Native America Calling

Thursday, June 4, 2020– One health system’s response to COVID-19

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Relationships are they key to keeping people healthy. That’s an idea that informs a health care system serving 65,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people in Alaska. They don’t use the word “patient,” but instead refer to the people receiving care as “customer-owners.” The Nuka System of Care at the Southcentral Foundation focuses on treating the whole person. They are utilizing this system to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and to prepare to treat those infected. We’ll learn more about different types of health care systems and possible models for going forward.

Guests:

Dr. Doug Eby – vice president of the Medical Services Division at the Southcentral Foundation

Katherine Gottlieb (Sugpiaq) – president and CEO of the Southcentral Foundation

 

Break 1 music: Tarvautnauramken (Traditional Blessing Song) (song) I Sing, You Dance (artist) I Am Yup’ik (album)

Break 2 music: Standing Rock (feat. Nick Ørbæk Jacobsen) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)

Wednesday, June 3, 2020– The tipping point for police accountability

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Both peaceful protests and rioting continue across the country in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. In Minneapolis, members of the American Indian Movement are patrolling the streets, protecting a stretch of businesses, organizations and housing known at the Native American Cultural Corridor from looting and vandalism. The city and dozens of others have enacted curfews and are utilizing National Guard units to maintain control. We’ll check in with Native people about how the protests and violence resonate where they are and what George Floyd’s legacy will be for Native Americans.

Guests:

Gabe Black Elk (Lakota) – lead organizer with Native Lives Matter

Linda Hill (Yakama Nation) – Native American liaison for the Seattle Police Department

Lisa Bellanger (Leech Lake Ojibwe) – executive director of the American Indian Movement

Melanie Yazzie (Navajo) – co-founder of The Red Nation and assistant professor of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico

 

Break 1 music: Awita Noosisim (song) Violet Naytowhow (artist) Wind Of The North (album)

Break 2 music: Standing Rock (feat. Nick Ørbæk Jacobsen) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 – Past disease outbreaks inform the current pandemic

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The arrival of smallpox, measles and other diseases brought by foreign settlers is forever linked to the widespread devastation of Native Americans, who had limited or no immunity. The ultimate survival of both the inadvertent and deliberate spread of deadly contagions is an enduring testament to the resilience of Native people. Now, as we face a new disease threat, we’ll get a history lesson on how past outbreaks shaped subsequent generations and what more we can learn from those hardships.

Guests:

Dr. David Lewis (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) – adjunct professor at Oregon State University and blogs at NDN History Research

Elizabeth Fenn – distinguished professor of history at the University of Colorado-Boulder

Loren Yellow Bird (Arikara/Hidatsa) – Arikara historian

Marvin Stepson (Osage) – former Osage Nation Chief Trial Court Judge

 

Break 1 music: Buc Wild Intertribal (song) Buc Wild (artist) Oneida Powwow: 40th Anniversary (album)

Break 2 music: Standing Rock (feat. Nick Ørbæk Jacobsen) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)

Monday, June 1, 2020 – Putting the death of Colten Boushie in context

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Director Tasha Hubbard’s (Cree) 2019 film “nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up,” is picking up accolades and new attention. It recently won the 2020 Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. It recounts the story of Colten Boushie (Cree from Red Pheasant First Nation) who was shot to death after he wandered onto the property of a white farmer in 2016. His death and the acquittal of the man who shot him prompted concern, frustration and anger among First Nations people in Canada. Hubbard puts the shooting in context of the broader racial and cultural divide and her own personal experiences.

Guests:

Dr. Tasha Hubbard (Cree) – associate professor at the university of Alberta in Native studies and filmmaker

Debbie Baptiste (Cree from the Red Pheasant First Nation) – Colten Boushie’s mother

Kevin Abourezk (Rosebud Sioux) – managing editor of Indianz.com

 

Break 1 music: Tarvautnauramken (Traditional Blessing Song) (song) I Sing, You Dance (artist) I Am Yup’ik (album)

Break 2 music: Standing Rock (feat. Nick Ørbæk Jacobsen) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)

Friday, May 29, 2020 – May in the news

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Many tribal casinos are re-opening, but with added restrictions to try and prevent spreading the coronavirus. We’ll hear about the potential benefits and dangers as businesses open their doors to the public. Specifically, we’ll focus on what contact tracing involves and how data is helpful in keeping the public safe. Also a Montana judge blocked a law limiting the number of absentee ballots one individual could bring to the post office or polling place. The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana says the law disproportionately affects Native voters who live in rural areas and may have limited access to post offices or polling places. These stories and more are in our regular news round up.

