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In his first day in office, President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline which would’ve transported crude oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast. Indigenous environmental rights groups and some tribes along the pipeline route, like the Fort Belknap Indian Community and Rosebud Sioux Tribe, praise the move and are hopeful that a new administration will usher in a change in climate and energy policy making. What does a halt on the Keystone LX Pipeline mean for the environment and the future of extractive industry in and around Native land?

Guests:

Faith Spotted Eagle (Ihanktonwan Dakota) – elder, grandmother, coordinator for the Brave Heart Society and
chair of the Ihanktonwan Treaty Committee

Madonna Thunderhawk (Lakota) – tribal liaison with Lakota Peoples Law Project and community worker with Standing Strong Grandmothers

Jestin Dupree (Assiniboine/Sioux) – Tribal Executive Board member for the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation

 

Break 1 Music: Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (song) A Tribe Called Red (artist) Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (single)

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The National Institutes of Health says early intervention and speech therapy are key to helping children with speech and language disorders learn to communicate. But many children who need help don’t always get it. Also, one study suggests looking at disorders from a Native perspective can help professionals distinguish actual language disorders from speech associated with cultural and linguistic traits. We’ll look at the benefits of speech therapy and how to recognize when it’s in order.

Guests:

Christle Bearheels (Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota) – speech-language pathologist

Dr. Christine Vining (Navajo) – speech-language pathologist at the Center for the Development and Disability at the Pedi at the health sciences center at UNMH

Sacheen Begay (Diné) – training specialist with EPICS, Education for Parents of Indian Children with Special Needs

 

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You can find books by several big-name Native authors in the mainstream online outlets. But Native-owned bookstores have a commitment to carrying and promoting books the public might not find otherwise. The number of Native-owned bookstores remains small, but it’s growing. We’ll talk with bookstore owners about what it takes to compete with Amazon and Barnes & Noble and what literary gems they have to offer.

Guests:

Dr. Lee Francis (Pueblo of Laguna) – owner of Red Planet Books and Comics and CEO and Publisher of Native Realities

Lilia Rosas (Xicana-India) – executive director of Red Salmon Arts

Lily Mendoza (member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) – owner of Bird Cage Book Store and Mercantile

 

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Just days before the end of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Forest Service took action that paves the way for a massive copper mine on sacred Apache land in Arizona. The grassroots Apache Stronghold group filed a lawsuit to save Chi’chil Bildagoteel, also known as Oak Flat. They say the Forest Service’s environmental review was rushed in order to take advantage of the Trump Administration’s pro-development stance. The Stronghold maintains the mine proposal violates an 1852 treaty and First Amendment rights to religious practice. We’ll get an update on this years-long battle.

Guests:

Clark Tenakhongva (Hopi) – Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe

Roger Featherstone – director of the Arizona Mine Reform Coalition

Wendsler Nosie Sr. (San Carlos Apache) – leader of the Apache Stronghold

 

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are set to be sworn in and turn the page on a contentious political chapter. But even as a new administration starts, there is little optimism for bridging the issues that divide the nation. Still, Biden has signaled a willingness to include tribes in his agenda. The nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) for Secretary of Interior sends a strong message. Restoring protections for Bears Ears National Monument, placing Mashpee land into trust, and reestablishing the White House Tribal Nations Conference are some of the items that tribal leaders would like the administration to tackle. We’ll talk with policy experts about what they hope is in store for the next four years.

Guests:

Dr. Anton Treuer (Leech Lake Ojibwe) – Professor of Ojibwe/Bemidji State University

Jodi Archambault (Oglala and Hunkpapa Lakota) – director of Indigenous Peoples Initiatives at Wend Collective

Raina Thiele (Dena’ina Athabascan/Yup’ik) – president of Thiele Strategies, and a former Obama Administration official

 

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Both those who stormed the U.S. Capitol and those who condemn the action claim the fate of democracy is at stake. Centuries ago, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy assembled a system of governance to create peace among warring Native Nations. Colonial leaders used similar principles to draft the Constitution and give birth to the United States. Can Indigenous values provide any guidance now on where to go from here? We’ll look at the legal issues and get a historical perspective, from the Boston Tea Party to the rise of the Confederacy, and how history may view what we’re living through now.

Guests:

Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation) – executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance

Dr. Phil Deloria (Dakota) – Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University

 

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Indigenous and Black people share experiences of oppression in this country and both groups still grapple with systemic racism. Indigenous support for the Black Lives Matter movement during the protest spurred by the death of George Floyd, shined a light on what solidarity could look like and how both communities need to do more to include one another. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’ll talk with some Indigenous community leaders and others who are forging tighter bonds among racial groups.

Guests:

Amber Starks (Muscogee Cree Nation) – Afro-Indigenous, Muscogee Creek citizen and African American

Azie Dungey (Pamunkey) – writer, producer and actor

Dr. Jeffery Darensbourg (Atakapa Ishak Nation) – writer, artist and culture bearer

 

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A biography of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Ojibwe), rez dogs and protecting sacred water are all topics of books that made American Indians in Children’s Literature best of 2020 list. It’s been a challenging year, but Native authors made significant contributions to the list of books published. We’ll go over the AICL list and hear about what people consider the best Native books are for all ages. What books by Native authors did you curl up with this year? Send us your best-of list to comments@nativeamericacalling.com.

Guests:

Santee Frazier (Cherokee Nation) – director of the Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Institute of American Indian Arts

Carole Lindstrom (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe/Métis) – author of We are Water Protectors

Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo) – founder of American Indians in Children’s Literature blog

 

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