Ep. 50: Merendiando with Kim Senklip Harvey
April 7, 2021
“This blood embodied work is to say that there is so much creativity within you that if you slowed down, went back to the earth, did land creation methodologies, work will come to you. For me, I want to conjure from that place.”
– Kim Senklip Harvey
This week’s guest is Kim Senklip Harvey, a proud Nation member of the Syilx, and Tsilhqot’in Nations with Ancestral ties to the Dakelh, Secwepemc and Ktunaxa communities. She is a Fire Creator, Indigenous Theorist and Cultural Evolutionist who uses a variety of modalities including playwriting, TV writing, blog and podcasting to work towards the equitable treatment of her peoples.
In this episode we talk about Kim’s Fire Creation and Salish Earthing creation methodologies, her thesis work, healing lodges, and what it means to be a cultural evolutionist.
SHOW NOTES:
- Kim’s podcast, The Indigenous Cultural Evolutionist
- Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story by Kim Senklip Harvey. The published play is available at Talonbooks!
- Want to learn more about the Fire Creation Methodology? Listen to this episode of Kim’s podcast dedicated to it!
- Salish Earthing, another creation methodology Kim is developing
- The Mystics: A Tshilhoot’in Dechen Ts’edihtan Story, a project in development by Kim (and her first story for young audiences!)
- Kim’s a big fan of the Ear Hustle podcast, the first podcast created and produced in prison, featuring stories of the daily realities of life inside California’s San Quentin State Prison, shared by those living it.
- Break Horizons: An Rocking Indigenous Justice Ceremony, another current project in development by Kim
- Kim’s merienda / snack of the week: the relationships and stories she’s sharing with the adults in custody she’s currently working with. Also, vegan hotdogs with a slice of processed cheese on top, cooked in the microwave for 30 seconds.
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