This week, by popular request, we are reviewing Prey (2022), a prequel to the Predator franchise in which the eponymous alien hunter meets his match on the American Great Plains of 1719. We’re joined by archaeologist Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, who helps us navigate the movie’s medicinal plants, upside-down archery draws, and inadvisable sharpening techniques, and reminds us why we should never whistle at night.

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In this episode:

Fatal cougar attacks in North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America

Cougar stalks hiker – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg2CDCm34w

Cougars in Boulder, Colorado, during Covid lockdown: https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/04/18/mountain-lions-sighted-during-snowy-week-for-boulder/

Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie by Kelly Kindscher: https://prairieedge.com/all-products/medicinal-wild-plants-of-the-prairie-an-ethnobotanical-guide-book/

Breadroot/Biscuitroot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediomelum_esculentum

Calendula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula

Carolina dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Dog

No rats in Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program

Native American Gender Roles: https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.gen.026.html

Chert and Flint: https://www.britannica.com/science/chert

Knife River Flint: https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2019/07/24/knife-river-flint-quarries-and-the-alberta-connection/

Archery bow draws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_draw

Devin Pettigrew and Justin Garnett: https://basketmakeratlatl.com/

Comanche bow and arrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1Vo9GV2H8

Taylor et al. (2023) Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adc9691

Pia Mupitzi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche#Children

Legends of the Northern Lights: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/legends-of-the-northern-lights/

Never Alone: https://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/Never_Alone_Kisima_Ingitchuna/

Playlist of songs featuring Cougar/Jaguar screams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzOAyef3DyqWudpeqU1BckUBAotcsuCP