Native America Calling
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Monday, May 27, 2024 – Finding Sasquatch
May 27, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBSasquatch, also called Bigfoot, has captured the popular collective imagination around the globe for decades. But in addition to their pop icon status, Sasquatch have a deeper meaning for many Native American cultures. The name that’s often used most likely comes from the Coast Salish word “Sasq’ets.” The Sts'ailes First Nation in Canada consider Sasquatch to be a caretaker of the land. A new exhibition at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Ore. showcases work by Native artists inspired by Sasqu...
Friday, May 24, 2024 – Remembering Native American World War II veterans
May 24, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBThe world is gearing up for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Of course, that decisive military action by Allied forces was more than just one day and was supported by actions across Europe. We’ll hear about what the war was like for Native Americans who served, and get a profile of one of the infantry divisions that had among the highest percentage of Native enlisted members in the military. GUESTS Dr. Denise Neil (Cherokee Nation), Executive Director of the Oklahoma ...
Thursday, May 23, 2024 – Native American mothers face child support cut-offs
May 23, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBChild support payments could be cut for hundreds of Native American mothers. The looming change revolves around a debate in Congress over access to private IRS information. Child support enforcement efforts use that information to garnish tax refunds going to non-custodial parents. It's a system that reroutes some $2 billion across the country every year. But tribes fall into a special category that would prevent them from solutions that non-tribal agencies are able to use. North Dakota tribe...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 – The Sámi reindeer connection in Alaska
May 22, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBReindeer weren’t always in Alaska, but now there’s a strong connection for Alaska Native herders. It all started in 1891, when the U.S. Government signed onto a plan by a Presbyterian missionary to recruit Indigenous European Sami people in order to spark economic development and relieve food insecurity in Alaska. The program took off, but was greatly hampered by subsequent policy decisions. Somewhere along the way, the Arctic reindeer herding lifestyle meshed well with the state’s Iñupiaq an...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 – Your summer Native reading guide
May 21, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThere’s something for everybody on the summer reading lists by our expert panel of Native super-readers. From supernatural slashers to memoirs to poetry, there is an abundance of Native literature available right now to put in your backpack or beach bag. From the usual big names and a few hidden treasures, we’ll have ideas for you to stock up on the printed word.
Monday, May 20, 2024 – Native in the Spotlight: Edgar Blatchford
May 20, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBEdgar Blatchford (Iñupiaq and Yup'ik), former journalist and professor, has served as Alaska’s economic development commissioner for the Frank Murkowski Administration. He was also the mayor of Seward, Alaska. He’s a college educator and oversaw a news publishing network. He’s an outspoken advocate for reforming Alaska Native corporations. We’ll hear from Blatchford about his ideas for improving the world around him.
Friday, May 17, 2024 – After 30 years, a new challenge to car license sovereignty
May 17, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBThis time every year for the past 30 years the Sac and Fox Nation takes a day to celebrate a momentous U. S. Supreme Court decision affirming the tribe’s right to issue vehicle license plates to its citizens. The tribal tags are an important expression of sovereignty and it generates revenue for education and other programs. Dozens of tribes in and outside of Oklahoma now extend their authority to motor vehicle tags. But Oklahoma tribes say that authority is under fire like never before. Trib...
Thursday, May 16, 2024 – The graduation milestone
May 16, 2024 06:01 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBThe graduating class of 2024 is taking one of the biggest steps in their academic careers. What’s next? We know that almost three quarters of Native students graduate high school. And college graduates reached an achievement only 1 in 5 Native people attain by age 25. We devote this show to the Native academic stars reaching a major educational milestone.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 – The imbalance of parole and probation
May 15, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThere are many more people on parole and probation — almost double — compared to those incarcerated behind bars. And just as Native Americans are overrepresented in jails and prisons, they make up a disproportionate number of those on supervised release. Criminal justice advocates point to policies and practices that set up hurdles that trip up Native Americans on probation and parole more than other populations. We’ll explore the problems and find out how some correction systems are respondi...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 – Drive to dismantle college inclusion adds another barrier for Native students
May 14, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBFollowing August’s U.S. Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action, several states are rushing to rid their higher education institutions of recruitment and inclusion programs that benefit Native students. On top of that, the botched update to the FAFSA process has many families confused about their ability to pay for college in the coming academic year. Native Americans already have among the lowest college enrollment rates. Higher education advocates worry the confluence of factors mi...
