Summary ReWild Yourself: On Lions, the San and Being Alone — Dr. Nicole Apelian #141 on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com
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Dr. Nicole Apelian shares her experiences living with lions and the San Bushmen tribe in southern Africa, discussing topics such as cultural appropriation, surviving in the wilderness, and the future of indigenous tribes.
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- Dr. Nicole Apelian discusses living with predators, cultural appropriation of hunter-gatherer lifeways, and the future of indigenous tribes in traditional ways in her podcast episode
- She shares insights into the San Bushmen tribe, including their structure, relationships between men and women, and obstacles they have faced
- Nicole has worked as a game warden with the US Peace Corps and spent time tracking and researching lions in southern Africa
- She has developed strong relationships with the San Bushmen tribe through years of living and working with them
- Nicole leads yearly tracking and bird language expeditions through the Kalahari alongside the Naro Bushmen and continues her work with the San Bushmen to help them preserve their traditions
- She is currently cataloging indigenous plant uses with a community of Naro Bushmen who regard her as family.
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Dr. Nicole Apelian shares her experience living with lions and the San Bushmen tribe in southern Africa. She has worked as a game warden with the US Peace Corps and spent time tracking and researching lions, developing strong relationships with the San Bushmen tribe. She leads yearly expeditions through the Kalahari alongside the Naro Bushmen and is currently cataloging indigenous plant uses with a community of Naro Bushmen. In her podcast episode, she discusses living with predators, cultural appropriation of hunter-gatherer lifeways, surviving alone in the wilderness, and the future of indigenous tribes living in traditional ways. She also shares insights into the San Bushmen tribe, including their structure, relationships between men and women, and obstacles they have faced and are recovering from.
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Dr. Nicole Apelian discusses a variety of topics in her podcast episode, including living with predators, cultural appropriation of hunter-gatherer lifeways, her experiences surviving alone in the wilderness, and the future of indigenous tribes living in traditional ways. She also shares insights into the San Bushmen tribe, including their structure, relationships between men and women, and obstacles they have faced and are recovering from. Dr. Nicole Apelian, a scientist, mother, educator, researcher, expeditionary leader, safari guide, herbalist, and traditional skills instructor, shares her experience living with lions and the San Bushmen in southern Africa. She has worked as a game warden with the US Peace Corps and spent time tracking and researching lions in southern Africa. She has also developed strong relationships with the San Bushmen tribe through years of living and working with them. Nicole currently leads yearly tracking and bird language expeditions through the Kalahari alongside the Naro Bushmen. She continues her work with the San Bushmen to help them find strategies to preserve their traditions and is currently cataloging indigenous plant uses with a community of Naro Bushmen who regard her as family.
The conversation covers various topics such as living with predators, cultural appropriation and the romanticizing of the hunter-gatherer lifeway, Nicoles time spent surviving alone in the wilderness, the future of modern-day indigenous tribes living in their traditional lifeway, and much more. We also learn about the San Bushmen tribe, how they structure their tribe, how the relationships between men and women work, and how they raise their babies. Nicole shares some of the obstacles they have faced over the years and how they are recovering today. Dr. Nicole Apelian, a scientist, mother, educator, researcher, expeditionary leader, safari guide, herbalist, and traditional skills instructor, shares about her experience living with Lions and the San Bushmen in southern Africa. She has worked as a game warden with the US Peace Corps, spent time tracking and researching lions in southern Africa, and developed strong relationships with the San Bushmen tribe. Nicole leads yearly tracking & bird language expeditions through the Kalahari alongside the Naro Bushmen and continues her work with the San Bushmen to help them find strategies to preserve their traditions. She is currently cataloging indigenous plant uses with a community of Naro Bushmen who regard her as family. This summary is incomplete as it does not include any important details or key points from the original text excerpt. The excerpt provided is not relevant to the content of the podcast episode.