Native America Calling
1,942 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 106 ratingsInteractive, daily program featuring Native and Indigenous voices, insights, and stories from across the U.S. and around the world.
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Monday, June 12, 2023 – What halting oil drilling at Chaco means for tribes
June 12, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBPueblo officials support the Biden Administration’s 20-year ban on new oil and gas leases on land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. The Pueblos see the land as sacred and have long pushed to limit outside intrusion from developers. They are at odds with the official position from the Navajo Nation, whose citizens stand to gain financially from new development leases. In addition the action has spurred an investigation into potential conflicts of interest by U.S...
Friday, June 9, 2023 – A conversation with photographer Matika Wilbur
June 09, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBMatika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) set out on an ambitious project more than a decade ago to photograph citizens of all the federally recognized tribes. Now, her complete work is collected in the book Project 562 and it’s as much about her own journey as it is about the vivid portraits of her subjects. [caption id="attachment_25637" align="alignleft" width="169"] TikTok creator Victoria Cheyenne (Courtesy Victoria Cheyenne)[/caption] Plus, in our NAC Sidebar, Montana is the first state t...
Thursday, June 8, 2023 – Taking control of tribal educational narrative
June 08, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBThe Oceti Sakowin Community School just graduated its first class in Rapid City, S.D. The private school teaches Lakota history, culture, and language in a state that tribes and others say is watering down instruction about Native history and issues. In some other places, tribes are working collaboratively with public education officials to make sure Native issues are adequately represented. GUESTS Mary Bowman (Standing Rock Sioux), founder and head of Oceti Sakowin Community Academy Saman...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 – Tribes working to bring back native trout
June 07, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBTribal restoration programs are making a big difference in restoring native species of trout that were once abundant in states like Montana, Arizona, and Oregon. Species introduced by humans — in some cases a century or more ago — pushed the original trout to near extinction in many places. Tribal fisheries experts will explain what it takes to revive populations both for sport and environmental rehabilitation. GUESTS Bradley Clarkson (White Mountain Apache), fish biologist Mervin Wright J...
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – The need for Native women in finance
June 06, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBData from Wells Fargo just last year finds women outperform men when it comes to investment performance. That backs up a number of studies that say women are less apt to take big risks that can backfire. At the same time, a new survey by Glassdoor finds almost two-thirds of women in finance believe they’re getting paid less than their male counterparts. Some programs are working to encourage more Native women to enter the finance industry for their own good and the good of their communities. ...
Monday, June 5, 2023 – The drag on Native drag performances
June 05, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBNative activists and entertainers are among those being caught up in a recent push in several states to curb events connected to 2SLGBTQIA+ issues. A library in Montana canceled a lecture by a Native Two-Spirit writer and activist because organizers were worried it would violate the state’s new ban on drag performances in public spaces. For the start of Pride Month, we look at the new hurdles Native 2SLGBTQIA+ people are facing. GUESTS Sage Chanell (Shawnee, Ponca, Otoe and Lakota Sioux), d...
Friday, June 2, 2023 – Recalling the breakout era for Australia’s Aboriginal bands
June 02, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBAt a time when Australian bands like Men At Work, Midnight Oil, and INXS were reaching worldwide recognition, a number of Aboriginal rock and reggae bands were making their own waves in the music world. Names like Coloured Stone, No Fixed Address, and others were getting broader interest from audiences and notched impressive record sales globally. All the while they faced considerable racism and their peoples’ land rights battles, themes that their songs often invoke. We’ll hear from some of ...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 – Massive treatment fraud targeted Arizona’s Native residents
June 01, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBArizona officials are still sorting out the details of what they say is among the biggest and costliest fraud scandals in state history. The scheme targeted Native people and involved billing for sham treatment services. Some residents were literally taken off the street and held against their will at fake treatment centers. Officials say the operators of the fraud bilked Arizona’s Medicaid system of some $100 million over several years. Tribal officials in the state say hundreds of their cit...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 – Affordable housing specifically for Native residents
May 31, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBAn ambitious project in Denver aims to build affordable units for the city’s Native population. It includes plans for a Native health clinic and is intended to address the disparities of homelessness for Native people. It’s one of a handful of housing projects built with collaborative health and program space around the country designed to prioritize the needs of Native people. GUESTS Carla Respects Nothing (Oglala Sioux from Pine Ridge), Native American housing advocate for the Native Amer...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 – Native tourism: maintaining authenticity
May 30, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBWhile it still happens in some places, Native tourism is moving far beyond selling rubber tomahawks, chicken feather headbands, and other trinkets. Tribes and Native-owned businesses are realizing the value for authentic, Native-made works and meaningful traveler experiences. The time between Memorial Day and Labor Day is prime tourism season. We’ll find out how tribes are making the transition to culturally sustainable tourism development. Also, MSNBC is airing a roundtable discussion among...