Monday, May 13, 2024 – Illinois’ first Native reservation
May 13, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBA tribe once targeted for termination has established the first reservation in the state of Illinois. The U.S. Department of Interior transferred 130 acres of Northern Illinois land to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The action comes 175 years after the federal government illegally sold the tribe’s Illinois land — ten times the current trust land size — when the chief was out of the state visiting family. We’ll hear about the new land transaction and other recent notable land achievements.
Friday, May 10, 2024 – Charting the future of Native jazz
May 10, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBA big band made up of Native musicians is headlining a jazz festival at the Kennedy Center in the nation’s capital this weekend. The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band is billed as the only all-Native jazz band in the world. It’s made up of 16 of the music disciplined genre’s most notable and talented Native musicians, including co-director Delbert Anderson (Diné), Mali Obomsawin (Odanak Abenaki), and Ed Littlefield (Tlingit).
Thursday, May 9, 2024 – Miss Indian World Kassie John
May 09, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBTwenty-five year old Diné multimedia artist Kassie John is the newest cultural ambassador to wear the Miss Indian World crown. She is the first Navajo Miss Indian World in a decade. John hopes to inspire young people to tap into their own artistic talent to bring Indigenous stories to others. She’s a business owner and comes from a family with many strong ties to the powwow community. We’ll hear from her and some previous Miss Indian World winners about the power of Native royalty.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – Is the sky the limit for tribal sovereignty?
May 08, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBTribes can enact laws and take actions that relate to tribal land. But the ability for tribes to dictate what happens in the skies over that land is less clear. The Federal Aviation Administration is the main authority controlling the use of airspace. But the growing proliferation of drones and small personal aircraft is prompting researchers and some tribes to explore how to assert jurisdiction to what happens overhead. We’ll discuss some of the current limits and possibilities for exerting ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 – The economic strength — and responsibilities — of tribal wealth
May 07, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBGaming revenue hit a record $40.9 billion in the most recent report by the National Indian Gaming Commission. Gaming’s economic reliability over the years along with other tribal enterprises give some tribes multi-billion dollar annual incomes. The U.S. Census Bureau reports Native-owned businesses employ more than 243,000. We’ll hear about the unique opportunities and challenges that come with tribal wealth.
Monday, May 6, 2024 – Native Bookshelf: ‘Moon of the Turning Leaves’ by Waubgeshig Rice
May 06, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBTen years since a world-changing blackout, an Anishinaabe community must embark on a mission of discovery if they’re going to survive. First Nations author Waubgeshig Rice revisits the survivors from his first novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, as they search south for sustainable future in his next novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves. We’ll hear from him how he works to bring hope into a post-apocalyptic story. Plus, we'll be joined by one of Jim Thorpe's granddaughters about his posthumous Pres...
Friday, May 3, 2024 – Native college students on the front lines of Gaza protests
May 03, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThe number of arrests in connection to protests against the Israel-Hamas war has now gone over 2,000. A number of Native students are among those supporting the protests generally calling for universities to cut any ties to Israel’s military efforts in Gaza. Inspired by students at Columbia University, additional protests have spread to more than two dozen campuses. The protests include occupying university buildings and setting up encampments. In addition to arrests, protesting students risk...
Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Arizona tribal citizens weigh abortion access options
May 02, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBA substantial number of Native Americans are affected by Arizona’s efforts to solidify a strict ban on abortions. Even after Arizona elected leaders repealed the law affirmed by the state Supreme Court that criminalizes nearly all abortions, the state faces a new landscape with it comes to access to the procedure. Abortion access advocates are taking cues from other states with abortion restrictions on the books — a reality that affects at least 75 federally recognized tribes. We’ll get rundo...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 – Native TikTok users prepare for U.S. ban
May 01, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThe short video social media platform TikTok is mostly a source of entertainment and information for most Native users. A ban on the app in the United States would cut that off for TikTok fans, but also close off a source of income for several talented Native producers. A new law requires TikTok's China-based company to sell its interest in the app or lose its U.S. audience, which has a massive, mostly young base. We'll hear from Native TikTok producers and cybersecurity experts about what's ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – The Menu: Euchee food, whale hunting backlash, and young gardeners
April 30, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBIn his book Rabbit Decolonizes the Forest, Euchee judge Gregory Bigler uses a mix of legal analysis, first-hand accounts, and traditional animal stories. He also includes lots of references to food and how Euchee people carried culinary tradition with them from Georgia to Oklahoma. Filmmakers in the new PBS documentary One With The Whale follow a Yupik family who endured a barrage of hate messages after a traditional whale hunt. It shows the disconnection between traditional subsistence hunti...
