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Episode 88: Clout-y with a chance of Decolonization

Guest: Tanya Rodriguez

Tanya is a founder of Global Decolonization Initiative on Facebook.

In this episode I speak with Tanya about how the word “decolonization” is being thrown around the internet, at times being exploited, for clout and monetary reasons. We also talk about the article “Decolonization is not a metaphor” by Tuck and Yang.

***This episode is edited due to a very long record time. I compacted the episode to its best parts.

Host: Rick

Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation and had a masters in Indigenous People’s law from University of Oklahoma.

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 87: Algonquin Letter Fraud

Guest: Dr. Veldon Coburn.

Dr. Coburn is a professor at the University of Ottawa.

In this episode I speak with Dr. Coburn about the false claims of Indigeneity from a fraudulent letter, and the role that Algonquins of Ontario (AOO) have played in this fiasco within the treaty making process in Canada.

Host: Rick.

Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation and has a master’s in Indigenous People’s law from University of Oklahoma.

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 86: National Liberation or American Patriotism?

Guest: Hassan M.

Hassan M. is a contributing editor for Peoples Anti-Colonial Press (pa-cp.org). His writing can be found at shatteringhegemony.wordpress.com and on Twitter at @19hassan49.

American communists have proposed that appealing to a sense of American patriotism is important for socialist organizing. In this episode, we use a Marxist perspective to uncover deeper questions which lie behind the idea of patriotism, frame US imperialism as a principal contradiction, and understand the role of Black and Indigenous nationalism.

Host: Rick.

Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation, and has a masters degree in Indigenous Peoples Law, from the University of Oklahoma.

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 85: Pan-Africanism & Socialism

Guest: Tristan Graham

Tristan is the author of “The Thoughts of an Unchained Mind”.

In this episode we talk about Pan-Africanism, its history, players, how socialism plays a role in the ideology, and how we can build bridges of solidarity.

Host: Rick

Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation, and has a Masters degree in Indigenous peoples law, from University of Oklahoma.

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 84: Perspectives from the Yakama Rez

Guests:

Lucy Smartlowit

Robyn Pebeahsy

In this episode I speak to two Indigenous women from the Yakama Reservation. We cover the& history & topic of migration into the Yakama valley, leaving the rez & coming back to the rez, and the delicate issue of trying to connect culturally to our own community.

Lucy & Robyn are two of the hosts of “War Cry Podcast”, War Cry is a podcast ran by Indigenous women that covers that topic of MMIW. Please check out their podcast and support their work.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8J0hWEEGuI5c3f_fMlGgDw

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 83: The (Recent) Settler Turn to Indigeneity: Indigenous Self-Determination and the Challenge of “Race Shifting”

Guests:

Dr. Darryl Leroux (Saint Mary’s University, Canada)

Dr. Laura Junka-Aikio (Norway – The Atlantic University of Norway)

Ms. Sandi Wemigwase (Canada – PhD candidate, University of Toronto)

Dr. Veli-Pekka Lehtola (Finland – Giellagas Institute for Sami Research, University of Oulu)

Ms. Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow (Canada – Bear Clan, Mohawk o the Grand River)

Dr. Circe Sturm (U.S. – Department of Anthropology, University of Texas Austin)

Mr. Calvin White (Canada – Mi’kmaw Elder, former President of the Federation of Newfoundland Indians)

Rick (U.S. – Comanche, Indigenous People’s Law, University of Oklahoma)

This episode consists of the audio from a panel from Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), the panel was called: The (Recent) Settler Turn to Indigeneity: Indigenous Self-Determination and the Challenge of “Race Shifting”.

Episode 82: Crypto-Colonialism

Guest: Pete Howson

In this episode we talk about the emergence of crypto-currencies, their toll on the environment & colonialism (Crypto-colonialism).

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 81: Setting the record clear (Chicanismo)

Guest: Dr. Aimee Villarreal

In this episode Dr. Aimee Villarreal & Rick answer questions about Chicanismo & critiques of Chicano academia.

Questions answered by DR. Villarreal:

- What is Chicanismo?

- Who could be considered Chicano?

- What is Chicana feminism?

- How important was it for Chicana feminists to challenge toxic masculinity and machismo within Chicano academia & Chicano grassroots? Who are some early Chicana feminists that challenged early Chicano machismo?

- What are some current important topics within Chicanismo that you feel are not being addressed? But should.

- What are some misconceptions about Chicanos/Chicanismo, that you have heard?

Questions answered by Rick:

- What's wrong about taking an ancestry DNA test, and claiming Indigeneity? (Without any connection to an Indigenous community).

- Aren't I Indigenous, since I'm brown? (Claiming Indigeneity through phenotypes).

- What is wrong if I claim Indigeneity? (Without knowing if I'm Indigenous). I’m not claiming a [federally/state] recognized tribe, how is it infringing on tribal sovereignty?

- Why can’t we ("detribalized") nip-pick pieces of different Indigenous communities' cultures, and create our own Decolonization path? What's wrong with that?

- Why can't the U.S. recognize Indigenous south of the border?

- Aren't Mexicans more Indigenous than Indigenous peoples in the US, because Indigenous in the US 'white', and Indigenous in Mexico have a higher 'blood quantum'.

- Isn't Rick a Chicano?

- Why is misappropriation of Indigeneity within Chicanismo an important topic for you?

Prior episodes with Dr. Villarreal:

Episode 38: "Transformative Talk" (UTSA) - Chicana Feminism and Tribal Critical Race Theory

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At_Dl9-Cl-c

Episode 49: Critiques of Anthropology

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPSTVsMAJwI

Episode 53: Black and Brown Solidarity and Abolitionist Futures

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqiH_2_pL1M

Episode 56: Black and Brown Solidarity & Abolitionist Futures Part 2

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOSPfJu_FZM

Episode 71: Book Review: “Slavery in the Southwest Genizaro Identity, Dignity & the Law”

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTzKlBmLQN0

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 80: Anti-Zionism & Occupation with a Jewish Arab

Guest: Barak

In this episode we have Barak, who is a Jewish Arab, and we talk about Zionism, anti- Zionism, settler colonialism of Palestine, & the liberation of Palestine.

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt

Episode 79: History of Human Zoos (Rebroadcast of collaboration with Wounded Podcast)

This is a rebroadcast of an episode that Robyn & Rick were a guest on “Wounded A Native True Crime Podcast”, hosted by Wendolynne & Paulino.

On this episode we talk about the history of human zoos.

Wounded podcast website:

Woundedpdcast.com

Instagram:

@Woundedpodcast

Twitter:

@woundedpodcast7

FB:

https://www.facebook.com/WoundedPodcast/