Monday, May 29, 2023 – Native in the Spotlight: Peggy Berryhill
May 29, 2023 06:01 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBEvery weekday in Gualala, Calif., radio listeners can tune into the long-running show Peggy’s Place on KGUA to learn about their neighbors and the rest of the world. The show is just one of the many projects spanning the 50-year radio career of its host, Peggy Berryhill. She started with the show Living on Indian Time on KPFA in Berkeley, Calif. in 1973. She has since worked at National Public Radio, helped develop Native stations, mentored Native broadcasters, and founded the Native Media Re...
Friday, May 26, 2023 – The Menu: First Nations chef closes restaurant and Native flavors on PBS recipe show
May 26, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBWhat happens if you're a chef and you lose your sense of smell, something that is crucial for taste? For First Nations chef Gerry Brandon, it was time to call it quits at his restaurant in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario that blended French, American, and Indigenous flavors and garnered positive reviews over the last four years. And a new season of PBS’ The Great American Recipe features two Native home cooks who get to share their Native culinary traditions with the show's judges and audience. T...
Thursday, May 25, 2023 – Going the distance
May 25, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBAt 77, Simeon Gipson is preparing to embark on a bicycle journey of more than 1,000 miles from Tahlequah, Okla. to Pittsburgh, Pa. Once there, he plans to compete in the National Senior Games. The thousands of miles Gipson has covered over the years started when he was nearing 70 with a last-ditch attempt to improve his declining health. He’s one of many Native elders and others that embark on epic journeys and inspire the rest of us along the way.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 – Native audiences brace for TV and movie slowdown
May 24, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBThe less glamorous side of writing for television shows and movies is coming to the surface during the strike by the Writers Guild of America. The union says the pay for many of its 20,000 professional writers is low and remains stagnant, even while the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers continues to reap new profits from streaming and other platforms.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 – The remaining promises of the Treaty of New Echota
May 23, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBIt was a simple, but contested, proposition: The Cherokee Nation would relinquish its land in the southeast United States in exchange for $5 million and a new homeland in what is now Oklahoma. The document that sparked the Trail of Tears was steeped in fraud and bad faith by the federal government, but remains on the books.
Monday, May 22, 2023 – American Genocide
May 22, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBConfronting the bitter legacy of boarding schools in the United States is about more than just reconciliation and healing. It’s also about accountability. American Genocide, the new podcast by Illuminative, zeroes in on the Red Cloud Indian Boarding School, which is now a Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It sparks the difficult conversation about the past and present trauma perpetrated on Native children and who should have a say in how it’s spoken.
Friday, May 19, 2023 – The desperate fight against fentanyl
May 19, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThe rate of overdose deaths linked to fentanyl is skyrocketing and Native Americans are many times more likely to be affected. The cheap and potent drug is replacing its related cousins — heroin and oxycodone — as the biggest addiction threat. Among the bright spots: the Cherokee Nation is investing in a state-of-the-art in-patient treatment facility to combat the ravages of opioid addiction.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 – Mortgage options for Native home buyers
May 18, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBMortgage interest rates have trended down recently, but they’re still relatively high compared to previous years. Inflation is also going in a positive direction, but remains a factor for those in the market to buy a home. Whatever the outside variables, there are several resources for Native home buyers.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 – Accessing boarding school records
May 17, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBThe National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is readying a new tool to help people search for information about their relatives who attended more than 500 U.S. boarding schools. The online archive will start with digitized versions of 50,000 federal documents. Those organizing the project hope to build on the number and scope of the records over time. Tens of thousands of Native children attended the schools. Some never returned home. What records there are for those ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 – Revitalizing languages in the classroom
May 16, 2023 06:01 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBThe Citizen Potawatomi Nation offers online college-level language courses. They’re among the efforts to bring new life to Bodéwadmimwen, with only four fluent speakers remaining. And a private Salish immersion school is working with elders to develop lessons. School administrators say they’ve produced dozens of new speakers of their language, both young and old. We’ll hear from Native language educators about the classroom’s role in revitalizing languages. GUESTS LaRae Wiley (Sinixt Arrow ...
Monday, May 15, 2023 – Native in the Spotlight: Peggy Berryhill
May 15, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBEvery weekday in Gualala, Calif., radio listeners can tune into the long-running show "Peggy’s Place" on KGUA to learn about their neighbors and the rest of the world. The show is just one of the many projects spanning the 50-year radio career of its host, Peggy Berryhill. She started with the show "Living on Indian Time" on KPFA in Berkeley, Calif. in 1973. She has since worked at National Public Radio, helped develop Native stations, mentored Native broadcasters, and founded the Native Medi...