Monday, April 29, 2024 – Native in the Spotlight: Jon Proudstar
April 29, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBJon Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui, Jewish, and Mexican) is coming off a successful run on the TV series, Reservation Dogs, and a starring role in an all-Native movie set on the Osage Nation. On top of that, his ground-breaking 1996 comic, Tribal Force, is enjoying a triumphant return. We’ll catch up with the Pascua Yaqui actor and learn about the wisdom he’s picked up from his more than 40 films and TV shows.
Friday, April 26, 2024 – A sample of Native Guitars Tour 2024
April 26, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThe year-round creative drive, Native Guitars Tour, heads up a two-day music and fashion presentation at the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque. It's a chance for us to hear from some of the musicians including Jir Anderson, Scotti Clifford, and Geneviève Gros-Louis – an hour of live music by Native talent.
Thursday, April 25, 2024 – How Native literature is changing the mainstream narrative
April 25, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBWe are in the midst of a new surge of Native writing talent. And their skill for engaging readers with compelling stories is propelling a new, complex and more sophisticated narrative about who Native Americans are. Gone are the Louis L’Amour stereotypes. The new Native characters are miscreants, bored office workers, dysfunctional family members, and reluctant heroes. And they all have a story to tell, with a voice that readers wouldn’t hear otherwise. We’ll explore the arc of Native literat...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 – Horses: no ordinary animal
April 24, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThe early bond between Native Americans and horses was both technical and spiritual. For centuries, horses amplified the range and power for tribes, especially in the west. New discoveries are potentially rewriting what we know about the use of horses by the earliest inhabitants of North America. Those ancient bonds translate into a lasting spiritual and vocational connection that continues for those who work with horses. We’ll hear from some of them about how Native knowledge and horses go t...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 – Safeguards on Artificial Intelligence
April 23, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBSome language advocates are excited about potential for AI to help revitalize and promote Native languages. The emerging technology could create more accessible tools for second-language learners. At the same time, AI has implications for both tribes and individuals when it comes to using information they hold dear. AI is advancing fast, and Native experts are expressing the need for policy and legal safeguards to make sure it doesn’t trample Native values.
Monday, April 22, 2024 – Earth Day assessment: new climate report and oil leases
April 22, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBNative Americans face a six-fold increased risk of flash floods because of climate change in the next two years. That is one of the predictions in a new study led by the University of Oklahoma. One of the study’s authors says “Indigenous communities are grappling with an imminent climate crisis.” And Native groups are both praising and lambasting the Biden Administration’s direction on oil leases on federal lands. Depending on where you stand, new policies are either protecting diminishing la...
Friday, April 19, 2024 – Remembering the 1974 Navajo border town murders
April 19, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThe torture and gruesome murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of racially-fueled conflicts in Farmington, N.M. on the border with the Navajo Nation. The murders in April 1974 became known as the Chokecherry Massacre. One protest organizer at the time called Farmington “the Selma, Alabama of the Southwest,” referring to the simmering racial tensions. Demands by Navajos and other Native activists since then have improved relations in the border town and...
Thursday, April 18, 2024 — Can the right approach close the Native immunization gap?
April 18, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBNative Americans are among the populations with the lowest rate of vaccinations, whether it’s for flu, measles, COVID-19, or hepatitis B. Health professionals urge parents to immunize their infants against more than a dozen serious diseases including polio, pertussis, diphtheria, and mumps. But poverty, lack of health insurance, and distance to health providers are among the barriers that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says keep rates for Native Americans low. On top of that, ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 – Eyes in the sky for development, public safety, and recreation
April 17, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBDrones are for more than just appealing aerial videos. Native drone pilots are building careers using drones for scoping out landscapes for construction, searching for lost hikers, and even assessing potentially sacred areas. One First Nations enthusiast sees the novelty factor of drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, as a means to attract young Native people into STEM fields. We’ll talk to Native drone pilots about how they’re using their skills for enterprise and to help make thei...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 — Three new films offer diverse views of Native life
April 16, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBTwo Native sisters venture out of their Native community to chase their dreams, only to run head on into the threats of urban life in the new film, The Heart Stays. The Native-made drama is produced by a Native multi-arts organization and features a Native cast including Nathalie Standingcloud, Jon Proudstar, and Irene Bedard. Another film by Spirit Lake Dakota artist Marlena Myles is her own account of creating an augmented reality installation in St. Paul, Minn. And Bad River documents a Wi...