Guests:

Derek Willis – News Applications Developer at ProPublica

Dean Seneca (Seneca) – CEO of Seneca Scientific Solutions+

Bob Peters – Chairman of the Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomi Indians 

Robert Lilligren (White Earth Ojibwe Nation) – chair of the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors

 

Break 1 music: Walk With You (song) Joseph Fire Crow (artist) Face the Music (album)

Break 2 music: Get Free (single) QVLN (artist)

Thursday, May 28, 2020 – Polar bears caught in the middle

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Polar bears have a strong cultural significance for Alaska Natives and Indigenous people of the Arctic. They’re a food source and are included in traditional stories throughout Alaska and northern Canada. They are the top predator in their food web. Now they are listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Melting ice caused by climate change is changing polar bear habitat, forcing them away from their main method for gathering food. As a symbol of climate change, they’re in the middle of debates over natural resources and climate change policy. We continue our series on the cultural and environmental importance of animals with a look at polar bears, their relationship to Indigenous people and their struggle for survival.

Guests:

Katya Gray (member of Pilot Station Traditional Council) – executive director of the Alaska Nannut co-Management Council

Chris Koonooka (Yupik) – Yupik teacher at Gambell School

Robert Thompson (Inupiaq) – wilderness guide with Kaktovik Arctic Adventures

 

Break 1 music: Siku (song) Pamyua (artist) Caught In The Act (album)

Break 2 music: Get Free (single) QVLN (artist)

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – Book of the Month: Native California Flash Cards

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We’re turning the pages of a different kind of work that’s aimed at building Native identity and language. The “Native California Flash Cards: For Culture and Language Learning” come from the creative minds of artist Lyn Risling (Karuk/Yurok/Hupa) and writer and artist Analisa Tripp (Karuk). They are a tool that could inspire a deeper understanding of California Native culture through illustrations of people, plants, animals and designs. Each card has space for instructors to write the word for those illustrations in their own language.

 

Break 1 music: Lullaby (single) Lyn Risling (artist)

Break 2 music: Get Free (single) QVLN (artist)

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 – Natives in the Spotlight: Boys and Girls Club Native Services

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The Native Services arm of the Boys & Girls Club of America is rethinking how it’s reaching out to help young people so they, in turn, can help out in their communities. Ordinarily they promote healthy choices, support students and provide programs to help youth succeed. Since so many of their efforts rely on in-person group programs, organizers are restructuring to reach young people virtually to also reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Native Services has about a dozen chapters nationwide that offer culturally-appropriate programs that build social, emotional, intellectual and physical capacity in the communities they serve.

Guests:

Carla Knapp (From the Penobscot Indian nation) –  national vice president of Native Services for the Boys & Girls Club of America

Cortney Yarholar (Sax and Fox, Muskogee Creek, Pawnee and Otoe) – director of organizational development Boys and Girls Club of American Native Services Division

Heather Peterson (Lac Courte Oreilles) – CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Lac Courte Oreilles

Thomas Barrett Jr. (Red Lake band of Ojibwe) – CEO of the Red Lake Nation Boys & Girls Club

 

Break 1 music: Fancy Dance Song (song) Yellow Hammer (artist) Yellow Hammer (album)

Break 2 music: Get Free (single) QVLN (artist)

Monday, May 25, 2020 – Jesse Wente: Broadcaster, film director and critic

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“Reconciliation is dead.” That’s the message from Canadian broadcaster and artist Jesse Wente (Serpent River First Nation) in a commentary about the Coastal GasLink pipeline protests. While his comments might seem controversial, he often speaks his mind directly in a sea of “Canada nice.” In this hour we’ll talk with him about his career as a broadcaster, film curator and his role as director of the Indigenous Screen Office. (This is an encore show from March 12, 2020).

Break 1 music: Sonic Boom (song) Bear Creek (artist) XI – Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live At San Manuel Traditional (album)

Break 2 music: Get Free (single) QVLN (artist)

 

Friday, May 22, 2020 – Native artists get creative to stay afloat

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The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered every major public event that serves as an outlet for Native artists and craftspeople. Some, like the Santa Fe Indian Market, are among the single most lucrative events for many artists. Some are relying on online or social media sales to make a living in the meantime. We’ll check in with how Native artists are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

Guests:

JJ Otero (Navajo and Hopi) – artist

Kim Peone (Colville Confederated Tribes / Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) – executive director of the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts

Johnnie Diacon (Muscogee) – artist

Wabanoonkwe Cameron (Ojibwe) – artist

 

 

Break 1 music: Eagle Dance REMIX (song) Decontie & Brown (artist) Ancestors (album)

Break 2 music: D.R.E.A.M. (single) Neon Nativez (artist)

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