Alumna Jillian Fish (PhD ‘20) Launches “Tending Our Roots” Podcast Centering Indigenous Methodologies

UMN Psychology alumna Jillian Fish (PhD ‘20), together with Miigis Gonzalez, PhD, has launched a new podcast, Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies, a series that centers Indigenous Knowledge in research, evaluation, and community practice.

Across its first season, the podcast invites listeners into conversations with ten guests whose work spans health and healing, language revitalization, food sovereignty, fire stewardship, ceremony and spirituality, and community care. Each episode is grounded in story and relationship, with a shared understanding that Indigenous methodologies are not abstract frameworks but living practices rooted in land, culture, and responsibility. The podcast is designed as a "living" public resource for students, researchers, community members, and practitioners working toward the collective health, healing, and well-being of Indigenous communities.

New episodes are released weekly on Fridays. Learn more about the project at the podcast's website.

This related story features Fish’s work using digital storytelling to support Native and Indigenous individuals in challenging dominant narratives and sharing their own experiences.

Jillian Fish, PhD ('20), psychotherapist and co-host of Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies.