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Small businesses owners put their dreams and financial futures on the line when they open their doors for the first time. In the process of improving their own skills and financial standing, they become building blocks for their tribes, providing jobs and circulating revenue within the community. The Navajo Nation just secured nearly $89 million toward promoting and supporting small business. We’re at the Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas to hear what that support goes for – and discuss other insights about the trends for Native small businesses.

GUESTS

Jeremiah Bitsui (Diné and Omaha), actor and entrepreneur

Alisha L. Murphy (Diné), economist for the Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development

Jackson Brossy (Diné), assistant administrator for the Office of Native American Affairs at the U.S. Small Business Administration

Andy Wells (Red Lake Ojibwe), CEO of Wells Technology

Break 1 Music: Interstate 40 (World) (song) Jay Begaye (artist) The Colorful World – Songs from the Diné Heartland (album)

Break 2 Music: Roadrunner (song) DDAT (artist) DDAT (album)

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For most states this time of year, shifting time is as easy as moving the hour hand forward an hour. But Daylight Savings Time doesn’t change the staunch allegiance to the clock required during the typical day. But it wasn’t always that way. Tribes once had built-in schedules for harvests, ceremonies, family and feasts. Some of those traditions may have adapted to eight-hour work days, and five-day work weeks, but remnants of different cultural approaches to time remain.

GUESTS

Clark Tenakhongva (Hopi), musician and former Hopi vice chairman

Jon Ghahate (Laguna and Zuni Pueblo), educator at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

Tom Belt (Cherokee Nation), retired Western Carolina University Cherokee Language Program coordinator

Roger Dube (Abenaki), professor emeritus at the College of Science at Rochester Institute of Technology and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Board of Directors

Break 1 Music: The Center of the Universe (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)

Break 2 Music: Roadrunner (song) DDAT (artist) DDAT (album)

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Native Americans are up for a historic three Academy Awards, thanks to Martin Scorsese’s groundbreaking film, Killers of the Flower Moon. The story of the Osage Reign of Terror earned nominations for Lily Gladstone for Best Actress, Scott George for Best Original Song, and the late Robbie Robertson for Best Soundtrack. We’ll hear from the nominees as we tap into the mounting excitement over the 96th Academy Awards.

GUESTS:

Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nez Perce), actress

Sonny Skyhawk (Sicangu Lakota), founder of American Indians in Film & Television

Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk), editor and founder of Native Viewpoint and a certified Rotten Tomatoes critic

Scott George (Osage), musician and Academy Award nominee

Dawn Little Sky (Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Lakota), actress, grandmother and elder

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 – Native Playlist: Scott George and Mali Obomsawin

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Two recent events are major wins for tribes in Washington State fighting to restore natural salmon runs. A federal judge just sided with the Puyallup Tribe in their lawsuit aiming to remove a dam on the Puyallup River because it harms endangered salmon and other fish. And a coalition of a half-dozen tribes just signed a $1 billion plan with the federal government to restore salmon populations in the Columbia River Basin.

GUESTS

Corinne Sams (Cayuse, Walla Walla, Cocopah), chair of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission and chair/board of trustees member of the Fish and Wildlife Commission for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation  

Erik Holt (Nez Perce), chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission  

Jeremy Takala, member of the Yakama Nation tribal council

 

Break 1 Music: Cissy (Fish/Smoke Dance) (song) Sheldon Sundown (artist) Hand Drum/Smoke N’ Round Dance (album)

Break 2 Music: Sila [feat. Tanya Tagaq] (song) The Halluci Nation (artist) We Are the Halluci Nation (album)

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Overfishing in Japan, a thriving black market, and even the Fukushima nuclear disaster are all fanning the flames of fishing disputes involving tribes in Nova Scotia and Maine. Eels cannot reproduce in captivity. So juvenile glass eels, known as elvers, are a valuable commodity for Japanese aquaculture. They supply demand for a popular traditional dish in Japan. That demand is so high, it is threatening eel fisheries to the point that Canada is shutting down commercial seasons. Tribes maintain their treaty right to fish despite the government’s mandate. That’s causing rifts with non-Indigenous fishers and government officials.

GUESTS

Corey Hinton (citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe), attorney at Drummond Woodsum

Jonathan Smith (Shinnecock), tribal fishing rights advocate

Dr. Rick Williams, president of Praxis Research and Consulting, Inc.

Break 1 Music: For Wade (song) Silver Jackson (artist) It’s Glimmering Now (album)

Break 2 Music: Sila [feat. Tanya Tagaq] (song) The Halluci Nation (artist) We Are the Halluci Nation (album)

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Sasquatch, also called Bigfoot, has captured the popular collective imagination around the globe for decades. But in addition to their pop icon status, Sasquatch have a deeper meaning for many Native American cultures. The name that’s often used most likely comes from the Coast Salish word “Sasq’ets.” The Sts’ailes First Nation in Canada consider Sasquatch to be a caretaker of the land. A new exhibition at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Ore. showcases work by Native artists inspired by Sasquatch. We’ll get a peek at the exhibition along with some context of the enduring cultural connection.

GUESTS

Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga Nation, Beaver Clan, and Nez Perce), painter, mix media sculptor, and art writer  

HollyAnna CougarTracks DeCoteau Little Bull  (Yakama, Nez Perce, Cayuse, and Cree), artist

Rocky LaRock (Sts’ailes Coast Salish)

Break 1 Music: Welcome Song (song) Salish Spirit Canoe Family (artist) Keep Singing, Keep Dancing (album)

Break 2 Music: Muskwa Dance [feat. Quinton Tootoosis & Dawn Desmarais] (song) Dallas Arcand (artist) Modern Day Warrior (album)