Monday, April 15, 2024 – Protecting young people from the down sides of social media
April 15, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBCiting a troubling disparity for Native youth suicides, two tribes are suing the country’s most prominent social media companies. The lawsuit by the Spirit Lake Dakota Tribe and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin alleges the addictive pull of the platforms is driving a mental health crisis for young people – and Native youth are particularly vulnerable. They join a long list of states and other entities taking on social media corporations saying they are degrading the country’s mental he...
Friday, April 12, 2024 – New Native voices in poetry
April 12, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBOjibwe writer Marcie Rendon takes a break from her popular Cash Murder Mystery series for a new collection of poems, Anishinaabe Songs For A New Millennium. She invokes the plants, animals, wind, and people of her White Earth home. She challenges readers to listen along to the songs of their ancestors. Rendon is among the poets helping us mark National Poetry Month.
Thursday, April 11, 2024 – Indiginerds descend on Oklahoma City
April 11, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIt’s the time of year when Native nerds, cosplayers, comic geeks, and gamers assemble for the first and biggest convention devoted to them. IndigiPopX is back at the First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City for the second year, featuring panel discussions, vendors, musicians, a glowstick ball match, and a whole day devoted to the TV series Reservation Dogs. Amid the festival fun is the message that Native Americans enjoy Mandalorians just like everybody else. We’ll hear what’s new from t...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 – Political leaders target tribes with unfounded claims
April 10, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBWith no supporting information, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) claimed tribal leaders in her state are “personally benefiting” from the presence of drug cartels. While campaigning for re-election, Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) warned about tribes setting up “abortion-on-demand” clinics to subvert the states new abortion laws. No Oklahoma tribe expressed any intention of setting up clinics. We’ll examine the fallout from such unfounded claims by high-ranking officials and what recourse tribal officials hav...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 – Tackling a troubling trend for Native women in prison
April 09, 2024 06:01 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBNumerous studies over the years point out the overrepresentation of Native American women in U.S. prisons. The Sentencing Project found a 525% increase over more than 20 years in the incarceration of women and girls. Juvenile Native American girls had the highest rate, at more than four times that of their white counterparts. We’ll talk about the factors driving a growing trend and what advocates are doing to turn the numbers around.
Monday, April 8, 2024 – How will $1.5 billion in opioid settlement money help the populations hit the hardest?
April 08, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBThe Lummi Nation is among the tribes that continue to face serious threats from the ongoing opioid epidemic, despite their best efforts. Lawmakers in Washington State are poised to allocate millions of dollars in opioid litigation settlement money to Lummi and other tribes in an effort to stem troubling statistics that show Native Americans are overwhelmingly affected by opioid abuse. All across the country, tribes are working to find the most promising opioid treatments funded by dozens of s...
Friday, April 5, 2024 – Protecting the night sky
April 05, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBMost tribes have important traditional connections to the stars and other celestial bodies in the night sky. But increasing encroachment from artificial lights is diminishing those connections. A handful of tribes are supporting a dark skies initiative to preserve what night sky visibility is left and promoting methods to limit light pollution. In the process, they’re raising awareness of their own night sky traditions.
Thursday, April 4, 2024 – Breaking 100 years of silence over ‘the Posey War’
April 04, 2024 06:01 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBA crime spree by two Ute youths in 1923 escalated into a mob of settlers bent on suppressing the nearby Ute and Paiute populations in what is now Utah. The conflict led to the deaths of two Paiute men, including William Posey, a leader who was vilified in the press for his resistance to oppressive settler tactics. The ‘posse’ formed to retaliate against the tribes imprisoned dozens of Ute citizens in a makeshift stockade. The action, sometimes called the “Posey War” or the “Last Indian Uprisi...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 – Dedication to language revitalization
April 03, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBRoberto Múkaro Borrero spent two decades surveying historical documents and piecing together fragments of written texts to create a new, comprehensive Taino language dictionary. And Alaina Tahlate is using what she learned from hours of recordings and hundreds of documents as she races to preserve the language of Oklahoma’s Caddo Nation that has only two fluent speakers remaining. We'll speak with these two passionate language scholars about the dedication it takes to make a difference.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – The Great Alaska Earthquake 60 years later
April 02, 2024 06:01 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThe most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck 75 miles south of Anchorage in March 1964. More than 130 people lost their lives in the temblor and the subsequent tsunamis. The state’s largest city endured major damage to buildings, property, and infrastructure. Kodiak, Seward, Valdez, and the village of Chenega were among the places severely damaged by rising waters. The event forever changed how Alaska monitors and prepares for dangerous seismic threats.
