A video from the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C. created a firestorm over the weekend. There’s a tug-of-war over the public message since the initial video surfaced showing Nathan Phillips drumming and singing as a group of students jeered and mocked him. Tribes, tribal leaders, members of Congress, media pundits and even the school the students represented were quick to denounce what they say is obvious disrespect of an Omaha Nation elder. Parents, political commentators and even President Trump are now coming to the students’ defense, saying they acted appropriately. We’ll sort out the incident and the evolving reaction.
Friday, January 18, 2019 – The Indigenous Peoples March
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Missing and murdered women, Indian child welfare, oil pipelines, and police abuse are among the many issues marchers hope to address during the first ever Indigenous Peoples March in Washington D.C. Organizers expect as many as 10,000 people from all over the world to raise awareness of human rights and environmental injustices faced by Indigenous people all over the world.
Guests:
Hope Butler (Piscataway Conoy of Maryland) – one of the organizers of the march
Darren Thompson [Tohono O’odham and Ojibwe (Lac de Flambeau)] – educator, public speaker, journalist, Native American flute player and a coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples March
Ruth Buffalo (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) – representative of North Dakota’s 27th district
Roberto Borerro (Taíno Nation) – international mechanisms director for the U.S. Human Rights Network
Phyllis Young (Standing Rock Sioux) – organizer from the Lakota People’s Law Project
Chase Iron Eyes (Lakota) – South Dakota counsel for the Lakota People’s Law Project
Break 1 Music: Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (song) A Tribe Called Red (artist) Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (single)
Break 2 Music: A Winter Dream (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)
Thursday, January 17, 2019 – Native women take office
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The election is over and, after a record year for Native women candidates, it’s time to get down to business. From Congress to state houses to tribal councils, there’s more total Native women representation than at any other time. We’ll hear from some of the new elected leaders about their priorities as they settle into their respective offices. Will increased representation translate to increased action?
Guests:
Debra Lekanoff (Tlingit) – representative of Washington State’s 40th House District
Andrea Clifford (Northern Arapaho) – representative of District 33 for the Wyoming House of Representatives
Peri Pourier (Oglala Lakota) – representative for South Dakota district 27
Ruth Buffalo (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) – representative of North Dakota’s 27th district
Break 1 Music: Tapwe Oma (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)
Break 2 Music: A Winter Dream (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 – The Wet’suwet’en stand-off
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A tenuous agreement halted a tense, ongoing scuffle between Wet’suwet’en First Nations protesters and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. For now, the hereditary chiefs and members of the Unist’ot’en Camp agree to let workers from TC Energy (formerly TransCanada Corp.) onto unceded territory land in British Columbia slated for gas pipeline construction. The confrontation resulted in 14 arrests after a court ordered the protesters to take down barricades on the main road to the property. The traditional leadership is at odds with the First Nation’s elected chiefs over the pipeline. We’ll get a look at what’s at stake and what’s next in this latest pipeline construction flare-up.
Guests:
Stewart Phillip (Okanagan) – president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
Bruce McIvor (Métis) – principal of First Peoples Law
Dr. Karla Tait (Unis’tot’en member of the Dark House/ Gilsuihu Clan) – director of clinical programming Unis’tot’en Healing Center and Unis’tot’en house member
Break 1 Music: Fass and Grancy (song) Northern Cree Singers (artist) Drum Boy (album)
Break 2 Music: A Winter Dream (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 – The end of modern-day prohibition
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A hundred years before the United States passed a constitutional amendment banning alcohol, Congress banned alcohol sales and production on reservations. The country quickly repealed Prohibition, but the reservation ban remained. That is until President Trump signed the law opening up alcohol manufacturing on Native land in December. For the first time in almost 200 years, tribes can now establish distilleries on reservation land. The Chehalis Tribe already has plans to open a distillery on their reservation in Washington State. Other than the obvious inequity based on race, the main reason to toss the outdated prohibition law is to tap into a growing trend for further economic development.