Friday, May 12, 2023 – Native mothers who step up
May 12, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBTaking on motherhood-by-marriage comes with its own rewards and challenges. The bond between a woman and her partner’s children is often strong and fulfilling. But it might take some informed effort to get there. We take a special focus on stepmothers as we head into Mother’s Day. GUESTS Paula Johnson-Jefferson (Samson Cree), small business owner, wife, and stepmother Nico Williams (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), chef and stepmother Dr. Roger Kuhn (Poarch Band of Creek Indians), license...
Thursday, May 11, 2023 – Native graduation: perseverance and accomplishment
May 11, 2023 06:01 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBIt’s the time of year for graduations in small, reservation high school auditoriums, big city convention centers, tribal college quads, and manicured Ivy League grounds. It will be a year with and without regalia, depending on where you are. Native graduates are taking the next step in their educational journey. GUESTS: Dr. Lennon Audrain (Cherokee and Shawnee), assistant research professor at Arizona State University and high school teacher at Mesa Public Schools Keely Jones Aliseo (Lumb...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – The ongoing threat to Indigenous environmental activists
May 10, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBIndigenous activists in Central and South America are literally putting their lives on the line trying to protect their land and culture. Places like Brazil, Honduras, Colombia, and parts of Mexico are rife with murders and disappearances of Indigenous people speaking up to save their land and people from large scale mining operations, logging, and other extractive industries. In many cases, those responsible are never brought to justice. We’ll explore the factors that contribute to the threa...
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – How far should protecting Native artwork go?
May 09, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBFor more than 30 years, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act has been an important tool for protecting the authenticity and economic value of work produced by Native Americans. It also helps buyers know they’re getting what they pay for. Now the U.S Department of Interior is reviewing the law and among the outstanding questions is whether it goes far enough. Should artwork from state-recognized tribal artists be excluded as authentic? How should artwork from Native Hawaiians be identified? GUESTS ...
Monday, May 8, 2023 – The crops of colonization
May 08, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBHawai’i has a long association with pineapples. Although the precious fruit likely came to the islands in the 18th Century, it wasn’t until industrialized agriculture arrived with the Dole corporation — backed by U.S. military support to overthrow the existing Hawaiian government — that the pineapple became so ubiquitous. Sugar cane has a similar role in colonizing places like Hawai’i, Puerto Rico, and the American Southeast with plantations that flourished at the expense of Indigenous people...
Friday, May 5, 2023 – Snowmelt, climate change spur flooding in Native communities
May 05, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBAfter decades of drought, the Navajo and Apache reservations in Arizona are now recovering from flooding that destroyed homes and property. Tribes in California endured record-breaking rains and are bracing for overflowing rivers from mountain snowmelt. California flooding also threatened sacred tribal burial grounds. Tribes are working with state and federal sources to both prepare for such natural disasters and also recover from the devastating damage in the wake of climate change. GUESTS ...
Thursday, May 4, 2023 – The enduring appeal of Native magazines
May 04, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBLongform stories, deep dives into exclusive content, and vivid photos all presented on glossy pages are some of the reasons people continue to read magazines. Titles like “First American Art” and “Native Max” are among the Indigenous-led magazines in the evolving industry that mixes social media, online extras, and the printed page to keep readers coming back. We’ll talk with Native publishers about the continuing appeal of magazines. GUESTS America Meredith (enrolled member of the Cheroke...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 – The end of Boy Scouts appropriation?
May 03, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBThe Boy Scouts of America is asking its membership whether the organization should reconsider its long practice of incorporating Native words, concepts and ceremonial dances. We look at the organization’s history of problematic appropriation including headdresses, fake ceremonies, and public performances based on dances tribes consider sacred. GUESTS Graham Lee Brewer (citizen of Cherokee Nation), investigative reporter for NBC News Stewart Koyiyumptewa (Hopi), Tribal Historic Preservati...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 – The anti-trans law trends
May 02, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThe battle over transgender rights is playing out in school bathrooms, sports fields, and doctors’ offices. States are enacting strict rules over gender-affirming care, and trans athletes, and even dress codes. Many of the laws face legal challenges over constitutional bans on discrimination. Native trans and Two-Spirit people look at how the new trend could play out. GUESTS Mattee Jim (Diné), trans advocate Stephanie Byers (Chickasaw), former Kansas state representative for district 86 ...
