GUESTS
April Lindala (Mohawk and Delaware)
Jo Ann Kauffman (Nez Perce)
Regina Gasco (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians)
Wes Nofire (Cherokee)
Allen Wright (Choctaw)
Ron French
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We’ll also get perspective on the appointment of U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee/R-OK) as the Secretary of Homeland Security. We’ll hear from people who know and are familiar with his work as a longtime elected leader in Oklahoma.
We’ll talk to those involved about what is in the report and what it means that the state is not backing it.
But the state’s Department of Civil Rights is backing away from the report. After investing almost $1 million, the state is declining to release the final document to the public. It has since been posted online by the news site Bridge Michigan.
It details troubling accounts that have become familiar in the discussion about boarding schools — physical and sexual abuse of Native American students, oppressive methods to enforce assimilation, and limited accountability for anyone involved.
A 300-page report details the history and ongoing implications of Michigan’s role in the Indian Boarding School era. It includes dozens of interviews, public records, and a list of recommendations for state officials going forward.
GUESTS
Jacqueline De León (Isleta Pueblo), Native American Rights Fund
Lenny Fineday (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), National Congress of American Indians
Jaynie Parrish (Diné), Arizona Native Vote
Allison Renville (Sisseton and Hunkpapa Lakota and Omaha and Haudenosaunee),
She cites the enormous cost of running a major campaign as a deterrent to welcoming diverse political voices.
We’ll also hear from Allison Renville (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) about her decision to suspend her campaign for governor of South Dakota. Renville was running as an independent voice in the state that also elected Kristi Noem as governor.
We’ll find out the details of the legislation and look ahead to how this and other measures might complicate the Midterm Elections.
The bill passed the House. President Donald Trump added new pressure on members of his own party in the Senate, saying he will not sign any other legislation until the SAVE Act clears Congress.
Numerous studies show Native Americans are less likely to have a valid passport or other documents readily available that prove their place of birth than other groups. It would have major implications for mail-in ballots.
Voting rights advocates say a bill to overhaul elections could disenfranchise millions of Americans, especially Native American and other minority voters. Among other things, the SAVE Act requires all voters to prove their U.S. citizenship, either with a passport or a birth certificate.
GUESTS
Shannon Martin (Gun Lake Potawatomi), cancer survivor
Nicole Hallingstad (Tlingit), cancer survivor
Jamie Gomez (Tlingit and Haida)
Alicia Mitchell (Cherokee)
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Despite these disparities, survivors are reclaiming their narratives by integrating traditional healing practices with cutting-edge science. We’ll hear from Native survivors in the context of the ongoing advancements in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
American Cancer Society data show a historic 70% five-year survival rate across the general population, but Native Americans continue to face unique hurdles, from geographic isolation to chronic underfunding of the Indian Health Service.
For many Native American survivors, a cancer diagnosis is more than just a biological battle. It is a matter of balancing modern oncology with community and cultural context.
GUESTS
Marcus Monenerkit (Comanche descendant)
Barbara Teller Ornelas (Diné)
Aydrian Day (Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, Dakota and Lakota and an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation)
Sydney Pursel (Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska),
Amy McKune
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The Heard welcomes more than 600 artists from all over the world for what has become one of the must-go events for both artists and collectors.
We’ll hear from organizers and artists from both of these events.
The top Indigenous beaders, potters, painters, and weavers are headed to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. for that institution’s 68th annual Indian Art Fair and Market.
A select few Native American artists choose to express their cultural and creative passions in miniature. An exhibition starting this month at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures celebrates those artists who make distinctive pottery, baskets, and carvings on a decidedly downsized scale.
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee/R-OK) has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be his new Homeland Security Secretary. If confirmed, he would be the first Native man to ever serve as a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.
Stay tuned to National Native News for updates.
We’ll find out the potential implications of these cases.
GUESTS
J.C. Seneca (Seneca)
Jonodev Chaudhuri (Muscogee), Chaudhuri Law
Jason Salsman (Muscogee)
Richard Monette (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa), University of Wisconsin Law School
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And the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe tribe in Wisconsin is facing off with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over outside access to a road that traverses tribal land. Bondi backs an effort to force the tribe to reimburse a nearby town for fees to access the road.
The issue comes nearly six years after the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that confirmed Muscogee authority over criminal matters on tribal land. This current battle would extend that authority to civil cases.
In Oklahoma, a Muscogee Nation citizen argues that those who work and live on the tribal land do not have to pay state income taxes. That argument could now be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Seneca Nation in New York is working to correct longstanding confusion over law enforcement on their land. A nearly 80-year-old federal statute handed the state control over certain crimes on Seneca Nation's territory. A bill in Congress could chart a path to resolving that conflict.
GUESTS
Cheyenne Rendon (Apache and Navajo), Society of Native Nations
Stephen Silva-Brave (Sicangu Lakota)
Sashay Schettler (Hidatsa and Nueta from the MHA Nation), North Dakota Office of Public Instruction and National Johnson-O'Malley Association
Dr. Sherry Johnson (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate)
