Let's Talk Native with John Kane

The gaining popularity of lacrosse at the international level combined with the political pressure to ignore our autonomy and distinction may force the team permanently out of international competition. The successful promotion of the sport by Native leaders and the push to have it included in the Olympics may sideline the team representing the sport's creators.

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The debate on "America's Original Sins" continues as a few push back on the assertion that Genocide and Land Theft predated Slavery. Plus a look at Buck v Bell, eugenics and the sterilization of Native women.

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America's original sins were Genocide and Land Theft; then came the African Slave Trade! Get it right, Joe Biden! Plus, John did't wait for the phone to ring this time. He's going after the race-based mascot at his old high school.

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We are entering the perfect storm: a sure to be contested election, violent clashes of ideology and race on the streets, COVID-19 poised for its big comeback and the major economic fallout from the first wave of the pandemic about to rain down. And NO ONE is prepared! Unprecedented times in the States of Confusion!

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Mike Sahtekaientes joins John for this episode to discuss his history of activism, the true meaning of the unity flag, and preparing the next generation to stand up for what they believe in.

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Janene Yazzie joins John again, this time to explain Navajo leadership on the wrong side of too many issues. Navajo Vice President Myron Lizer heaped praise on Donald Trump and endorsed him for US President at the RNC Convention.

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Words matter and the words we choose to use matter even more. We use words to identify ourselves, to communicate, to teach, to write and to read. We add words to our own vocabularies sometimes not knowing their true meanings or origins.

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Donna Fann-Boyle joins John to look at the high school mascot battles after the Washington NFL franchise abandoned the racial slur for their team name. We'll look at Donna's fight with Neshaminy (PA) High School and the fight John is just beginning with his high school in Cambridge, NY.

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We are defined by our past. What we take forward from our past will define our future. Melissa Montour-Lazare joins John for the program to talk about putting the clan system to work, resisting imposed governments and pushing back against patriarchy.

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When we hear "occupied settlements," we immediately think of Israel building settlements in occupied Palestinian lands but this has been going on in the US and Canada to Native lands for centuries. It continues today with settlements being built at the doorstep of the Six Nations Territory within the Canadian province of Ontario. Myka and Skyler from Six Nations join John to explain the continuing battle to stop non-Native development on Native lands.

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