Monday, April 1, 2024 – Native Bookshelf: ‘The Angel of Indian Lake’ by Stephen Graham Jones
April 01, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBBestselling Blackfeet writer Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet), author and English professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, caps off his horror trilogy with his new novel, The Angel of Indian Lake. It’s the usual rough ride for protagonist Jade Daniels, a slasher movie buff who keeps finding herself the target of human and supernatural malevolence. Her experiences over the years have given her unique strength and wisdom, but have also taken a physical and emotional toll. Does she have ...
Friday, March 29, 2024 — The Menu: State of Native Ag, ramp season, and important Native women
March 29, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThe future of Native agriculture depends on educating new generations of farmers and securing tribal water rights. Those are two of the conclusions from this year’s State of Native Agriculture Address. Federal ag agency leaders and Native non-profit ag representatives also praise new federal financial support programs and express the need make sure tribes’ interests are addressed in the overdue Farm Bill. Out on the land, it’s ramp (wild onion) season and time for cooks to share new and tradi...
Thursday, March 28, 2024 – One fan’s vision to share his collection of Native music
March 28, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBA Minneapolis Lakota man is developing an archive of music by Native American artists one record and cassette tape at a time. Justis Brokenrope (Sicangu Lakota), founder of Wathéča Records, music curator, DJ, and educator, has already amassed a sizable collection of mostly folk, rock, blues, and country music by Native musicians. Now he’s converting a lot of that music to digital formats to give the music and the artists who created it new recognition. Along the way he’s expanding the convers...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – Confronting persistent racism in North Dakota high school sports
March 27, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBMinot Public Schools issued a public apology over conduct of fans at a basketball tournament this month. The action comes after reports of "potentially discriminatory conduct" targeting Native players. It’s one in a series of complaints about racially insensitive actions. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating. Native American advocates successfully pushed the state School Activities Association to adopt a zero tolerance policy for racially insensitive beh...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 – Successful strategies to reduce bullying
March 26, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBAbout one out of every six high school students report being bullied, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number goes up significantly — as much as 40% — for LGBTQ2 students. The death of non-binary Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict, ruled a suicide, is sparking widespread conversations about the consequences of bullying. The federal Government Accounting Office found in 2021 that racist bullying is also on the rise. We’ll discuss strategies that are showing p...
Monday, March 25, 2024 – Remembering Seward from the Alaska Native perspective
March 25, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBAlaska sets aside a day each year to honor William Henry Seward, Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln. Among other things he’s known for negotiating the U.S. Government’s purchase of Alaska in 1867, ushering in subsequent American colonialism in the 49th state, including the Klondike Gold Rush and other resource exploitation that largely ignored the original inhabitants.
Friday, March 22, 2024 — Exxon Valdez 35 years later: progress and caution
March 22, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBWhen the Exxon Valdez supertanker broke open on March 24, 1989, the resulting oil spill coated 1,300 miles of shoreline in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and killed thousands of fish, birds, and wildlife. The environmental disaster is associated with the distressing images of water birds, otters, and other animals fighting for their lives through a thick coat of crude oil. The spill destroyed subsistence and commercial fishing for Alaska Native fishers, and created ecological contamination tha...
Thursday, March 21, 2024 — Western tribes weigh in on Colorado River water sharing
March 21, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBFour states and six tribes in the Colorado River Basin are working on an agreement on water usage into the future. The agreement could be finalized as early as April. It comes as a flurry of agreements — and lack of agreement — involving other states and tribes is competing for a comprehensive water sharing agreement in time for an imposed 2026 deadline. We’ll hear differing perspectives from tribal representatives about the evolving conversations about the vital and diminishing resource.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 — Native hoops highlights
March 20, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThe Fort Yukon (Alaska) Lady Eagles capped off a winning streak to capture the first state championship in the school’s history. Their coach said it’s like “winning the Super Bowl”. The Navajo Prep (New Mexico) boys team, also the Eagles, won their first state championship, joined by a championship win by the school’s girls team. It’s basketball tournament time and we’re talking free throws, three-pointers, and trophies.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 — Native Bookshelf: ‘Whiskey Tender’ by Deborah Jackson Taffa
March 19, 2024 06:01 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBIn the most compelling way, Whiskey Tender, the memoir by Deborah Jackson Taffa (Kwatsaán and Laguna Pueblo), is both an intimate personal story and Native American history lesson. It reveals her own epiphany over what she and her ancestors are pressured to sacrifice in striving for the American Dream. Her account is both poignant and humorous. Best-selling author Tommy Orange calls Taffa’s story a “drink you didn’t know you were thirsty for.”