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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 — Native Women And HIV/AIDS

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Native American women are victims of sexual assault at higher rates than other women in the country. Does that puts them at risk for being infected with HIV? Today we talk about the current rates of HIV infection among Native women and efforts to prevent future infections. When Native women are dealing with HIV and AIDS, how does that impact our communities?

Guests: 

Shana Cozad (Kiowa) – Public speaker, grandmother and advocate

Dr. Pamela Jumper-Thurman (Western Cherokee) – Past Director of Commitment to Action for 7th-Generation Awareness and Education

Michaela Grey (Diné ) – Deputy Director, National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, or NNAAPC 

Kayla Walker (Choctaw) – Founder and executive director of MAMA Knows, Inc. 

 

Break Music: On The Road Missing Home (Corn Dance) (song)  Sheldon Sundown (artist) Hand Drum/Smoke N’ Round Dance (album) 

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – March Current Events

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The month of March brings a time change, St. Patrick’s Day and the National Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas Nevada. Join us for our monthly current events show where we feature events held in the month of March. Join us as we check in on the 40th Annual Northwest Indian Youth Conference in Fort Hall Idaho. The Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg, Canada is scheduled this month and Education for Parents of Indian Children with Special Needs hosts a conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Share your event on our live show or email us the details – comments@nativeamericacalling.com

 Break Music: Rise Up (song) Big Every Time (artist) Universitile (album)

 

Events mentioned on today’s show:

• 9th annual Salt River Veterans Recognition Weekend

March 27th  to 29th  at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona

• 38th annual California Conference on American Indian Education

March 15th to 17th at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel, Palm Springs, CA

• 40th Annual Northwest Indian Youth Conference

March 23rd through March 26th,  Fort Hall Idaho

• Aboriginal Music Week is accepting applications for youth and community performance  submissions, March 26th deadline

• Domestic Violence Tribal Advocacy Institute

March 23rd through March 27th in Colorado Springs Colorado

• Native American Conference on Special Education sponsored by EPICS

March 11th  to 13th in Albuquerque New Mexico

• 41st Annual Denver March Pow-wow 

March 20th to the 22nd in Denver Colorado

• Learning to Walk Together” Traditional Pow-wow

March 14th in Marquette Michigan

• Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative Grants

Proposals are due March 25th

• “Sing Our Rivers Red” vigil and poetry reading at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque New Mexico

March 5th at 6pm

• 14th annual Native Women and Men’s Wellness Conference March 22nd through the  25th in San Diego California

• New Mexico’s Pueblo Baseball League book discussion 

March 7th at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque New Mexico

Monday, March 2, 2015 – Strong Natives, Strong Muscles

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There are many ways to be a strong Native American. One is to have muscles that can lift a 200-pound bar bell and hold a plank position for two minutes. Today we talk about muscles and physical strength. We will learn what’s best for our muscles, what foods fuel them and which routines and workouts are best for certain body types.

Guests:

LaRita Lakotonen-Ward (Alutiiq), professional figure competitor and health coach with Tru-Life Fitness

Joe McIntosh (Muscogee Creek) –  recently named Mr. Oklahoma for the NANBF North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation and a social worker for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Social Services

Kim Heintzman – registered dietician and nutritionist and certified diabetes educator

Break Music: 2 Bows And F_N Arrows(Rmix) (song) Bruthers of Different Muthers (artist) Speakers of Tomorrow (abum)

Friday, February 27, 2015 – Are You Afraid to Call the Police?

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The relationship between people of color and the police is strained in many communities across the US. Are you afraid to call the police? Do the police in your area handle Native American cases with care and cultural sensitivity? Join our conversation about the current relationship between the police and Native people in your community. Would you like to see an improved relationship between the police and the Native American in your city, town or village?

Guests: 

Eileen Luna-Firebaugh  (Choctaw and Cherokee ) – associate professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona

LeMoine LaPointe   (Sicangu Lakota) – coordinator for the Indigenizing Crisis Intervention Teams in Indian Country initiative

Ed Reina (Akimel O’odham) – retired police chief

 

Break Music: Horseback Riding Song (song) The Tewa Indian Women’s Choir (artist) Fun and Social Songs from San Juan Pueblo (album)

Thursday, February 26, 2015 – Native American Art Greats

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Picasso, Monet and Van Gogh are influential in our understanding of art and history. What about Native artists and their mark on the world? Who are the Native American artists that deserve the same type of recognition? Which of our Native forefathers should be known by those who care about art history? Is there a Native artist that you think everyone should study?