Guests:
Jeff Warnke – spokesperson and director of government and public relations for the Chehalis Tribe
Curtis Basina (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) – co-owner of the Copper Crow Distillery
Break 1 Music: Intertribal Song (song) Black Lodge (artist) Enter the Circle – Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live At Coeur D’Alene (album)
Break 2 Music: A Winter Dream (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)
Monday, January 14, 2019 – The high cost of heat
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Heating bills are projected to be a little higher this winter according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Winter Fuels Outlook. Expect to pay around 3 percent more if you heat with electricity, 5 percent more for gas and 20 percent more for home heating oil. The main reason for the increase is the higher fuel costs. In states like Alaska, North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, where temperatures can drop to -40 and lower, heating costs are a major burden and even a safety issue. Tribal programs like the Gwich’in Solar and Energy Efficiency in the Arctic Project and U.S. Government aid, like the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), are designed to offset the high costs of heating.
Guests:
Wes Alexander (Athabaskan from Nenana) – energy specialist for the Tanana Chiefs Conference
Henry Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota) – executive director of Red Cloud Enterprises
Bruno Zagar – environment special and energy projects manager for Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Loren Anthony (Navajo) – community warrior
Break 1 Music: Intertribal Song (song) Black Lodge (artist) Enter the Circle – Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live At Coeur D’Alene (album)
Break 2 Music: Rattle Dance (song) Asani (artist) Rattle And Drum (album)
Friday, January 11, 2019 – Native in the Spotlight: Aaron Yazzie
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Aaron Yazzie’s (Navajo) work is literally out of this world. Lately, the NASA mechanical engineer’s main job is designing the machinery gathering information 140 million miles away on the surface of Mars. In November he and his fellow scientists celebrated the end of an anxious six months, waiting for the successful flight and deployment of the unmanned Mars lander, InSight. We’ll hear about his own journey from the Navajo Nation to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Break 1 Music: Steamboat Akalii Song (song) Jay Begaye (artist) Horses Are Our Journey World (album)
Break 2 Music: Plains Vs Coast, Pt 2 (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)
Response from Gonzaga University
Comment from Gonzaga University president Thayne McCulloh:
“I feel so much sadness and anger for the women, men and children who were victimized by Poole and others, and all those who have been sexually assaulted by ordained priests who abused their power and privilege. I, together with fellow colleagues and friends of the University, were deeply wounded by the revelations of the sexual abuse of children, men, and women by Jesuits of the Oregon Province that were at the heart of the Province bankruptcy (filed in 2009, with a settlement reached in March 2011).”
“We are committed to being a community that strives to respect, protect and support every individual. As such, the safety of our students, staff and visitors to the Gonzaga campus is our top priority, and the University has zero tolerance for sexual misconduct of any form. Gonzaga has measures in place to allow for confidential reporting of misconduct to the proper authorities at www.gonzaga.edu/report. It is University policy to cooperate fully with any and all investigations of abuse and to take swift action when warranted.”
Thursday, January 10, 2019 – Jesuits’ abuse of Alaska Native women and girls
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The Catholic Church ignored the abuse of Native women and children by Jesuit priests in Alaska. That’s one of the revelations from a 19-month-long investigation by the Center for Investigative Journalism and the Northwest News Network. The reporting also found the church shuffled offending priests around, sometimes to other Alaska Native villages and ultimately offered them a retirement sanctuary in Washington state. We’ll talk with the one of the reporters from the project and a survivor featured in the report.
Response from Gonzaga University
Guests:
Emily Schwing – correspondent for the Northwest News Network
Elsie Boudreau (Yup’ik Eskimo) – president Arctic Winds Healing Winds
Patrick Wall – former priest and Benedictine monk and canon lawyer
Break 1 Music: The Real People (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz Rural Recordings Atauciq (album)
Break 2 Music: Plains Vs Coast, Pt 2 (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – The 2018 Farm Bill
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The new $867 billion Farm Bill just signed President Donald Trump is getting praise from tribes, Native farmers and advocates. One Native agriculture organization calls the number of Native-related provisions “unprecedented”. It also means access to more USDA programs and some changes for tribal food producers and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (commodity foods program). The bill also legalizes hemp opening doors to tribes getting into the industry.
Guests:
Erin Parker – research director and staff attorney at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
A-dae Romero-Briones (Cochiti and Kiowa) – director of programs for First Nations Development Institute
Joe VanAlstine (citizen of the Little Travers Band of Odawa Indians) – vice president for the National Association for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
Jeff Cormell – attorney with McAllister Garfield, P.C. in Denver
Break 1 Music: Plant The Seeds (song) Digging Roots (artist) We Are (album)
Break 2 Music: Plains Vs Coast, Pt 2 (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)
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