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Host: Andi Murphy

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Host: Andi Murphy

Long before it was a national park, Yellowstone was an important place for at least two dozen tribes. Documented Native connections to the land go back at least 10,000 years. This year, Yellowstone is marking its 150th year as a federal national park. The dedication by President Ulysses S. Grant was the final blow to unrestricted use of the land by tribes.

Guests:

Dr. Shane Doyle (Apsáalooke) – educational and cultural consultant

Robyn Rofkar (Eastern Shoshone and Confederated Salish and Kootenai) – administrative assistant for the Eastern Shoshone Cultural Center

Lynette St. Clair (Eastern Shoshone) – Indian education coordinator for Fort Washakie School

Break 1 music: Traveling Song (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Circle Dance Songs of the Paiute and Shoshone (album)

Break 2 music: Remembering the Warrior (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)

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Wisconsin is the latest state to pass a slate of new voting laws that put up barriers for many voters. Native voters and those of color could be disproportionately turned away by the measures. Wisconsin’s governor promised to veto the legislature’s bills. Native voting advocates in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and elsewhere are expressing alarm over new laws that might limit election participation.

Guests:

Jacqueline De Leon (Isleta Pueblo) – staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund

Ta’jin Perez (Totonac) – deputy director of Western Native Voice

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

Break 2 music: Remembering the Warrior (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)

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When Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo) took the helm of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., she became the first Native woman to serve as a Smithsonian museum director. She has a long history of museum administration, which includes directing the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

Break 1 Music: We Danced Movement I (song) Cris Derksen (artist) The Cusp (album)

Break 2 music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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It’s the time of year when snow snakes are racing across the frozen open spaces in the Upper Midwest, northeast and wherever else there is adequate snow cover. They are not actual snakes, but a game to see who can throw carved and decorated wooden sticks the farthest. It’s one of the traditional Native winter games seeing a surge in popularity thanks to culture and language revitalization efforts.

Guests:

Paul DeMain (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and Ojibwe descent) – chairman of the board of directors of Honor the Earth and an organizer of the Inter-Tribal Nations Snow Snake Festival

Susan Ninham (Ojibwe) – teacher and games organizer

Jon Greendeer (Ho-Chunk) – health and wellness coordinator for the Ho-Chunk Nation and first first place winner of the 0-54 category at the first

Wayne Valliere (Ojibwe and member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians) – director of language and culture at the Lac du Flambeau Public Schools

Break 1 music: Pow Wow Song #8 (song) Red Lake Singers (artist) Old Times (album)

Break 2 music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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5G wireless technology promises to revolutionize everything from business transactions to online gaming. But already worries are surfacing about how smooth the transition will be. What will be the fallout—and costs—for rural reservation residents that already come up short when it comes to connectivity?

Guests:

Geoffrey Blackwell (Omaha/Chickasaw/Choctaw/Muscogee Creek) – chief strategy officer and general counsel for Amerind Risk and former chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s office of Native Affairs and Policy

CC Hovie (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) – StrongHearts Native Helpline communications manager

Dr. Traci Morris  (Chickasaw Nation) – executive director of the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University

Break 1 music: Siku (song) Pamyua (artist) Caught In The Act (album)

Break 2 music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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More than a decade before Alaska became a state and two decades before Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Selma Alabama, Elizabeth Peratrovich (Tlinget) made a lasting mark on the future of civil rights. Alaska just celebrated the annual day set aside for her. We’ll take another look at her contributions to civil rights in Alaska and beyond.

Guests:

Daphyne Albee (Tlingit) – grand president for the Alaska Native Sisterhood

Paulette M. Moreno (Tlingit and Southern Tshone Nation) – three term Alaska Native Sisterhood grand president, 2019-2021, and current ANS executive council woman

Michael Roberts (Tlingit) – president and CEO of the First Nations Development Institute

Break 1 music: Sunrise Song (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) They Forgot They Survived (album)

Break 2 music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)

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Valentine’s Day is a time of romance for some, and heartache for others. Whether or not you’ve adequately processed Valentine’s Day 2022, we’ll extend the discussion with a look at Native singles’ worst dates. We’ll hear your stories of dating gone wrong and get advice from relationship experts on how to stay strong despite romance disasters.

Guests:

Dr. Roger Kuhn – licensed family therapist and professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University

Bernina Gray – entrepreneur and single mom

Stacy Laravie – Ponca tribal member

Break 1 music: Come and Get Your Love (song) Redbone (artist) Wovoka (album)

Break 2 music: Trixter Trot (song) Tha Yoties (artist) Midnight Patrol (album)

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A tiny Nebraska town once known for being a destructive source of alcohol for Pine Ridge Reservation residents, could be a model of hope and healing. White Clay’s liquor establishments were closed down in 2017. Now a collection of visionary community members see the town as a potential hub for substance abuse treatment and transition facilities for vulnerable populations.

Guests:

Tatewin Means (Sisseton Wapaton and Oglala Lakota) – executive director of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation

Favian Kennedy – director of Anpetu Luta Otipi, comprehensive alcohol and substance about treatment for the Oglala Sioux Tribe

Abram Neumann – director of Iglutheca

Break 1 Music: Song of Encouragement (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)

Break 2 music: Trixter Trot (song) Tha Yoties (artist) Midnight Patrol (album)