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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)

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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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Republicans hope to build momentum through the week at their national convention to galvanize party faithful—and to convince you to vote for their candidate. Not just the name at the top of the ticket but the Republican candidates to represent you in Congress. But what would a decisive Republican majority in Congress mean for Native American constituents. Are you satisfied with how Congress operates? As the party makes its case on the national stage, we explore what promise and threat Republicans in the legislative branch pose.

GUESTS

Myron Lizer (Diné), former Navajo Nation Vice President and professional development consultant for Prestige with Partners LLC

Shondiin Silversmith (Diné), Indigenous Communities Reporter for Arizona Mirror

Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation), publisher and editor of Native News Online

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

 

Break 1 Music: Buc Wild Intertribal (song) Buc Wild (artist) Oneida Powwow: 40th Anniversary (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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Donald Trump appeared in public for the first time since a serious attempt on his life. Delegates at the Republican National Convention heaped adulation on Trump as the parade of Republican voices tore into President Joe Biden’s record. What does the display of Republican values on the national scale look like to Native American voters? Can the momentum from the political spectacle inspire Native votes – and more candidates? We’ll hear arguments over what the current direction of the Republican Party means for the average Native American voter.

Watch today’s program on our YouTube Channel LIVE starting at 1 p.m. ET

GUESTS

Allen Wright (Choctaw), president and founder of the Hustings Group

Mike Stopp (Cherokee and Muscogee), CEO and president of SevenStar Holdings, LLC

Isiah Holmes, journalist with the Wisconsin Examiner

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

Break 1 Music: Two-Sidedness (song) Samantha Crain (artist) You (Understood) (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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The world’s attention is gripped by an assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump, as he is preparing to accept his party’s nomination in Milwaukee, Wisc. Already a tumultuous race, the violence portends a political event like no other. We’ll be in Milwaukee to hear about what is on the political minds of some of the state’s 11 federally recognized tribes as the November election begins to come into focus.

GUESTS

Brandon Yellowbird Stevens (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), vice chairman of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

Bill Trepanier (Lac Courte Oreilles), secretary and treasurer of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Marlon WhiteEagle (Ho-Chunk), freelance writer and copy editor for Native News Online

Break 1 Music: Tha Mash Up (song) Wayne Silas, Jr. (artist) Infinite Passion (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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While candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties reign supreme in headlines, there are those Native American voters who aren’t bound by the two-party system. A number of viable candidates for president including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Dr. Cornel West, and Dr. Jill Stein, who are also working to win Native votes. And there are even some third-party and independent Native candidates in local and national races. We’ll hear from some of the top presidential candidates outside the main two parties about what they offer.

GUESTS

Pauly Denetclaw (Diné), political correspondent for ICT News

Dr. Bernard Tamas, professor of Political Science at Valdosta State University and author of The Demise and Rebirth of American Third Parties

Listen to extended versions of our interviews with the candidates:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

 

Jill Stein

 

Cornel West

Break 1 Music: Get Up Stand Up (song) Bailey Wiley, Che Fu, King Kapisi, Laughton Kora, Maisey Rika, & Tiki Taane (artist)

Break 2 Music: She’s Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues (song) Davis Mitchell (artist) Country Road (album)

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Native Americans, in general, have traditionally supported Democrats, and that has made a significant difference in a few key races. Some candidates are reaching out to the Native vote to get them into office, or to keep them in. The historic election of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (Yup’ik/D-AK) brings the number of Native Democrats in Congress to the highest it’s ever been: two. We’ll hear from some notable Native Democrats about the issues they see as important to Native voters.

GUESTS

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Band of Ojibwe), Minnesota Lieutenant Governor

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk), U.S. Representative of Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (Yup’ik), U.S. Representative of Alaska

Clara Pratte (Navajo), CEO of Strongbow Strategies and the Democratic National Committee Native American Caucus chair

 

Listen to an interview with Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK):

 
Listen to an interview with Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS)

 

Break 1 Music: Ojibwe Honor Song (song) Darren Thompson (artist)

Break 2 Music: Bigfoot (song) Bobby Bullet (Artist) Bigfoot (album)

Also on the show: an interview with Lloyd Miller, partner with Sonosky Chambers Law, about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of tribes, including his client, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, seeking to recover millions of dollars in funds for administering Indian Health Service overhead costs.

 

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Is there really a mass of Chinese immigrants forming an army within the United States? Are there legions of ineligible voters deciding elections? Are the people you disagree with politically getting influenced by Russian agents? Anymore, news consumers can choose where they get their facts from – and increasingly those facts are in dispute. A new poll by the Media Insight Project finds 53% of those asked think news organizations will report inaccuracies or misinformation about the upcoming election. We will get some clues about what Native news consumers should look out for, and what news organizations could do to restore trust in their products.

GUESTS

Cristina Azocar (Upper Mattaponi), professor of journalism at San Francisco State University

Jason Begay (Navajo), associate professor at The University of Montana School of Journalism

Angel Ellis (Muscogee [Creek] Nation), director of Mvskoke Media, treasurer for the Indigenous Journalists Association, Oklahoma Media Center board member, and co-host of the Pretendians podcast by Canadaland

Break 1 Music: Rainbow Gratitude (song) Joy Harjo (artist) Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears (album)

Break 2 Music: Bigfoot (song) Bobby Bullet (Artist) Bigfoot (album)

 

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Most polls over the years show Native Americans’ substantial support for Democrats. But that hasn’t stopped strong representation in Congress by Native Republicans. That includes U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (Chickasaw Nation/R-OK), who recently took the reins of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. He is also the longest-serving Native congressman in history. We’ll get perspectives from some notable Native Republicans about what they see the party does for their Native constituents in the first of a series of profiles shedding light on political positions heading into the general election.

GUESTS

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (citizen of the Chickasaw Nation), U.S. Representative of Oklahoma’s 4th District

Wes Nofire (citizen of the Cherokee Nation), Native American Liaison for the State of Oklahoma

Break 1 Music: Going Back (song) Paula Nelson (artist) C.H.A.N.T. Cherokee Hope and New Traditions (album)

Break 2 Music: Alligator Boots (song) Danny T and the Stealing Thunder Band (artist) Fantasyland (album)