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The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center lists safe, affordable, accessible, and stable housing as one of the most pressing concerns for Native domestic abuse survivors, both on and off the reservation. The lack of housing increases the likelihood of a survivor being drawn into sex trafficking. It can also be the reason someone chooses to stay in an abusive situation. We’ll hear about what’s being done to make housing accessible to survivors broadcasting live from the Women Are Sacred conference.

GUESTS

Caroline LaPorte (immediate descendant of the Little River Band Of Ottawa Indians), Director of the STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

Gwen Packard (Ihanktonwan Dakota), Senior Housing Specialist, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

Noreen Hill (Oneida Nation of the Thames), executive director/founder, Mother Nation

Dawn Begay (Diné), Native American Affairs Coordinator, City of Albuquerque

Break 1 music: Women’s Honoring Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

Break 2 music: Summer (song) RiverFlowz (artist)

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Native fathers by marriage sometimes have to work a little harder to make sure they fulfil their end of the parenting partnership. Step parents often have to navigate complicated relationship situations like shared child custody, ex-husbands, and divided parent loyalty.

GUESTS

Bruce Savage (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa band member), owner and operator of Spirit Lake Native Farms 

Troy Watlamet (Yakama Nation Tribal Member from the Klickat Cayuse Band), stepfather 

Halo Tomma (Yakama, Wanapum, North Thompson, and Flathead), daughter

William Penn (Squaxin Island Tribe and Quileute Tribe), program facilitator with Native Wellness Institute

 

Break 1 music: Friends (song) Henry Kapono, Alx, Blayne, Kalani, Kimie, Paula & Tavana (artists) The Songs of C & K (album)

Break 2 music: Gathering Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

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Tribes abilities to deliver everything from law enforcement to adequate health care depend on their collective strength when it comes to self-governance. Several legal and policy decisions in the past year have bolstered self-governance in both big and small ways, including a full-throated affirmation of the Indian Child Welfare Act. There were some setbacks too. We’ll assess the state of tribal self-governance in advance of the upcoming self-governance conference in Tulsa, Okla.

GUESTS

Ron Allen (Jamestown S’klallam Tribe), tribal chairman for the Jamestown S’klallam Tribe

Lt. Gov. Chris Anoatubby (Chickasaw Nation), Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation

Melanie Fourkiller (Cherokee and Choctaw), director of self-governance and health policy for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

 

Break 1 music:  Tiny Hands (Reimagined) (song) Quantum Tangle (artist) Shelter as We Go . . . (album)

Break 2 music: Gathering Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

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The longest day of the year is a significant marker of time for many tribes. The summer solstice is a time of traditional celebrations and ceremony. Dozens of tribes throughout history built structures around the sun’s position on June 21. We’ll get an account of some of the tribal stories and traditions as well as some modern acknowledgements of the day.

GUESTS

Briday Green (Shareholder in the Sitnasuak Alaska Native Corporation and the Bering Strait Alaska Native Corp), organizer of the Nome Midnight Sun Festival

Kainoa Horcajo (Kanaka Maoli), cultural consultant with the Mo’olelo Group

Adrienne Lalli-Hills (Wyandot Nation citizen), director of learning and community engagement at the First Americans Museum

Glenna Wallace, chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

 

Break 1 music:  O-Ja-Ja (song) Yarina (artist) Sounds Of Indian Summer: Contemporary Native Music from The National Museum of The American Indian (album)

Break 2 music: Gathering Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

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Nearly all tribes in Arizona have a tougher time successfully negotiating rights to the state’s scarce water than other governmental entities. And the requirements necessary for tribes to reach water agreements is tougher in Arizona than in neighboring states. An investigative project by ProPublica and High Country News exposes the concessions tribes face to access water. The stakes are high. On the Navajo Nation, for instance, a nearly-completed medical complex sits empty because there is not enough water.