Monday, May 1, 2023 – Remembering Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person
May 01, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBEarl Old Person was a respected Blackfeet leader and strong proponent of cultural preservation. He was the longest serving elected tribal official in the country. He was an advocate for education up until his death in October 2021 at the age of 92. He lived by example, embodying the language, culture, and accomplishments of the Blackfeet Nation. GUESTS John Murray (Blackfeet), Blackfeet tribal historic preservation officer Erlina Old Person (Blackfeet), daughter of Chief Sen. Susan Webber...
Friday, April 28, 2023 – Gathering music, Part 2: Native Guitars Tour
April 28, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBJir Anderson’s Native music project is coming off a successful series of concerts in Las Vegas. He brings his unique artistic vision back to Albuquerque for a multi-venue celebration of music, art, and fashion. GUESTS Jir Anderson (Cochiti Pueblo), lead singer for the Jir Project band and founder of Native Guitars Tour Alicia Ortega (Santa Clara and Pojoaque Pueblo), Native Guitar Tours development strategist Scotti Clifford (Oglala Lakota) singer-songwriter Rod Lacey (Navajo and Mescale...
Thursday, April 27, 2023 – Gathering music, Part 1: Gathering of MCs
April 27, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThe annual Gathering of MCs event in Albuquerque enters its second decade, celebrating hip-hop with a Native punch. Vel Nine, MAZZI & S.O.U.L Purpose, and Nataanii Means are among the artists appearing live. We talk with musician and Gathering of MCs founder DEF-I (Diné) and rapper/singer A$h Da Hunter (Yavapai-Apache Nation) about the event and the direction of Native hip-hop.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 – Is Twitter worth the trade-off?
April 26, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBTwitter is one of the social media outlets that help individuals connect with each other - and is a tool for outlets like Native America Calling to connect with the public. But Twitter has been making some erratic decisions lately, some of which are giving people misleading information. And some could be dangerous. Are they crossing the line for some Twitter users? GUESTS B. Toastie Oaster (citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), staff writer at High Country News Raven Payment (Ojibwe ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 – The Menu: TIME100, feeding elders, and taking on Bobby Flay
April 25, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBOglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman was named a TIME100, the magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2023. He’s a high-profile leader in the Native American food movement, the founder of non-profit groups advocating for food sovereignty, and the founder of the award-winning restaurant Owamni. Also shaking things up in the kitchen is Kickapoo chef and owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen, Crystal Wahpepah. She went head-to-head with celebrity chef Bobby Flay on the Food Network culinary competiti...
Monday, April 24, 2023 – Native in the Spotlight: Dr. Denise Lajimodiere
April 24, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBDenise Lajimodiere (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) is approaching her fifth decade in education as an elementary school teacher, principal, and college professor. She is among the founders of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. A vote by North Dakota’s legislature has just named Lajimodiere the state’s first Native American poet laureate.
Friday, April 21, 2023 – Robots help teach STEM and Native languages
April 21, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBOjibwe inventor Danielle Boyer is on a quest to make technology more accessible to interested Native students. She’s given away some 8,000 robots through her program Every Kid Gets A Robot. She’s also developed a low-cost, wearable robot that helps teach Indigenous languages. She’s among groups of creative, science-savvy Native young people working to make connections between robots and education. GUESTS Danielle Boyer (enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), ro...
Thursday, April 20, 2023 – Tribal cannabis update from New York to Washington State
April 20, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThe Shinnecock Nation is seeing their first cannabis dispensaries opening. They are among a rush of weed businesses among New York tribes as the state starts welcoming recreational use sales. The same is happening all across the country—in Minnesota, New Mexico, California, and Nevada—as tribes see new economic development opportunities in places where cannabis is no longer prohibited by state law. GUESTS Mary Jane Oatman (Nez Perce and descendant of the Delaware Tribe), founder of the In...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – Tribal gun laws
April 19, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBAs the nation continues to debate restrictions on guns, a number of Native nations have their own gun laws that visitors aren’t always aware of. A number of tribes, including the Navajo Nation, prohibit possessing guns of any kind, even in vehicles on their reservations. Violating the law could mean permanently forfeiting your firearms. At the same time, proposed federal legislation would make it easier for tribal citizens to acquire guns using only their tribal ID. GUESTS: Joe Talachy (fr...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – Erasing tribes in South Dakota schools
April 18, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBIt’s coming down to the wire for the South Dakota State Board of Education Standards to decide on the social studies standards submitted by the state Department of Education. Those standards took out many references to Indigenous history recommended by a workgroup comprised of tribal representatives and educators from across the state. Tuesday on Native America Calling, we find out why South Dakota’s nine tribes and the state School Superintendents Association oppose the standards as written ...
