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Indigenous identity is viewed differently by the Mexican government. There aren’t registered tribes but there are autonomous Indigenous communities. Indigenous Mexicans self-identify, come from Indigenous communities, speak an Indigenous language and practice traditional and cultural ways. How that translates across the border and in U.S. Indigenous communities is complicated.

Guests:

Claudia Serrato (Xicana Indigena; P’urhépecha, Huasteca and Zacateca descent) – Indigenous culinary artist and anthropologist, a decolonial scholar and co-founder of Across Our Kitchen Tables

Renee M. Chacon (Diné and Mexica) – youth program coordinator at Spirit of the Sun, co-founder of Womxn from the Mountain and Sahumadora of Danza Azteca

Roberto Fatal (Mestizo, Ute, Rarámuri, Spanish) – filmmaker

 

Break 1 music: Pangea (song) 2Mex (artist) Visionaries (album)

Break 2 music: His Spirit Reflected in the Moon (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) They Forgot They Survived (album)

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Deb Haaland faces her critics and supporters on her way to heading the U.S. Department of Interior, the Navajo Nation vaccinates nearly a third of their citizens in under a month, and the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package includes relief for tribes. These are some of the stories we’ll look into on the regular news roundup.

Guests:

Mary Annette Pember (Red Cliff Ojibwe) – national correspondent for Indian Country Today

Allison Herrera (Xolon Salinan) – Indigenous Affairs reporter at KOSU

Aaron Yazzie (Diné) – mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab

Mentioned on the show:

Mars 2020 Mission

Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

‘Suspicious packages’ escalate pipeline tensions

‘Pipe Dream’: Enbridge escalates local tensions

 

Break 1 music: Quiero Que Me Salves (feat. Sexteto Tabala) (song) Lido Pimienta (artist) Miss Colombia (album)

Break 2 music: Meskwaki Nation Intertribal (song) Meskwaki Nation (artist) Oneida Powwow: 40th Anniversary (album)

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U.S. Secretary of Interior nominee Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) faces questioning from senators during her confirmation hearings. She faces some opposition, but if all goes as expected she will be the first Native American cabinet secretary. Then she has to do the job of overseeing public lands, Indian Country land policy, and balancing conservation with the demands of an energy-hungry nation. We’ll recap the confirmation hearing and discuss what opportunities and pitfalls Haaland faces in the position.

Guests: 

Mark Fox (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) – chairman of the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

Clark Tenakhongva  (Hopi) – vice chairman of the Hopi Tribe

Cris Stainbrook (Lakota) –  president of Indian Land Tenure Foundation 

Dr. Katrina Phillips (Red Cliff Ojibwe) – assistant professor of Native history at Macalester College 

 

Break 1 music: Coming In “Tewa” Song (song) Sidney Poolheco (artist) Heartfelt Songs (album)

Break 2 music: Meskwaki Nation Intertribal (song) Meskwaki Nation (artist) Oneida Powwow: 40th Anniversary (album)

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National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp delivers her second State of Indian Nations address. It is the first time the address, along with the Executive Council Winter Session, will be presented virtually. The COVID-19 pandemic and its disproportionate effect on Native people, federal COVID relief funds distribution, equitable funding for the Indian Health Service, the pending confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Department of Interior, and the Native agenda for the new presidential administration are some of the hot topics important to Indian Country. We’ll have the address and the Congressional response.

 

Break 1 music: Clearing the path (song) Swinomish Canoe Family 2011 (artist)

Break 2 music: Meskwaki Nation Intertribal (song) Meskwaki Nation (artist) Oneida Powwow: 40th Anniversary (album)

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Four films made by Indigenous filmmakers from around the globe premiered at this year’s Sundance Festival. The fictional portrayals and real-life documentaries tell stories of Indigenous traditions, righteous protest and dark criminal dramas. We’ll catch up with a few of the filmmakers to discuss their art and the future of film during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guests: 

Adam Piron (Kiowa/Mohawk) –  associate director of the Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program

Cole Forrest (Nipissing First Nation) –  emerging filmmaker

Petyr Xyst (Laguna Pueblo) – filmmaker working in New Mexico and film student at the University of New Mexico

Roberto Fatal (Mestizo/Ute/Rarámuri) – filmmaker

 

Break 1 music: Big World (song) Kinnie Starr (artist) World Feed The Fire (album)

Break 2 music: I Rise (feat. Murray Porter & Sandy Scofield) Russell Wallace (artist) Unceded Tongues (album)