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In the last moments of her life, Joyce Echaquan (Atikamekw Nation) recorded staff at the Quebec hospital taunting her with racist comments. The hospital fired two workers and opened an investigation. Quebec’s premier issued an apology, but insisted there is not a systemic problem with racism in the medical establishment. At least one 2017 study found a quarter of Native Americans say they experienced discrimination while seeking medical attention. The Association of American Medical Colleges recently released guidelines for addressing racism against students and patients.

Guests:

Dr. David Acosta – chief diversity and inclusion officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges

Dr. Mary Owen (Tlingit) – director of the Center of American Indian and Minority Health at the University of Minnesota

Break 1 music: Show Stopper (song) BlackStone (artist) On The Oregon Trail (album)

Break 2 music: Treaty Six and Coastal Hand Game Song (song) Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (artist) Blessings (album)

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A new study in JAMA finds nearly a quarter of all Americans now say they are experiencing symptoms of depression. That’s three times higher than the number before the start of the pandemic. Symptoms may come and go, but they can also get progressively worse. And previous studies indicate many of those with clinical depression don’t seek professional treatment because of persistent stigma about the disease. For Depression Awareness Month we’ll get reminders about recognizing and treating depression and how to clear hurdles to treatment when you may feel you’re least able to do so.

Guests:

Cheyenne Kippenberger (Seminole) – Miss Indian World

Dr. Glorinda Segay (Navajo) – director of the Indian Health Service Division of Behavioral Health

Xiomara Owens – director of the Behavioral Health Aide Training Program for Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Break 1 music: Generations (song) P. Town Boyz (artist) P. Town Boyz (album)

Break 2 music: Treaty Six and Coastal Hand Game Song (song) Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (artist) Blessings (album)

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The Trump Administration is moving to lift environmental protections on seven million acres in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. It would allow logging virgin forests that sprouted before first contact with European settlers. Alaska Native tribes are fighting the U.S. Forest Service’s recommendations to remove the Clinton-era “roadless designation” paving the way for roads, logging and other development. The tribes say it poses a serious threat to subsistence hunting, fishing and foraging in the nation’s largest national forest.

Guests:

Dr. Rosita Worl (Tlingit) – president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute

Joel Jackson (Tlingit) – president of the Organized Village of Kake

Lawrence Armour (Tlingit) – tribal administrator for the Klawock Cooperative Association

Norman Skan (Tlingit) – president of Ketchikan Indian Community

Break 1 music: Raven’s First Dance (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) Heen (album)

Break 2 music: Treaty Six and Coastal Hand Game Song (song) Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (artist) Blessings (album)

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Teachers, elected leaders and some curious individuals might look to Indigenous Peoples Day as the time to brush up on Native history. There’s a basic level of knowledge every American should know, but so much of what is available comes from non-Native sources and are just plain wrong. We’re cracking the books and bringing in the experts to discuss the go-to sources for learning about history from the Native perspective.

Guests:

Dr. Nicky Michael (Lenape) – executive director of Indigenous Studies and Curriculum at Bacone College and a tribal council member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians

Dr. Kent Blansett (Cherokee/Creek/Choctaw/Shawnee/Potawatomi) – Langston Hughes Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies and History at the University of Kansas

Recommended reading from Dr. Nicky Michael

Break 1 music: Wiconi (song) Primeaux & Mike (artist) Road to Peace (album)

Break 2 music: Treaty Six and Coastal Hand Game Song (song) Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (artist) Blessings (album)

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Of all the issues that go into making election decisions, a mere handful are deal-breakers for a lot of voters. The economy, abortion, the environment, criminal justice and tribal sovereignty are among those that top the list of non-negotiable election topics. But what are voters willing to give up to ensure their key issues are covered? We’ll hear from some voters about what their key election issues are. We’ll also trace the history of what are known as wedge issues, requiring candidates and voters to make stark choices.

Guests:

Barbara ‘Wáahlaal Gíidaak Blake (Haida/Tlingit/Athabascan) – director of the Alaska Native Policy Center

Clara Caufield (Northern Cheyenne) – freelance journalist and a correspondent for the Native Sun News

Dallas Goldtooth (Diné and Dakota) – Keep it in the Ground campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network

Dr. Daniel McCool – professor emeritus of political science at the University of Utah

Break 1 music: 6:00 Bugalu (song) Jesse Ed Davis (artist) Keep Me Comin’ (Bonus Tracks Version) (album)

Break 2 music: Mehcinut (song) Jeremy Dutcher (artist) Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (album)

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Car accidents often make headlines. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list falls above crashes as the leading cause of fatal injuries for Native Americans over the age of 65. Preventing falls can be as simple as moving a coffee table. Additional measures like creating a strength-training routine also greatly reduce the risk from falling. We’ll get practical advice about preventing falls and recovering from injuries from falls.

Guests:

Andrew Walker – director of health and wellness at the National Senior Games Association

Allen Sixtus Dominguez (Raramuri/Apache) – tribal injury prevention program coordinator Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center

Tiara Shorty (Navajo) – adult falls primary prevention coordinator for the Injury and Behavioral Epidemiology Bureau in Epidemiology and Response Division at the state of New Mexico

Break 1 music: Ukiuq (song) The Jerry Cans (artist) Inuusiq (album)

Break 2 music: Mehcinut (song) Jeremy Dutcher (artist) Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (album)

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One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s last U.S. Supreme Court votes was to re-affirm the Muscogee Creek Nation’s reservation boundaries in McGirt v. Oklahoma. But her record for recognizing tribal sovereignty remains mixed. Now, there’s a rush to fill the late justice’s seat. Several names are reported to be on President Donald Trump’s short list of potential appointees. Do any of them have a track record for Indian law? What do Native Americans look for in a Supreme Court justice?

Guests:

Joel Williams (citizen of the Cherokee Nation) – senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund

Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) – law professor at Michigan State University’s college of law and author of the “Turtle Talk” blog

Rob Saunooke (citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee) – former president of the National Native American Bar Association Foundation, law professor and attorney who’s practiced Indian Law for the last 30 years

Stacey Leeds (Cherokee nation) – dean emeritus and professor of law at the University of Arkansas

Break 1 music: Biioo pahna (Healing Song) (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Circle Dance Songs of the Paiute and Shoshone (song)

Break 2 music: Badger Boogie (song) Arvel Bird (artist) Animal Totem 2 (album)