In the summer of 2022, Jasper Young Bear, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, invited three friends from outside of his community to a unique ceremonial offering that took place in a medicine lodge on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota. Across three days, Jasper tells his people’s Creation Story, a story as old as time immemorial itself.

This podcast accompanies the film The Creation Story, preserving a sacred oral tradition and the urgency of its sharing. A cinematic prayer — a medicine film. Learn more at thecreationstory.co