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As the nation just marked the 100^th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre along what was known as Black Wall Street, there’s one story that is largely overlooked. Allotments by Oklahoma tribes for their former slaves were among the key reasons the Black residents—including Freedmen—were able to build wealth.

Guests:

Saché Primeaux-Shaw (enrolled in the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Seminole and Chickasaw freedmen descendent, and Yankton Dakota descent) – community organizer

Dr. Maurice Franklin – lecturer and consultant on organizational sustainability and development strategies, professor at California State University, Northridge and a founding member of the National Black Justice Coalition

 

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

Break 2 music: Stomp Dance (song) George Hunter (artist) Haven (album)

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Tribes reached a $590 million settlement against pharmaceutical companies in ongoing legal fights to hold them accountable for the opioid addiction and overdose crisis. The money will be divided among all federally recognized tribes. The settlement is with Johnson & Johnson and three drug distributors. We’ll learn about the details of the settlement and how it might help tribes build back healing from the disproportionate effect opioid addiction has had among Native Americans.

Guests:

Douglas Yankton Sr. (Spirit Lake Tribe) – chairman of the Spirit Lake Tribe

Chuck Hoskin Jr. (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) – principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Kevin Washburn (Chickasaw Nation) – dean at the University of Iowa College of Law

Lloyd Miller – tribal rights attorney

W Ron Allen (Jamestown S’Klallam) – chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

 

Break 1 music: Intertribal (song) Sweetgrass (artist) Follow The Trial (album)

Break 2 music: Stomp Dance (song) George Hunter (artist) Haven (album)

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Five young Native leaders are the latest to be recognized by the Center for Native Youth for addressing injustices and shaping their collective future. This 2022 class of Champions for Change includes individuals working “increase Native representation in research, restore Indigenous landscapes, end derogatory mascots, and preserve language, culture, and traditional ways of knowing.” We’ll talk with this year’s Champions about what inspires them and what the coming year holds.

Guests:

Ivy Pete (Paiute) – Center for Native American Youth 2022 Champion for Change and urban Native student in Washington

Triston Black (Navajo) – Center for Native American Youth 2022 Champion for Change, on the inaugural New Mexico Indian Affairs Department Indigenous youth council, on the Navajo Nation youth advisory council, and a graduate student at Arizona State University

Cheyenne Brady (enrolled Sac and Fox, Cheyenne) – program manager for the Center for Native American Youth

 

Break 1 music: East Winging It (feat. Black Bear) (song) Cris Derksen (artist) Cris Derksen: Orchestral Powwow World

Break 2 music: Stomp Dance (song) George Hunter (artist) Haven (album)

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This month kicks off the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages. The declaration aims to raise global awareness of the importance of language and to improve resources, especially for languages most in danger of being lost. To mark the occasion the First Nations Development Institute released its report highlighting the importance of immersion programs.

Guests:

Anna Luisa Daigneault (Peruvian and French Canadian descent) – program director at Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Howard Paden (Cherokee) – executive director at the Cherokee Nation Department of the Cherokee Language

Chaney Bell (Séliš & Ql̓ispé enrolled member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes) – Salish language coordinator with the Séliš-Ql̓ispé Culture Committee of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes and co-founder/board chair Nk̓ʷusm Salish Language School

 

Break 1 music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)

Break 2 music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee (album)

 

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It’s no stretch to find Native influences in many of the defining dishes of African-American food in the South—grits, cornbread, beans, and barbecue. Southeastern and southern tribes introduced staples, spices and methods that were incorporated by slaves and European settlers alike and grew into a distinctive cultural cuisine.

Guest:

Amethyst Ganaway – chef and food writer

Harold Caldwell (Muskogee and adopted White Clay) – apprentice carpenter and lead of African foodways at Colonial Williamsburg

Adrian Miller – James Beard Award-winning food writer and author of “Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue”

 

Break 1 Music: Roots Remedy (song) Hakipu’u Learning Center Public Charter School Alumni & Humble I-Dren (artist) Mana Maoli, Vol. IV – “This Is Maoli Music” (album)

Break 2 music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee (album)

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The least favorite person on the Rezball court is usually the referee. The refrain “C’mon ref!” is just as likely to be heard shouted in exasperation from either side of the bleachers. But there is no one who isn’t glad there is an objective arbiter on the court. As it turns out, in a lot of places, the shortage of Native refs means those willing to put on the striped shirt are stretched thin. They are in such high demand they are paid a premium.

Guests:

Amber Sierra (Oglala Lakota) – social worker specializing in elders, children and families, and a basketball official with the Minneapolis Officials Association

John Long (enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe) – basketball referee with the South Dakota Activities Association

Neil Yazzie (Hopi) – Area commissioner of officials in northern Arizona for the Arizona Interscholastic Association

 

Break 1 Music:  Stick Game Jam (song) Inez F. BIG Phil (Beat By Magic Touch, Mixed By EV Of A-Slam.Com) (artist) Singsoulgirl (album)

Break 2 music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee (album)

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Do cloth masks work? Does the booster vaccine protect you against Omicron? How long before the next variant is a major threat? There are a lot of questions—and confusing answers—out there as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. We’ll get updates from Native medical professionals and tribal leaders about the key information to tune into.

Guests:

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

Timothy Nuvangyaoma (Hopi) – chairman of the Hopi Tribe

 

Break 1 music: First Mesa Blues (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)

Break 2 music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee (album)

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Generational trauma is woven into the fabric of Native life. It comes from ancestors and elders experiencing violence, and the loss of land, language and culture. Those feelings of grief and depression are passed down in myriad ways to newer generations. So what does it take to stop the cycle of generational trauma? Programs like the Freedom Lodge and many others aim to help people recognize the counter the harmful manifestations of trauma. We’ll talk with program leaders about the work they do and how the new Native generations are addressing generational trauma.

Guests:

Jillene Joseph (A’aninin) – executive director of the Native Wellness Institute

Shavaughna Underwood (Quinault) – youth advisory board member with Center for Native Youth

Dr. Ruby Gibson (Lakota, Ojibway, Mestiza) – executive director of the Freedom Lodge

Kianna Big Crow (Oglala Lakota) – student at the University of Minnesota, Morris

Shalene Joseph (A’aninin and Athabascan) – project coordinator at the Native Wellness Institute for the Indigenous 20 Something Project

Break 1 music: Witchi Tai To (song) Joy Harjo (artist) Winding Through the Milky Way (album)

Break 2 music: Tapwe Oma (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)