GUESTS

Dr. Andrew Curley (Diné), assistant professor in the School of Geography, Development, & Environment at the University of Arizona

Jason John (Navajo), director of the Navajo Department of Water Resources

Mark Olalde, reporter for ProPublica

Umar Farooq, Ancil Payne Fellow at ProPublica

 

Break 1 music: Round Dance Song (song) Sissy Goodhouse (artist) The Third Circle (album)

Break 2 music: Gathering Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

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Groups of freed and fugitive slaves sought refuge in Florida and formed relationships with the Seminoles in the 18th Century. This kinship carried on through the bloody Seminole Wars into the Trail of Tears. Later, members of those groups became known as Seminole Maroons, Seminole Freedmen, or Black Seminoles. Some would find their way to Oklahoma, others to Texas, Mexico, the Caribbean, and some remained in Florida. They formed communities throughout the diaspora and held on to their history and maintained a distinct culture.

GUESTS

Windy Goodloe (Black Seminole descendant), secretary of the Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery Association

Anastasia Pittman (citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma), former state senator for District 48 in Oklahoma and a general council representative for the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

Dr. Wallis Tinnie (Seminole Maroon descendant), Project Director at the Florida Black Historical Research Project, Inc. 

Jason Brown (Seminole Maroon descendant from Red Bays settlement in Andros, Bahamas), archaeologist 

Corina Torralba (Black Seminole descendant from Nacimiento Coahuila, Mexico), founder of Casa de la Cultura Black Seminoles of Nacimiento Coahuila, Mexico

 

Break 1 music: The One Who Sees (song) Bear Creek (artist) XI – Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live at San Manuel (album)

Break 2 music: Gathering Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

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The U.S. Supreme Court decisively rejected what many legal observers considered the most serious challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act in the law’s 45-year history. The ruling is a relief for ICWA supporters, many of whom were fearful of a decision that could turn back or weaken the law that ensures Native foster children a home with Native guardians. We’ll get reaction and analysis from those who have been watching the legal fight closely.

You can get more context from Native America Calling on the Supreme Court’s decision here.

GUESTS

Dr. Sarah Kastelic (Alutiiq), director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association  

Derrick Beetso (Navajo Nation), director, College of Law, Indian Gaming, and Self-Governance, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, and former general counsel for the National Congress of American Indians

Hilary Tompkins (citizen of the Navajo Nation), partner with Hogan Lovells and former Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior

Erin Dougherty Lynch, Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Senior Staff Attorney and Managing Attorney of NARF’s Anchorage, Alaska, office

Beth Wright (Pueblo of Laguna), NARF staff attorney

Break 1 music: Victory (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

Break 2 music: Bui yo oh wanina (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Circle Dance Songs of the Paiute and Shoshone (album)

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It’s the time of year when Pueblo athletes take to the dusty baseball diamonds throughout New Mexico, carrying on a tradition that their grandparents and even great-grandparents helped establish. Baseball is more than just a sport for the teams in the Pueblo leagues. It’s a tribal and family legacy.

Plus, analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act and reverse a circuit court ruling.

GUESTS

Derrick Toledo (Jemez Pueblo), Shortstop and pitcher for the Jemez Sun Devils 

Nathan Abeyta (Ohkay Owingeh), co-founder of the Northern Pueblo League 

Joseph Suina (Cochiti Pueblo), volunteer coach

Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians), law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and author of the “Turtle Talk” blog

Break 1 music: Wim Ah I Wem, Tiwa (single) Gregg Analla (artist)

Break 2 music: Bui yo oh wanina (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Circle Dance Songs of the Paiute and Shoshone (album)

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Wildfires in Canada are not just sending clouds of smoke to major U.S. cities. They’re also a threat to residents, including a dozen or more Indigenous communities that were forced to evacuate. The country’s Natural Resources ministry predicts this summer could be the worst wildfire season on record.

GUESTS

Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis),  Indigenous fire specialist with Parks Canada and co-host of the Good Fire Podcast

Brandi Morin (Cree, Iroquois, and French), journalist and author

Kenza El Bied, Director General of Sector Operations Branch, a part of the Regional Operations Sector of Indigenous Services Canada 

Mentioned on today’s show: Canadian Wildland Fire Information Center interactive map & FireSmoke Canada 

 

Break 1 music: Kwelosoet (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Kikāwiynaw (album)

Break 2 music: Bui yo oh wanina (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Circle Dance Songs of the Paiute and Shoshone (album)