Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Welcome to the Relentless Indigenous Woman podcast—a space for uncensored and unapologetic conversations on the lived realities of Indigenous Peoples.
Hosted by Dr. Candace Manitopyes, a proud Moose Cree First Nation educator, advocate, and scholar, this podcast invites you to listen, grow, and take meaningful action.
With a community of over 750,000 followers across social media, Dr. Manitopyes has become a powerful voice in bold Indigenous education, truth-telling, and solidarity.
Here, education becomes rebellion. Resistance. Revolution.
Whether you are an Indigenous listener or an ally committed to learning, this podcast exists to challenge, inspire, and empower.
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Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 54: Reclaiming the Body: Sovereignty, Healing & the Erotic with Dr. Savage Bear
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What happens when the story shifts from trauma to sovereignty, from survival to power?
The conversation between Dr. Savage Bear and Dr. Candace invites listeners into a deeply honest exploration of what it means to reclaim the body, rewrite inherited narratives, and return to Indigenous ways of knowing. Moving beyond the weight of deficit-based stories, it centres strength, Ancestry, and the truth that healing must hold both pain and possibility.
At the heart of this dialogue is body sovereignty as a lived, felt experience. Through reflections on sexuality, ceremony, and connection, it challenges shame and calls for a return to presence, relationality, and accountability to self, to community, and to all our relations.
It asks the listener to consider: what shifts when awareness turns into action? When healing moves out of the mind and into the body?
Rooted in lived experience, this episode is a powerful reminder that reclamation is ongoing; of voice, of body, of identity. And that within Indigenous women lives a legacy of resilience, knowledge, and undeniable power.
Relentless Actions
- Start from strength, not deficit. When reflecting on your story or your work, consciously begin from a place of strength, ancestry, and resilience, not just hardship.What wisdom, beauty, or power already exists here? Reframe your narrative in a way that honours both truth and possibility.
- Turn awareness into action: Choose one small, intentional action that aligns with your values; something that moves beyond conversation. This could be setting a boundary, engaging in ceremony, supporting community, or changing a daily habit. Close the gap between what you know and how you live.
Relentless Reflections
- Am I telling my story from a place of strength, or from a place of survival?
- Where in my life am I being called to move from awareness into action?
Relentless Resources
- Power in my Blood - Dr. Savage's award-winning PhD dissertation
- “Pleasure Activism” – Adrienne Maree Brown
Explores the connection between pleasure, healing, and liberation.
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