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Sticking to a vegan diet takes a pretty big commitment. No meat, milk, eggs or anything derived from animal products. But it doesn’t mean your meals have to be boring. There are a number of traditional Native foods that are vegan including, blue corn mush, acorn stew, and wojapi. Some people choose to be vegan for health reasons. Others focus on animal welfare. We’ll talk with Native vegans about their reasons and hear about some time-tested recipes.

Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk)  co-host of the  podcast Native Trailblazers and associate editor at Indian Country Today

Delores Schilling –  co-host of the  podcast Native Trailblazers

Tina Archuletta (Jemez Pueblo)  –  owner of Itality : Plant Based Wellness

Vegan Recipes by Vincent Schilling and Delores Schilling

Break 1 Music: Niizh Straight (song) Niizhoo Sullivan (artist) Rez Kid Rhythm (album)

Break 2 Music: Stick Game Song #9 (song) Judy Trejo (artist) Stick Game Songs of the Paiute (album)

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Minnesota’s tribes are among the opponents who promise to continue the fight against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project. A state regulatory panel cleared the way for the pipeline that currently crosses two reservations. The new route avoids reservation land but threatens resources like pristine waterways and wild rice beds. The company hopes oil will start flowing by next year. Opponents warn of appeals and even mass protests.

Guests:

Seth Bichler – staff attorney for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Matthew Gordon (White Earth Nation) – vice-president of Gordon Construction of Mahnomen, Inc.

Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) – executive director of Honor the Earth

Paul Eberth – project director for Line 3 replacement at Enbridge

Break Music:  Dragonfly, Dragonfly (song) Joy Harjo (artist) Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears (album)

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Supaman, Christian Takes the Gun Parrish (Apsáalooke), is an award-winning hip-hop artist who regularly sports his fancy dancer regalia almost anywhere he goes. His music videos showing him looping songs in the desert and on the plains have been viewed millions of times. He also earned an MTV “Best Fight Against the System” award in 2017 for his part in the “Stand Up/Stand N Rock #NoDAPL” music video featuring Taboo and Shailene Woodley. Supaman is our July Music Maker.

Guest:

Christian Takes The Gun Parrish (Apsáalooke ) – Musician

Break Music:  Godly Warriors (feat. Passionate MC) Supaman (artist) Illuminatives (album) 

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In small classes, informal groups or even online, Native language warriors are doing the hard work to keep languages alive. Part of that work includes tribal members coming together to create a space where the language is spoken and used every day. We’ll hear about the most current thinking about maintaining Native languages.

Guest:

Susan Gehr (Karuk) linguist and librarian

Also mentioned in the show:

Indigenous Language Institute

Moray Language Centre

Break Music:  Cissy (Fish/Smoke Dance) (song) Sheldon Sundown (artist) Hand Drum/Smoke N’ Round Dance (album)

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Tribal members on parole or probation often face unique challenges. They can run into jurisdictional hurdles and may have a hard time finding services, like addiction treatment, stipulated by their parole board. Native people living on a reservation also frequently have difficulty finding ready access to work, which is usually a requirement of parole. Tribes often work with outside parole and probation departments to try and minimize the gaps. We’ll discuss some partnerships aimed at helping Native parolees and get insights into what probation and parole officers do.

Guests:

Donna Fischer (Yupik and Aleut) –Past Parole

Jeremy Garretson (Northern Arapaho) – Currently serving probation

Brad Lewandowski – Director of Parole Services for the South Dakota Department of Corrections

Yvette Alvarez (Pascua Yaqui) – Chief Probation Officer for Pascua Yaqui Tribe

Nan Benally (Navajo) – Tribal Program Grants Manager for the American Parole and Probation Association

Break Music: Tha Mash Up (song) Wayne Silas, Jr. (artist) Infinite Passion (album)

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Pouring rain wasn’t enough to stop 11-year-old Peyton “Beans” Factor (Chickasaw/Seminole) from playing her best game last month. She’s now a two-time Women’s Oklahoma Golf Association Girls’ Junior State Champion. Factor joins a list of notable Native golf champs like Notah Begay III (Navajo) and Rickie Fowler (Navajo) as well as a long list of amateur Native golfers and fans. We’ll explore the roots of golf’s popularity among Native athletes.

