The Kikotan Nation’s Podcast

When the Sails Appeared: Native Virginia in the Contact and Colonial Era
c. A.D. 1600 Onward
What happened when European ships entered a Native world that was already thousands of years old?
In this episode of the Kikotan Nation Podcast, journey into Virginia’s Contact and Colonial Era and experience this changing world from the perspective of the Native people who already called the land home.
Through storytelling, explore everyday Native life as European settlements expanded and communities faced disease, warfare, land loss, displacement, trade, diplomacy, and colonization. Discover how Native leaders made difficult decisions, families adapted, communities reorganized, and Indigenous people continued their identities and connections across generations.
The arrival of Europeans was not the beginning of Virginia’s history—and it was not the end of Native history.
The sails appeared. The world changed. But Native people survived.
Visit Kikotan Nation at www.kikotannation.org for more Virginia Native history, genealogy, and heritage.
Remember the Past. Care for the Present. Prepare for the Future.

The Woodland World: Life in Virginia Before European Contact
c. 1200 B.C.–A.D. 1600
What was life like in Virginia before European ships appeared along its shores?
Journey into the Woodland Period, c. 1200 B.C.–A.D. 1600, in this episode of the Kikotan Nation Podcast. Through engaging storytelling, discover how Native families lived along Virginia’s rivers, prepared food in pottery vessels, hunted and fished, gathered wild foods, cultivated crops, traveled by canoe, traded with neighboring communities, and passed knowledge from one generation to the next.
Explore how villages grew, agriculture became increasingly important, and political and social relationships developed during the centuries leading to European contact.
Long before Jamestown, Virginia was already a homeland of families, communities, knowledge, trade, agriculture, and generations of Native people.
Visit Kikotan Nation at www.kikotannation.org to explore more Virginia Native history, genealogy, and heritage.
Remember the Past. Care for the Present. Prepare for the Future.

The Archaic World: Life Along Virginia’s Ancient Rivers
c. 8000–1200 B.C.
What was life like in Virginia thousands of years before Jamestown?
Journey back to the Archaic Period, c. 8000–1200 B.C., in this episode of the Kikotan Nation Podcast with host Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez.
Through storytelling, discover how Native families adapted to Virginia’s changing environment, lived along ancient rivers, hunted and fished, gathered plants and nuts, developed new technologies, and passed essential knowledge from one generation to the next.
Learn why Virginia’s rivers were more than sources of water—they were ancient highways connecting people, resources, and familiar places. Explore a history rarely discussed today and discover how Indigenous people developed deep relationships with the Virginia landscape thousands of years before European colonization.
Their names may be lost to history, but their presence is not.
Explore more Virginia Native history, genealogy, and heritage at Kikotan Nation: www.kikotannation.org.
Remember the Past. Care for the Present. Prepare for the Future.

Before Virginia Had a Name: 13,000 Years of Native Life
What was Virginia like 13,000 years ago—long before Jamestown and European colonization?
In this episode of the Kikotan Nation Podcast, host Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez takes listeners on a storytelling journey through more than 13,000 years of Native life in the lands now called Virginia.
Travel from the Paleoindian Period through the Archaic and Woodland periods and into the Contact and Colonial Era. Discover how Native people hunted, gathered, traveled Virginia's ancient rivers, developed new technologies, built communities, cultivated food, raised families, and passed knowledge from one generation to the next.
Learn why Virginia's rivers served as ancient travel corridors, how the landscape changed after the Ice Age, and why Native history did not begin with the arrival of Europeans in 1607.
Before Jamestown, before Virginia had a name, there were already people, families, communities, and generations calling this land home.
Explore more Virginia Native history, genealogy, heritage, and educational resources from Kikotan Nation at www.kikotannation.org.
Remember the Past. Care for the Present. Prepare for the Future.
Topics: Virginia Native American history • Indigenous history of Virginia • Paleoindian Period • Archaic Period • Woodland Period • Chesapeake Bay Native history • Virginia archaeology • Jamestown • Indigenous genealogy • Kikotan Nation

Thinking Beyond Yourself: Living for Future Generations: How to make Everyday Decisions with Descendants in Mind
 
What if the choices you make today could shape the lives of people you will never meet?
In this episode of the Kikotan Nation Podcast- The Seven Generations Series, host Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez explores the meaning of thinking beyond ourselves and considering how everyday decisions can influence our children, grandchildren, and generations yet to come. 
 
Drawing from more than 40 years of genealogical and family-history research, Dr. Rodriguez shares how preserving family stories, listening to elders, protecting knowledge, and making thoughtful choices can become gifts to future generations. 
Discover  how the Seven Generations philosophy can encourage us to live with greater purpose, responsibility, and awareness of the legacy we are creating. 
Remember the Past. Care for the Present. Prepare for the Future. 
What will the seventh generation inherit from the choices you make today?
Topics: Seven Generations, Indigenous Wisdom, Future Generations, Family Legacy, Ancestors, Genealogy, Preserving family history, Living with Purpose, Becoming a Good Ancestor, Kikotan Nation. 

What Does the Seven Generations Really Mean? | A Beginner Friendly Introduction
What does the Seven Generation really mean, and how ca this indigenous concept guide the way we live today? 
In this episode of the Kikotan Nation Podcast, host Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez, Tann Family Historian with more than 40 years of genealogical research, introduces the deeper meaning of the Seven Generations thinking and the responsibility we carry to those who came before us and those who will come after us. 
Discover how indigenous wisdom encourages us to look beyond our own lifetime when making decisions about family, community, cultural preservation, ancestral stories, land, and future generations. 
You'll also explore a powerful question: What kind of ancestor will you become?
Whether your interested in indigenous wisdom, Native American History, genealogy, family history, ancestral knowledge, cultural preservation, or building a meaningful family legacy, this beginner-friendly episode offers a thoughtful place to begin. 
The Seven Generations- Kikotan Nation 
Remember the Past. Care for the Present. Prepare for the Future. 
 
Host: Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez, D.Ac, L.Ac 
Kikotan Nation Podcast
 

Join Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez on the Kikotan Nation Podcast as she explores how family memories, oral traditions, and historical records can help uncover Kikotan ancestry. Learn how Indigenous people were sometimes identified by the name of their nation, such as John Kikotan, providing important clues within colonial records. Preserve your family history with the 5 Generation Pedigree Chart workbook from Book Serenity.

Join Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez on the Kikotan Nation Podcast as she explores the importance of oral traditions and the family stories that must be preserved. Learn how memories, conversations, and ancestral storytelling help reconnect families to their Indigenous roots. Preserve your legacy with the 5 Generation Pedigree Chart workbook from Book Serenity.

Join Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez on the Kikotan Nation Podcast as she shares step-by-step guidance to help you begin your Indigenous genealogy journey. Learn how to gather family stories, organize records, and preserve your ancestral legacy. Start documenting your family history with the 5 Generation Pedigree Chart workbook from Book Serenity.