Native America Calling

Two Native Americans took home Pulitzer Prizes this year and a third was a finalist. It’s remarkable since the last time a Native American won a Pulitzer was Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday for the "House Made of Dawn in 1969." Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) got top honors in fiction for her novel “The Night Watchman.” Natalie Diaz (Mojave) won for her work “Postcolonial Love Poem.” Cartoonist Marty Two Bulls (Lakota) was a finalist in the editorial cartooning category, but no award was given in that category. It’s widely considered one of the top honors in the areas of literature and journalism. We’ll revisit our previous shows with Diaz and Erdrich as well as talk with Two Bulls about his work.

Two Native Americans took home Pulitzer Prizes this year and a third was a finalist. It’s remarkable since the last time a Native American won a Pulitzer was Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday for the “House Made of Dawn in 1969.” Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) got top honors in fiction for her […]

Clayton Thomas-Muller (Mathias Colomb Cree Nation) is sharing his life story in his new book “Life in the City of Dirty Water.” This memoir gives readers a clear view into his life as a young man living a tough life on the streets of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Along with encounters with violence and pain was his connection to his Cree spirituality that helped form him into the man he is today. Many now know of him through his activist works and resistance to environmental injustice and Big Oil.

The federal government will investigate the tragic legacy of American Indian boarding schools through a new program that will search for and identify remains of children who did not return home. The initiative follows the grim discovery of previously undocumented remains of 215 children on the grounds of a Canadian residential school. Also, the Supreme Court ruled that Alaska Native Corporations can receive a share of federal funding for COVID-19 relief. And Shawnee leaders travel to the Serpent Mound in Ohio to educate tourists and new agers about the significance of the area to their tribe.

The federal government will investigate the tragic legacy of American Indian boarding schools through a new program that will search for and identify remains of children who did not return home. The initiative follows the grim discovery of previously undocumented remains of 215 children on the grounds of a Canadian residential school. Also, the Supreme […]

Spring and early summer means many Native communities are celebrating the cultural and culinary significance of strawberries. For many tribes, the strawberry symbolizes the heart and carries origin stories, medicine and good teachings. In the culinary world, strawberries are a blessing for the palate and commonly used in myriad traditional diets and drinks.

Spring and early summer means many Native communities are celebrating the cultural and culinary significance of strawberries. For many tribes, the strawberry symbolizes the heart and carries origin stories, medicine and good teachings. In the culinary world, strawberries are a blessing for the palate and commonly used in myriad traditional diets and drinks. Guests:  Blu […]

The Battle of Greasy Grass was over in an hour, but its legacy continues to this day. The fight continues over how the story is told and who deserves honors after the major defeat of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry on the banks of Montana’s Little Bighorn River on this day in 1876. The combined force of the Oceti Sakowin along with other tribes ended Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s repeated violent attacks in violation of the Treaty of Fort Laramie. We’ll go over the history of the battle and its reverberations 145 years later.

Clayton Thomas-Muller (Mathias Colomb Cree Nation) is sharing his life story in his new book “Life in the City of Dirty Water.” This memoir gives readers a clear view into his life as a young man living a tough life on the streets of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Along with encounters with violence and pain was his […]

The Battle of Greasy Grass was over in an hour, but its legacy continues to this day. The fight continues over how the story is told and who deserves honors after the major defeat of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry on the banks of Montana’s Little Bighorn River on this day in 1876. The combined […]