Guests:

Notah Begay III (Dine, San Felipe and Isleta Pueblo) – professional golfer and analyst for the Golf Channel, founder and board member of the Notah Begay III Foundation and founder of KivaSun

Gabby Lamieux (Shoshone Paiute) – professional golfer and N7 ambassador

Peyton “Beans” Factor (Chickasaw and Seminole) – two time Women’s Oklahoma Golf Association Girls’ Junior State Champion

Sara Factor (Chickasaw) – Peyton’s mother

Break 1 Music: Shawnee Tribe (song) Link Wray (artist)

Break 2 Music: Ixtakcuautli (World) (song) Xavier Quijas Yxayotl (artist) Aztec Dances (album)

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Waila music, or chicken scratch, is a mix of norteño and polka dance music. It typically features a button accordion, electric guitar, and sometimes saxophones. It’s not entirely traditional but it has deep roots in the Tohono O’odham Nation. It also hearkens back to early European fiddle bands. It’s spread from there, and Tucson, Ariz. hosts a waila music festival every year. We learn about the history and characteristics of waila music and listen to some of the classics.

Guests:

Damon Enriquez (Tohono O’odham and Akimel O’odham) – waila teacher and musician

Ty Campos (Tohono O’odham) – saxophonist for T.O. Mumsigo

Tony Jose (Tohono O’odham) – bass player for Papago Warrior aka P Dub

Break 1 Music: T.O. Forever (song) T.O. Combo (artist) T.O. Forever Tohono Oodham Waila (album)

Break 2 Music: Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)

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President Trump, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and missing and murdered Indigenous women are among the high-profile topics that help frame authenticity, activism and appropriation in a new art project in Santa Fe. Organizers for Project Indigene say they’re fighting appropriation and cultural theft that threaten Indigenous art. The project weaves together several works—painting, sculpture, photography and performance—at eight separate art institutions. We’ll talk with the artists about how their work helps to strengthen awareness of Native identity.

Guests:

Susan Hudson (Diné) – contemporary ledger art quilter and activist

Cannupa Hanska Luger  (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota) multimedia artist 

Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga Nation – Beaver Clan) contemporary artist and writer 

Break 1 Music: Sisters (song) Tribe Called Red (artist) Nation II Nation (album)

Break 2 Music: Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)

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We take a day to revisit our recent show about one of the largest land mammals in North America. Moose are important, spiritual animals to many tribes in the northern United States, Canada and Alaska. They weigh around 1,800 pounds and stand more than 6 feet at the shoulders. They are traditionally a main source of food for some Indigenous communities. As strong and powerful as they are, moose are not immune to the effects of environmental changes, overhunting, disease and parasites. Such factors have reduced moose herds to a point where some tribes, like Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Boise Fort Band of Chippewa in Minnesota, have strict limits on moose hunting. This is an encore presentation to recognize the importance of moose and how we might help them thrive.

Guests:

Dan Paul (L’nu) – knowledge keeper

Shane Chartrand (Enoch Cree) – executive chef of SC Restaurant

Mike Schrage – wildlife biologist for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

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

Break 1 Music: Animal Song (song) Art Napoleon (artist) Mocikan (album)

Interlude 2: Cree Honor Song (song) Randy Wood (artist) The Gift of Life (album)

Break 2 Music: Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)

Outro: Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (song) A Tribe Called Red (artist) Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (single)

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Many of you have a closet full of fireworks at home right now waiting to celebrate the Fourth of July. There’s something about Black Cats, sparklers and Roman candles that satisfy people’s fascination with explosions and fire. But without proper precautions, celebration can quickly turn into a threat. High temperatures and dry weather also increase the chances that even the smallest sparks can get out of control quickly. It’s a good time of year to get reminders on basic fire safety for your home and your surroundings.

Guests:

Derek Valdo (Acoma Pueblo) – chief executive officer for AMERIND Risk

Bodie Shaw (The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) – Northwest deputy regional director of trust services for the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Jeffrey Moyer (Spokane Tribe) – Northwest region fire prevention specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Break 1 Music: Chicken Dance (song) Sweetgrass (artist) Follow The Trial (album)

Break 2 Music: Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)