Island. This is their story.