Monday, April 17, 2023 – Indigenous resistance to deep-sea mining
April 17, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBResearchers and environmental advocates don’t know much yet about mining minerals off the bottom of the ocean floor, but the race to learn is on because large mining companies will soon start scooping up unrefined cobalt, manganese, copper, and nickel from the sea bed to help satisfy growing demand for such metals for things like batteries. The environmental activist group Greenpeace lists Indigenous groups from at least 34 nations that have come out against the practice. Today on Native Amer...
Friday, April 14, 2023 – The dark side of land conservation
April 14, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 128 MBWhen the United States took action to preserve what is now known as Yosemite National Park, they encountered a major problem: it was home to a number of Indigenous people from several tribes. The federal government expelled the Native residents. Some right away, others over time. It’s a scene that continues to play out across the globe. Today on Native America Calling, we take a look at a new graphic comic by Gord Hill (member of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation) and a series of articles from Grist w...
Thursday, April 13, 2023 – A federal power company to repatriate remains
April 13, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThe nation’s largest federally-owned public utility is making moves to repatriate nearly 4,800 human remains and 1,400 ceremonial objects. It is just a portion of what ProPublica reports is the 8th largest collection of unrepatriated Native American remains in the U.S. held by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA collected the remains it encountered as it developed land in at least three states. The agency, and five affiliate institutions including the University of Tennessee, are holdin...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 – A Promise Kept: assessing McGirt v. Oklahoma
April 12, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBAfter removal from their home and an arduous and deadly forced march, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation arrived in Oklahoma with little more than a promise that they could revive and rebuild their homeland. Now, a century and a half later, the U.S. Supreme Court re-established the keystone of that promise in the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision that reasserted Muscogee agency over the land provided in treaty. Today on Native America Calling, Robert Miller (Eastern Shawnee), law professor at Arizona Stat...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 – Reassessing the history of horses
April 11, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBA new study confirms many tribes’ oral histories that Native Americans utilized horses long before Europeans entered the picture. Previous theories attributed Spanish settlers with introducing horses to the Indigenous people they encountered in North America. Today on Native America Calling, we dig into a new study, published in the journal Science, that finds anthropological evidence which suggests tribes domesticated horses almost a century before the Spanish brought horses to tribes in New...
Monday, April 10, 2023 – Alaska’s Donlin Gold Mine project
April 10, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBA proposed gold mine in southwest Alaska promises riches for investors and Alaska Native workers alike over nearly three decades. The open pit Donlin Gold Mine has the necessary federal permits in place. But several Alaska Native villages and environmental groups say the cost to retrieve the gold is too high, harming the health and livelihoods of the people who live there. A coalition of tribal and environmental groups are suing to halt the mine. Today on Native America Calling, we hear more ...
Friday, April 7, 2023 – 40 under 40
April 07, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThis week the Reservation Economic Summit (RES) is celebrating the new class of Native 40 under 40. The annual group selected by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development includes attorneys, educators, business owners, visionaries, and elected leaders who are making a difference in their respective communities, including Andi Murphy, our own senior producer and host of the Toasted Sister podcast. Today on Native America Calling, we meet Travis Ruiz (Cheyenne and Arapaho),...
Thursday, April 6, 2023 – Going the distance: Native track and field
April 06, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBSpring is the time when many Native athletes dust off their running shoes and compete in events like the 400 meter sprint, hurdles, relay, high jump, and shot put. Today on Native America Calling, we speak with Kutoven "Ku" Stevens (Yerington Paiute), cross country runner at the University of Oregon; Ahli-sha Stephens (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), Cherokee High School head track and field coach and head cross country coach (boys and girls); Tiajhae Nez (Navajo), Haskell Indian Nations U...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 – More than a hairstyle
April 05, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBFor Native folx, raising public awareness about the importance of hair is an ongoing struggle. Some North Carolina families are fighting a school policy that says their first graders must cut their hair. Their parents say the school is forcing the boys to give up an important part of their culture. A Native hair dresser helped change policy about hair in her states. And bestselling author Carole Lindstrom (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe/Métis) and illustrator Steph Littlebird (Confederated Tribes of ...
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 – Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery
April 04, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBThe Vatican's recent repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery has been described as a "major step" by some Indigenous leaders, but for others, the Holy See has a long way to go before it can heal the centuries of pain caused by the doctrine's colonization and control. Today on Native America Calling, we speak with Steve Newcomb (Shawnee and Lenape), author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and cofounder and director of the Indigenous Law Institute, a...