Native Voice One Podcast

Tribal leaders advocate on Capitol Hill for forward funding

Businesses take a hit with breakdown of Alaska ferry service

Alaska Native leader Elizabeth Peratrovich featured on $1 coin

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Canada asks for meeting with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs as demonstrations held across country

North Dakota Secretary of State agrees to settle two voting rights lawsuits by tribes and individuals

Alaska Native leader calls on state to fix ferry service problems impacting coastal communities

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Riot legislation passes House committee in South Dakota Legislature

Native organization files class action against Canadian government

Tribal leaders discuss preparing their communities for Census 2020

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South Dakota court looks at jurisdiction issue in Indian Country

Climate change among tribal priorities say leaders at NCAI session

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Songs of the People: Indigenous Roots of Black Folk Music is a 28-minute audio program hosted by Benjamin Mertz, a song leader in the Black Spiritual tradition. The program will look at pre-20th Century Black music as a folk tradition, exploring its connections to its African ancestry and its similarities to the traditional music of the First Nations in North America. With work songs, drum circles, sacred chants, and songs evoking the imagery of rivers and mountains, Black Spiritual music lives hand-in-hand with other Indigenous music traditions.

Songs of the People: Indigenous Roots of Black Folk Music is a

28-minute audio program hosted by Benjamin Mertz, a song leader in the Black Spiritual tradition. The program will look at pre-20th Century Black music as a folk tradition, exploring its connections to its African ancestry and its similarities to the traditional music of the First Nations in North America. With work songs, drum circles, sacred chants, and songs evoking the imagery of rivers and mountains, Black Spiritual music lives hand-in-hand with other Indigenous music traditions.

Music for this program will be taken from Benjamin Mertz's album "Climbing Up the Mountain," a vocal and percussion project designed to emphasize the Indigenous/folk aspects of Black traditional music. Songs will be interspersed with historical perspectives.

Songs of the People was developed for KIDE-FM Hoopa Tribal Radio and was first aired on Feb. 2, 2020.

National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp delivers a bold challenge to federal elected leaders

A federal judge hands down the sentence for the Pine Ridge doctor convicted of sexually assaulting boys

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Demonstrations held across Canada as tensions rise over gas pipeline

South Dakota House rejects proposal on tribal IDs to register to vote

Environment focus of American Indian Day at New Mexico Legislature

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Police move in on demonstrators opposing Coastal GasLink project

Haskell looks to establish graduate program with Māori university

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Native American members of Congress react to President Trump’s speech

Native groups vow to fight Trans Mountain pipeline after court decision

North Dakota Native Vote advocates and raises awareness of voting issues

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