Guests:

Stephen Fadden, interim distance education director and art history instructor at the Institute of American Indian Art

Christina E. Burke, curator of Native American and non-Western art at the Philbrook Museum of Art

Bob Montoya (Sandia Pueblo) –  Artist and son of Geronima Cruz Montoya

Inge Maresh (Yankton Sioux) – daughter of Oscar Howe

Bob Haozous (Chiricahua Apache) – Artist and son of Allen Houser

 Break Music: Equinox (song) Samantha Crain (artist) You (Understood) (album)

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – Tribal Marijuana Laws

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Laws on growing and selling marijuana are up for debate across the country. Washington State and Colorado legalized the recreational sale of the drug in recent years. Voters in Alaska and Oregon also approved similar measures last fall. Tribes across the US are facing new decisions. The US Department of Justice issued a memorandum in December 2014 on how the federal government views potential new tribal laws on marijuana sales, growing or possession. Tribal leaders will meet this week in Washington State to hear about the many issues they would need to consider if they were to pursue a path in the marijuana industry. Should they follow state laws, federal law, or create their own new laws on cannabis?

Guests:

Rob Porter (Seneca), attorney and co-sponsor of the first Tribal Marijuana Conference

Henry Cagey (Lummi Nation) – council member and former chairman of the Lummi Nation

Troy Eid -former US attorney for Colorado and Chairman of the Indian Law and Order Commission, National Advisory Board to President and Congress

Jacob Sullum – Senior Editor Reason magazine and Reason.com 

 

Break Music: Happy Sundance (song) Dallas Arcand (artist) Modern Day Warrior (album)

 

 

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 – February Book of the Month

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First Nations educator and author Glen Coulthard, a citizen of the Yellowknives Dene Nation, takes on the ideas of Indigenous identity and colonization in his new book, “Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition.” Coulthard examines the systems of what he calls settler colonial power in the book’s chapters. He also explores how these systems took a toll on Indigenous self-governance and rights to the land. What kind of impact has recognition as a nation had your Native life? We invite you to join us for a discussion with our February Book of the Month author.

Break Music: Inglorious – EP (song) Jasper (artist)

Monday, February 23, 2015 – Native in the Spotlight: Tom Goldtooth

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Tom Goldtooth (Dine’ and Mdewakanton Dakota) is the executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, a 25-year-old organization devoted to Indigenous environmental and economic justice. Join us for a conversation with Tom Goldtooth about his visit to a climate change conference in Lima Peru, genetically engineered trees, food sovereignty and much more. We’ll also discuss the future of the environmental justice movement and hear about his hopes for Indigenous peoples across the world.

If you have something you would like to ask Tom Goldtooth, send an email to comments@nativeamericacalling.com.

Break Music: Indigenous Life (song) Fiji (artist) Indigenous Life (album)

Friday, February 20, 2015 – Bipolar Disorder

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We were all saddened by young Native actress Misty Upham’s death last year. News articles revealed that she had stopped taking medications for bipolar disorder and anxiety before she was found dead in Auburn, Washington. Bipolar disorder affects 2.6 million adults, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with bipolar disorder? What questions do you have about life after a bipolar diagnosis?

Guests:

Dr. Caroline Bonham – Director for the Division of Community Behavior Health at UNM Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Sherman Alexie (Spokane and Coeur D’Alene) – author

 

Mentioned on today’s show:

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

Honoring Native Life

Break Music: Turtle Island Reggae (song) Cempoalli 20 & Quese Imc (artist) Osahwuh (album)

Thursday, February 19, 2015 – Pipelines

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The US House of Representatives recently voted to approve the Keystone XL pipeline extension. President Obama is expected to veto the bill and cite the need for the US State Department to finish a review of the pipeline proposal. Many tribes oppose the construction of the pipeline. While debate over the KXL pipeline continues, we take a closer look at other proposed or existing pipelines in the US. According to the Association of Oil and Pipelines, the US has over 2.5 million miles of pipelines. Are pipelines a safe way to transport oil and gas? What are the alternatives to transporting oil and gas if not through a pipeline? Do you live near a pipeline? Do you support or oppose the development of additional pipelines like Keystone XL?

Guests:

Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) executive director of Honor the Earth

Bill McCabe ( Navajo) principal of McCabe and Associates

Faith Spotted Eagle (Yankton) coordinator of the Brave Heart Society and chair of the Ihanktonwan Treaty Council

Break Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)

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