Native America Calling

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 – COVID spike; Haskell under fire; Lahaina fire a year later

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We’ll catch up on some important news including members of a U.S. House of Representatives committee grilled officials from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) over missed complaints of sexual abuse, a toxic work environment, and mismanagement at Haskell Indian Nations University – and faulted BIA for failing to release public records about the complaints in a timely way; a summer COVID surge is underway; and the residents of Lahaina assess their future a year after a deadly and devastating fire.

GUESTS

Dean Seneca (Seneca), CEO and founder of Seneca Scientific Solutions+

Paele Kiakona (Native Hawaiian), organizer with Lahaina Strong and president of Save Honolua Coalition

Jenna Kunze, senior reporter for Native News Online

 

Break 1 Music: Kū Kiaʻi Mauna (single song) Kapu System (artist)

Break 2 Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – Indigenous athletes: what it takes to get to the Olympics

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The 2024 Paris Olympics are under way with more than 50 Indigenous athletes. That number includes the national team with the highest number of Indigenous athletes in the history of the Games: New Zealand, with 37 competitors of Māori descent. The United States has three Native Hawaiian athletes and Canada has at least 5 representing various Indigenous nations. We’ll talk with expert Olympic watchers about where to find Indigenous athletic talent in Paris and Tahiti and what to keep an eye out for during the competition.

GUESTS

Dan Ninham (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), freelance reporter for ICT News and director of North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame

Waneek Horn-Miller (Mohawk), Commentator for CBC Primetime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, co-captain of the Canadian Water Polo team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

Maurice Smith (Navajo), executive director for the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, inductee in the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame.

Rick Baker (Hopi), head coach of the Hopi High School Cross Country Team and inductee in the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame

 

Break 1 Music: Hoka Hey (feat. Jayden Paz & Dancin Dave) [Radio Version] (song) DJ krayzkree (artist) Future Generations (album)

Break 2 Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)

Monday, July 29, 2024 – Checking Kamala Harris and J.D. Vance records on Native issues

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As a senator and a member of the Joe Biden Administration, Vice President Kamala Harris has advocated for tribes and equity for Native Americans, explicitly promising to work with tribes to restore improperly taken lands, defending the Indian Child Welfare Act, and addressing Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. But her track record as a California attorney general is more complicated. In his short time in office, J.D. Vance has mocked Indigenous Peoples’ Day and spoke against renaming a national forest in a way that positioned Native Americans as “the enemy”. We’ll get some insights into these two candidates whose positions were just elevated in the presidential election.

GUESTS

Victor Rocha (Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), owner and editor of Pechanga.net

Governor Stephen Roe Lewis (Gila River Indian Community)

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

Marin Webster Denning (Oneida), cultural speaker and educator

 

Break 1 Music: Intertribal (song) Sweetgrass (artist) Follow the Trail (album)

Break 2 Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)

Friday, July 26, 2024 — Native playlist: Khu.éex and Nuxalk Radio

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Two new albums feature Native languages front and center, incorporating traditional storytelling and themes of resilience. Nuxalk Radio is celebrating ten years on the air with compilation of original songs entirely in the Nuxalk language. Nusximta is the result of a call to community members to write songs rooted in cultural tradition and to inspire language revitalization. Indigenous jazz/funk/rock band Khu.éex’ references federal Native relocation programs and other historical issues in their new album, Siyáadlan. We’ll speak with artists about their respective projects.

GUESTS

Preston Singletary (Tlingit), co-founder of Khu.éex’, musician, and glass artist

Captain Raab (Siksika Nation), guitarist and composer for Khu.éex’

Qwaxw (Nuxalk), co-founder and tech manager of Nuxalk Radio

Nuskmata (Nuxalk), artist on the album Nusximta by Nuxalk Radio

Break 1 Music: Angry Bear (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) The Wilderness Within (album)

Break 2 Music: Starlight (song) The Zoniez (artist)

Thursday, July 25, 2024 — Do immigrants pose a threat?

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The threat of a Donald Trump presidency has prompted hundreds of people from a dozen countries to begin walking to the U.S. border in an attempt to gain access before a potential ban on immigrants. It’s the latest in a surge of recent legal and illegal immigration attempts over the U.S.-Mexico border that is a focus of political campaigns portraying immigrants as a safety threat and a drain on public resources. We’ll hear from tribal representatives about how they view immigration from the southern border.

