Let's Talk Native with John Kane

Special guest Chaz Kader joins John to have a tough conversation about our people joining the system of oppression. Breaking glass ceilings or skating on thin ice?

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Philip Yenyo, Executive Director of AIM Ohio, joins the program to break down the 60 year battle to change the Cleveland baseball team's name.

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The Cleveland baseball team has finally dropped its problematic name. That makes two major sports franchises to remove their offensive names and imagery this year. Will there be more to follow in 2021?

Closing song is "Freedom" by Dakota Bear.

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John travels to his old high school to deliver his remarks before the Cambridge Central School Board of Education and push for an end to the use of their problematic mascot. Cory McMillan, of Cambridge for Social Justice, joins the show to give an assessment of the meeting.

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John and special guest Paul Winnie discuss the various strategies for regaining and reclaiming lost lands.

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John discusses the importance of associating with like minded people. Who will you lead? Who will you follow? Who are your teachers, mentors and partners?

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How can the most heinous massacre of Native people and the largest mass execution in the history of the United States not be associated with the sitting president at the time? Let's put history into context.

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Toppling or defacing statues is not erasing history -- propping up false heroes is! History is not just erased by writers. It is erased by murder, genocide and eliminating the people who tell the truth about America's traumatic past. By all means cancel the false narratives and fraudulent heroes.

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Some carry a far greater burden. Systemic racism, poverty, health and opportunity all create inequity. Many are crushed by the affluence and success of others. This is hardly a level playing field.

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Talon Kane joins John to discuss what he's taught in school about Native people. Even schools with Native mascots refuse to teach the truth about Native people and the United State's long history of atrocities directed towards the indigenous population. Teach the flaws not just heroism.

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