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When the trade war with China first started heating up, a tribally-owned seafood company in Washington State scaled back harvests fearing negative effects on their international trade. Now, the president is upping the ante with additional tariffs, sending new worries across agriculture, technology and food industries. In addition, the trade war threatens to raise the price on consumer goods that Native people use on a daily basis. We’ll take a look tribal international trade and get a Native perspective on the current trade war with China.

Guests:

Wayne Garnons-Williams (plains Cree of the Moosomin First Nation) – chair of the International Inter-tribal Trade and Investment Organization, senior lawyer and principal director at Garwill Law Professional Corporation

Dr. James (Jim) Collard – director of planning and economic development for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Break 1 Music: Trade Song (song) Métis Fiddler Quartet (artist) North West Voyage Nord Ouest (album)

Break 2 Music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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Some people come to learn and teach their Native language with a sense of urgency as fluent speakers dwindle. Others simply have a desire to connect with their culture. There are many ways people are inspired to devote time and effort to revitalize language. We’ll hear examples of how individuals chose to connect with their languages and what rewards and challenges they face along the way.

Guests:

James Vukelich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) – creator of the online series Ojibwe Word of the Day

Santana Fuentes (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate/ Mni Wakan Oyate) – Dakota language learner

Jacey Firth-Hagen (Gwich’in) – started the social media campaign Speak Gwich’in To Me

Fawn Wood (Cree/Salish) – award winning recording artist

Break 1 Music: Ohdah (Elder) (song) Digawolf (artist) Great Northern Man (album)

Break 2 Music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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Art classes in high schools are often seen as extras and are among the first to be cut during tight budget times. But programs for Native youth utilize various expressions of art as a way to confront serious problems like depression, anxiety, substance abuse and traumatic stress. Art therapy is aimed at healing historical and inter-generational trauma. It’s more than expressive painting and sculpture. Some programs are backed by sophisticated strategies for bringing traumatized young people to a solid emotional setting for growth and healing. We’ll hear about how art therapy is making a difference for Native young people.

Guests:

Carey MacCarthy – founder and executive director of Indigenous Healing Arts Alliance and a registered art therapist as well as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Stacy Bohlen (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa) – executive director of the National Indian Health Board

Break 1 Music: Steadfast (song) Mr.Elive, Phillip Charette (artist) Tengaurtukut (album)

Break 2 Music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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Fans, and their wallets, are the lifeblood of creative and talented performers and they come in all shapes and sizes. They are parents sitting in the bleachers at a basketball game, they’re friends who were there at a band’s first gig in an empty bar and they are online sharing kudos about an author’s new book. What are you a fan of?

Guests:

Elias Funaro (Dakota from Sisseton Wahpeton in South Dakota) – host of Geek Savs Podcast and writer for Outright Geekery

Theo Tso (Las Vegas Paiute Tribe) – creator, artist of Captain Paiute published by War Paint Studios

Kimmi Marcus (Taos Pueblo) – softball coach at Taos High School, coach at Majors Little League

Break 1 Music: Stick Game Jam F. BIG Phil (Beat By Magic Touch, Mixed By EV Of A-Slam.Com) (song) Inez (artist) Inez – Singsoulgirl (album)

Break 2 Music: You Don’t Know (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz Rural Recordings Atauciq (album)

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About one thousand tornadoes touch down in the United States every year and they can be deadly. One person was killed and 25 others injured in April when a tornado struck a culture festival at Caddo Mounds Historical Site in Texas. The Kiowa tell of a being resembling a horse that whips around its lizard tail to create tornadoes. The Kiowa’s Silver Horn Calendar, which dates back to the early 19th Century, includes a drawing of the Storm-Maker Red Horse during a particularly bad tornado season in 1905 the calendar calls Great Cyclone Summer. We’ll focus on tribes’ connections to tornadoes as well as the latest in preparing for them.

Guests:

Steven Cobb – meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Philip Manes (citizen of the Cherokee Nation) – operations manager for Cherokee Nation emergency management, search and rescue team lead

Jereaux Nevaquaya Sanders (Comanche and descendent of Choctaw and Chickasaw) – supervisor and manager at the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center gift shop, storyteller and cultural liaison

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

Break 2 Music: You Don’t Know (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz Rural Recordings Atauciq (album)

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The government is falling short on consultation with tribes on major infrastructure projects. That’s according to a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Some complaints from tribes include dismissing tribal input, a lack of respect for government-to-government relationships and consultation invitations coming too late in the process. Federal agencies have complaints of their own, including a lack of accurate tribal contact information and poor coordination when multiple federal agencies are involved. We’ll get a run-down of what’s in the report and talk about recommendations for improvement.

Guests:

Anne-Marie Fennell – director of the Natural Resources and Environment team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office

Liz Malerba (Mohegan Tribe) – director of policy and legislative affairs at the United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund

Dr. Aaron Payment (Tribe of Chippewa Indians) – chairperson of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and first vice-president of the National Congress of American Indians

Kyle White (Oglala Sioux) – director of the Natural Resources Regulatory Agency for the Oglala Sioux Tribe

Break 1 Music: Creation Story (song) John-Carlos Perea (artist) Creation Story (album)

Break 2 Music: You Don’t Know (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz Rural Recordings Atauciq (album)

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Compassion, empathy, and what practitioners call ‘assertive communication’ are among the ways young people connect with each other through peer counseling. It involves learning a set of skills to recognize when people around you might need emotional help. The practice is producing results in Pine Ridge’s Little Wound School in South Dakota. We’ll hear from guidance counselors and others about what peer counseling is and how Native youth are using it to help each other.

Mentioned on the show: Native Hope 3 Day Conference

Guests:

Dr. Clayton Small (Northern Cheyenne) – CEO of Native Pride

Edwina Brown Bull (Oglala Lakota) – co-director of Project Aware

Bim Pourier (Oglala Lakota) – co-director of Project Aware

Lance Christensen (Oglala Lakota / Cheyenne River Sioux) – sophomore at Little Wound School, student athlete in basketball, golf and cross country

Hawkeye Montileaux (Oglala Lakota) – cultural advisor for the Little Wound School

Break 1 Music: Nitohta (song) Asani (artist) Listen (album)

Break 2 Music: You Don’t Know (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz Rural Recordings Atauciq (album)

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Becoming a mother means sacrificing time, money and personal comfort to care for another human being. Moms also help pass on cultural knowledge and language to future generations. They also share a special kind of never-ending love that might eventually extend to grandchildren and great-grandchildren. As we head into Mother’s Day we’ll hear from moms about what they think their job description entails and how that’s sometimes different than what they expected.

Guests:

Sharyl Whitehawk (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) – counselor at White Earth Urban substance Abuse program at outpatient treatment

Amber Hayward (Puyallup/ Confederated Salish and Kootenai) – language program director for Puyallup Tribe of Indians

Laura Clark (Muskogee Creek and Cherokee) – editorial director of “Parenting” Café Mom and Mom.me at Wild Sky media, and admin of the Native American Moms Facebook Page

Brandi Eastman (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate) – consultant

Break 1 Music: Missing Mom (feat. Sheldon Sundown) (song) Cris Derksen (artist) Cris Derksen: Orchestral Powwow (album)

Break 2 Music: Aroha – Love (Instrumental Remix) (song) Mika (artist) Mika Versus Fashion (album)