GUESTS

Dr. David Martinez (Akimel O’odham enrolled at the Gila River Indian Community), professor of American Indian studies and transborder studies and the director and founder of the Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations at Arizona State University

Oscar Chacón, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas

Lenore Myers-Nault (Chippewa Cree), Chippewa Cree Tribe council member

Break 1 Music: T.O. Forever (song) T.O. Combo (artist) T.O. Forever Tohono Oodham Waila (album)

Break 2 Music: Starlight (song) The Zoniez (artist)

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 — “Voter security” efforts draw criticism from Native advocates

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The U.S. House of Representatives just upped the ante on voter ID efforts by passing a bill to require proof of citizenship at polling places. Even though the idea lacks support in the Senate, it’s the latest in a relentless drive for more voting restrictions that Native American voting rights advocates say hinder access. In addition, an effort by the Walker River Paiute Tribe for more equitable voting access is getting pushback over security. We’ll get the latest efforts for equitable voting access.

GUESTS

Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (member of the Tohono O’odham Nation), Pima County recorder

Mathilda Guerrero (Kanaka Maoli), government relations director for Native Voters Alliance Nevada

Patty Ferguson Bohnee (Pointe-au-Chien), director of the Indian Legal Program and director of the Indian Legal Clinic at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University

Break 1 Music: Song 514 (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Stick Game Songs of The Paiute (album)

Break 2 Music: Starlight (song) The Zoniez (artist)

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 – Finding new relevance in the history of tribal governance

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Even before colonial contact, tribal leaders faced life and death decisions, challenges to their authority, and the judgements of their constituency. They also developed a model of governance that informed America’s burgeoning democracy. Two Native scholars take a look at the successes and stumbles of tribal leadership throughout history. Some of those provide a guide for today’s Native and non-Native leaders. We’ll hear from Dr. David E. Wilkins (Lumbee), professor at the University of Richmond and the author of Indigenous Governance: Clans, Constitutions, and Consent, and Stephen Wall (citizen of the White Earth Nation), faculty emeritus in Indigenous Liberal Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts and author of American Indian Tribal Governance: A Critical Perspective, about their research that is both a compelling history lesson, and a map for what leaders can become.

Break 1 Music: Intertribal (song) High Noon (artist) Generations (album)

Break 2 Music: Starlight (song) The Zoniez (artist)

Monday, July 22, 2024 — President Joe Biden drops out & rethinking community landscaping

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Pres. Joe Biden drops out of the presidential race. What now for Native voters? (Photo: Joe Biden for President)

We’ll get a picture of what’s ahead for Native voters as Democrats muster support for a new presidential candidate.

Also: The spaces around community buildings, public spaces and campuses reflect the people, culture, and land. At Southern Oregon University, a team of Native landscape architects and planners is including native plants, medicines, and foods for a large section of campus. It’s one model for incorporating Native input to connect culture and the larger community.

GUESTS

Clara Pratte (Navajo), CEO of Strongbow Strategies and caucus chair for the Democratic National Committee

Edward Samson (Pomo from Lake County), project manager for MIG

Nate Willing (Ojibwe), project associate for MIG

Paul Fragua (Jemez Pueblo), architect and planner

Break 1 Music: Anasazi Sun (song) Injunuity (artist) Fight for Survival (album)

Break 2 Music: Starlight (song) The Zoniez (artist)

Friday, July 19, 2024 — Wakan Gli: the message from the sacred white buffalo calf

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Among the earth’s most genetically pure buffalo herds in Yellowstone National Park, a rare white buffalo calf is born. It is considered sacred to surrounding tribes, such as the Lakota, Dakota, Blackfeet, and Shoshone, and was given a name, Wakan Gli, in a naming ceremony. The white calf brings with it a prophecy that some say correctly explains current human struggles with big issues like climate change. We’ll talk with Native culture bearers about the significance of Wakan Gli. We’ll also wrap up our eventful week at the Republican National Convention.

GUESTS

Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota), 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe

Paula Looking Horse (Dakota), organizer of World Peace and Prayer Day

Dallas Gudgell (Yankton Dakota from Ft. Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes), wildlife and tribal policy director with The International Wildlife Coexistence Network and vice president for the Buffalo Field Campaign board

Develyn Hill (Shoshone-Bannock), 2023-2024 Miss Shoshone-Bannock Queen

 

Break 1 Music: Buffalo (song) Algin Scabby Robe (artist) Along The Way: Round Dance Songs (album)

Break 2 Music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee Nation (album)

Thursday, July 18, 2024 – Making the case for a Republican president

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The Republican National Convention aims to end on a high note with a triumphant nomination acceptance speech by Donald Trump. It’s his first public comments since the assassination attempt over the weekend. The convention is propelling the expected momentum for the candidate, but we’ll bring it back down to earth to talk about what a Trump Presidency would mean for Native Americans.

GUESTS

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee/R-OK)

Shaun Griswold (Laguna, Zuni, and Jemez), editor of Source New Mexico

Paul DeMain (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin/Ojibwe descendent), former journalist

Kari Lake, U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona

 

Break 1 Music: Mean Things (song) Sihasin (artist) Never Surrender (album)

Break 2 Music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee Nation (album)

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