Commentary: Podcast
While Simon Pokagan's stories have been studied for their narratives, less attention has given to the scientific knowledge they preserve about living on the eastern shoreline of what is now known as Lake Michigan. His stories contain not only information of cultural importance to the Pottawatomie, but also complex information about climatology, sustainability, and how to live in this particular space.
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Margaret Noodin discusses the knowledge-keeping of science in this episode of our podcast series, Listening to Hidden Literacies.