Native America Calling

Special: Full State of Indian Nations Address by NCAI President Fawn Sharp

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Listen to the full State of Indian Nations Address from National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp (Quinault), delivered in Washington, DC.

 

 

 

Friday, January 27, 2023 – The Menu: James Beard nominations, eggs, and a new café

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Indigenous chefs Nephi Craig (White Mountain Apache), Justin Pioche (Diné), Jaren Bates (Navajo), and Sherry Pocknett (Wampanoag) are semi-finalists for the James Beard Foundation award for best regional chef. ɁálɁal Café opened up at the urban housing complex recently opened by the Chief Seattle Club and it’s turning out a fresh line of healthy Indigenous menu items. And, as the much of the country grapples with an egg supply problem, some Native egg farmers are sitting pretty. Friday on Native America Calling, Andi Murphy serves up a new helping of our regular feature The Menu with ɁálɁal Café manager Anthony Johnson (Anishinaabe and a citizen of Red Lake Nation), chef Justin Pioche, and Katherine Minthorn (Umatilla), Intertribal Agriculture Council technical assistance specialist (Idaho region) and an owner of Rez Chicks Co-Op.

Break 1 music: Yuve Yuve Yu (song) The Hu (artist) The Gereg

Break 2 music: Soar (song) Injunuity (artist) Spirits (album)

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 – Native in the Spotlight: Jana Schmieding

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Today on Native America Calling, Jana Schmieding (Mniconjou and Sicangu Lakota) joins us for an hour-long conversation about her life and career as part of our feature Native in the Spotlight. Got a question you’re dying to ask her? Or maybe you just want to tell her how awesome she is. You can reach her on 1-800-99-NATIVE.

Break 1 music:  New Orleans Rag (song) Lakota John (artist) The Winds of Time: Ragtime,Piedmont Blues, Folk and Native Americana (album)

Break 2 music: Mistahi Mewasin (Really Delighted) (song) Young Spirit (artist) Akameyimoh Baby Boy (album)

FUN FACT:

Jana previously hosted the podcast Woman of Size including a conversation with our own senior producer and “Toasted Sister” podcast host Andi Murphy.

Friday, December 30, 2022 – The Menu: tamales and assorted goodness

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It’s not the holidays in the Southwest without your favorite tamales or without attending an all-night tamale making party. These delicious, corn-wrapped gifts have origins dating back more than 10,000 years in Mexico. Today on Native America Calling in the latest helping of The Menu, Andi Murphy talks tamales with chef Neftalí Durán (Mixteco from Oaxaca) and Eric J. Garcia, the artist behind the Tamale Man comic book series. Plus, we check in with Inez Cook (Nuxalk Nation), owner of Salmon n’ Bannock Bistro and Salmon n’ Bannock on the Fly, a brand-new Indigenous restaurant opening at Vancouver International Airport.

Break 1 music: Ideal Dub (song) Casper Loma Da-Wa (artist) Honor the People (album)

Break 2 music: Rattle Dance (song) Asani (artist) Rattle and Drum (album)

 

 

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 – Native playlist: Mali Obomsawin, Mozart Gabriel, Dirt Rhodes, and P I Q S I Q

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Host: Shawn Spruce

It’s hard to stock a stuffing with the gift of a digital audio file, but the holidays are still a great time to catch up on and share new music. Native musicians continue to flood our culture with a diverse range of genres. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce jams to First Nations free jazz, rock and roll tinged with punk, country music driven through the Navajo Nation, and an Inuit holiday gem with Native American rock artist Mozart Gabriel (Taos Pueblo and Navajo); county artist Dirt Rhodes (Navajo); Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay (Inuit), the singers and songwriters from the duo P I Q S I Q; and Mali Obomsawin (Wabanaki from the Odanak First Nation), composer of the new album “Sweet Tooth.”

Break 1 music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (song) PIQSIQ (artist)

Break 2 music: Night of the Northern Lights (song) Jay Begaye (artist) Night of the Northern Lights (album)

Friday, December 2, 2022 – Native playlist: Northern Cree’s Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning

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Host: Shawn Spruce

Forty years after four brothers first formed the famed powwow and Round Dance band Northern Cree, they are releasing their first fully self-published and owned record, “Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning”. The album is produced by Bear Witness and 2oolman from The Halluci Nation. As many as 16 musicians perform with Northern Cree at any given time. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce speaks with Steve Wood about the new album and what’s next for this band originally from Treaty Six Territory.

