Native America Calling

Monday, December 5, 2016 – Fake news and trusting the media

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Students from junior high on up can’t tell the difference between fake news and the real deal according to a recent study from Stanford. Did you believe the story about the Pope endorsing Donald Trump? How about the one about thousands of wild buffalo suddenly appearing at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protest? How can we separate fact from fiction in all the digital detritus? Are we teaching our kids to ask the critical questions about where and who their information comes from?

Guests:

Dr. Jonathan Anzalone – assistant director and lecturer in the School of Journalism and the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University

Bryan Pollard (Cherokee) – president of the Native American Journalist Association

News stories mentioned:

US Uncut: Thousands of Wild Buffalo Appear Out of Nowhere at Standing Rock (VIDEO)

Huffington Post: Bernie Sanders Could Replace President Trump With Little-Known Loophole

World Socialist Website: Judge allows police to use grenades against Dakota Access Pipeline protesters

New York Post: Pregnant tarantula on the loose in Park Slope

Break music:  Pow Wow Song #8 (song) Red Lake Singers (artist) Old Times (album)

 

Tuesday, January 3 2017 – Leonard Peltier’s last chance for freedom?

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President Obama continues to grant commutations and pardons to convicted low level drug offenders and others before he leaves office. Last-minute pardons are common for presidents in recent years. Will President Obama grant Leonard Peltier clemency? Many activists and organizations, including Amnesty International, are calling for his release. All of Peltier’s options in court are exhausted, and clemency is his only option. But law enforcement advocates and others maintain Peltier is guilty and should stay in prison.

Guests:

Lenny Foster (Diné) – Peltier supervisor for the Navajo Nation Corrections project and volunteer spiritual advisor for the state and federal prison system, and Leonard Peltier’s spiritual advisor

Peter Clark – co- director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense committee

Cynthia Dunne – Leonard Peltier’s lawyer

Break music: Sacrifice (song) Robbie Robertson & Leonard Peltier (artist) Contact From the Underworld of Redboy

Ed Woods Full Interview

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