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The Indian Health Service finds Native Americans and Alaska Natives are two and a half times more likely to report serious psychological distress than other populations. Psychiatry experts say intergenerational trauma may be one factor. There are steps both employers and employees can do to avoid the effects of stress and burnout in the office. There are additional steps that may be beneficial specifically for Native employees. On World Mental Health Day, we’ll find out ways to build a healthy workplace.

GUESTS

Dr. Jillian Fish (Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy), owner of Fish Psychotherapy & Consulting and professor in the Department of Psychology at Macalester College

Haley Laughter (Diné), owner of Hozho Total Wellness

D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas (Odawa Nation), motivational storyteller; host of the PBS special, Discovering your Warrior Spirit; and author of Warrior Within published by Penguin Random House

Break 1 Music: Too Bad for Me (song) Janet Panic (artist) A Mighty Rip Through the Page of My Life (album)

Break 2 Music: Butterfly Wings (song) Midnight Sparrows (artist) Born in the City (album)

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Weary residents in the southeast United States are preparing for the inevitable destruction of Hurricane Milton just two weeks after Hurricane Helene claimed at least 230 lives and billions of dollars in property damage. Area tribes not directly affected by the storm double-punch are offering aid and assessing their own disaster preparedness in light of the devastation. We’ll hear from other tribal emergency management officials about their own evolving disaster plans.

GUESTS

Corbin Wildcatt (Eastern Band of Cherokee), new Hendersonville resident

April Sells (member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians), Poarch Band of Creek Indians tribal emergency services director

Tasha Oxendine (citizen of the Lumbee), public relations manager for the Lumbee Tribe

James Akerelrea, Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Tribal Government president

Break 1 Music: Colin Went Down to the Water (song) Bruce Cockburn (artist) O Sun O Moon (album)

Break 2 Music: Butterfly Wings (song) Midnight Sparrows (artist) Born in the City (album)

 

Shawn Spruce captured these photos in Asheville, N.C.’s Biltmore Village on Wednesday morning.

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A portrayal of the Pine Ridge Reservation by a YouTube personality with more than 2,000,000 subscribers is drawing criticism for focusing on stereotypes of poverty and substance abuse. Tommy McGee, who goes by the name “Tommy G”, makes a name for himself producing what he calls “documentaries” that depict extremes of American life. His video of the Oglala Lakota reservation, called “The poorest place in America”, has more than 3,000,000 views. He paints a picture primarily of meth and alcohol addiction, unemployment, squalor, and crime. Pine Ridge residents, including one Native youth organization, say the video crosses the line into “poverty porn.” We’ll explore current approaches for responsible media representation of Native people.

GUESTS

Melissa Greene-Blye (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), professor of journalism at the University of Kansas

Kyle Mesteth (Oglala Lakota), CEO and founder of Ground Control

Clementine Bordeaux (Sicangu and Oglala Lakota), PhD in culture and performance from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a postdoctoral fellow with the University of California

Zaniyan Iron Eyes (Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota), intergovernmental ambassador for the Native American Youth Organization (NAYO)

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

Break 2 Music: Butterfly Wings (song) Midnight Sparrows (artist) Born in the City (album)

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A possible rat sighting has the remote Pribilof Island of St. Paul in Alaska on high alert. Scientists are concerned an infestation of the invasive species could threaten nesting seabirds and other wildlife. They have reason to be concerned: rats from a Japanese shipwreck more than 200 years ago inundated a series of Alaska’s Aleutian islands, devastating the native species. And a part of Louisiana offers another cautionary tale about invasive rodents. Nutria were originally introduced to help the fur trade. Now the aquatic rodents destroy the vegetation that protects land and coastal marshes from erosion. We’ll look at how tribes are grappling with invasive rodents.

GUESTS

Karen Pletnikoff (Unangan), environment, and safety program administrator for Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc.

R.J. Molinere (United Houma Nation), alligator hunter, arm wrestling champion, and star on the History Channel reality series Swamp People

Dr. Lauren Divine, director for the Ecosystem Conservation Office for the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island

James Karst, communications director for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Break 1 Music: Tikitaummata (song) Susan Aglukark (artist) The Crossing (album)

Break 2 Music: Butterfly Wings (song) Midnight Sparrows (artist) Born in the City (album)

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An Albuquerque, N.M., organization is cutting the ribbon on a new building they say will help in their mission to developing Native entrepreneurs. New Mexico Community Capital (NMCC) has had to be flexible to meet Native business owners “where they are” to provide mentorship, business consultation, and other services that help them succeed. They’re among a number of business incubation efforts with a personal approach to help start and work with people who have ideas, but are from populations that statistically need more assistance to get going.

GUESTS

Henry Jake Foreman (Absentee Shawnee), Program Director at New Mexico Community Capital

Liz Gamboa (Mexican/Apache descent), Executive Director of New Mexico Community Capital

Adrian Tsosie (Diné/Zia/Jemez/Hopi/Comanche), Business Owner of Coat of Colors

Carla Catolster (Crow), Business Incubator Manager and IDA Coordinator at the Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation

Break 1 Music: Working for the Man (song) Bluedog (artist) Red, White & Blues (album)

Break 2 Music: Mr. Businessman’s Blues (song) DM Lafortune (artist) Beauty and Hard Times (album)

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The increasing demand for power is prompting challenges from a number of tribes who say the means to transmit that power is harming culturally significant tribal land. The Tohono O’odham, Hopi, Zuni, and San Carlos Apache tribes were dealt a legal setback by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year in their opposition to a proposed $10 billion transmission line through a pristine Arizona canyon. And pueblos and other tribes say they are concerned about additional transmission capacity planned to boost power at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In both cases, tribal officials say the proposals did not adequately take cultural and archaeological significance into consideration.

GUESTS

Stephanie Stringer, deputy manager for business, security, and mission for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos field office

Reyes DeVore (Jemez Pueblo), project manager for the Pueblo Action Alliance

Break 1 Music: The Dance [2007 Studio Version] (song) Robert Mirabal (artist) In the Blood (album)

Break 2 Music: Mr. Businessman’s Blues (song) DM Lafortune (artist) Beauty and Hard Times (album)

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Tlingit warriors enjoyed an initial victory in defending their home against Russians intent on re-establishing their settlement in Sitka. But after first driving the Russians back and wounding their leader, Alexander Baranov, in the first week of October, 1804, the Tlingits concluded they couldn’t sustain another armed assault. They moved to the far end of the island that now bears Baranov’s name, but remained contentious cohabitants with the Russians, keeping the settlers on guard. Even though the Tlingits lost, the battle was a landmark event that influenced Russian settlement that came after. We’ll hear about the Battle of 1804, and also the 1869 American assault on the Village of Kake, for which the U.S. Navy just formally apologized.

GUESTS

Louise Brady (citizen of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska), Kiks.ádi clan member

Yeidikook’áa Dionne Brady-Howard, (citizen of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska), Kiks.ádi clan member and educator

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

Break 1 Music: Kunax yak’ei gayshagook (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) Siy​á​adlan (album)

Break 2 Music: Mr. Businessman’s Blues (song) DM Lafortune (artist) Beauty and Hard Times (album)