Break 1 music: Mîyo Iskwew (song) Northern Cree (artist) Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning (album)

Break 2 music: Navajos Tacos and Native Movies (song) Eli Secody (artist) Rhythm of a Songmaker (album)

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 – Native in the Spotlight: Major Robinson

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Host: Shawn Spruce

From designing theme park rides for Disney and Universal Studios to overseeing construction of important tribal buildings in Montana and elsewhere, the architectural design career of Major Robinson (Northern Cheyenne) has a lot of diverse breadth. Along the way he’s been a cultural advisor for the Federal Reserve and an Indian Affairs Coordinator for the state. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce gets Robinson’s perspective on his life and some ideas on why Native concepts are important for architecture and design.

Break 1 music: Indigenous Life (song) Fiji (artist) Indigenous Life (album)

Break 2 music: Navajos Tacos and Native Movies (song) Eli Secody (artist) Rhythm of a Songmaker (album)

Monday, November 28, 2022 – The Menu: Native gifts a la carte

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Host: Andi Murphy

Are you wondering where you might find blue corn meal grown and processed by Native producers? Or would you like to give someone bison meat grown and prepared on tribal land? Today on The Menu, a regular feature on Native America Calling, Andi Murphy hears from representatives at American Indian Foods, the largest food hub showcasing dozens of Native food providers about some of the options people for gifting authentically prepared food and ingredients.

Break 1 music: Fry Bread Song (song) Radmilla Cody (artist) Precious Friends (album)

Break 2 music: Navajos Tacos and Native Movies (song) Eli Secody (artist) Rhythm of a Songmaker (album)

 

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 – Tribal Leadership: citizenship and identity

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Host: Shawn Spruce

Citizenship is one of the keystones of sovereignty for every tribe. And it’s absolute: you’re either a tribal citizen through lineal descendancy, blood quantum, or another agreed-up measurement, or you’re not. But Native identity sometimes extends beyond citizenship and there’s little agreement about those boundaries.

Today on Native America Calling, at a time of increasing scrutiny of those who claim—and build careers on—Native identity, Shawn Spruce gets the perspectives from tribal leaders on what makes identity and why it’s so important to get it right with Cathy Chavers, chairwoman of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians and the president of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Dr. Aaron Payment, former chairman of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians; Nathan McCowan (Tlingit and Haida), president and CEO of St. George Tanaq Corporation; Patt Iron Cloud AKA “GrandmaPatt”, councilwoman for the Fort Peck Tribes; and Harold “Buster” Hatcher, chief of the Waccamaw Indian People.

Break 1 music:  Intertribal (song) Thunder Hill (artist) Relentless (album)

Break 2 music: Sahkaweyohk Ota (Give A War Cry Here) (song) Young Spirit (artist) Akameyimoh Baby Boy (album)

Friday, October 28, 2022 – The Menu: Indian tacos, trick-or-treats, and Itality

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Host: Andi Murphy

Trick-or-treating and costume parties are back on this year after pandemic fits and starts. That means lots of candy and chocolate. Today on Native America Calling, in our regular feature The Menu, our resident foodie Andi Murphy takes a look at the Indigenous origins of chocolate with Julio Saqui (Mayan), founder and owner of Che’il Mayan Chocolate; checks out Itality, a new plant-based Native restaurant in Albuquerque, NM with founder and owner Tina Archuleta (Jemez Pueblo); and chats with Monie Horsechief (Pawnee and Cherokee), owner of Horsechief Catering and this year’s National Indian Taco champion. Plus, Acee Agoyo (Ohkay Owingeh/Cochiti/Kewa), co-founder of Indianz.com, gives us an update on the Elizabeth Hoover situation.

Break 1 music: Indian Tacos (song) LZDRP$ (artist)

Break 2 music: Ikitaa (song) PIQSIQ (artist)

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