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President Joe Biden is taking the historic step to formally apologize for the federal government’s role in the failed Indian Board School era. The first-of-its-kind acknowledgement comes after Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland released the final report from a three-year investigation that included formal listening sessions from boarding school survivors and their relatives. The report documented at least 18,000 Native children who were sent to distant live-in schools where they were forced to abandon their languages and cultures. They were subjected to extensive physical and sexual abuse. Nearly 1,000 children died while attending the institutions far from their families. We’ll hear from Sec. Haaland and others who have been working on building the infrastructure of healing from the Boarding School Era.

Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) – Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior

Denise Lajimodiere (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) – co-founder and oral historian with the National Native Boarding School Healing Coalition first Native American poet laureate of North Dakota

Jim LaBelle (Iñupiaq) – board member for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

 

President Joe Biden’s remarks from the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona:

Remarks from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland before Pres. Biden’s boarding schools apology:

 

Break 1 Music: Healing Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)

Break 2 Music: Grateful Sun (song) Mike Bern (artist)

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Every year, thousands of Native Americans are going without the health care they’re entitled to or are risking costly medical bills for treatment that should be covered. A new report by KFF Health News focuses on the Purchased/Referred Care program in which patients seek outside treatment that IHS doesn’t offer. The report says the PRC program denied more than $550 million in payment requests from outside medical facilities in 2022, putting patients on the hook financially. Some tribes with resources are able to establish tribally-run care. Others are working on tribal health insurance programs. We’ll get a look at the problem facing those relying on IHS, and what can be done to solve it.

GUESTS

Misty Heiden (enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and a descendent of the Red Lake Nation, Leech Lake Tribe, White Earth Nation, Ponca, and Omaha)

Brian Gunn (member of the Colville Tribe), represents Indian tribes as principal at Powers Law Firm

Arielle  Zionts, rural health reporter with KFF Health News

Captain Joe Bryant (Cherokee Nation), chief executive officer of the Clinton Indian Health Center and lead for PRC agency priorities

Mentioned on the show: IHS Purchased/Referred Care online resources

• PRC Frequently Asked Questions:  https://www.ihs.gov/prc/frequently-asked-questions-faq-s/ 
• PRC Patient Process for Authorization for Payment Infographic:  https://www.ihs.gov/sites/prc/themes/responsive2017/display_objects/documents/PRC-ProcessHandout.pdf 
• PRC Fact Sheet:  https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/purchasedreferredcare/ 
• PRC User Guide:  https://www.ihs.gov/sites/prc/themes/responsive2017/display_objects/documents/PRC_Users_Guide_IHS_FINAL.pdf 
• PRC Eligibility: https://www.ihs.gov/prc/eligibility/ 
• PRC Appeal Process:  https://www.ihs.gov/prc/appeal-process/ 
• PRC Patient Rights and Grievances:  https://www.ihs.gov/prc/patient-rights-and-grievances/ 
• PRC Rates Information:  https://www.ihs.gov/prc/prc-rates-information/ 
• Indian Health Manual: Chapter 3 – Purchased/Referred Care: https://www.ihs.gov/ihm/pc/part-2/chapter-3-purchased-referred-care/ 
• PRC Additional Resources:  https://www.ihs.gov/prc/resources/ 

Break 1 Music: Thick as Thieves (song) Blue Moon Marquee (artist) Scream, Holler, and Howl (album)

Break 2 Music: Grateful Sun (song) Mike Bern (artist)

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Some colleges and universities say Native American admissions for the class of 2028 have suffered after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race-conscious recruitment. Harvard University reports a drop in enrollment for Native students and other students of color. Other colleges say it’s still too early to say. We’ll get an update on the trends for Native enrollment in post-secondary education and how Native students can adjust to the new admissions reality.

GUESTS

Mikaela Crank (Navajo Nation), scholars program director for College Horizons

Sam Ritter, director of the Davis New Mexico Scholarship

Dr. Corey Still (citizen of the United Keetoowah band of Cherokee Indians), senior research director at One Fire Associates, LLC

 

Break 1 Music: Dee Zee (song) The Delbert Anderson Trio (artist) MANITOU (album)

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Claudia Sheinbaum has already made history as Mexico’s first female president. She also comes into office with a promise to bolster the rights and recognition for the country’s many Indigenous peoples. Her inauguration included a traditional Indigenous blessing ceremony, something that at least one church leader criticized as “witchcraft”. We’ll explore what the Sheinbaum presidency means for Mexico’s Indigenous peoples and what obstacles stand in the way.

GUESTS

Gaspar Rivera-Salgado (Mixteco), director for the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies

Mariano Machain, coordinator for the international advocacy non-profit group Service and Advice for Peace (Serapaz)

Nicole Yanes (Opata), director of institutional philanthropy at NDN Collective

Break 1 Music: Copal Offering to the Four Directions (song) Xavier Quijas Yxayotl (artist) Aztec Dances (album)

Break 2 Music: Grateful Sun (song) Mike Bern (artist)

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The U.S. Navy is scheduled to formally apologize to Alaska Native residents of Angoon, Alaska, 142 years after they bombarded the village. The Navy also just apologized to the residents of Kake for a similar assault some years earlier. Both deadly assaults on the villages came after the deaths of Tlingit residents prompting a series of escalating actions. The shellings occurred during a time of tense interactions between Alaska Natives, the U.S. military, and outside corporate interests. Navy and village leaders alike say the apologies will help healing these many years later.

GUESTS

Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos (Tlingit), professor of Northwest Coast Arts at University of Alaska Southeast

Shgen George (Tlingit), Chilkat weaver and retired teacher

Esther Reese (Tlingit), tribal administrator for Wrangell Cooperative Association

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

 

Break 1 Music: Siigaay Gid uu Dii Iijang [Ocean Child I Am] (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) Siy​á​adlan (album)

Break 2 Music: Creator (song) Chuck Copenace (artist) Oshki Manitou (album)

 

 

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There is a decidedly imperialistic thrust to the Civilization video games. That’s why Shawnee tribal leaders were wary at first when game developers approached them about including famed Shawnee chief Tecumseh in the next version of Civilization. But after four years, the collaboration has introduced Shawnee language and culture and a new direction for the Civilization franchise. We’ll hear about this intersection of Native representation and video games and explore some new uses for video games.

GUESTS

Chief Ben Barnes (Shawnee), chief of the Shawnee Tribe, board member of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, and chairman of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma

Dillon Dean (Shawnee), actor and voices Tecumseh in Civilization 7

Anangookwe Hermes-Roach (Bad River Band of Ojibwe), co-director and game developer for Reclaim!

Dr. Lee Francis IV aka Dr. IndigiNerd (Laguna Pueblo), CEO of A Tribe Called Geek

 

Break 1 Music: Shawnee Stomp Dance (song) Little Axe Singers (artist) Traditional Voices: Historic Recordings of Traditional Native American Music (album)

Break 2 Music: Creator (song) Chuck Copenace (artist) Oshki Manitou (album)