4WHT

Student Loans… Facts about student debt. Reviewing 4 articles in between questions around this epidemic

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/06/12/how-student-debt-became-a-1point6-trillion-crisis.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-debt-crisis-college-cost-mind-blowing-facts-2019-7?amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/wesleywhistle/2020/08/21/joe-biden-and-kamala-harriss-plan-for-student-debt/amp/

https://www.12news.com/article/news/community/navajo-teen-aims-to-graduate-college-with-no-student-loans/75-f21d9508-34b8-474b-9e3d-a83bac6148f6

Respects to the land I am on

Intro. 8th episode 4wht with mcnative... and shoutouts Shoutouts: native gorilla, seeding sovereignty, project mosaic, ndncollective

Late-night Wednesday. Walking on the MilkyWay. The path to these thoughts led me down a wormhole.

It’s almost 3:00 AM staring at the ceiling isn’t cutting it. Having trouble sleeping, give a listen. Maybe you have insomnia, it’s been a long night,  the similar thoughts when you cant sleep.

Mitchelene BigMan Bio

Born  September 1st, 1965 in Billings, Montana, a member of the Crow Tribe, was raised on and off the reservation, but call Lodge Grass Montana home.  Graduated from Billings Senior High School, June 1983, attended Montana State University from the fall of 1983 to the spring of 1986.  Raised my right hand on 17 April 1987 to serve in the United States Army and retired on 30 April 2009, was a soldier for 22 years.  Received my BS in Business Management from the University of Phoenix (UOP) on June 13, 2011, continued my Master’s in business administration (MBA) with UOP, graduated July 11, 2013.

My tours of duties were: two tours in Germany, Fort Hood, Fort Stewart, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Korea, and Fort Carson.  I have been deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  I have worked for the federal government for 10 years, Department of Defense, and currently the Department of Interior, BIA, Seminole Agency.

I am the founder and president of Native American Women Warriors, recognized as the first all-female Native American Color Guard, March 2010.  In 2012 made the move to become a 501c3 organization.  The main mission and vision are to bring recognition to our women veterans that have served throughout the centuries in our America’s armed forces. Our vision is to ensure they get the help needed to succeed in our current and in future world with success. We are an all-volunteer virtual veteran organization and hope to reach all our goals in assisting our veterans of Native American descent.

1. After having you're non-profit recognized at the white's house. What has your non-profit done so far since then to bring change to the Native community, and veteran women?

2. Advice to a young Native American woman going into the military that still wants to honor their culture?

3. With all that you’ve witnessed, been through, and accomplished what legacy do you want to leave behind for the next native generation

4. For natives and non-natives. Do you ever imagine going back to your reservation and seeing or making a change there?

Overview: I love camping, being outdoors, I enjoy stories from all places. This Episode lets reconnect, restore, and slow down and for real smell the flowers.

1. Best Camping Story?

2. What type of camping do you prefer?

3. Describe your best spot.

4. Do you imagine what it's like from another time period would do in your spot?

Ep. 4 Lives, Rights, Reality

07.24.2020

mcnative

mcnative

Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Apache land

Recognize the lives lost: Breyanna Taylor, Selena Not Afraid, George Floyd, Elijah McClian, Freda Knows Gun, MMIW, BLM. THe right to LIVE in peace…  RIghts:

Constitution: He has excited domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the Inhabitants of our Frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known Rule of Warfare, is an undistinguished Destruction, of all Ages, Sexes and Conditions

The Iroquois Confederacy, founded by the Great Peacemaker in 11421, is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth2. In 1988, the U.S. Senate paid tribute with a resolution3 that said, "The confederation of the original 13 colonies into one republic was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy, as were many of the democratic principles which were incorporated into the constitution itself."

2. Do you think your rights are important?

WHY?

A conversation with buddies on what we can do and what is socially ok.

4.Do you have the right to your happiness?

Protecting/Home  ___ round of four questions about who deserves protection and who is obligated to protect. 

Disclaimer: new edits

WTF. So as all of us are still wrapping our minds around being quarantined over COVID, the world witnessed yet another Black man die by a police officer. So while all these nice commercials are saying we’ll get through this together, and viral videos of communities still being social while practicing social distancing, the social distance powwow following, and yet i was sunken even further into reality. I am a melaninated native. I look black and show my rich native culture. I am a man that honors my African ancestry, I love how the two interweave so gracefully, and watched a video where a man cried out for his mom before he passed away. We have now seen a little over a week of protests through the nation and in other countries. Today I will do my best to wrap some words around the events of 2020 so far.

The first episode, the conversation begins around Survival, musical influence, and touch on modern-day slavery.

This podcast honors the land of the first nations. this is a quick intro for podcast around unique topics and future guests. Stay tuned for more...