Let's Talk Native with John Kane

Carving out spaces to move through in order to avoid state authority is NOT the same things as asserting and establishing sovereignty. We need to do more than push back against the state, we need to see our fight all the way through to the end.

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After participating in a restorative justice healing circle for the mascot battle in the small town of Cambridge, NY, John reflects on the issue of "safe spaces." Specifically, how the discussion among the members of the Cambridge, NY community highlighted the lack of contemporary indigenous spaces and how that impacts Native people as we confront issues in spaces that are no longer ours.

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May 5th has been designated as MMIW Day since 2017 but 2021 is ushering in "MMIW National Week of Action!"

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The origin of U.S. capitalism and the influence of wealth on politics begins with genocide and slavery.

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We interrupt are regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special release of "Resistance Radio with John and Regan" featuring historian and author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Regan and John discuss her new book due out in August, "Not A Nation Of Immigrants" and her collaboration with Raoul Peck on the HBO mini-series, "Exterminate All The Brutes."

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Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum made the news recently after he delivered his racist American exceptionalism speech at a Young America's Foundation event on April 23, 2021. However, his moronic take on U.S. history has been shared by prominent politicians for the past two centuries. It is taught in schools, it is preached about in churches and it has been proclaimed by judges, congressmen, senators and presidents up to and including current office holders. It is a false and dangerous myth used to justify the treatment of the native population of the United States and is part of a long process of erasing us from the past, present and future.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior has finally responded to the Seneca Nation regarding their on-going battle with New York state over casino revenue sharing payments. It's time for the Senecas to start asking the BIG questions!

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How did Native people go from being the despised victims of genocide to having their images used for school mascots and told they represent pride, courage and honor?

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John explores the long history of New York State screwing over Senecas. Even with unfettered access through Seneca land for their commerce the state still criminalizes Native businesses and extorts revenue from Seneca casinos.

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The widely accepted version of the history of the United States is filled with lies, half-truths, and complete fabrications in order to justify the heinous acts carried out on the indigenous population of this continent. Native mascots do not honor or "pay respects" to the indigenous population because the very foundation used to justify their continued use is based on an almost entirely false narrative. Removing Native mascots is not about erasing history. It's part of a long and necessary process of correcting the false history that a majority of the population of the United States is taught from an early age.

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