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The more I have worked to build my way out of poverty, the greater the levels of worry and concern and anxiety and general exhaustion that I've experienced in my life.

And so my best moments in life were when I had nothing and all I had

was animals that I worked with, you know, my horse, who was my partner and I followed Buffalo

who lived themselves on meager lifestyles, meager diets and lived very unpredictable lives. So those were the days that were my favorite days.

Today we are honored to welcome Joseph Gazing Wolf, an interdisciplinary indigenous philosopher.

As a scholar in the academic and non-profit sectors,

Joseph partners with indigenous communities

to support the revitalization of their ancestral lifeways,

ecologies, and epistemologies.

As a land steward in the conservation and agricultural sectors, Joseph works to provide technical support for indigenous land stewards.

Part of your earlier journey was situated in landless, abject poverty, and starvation.

And throughout later parts of your journey as well, as you lived and

learned different biological ways of more land-based living, you've also had to navigate and

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