Native Voice One Podcast

Round 4 - December 7, 2025

The 67th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo rolls on in Las Vegas as Round Four pauses for ProRodeo Memorial Night, honoring WNFR legends lost this year, we appreciate our cowboys and cowgirls that have been here and gone.  All 119 contestants remain focused, with $36,668 awarded to each round winner and $94,035 awaiting the aggregate champion after ten rounds.

Indian Country continues to shine. Navajo cowboy Derrick Begay has placed with Colter Tod. Cherokee steer wrestler Chance Howard was sixth in the aggregate, yet no time in round 4, while INFR Champion Jayco Roper looks to break through in round 5. Rookie saddle bronc rider Zach Dallas of Oglala Lakota College earned over $22k in round 3.  Navajo cowgirl Bailey Bates competes December 22 & 23 at the National Finals Breakaway Roping in Fort Worth, Texas.

Still ahead, we’ll have complete Round 4 results, plus an exclusive interview with PRCA CEO Tom Glause, and a word with Kincade Henry and Tricia Aldridge. 

Stay tuned to this station for coverage of all the excitement of the 2025 world title races on the Native Voice 1 Radio Network.

Many thanks to:@4bearscasino@justinbootcompany@wranglerjeans

Long live cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

Round 3 - December 6, 2025

The 67th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada traces its roots to the birth of professional rodeo's crescendo, beginning 1959–1961 in Dallas, Texas. The finals moved to Los Angeles from 1962–1964, then settled in Oklahoma City from 1965–1984, with a one-year stop in Arlington, Texas in 2020.  In 1985—40 years ago—the Wrangler NFR moved to Las Vegas, where it remains today. The 2025 championship features a historic $17.5 million purse, presented by Wrangler and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

American Indian and First Nations athletes are well represented. The Navajo Nation includes Bailey Bates and Derrick Begay. The Oglala Lakota Nation is represented by Zack Dallas, while the Cherokee Nation features Jacob Roper and Chance Howard in addition to the indigenous owned animal athletes including Cree owned C5 Rodeo Companies Saddle Bronc of the Year #F13 Virgil. The top 15 competitors in seven events compete 10 rounds, facing the best for the PRCA World Championships.  Results and round 3 winners interviews with Waylon Bourgeois and Ty Erickson are coming up.

Stay tuned to this station for coverage of all the excitement of the 2025 world title races on the Native Voice 1 Radio Network.

Many thanks to:@4bearscasino@justinbootcompany@wranglerjeans

Long live cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

Round 2 - December 5, 2025

The 67th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada kicked off the second of 10 performances Friday night, as the western culture of the United States and Canada descended in full force on the City of Lights.

It’s hard to imagine that December desert 40 years ago, when the NFR first moved to Las Vegas in 1985 with $1.8 million added. Fast forward to 2025, and that purse has grown to an incredible $17.5 million, giving cowboys and cowgirls the ultimate opportunity to cash in on rodeo’s biggest stage.

Native Voice One Radio Network, is honored to once again cover our Native contingency:

   •   Bailey Bates (WPRA Ladies Breakaway Roping), who will compete December 22–23 in Fort Worth, Texas at the National Finals Breakaway Roping

   •   Jayco Roper (Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma) in Bareback Bronc Riding

   •   Chance Hunter, Cherokee Nation, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, competing in Steer Wrestling

   •   Derrick Begay (Navajo Nation, Arizona) and partner Colter Todd in Team Roping

   •   Zach Dallas (Oglala Lakota) representing in the classic event of Saddle Bronc Riding

NV1 is proud to provide nightly coverage of our contestants as we report round winners, average leaders, world standings, interviews today featuring Round 2 winners Rocker Steiner and Damian Brennan. Stay tuned to this station for all the excitement of the 2025 world title races on the Native Voice 1 Radio Network.

Many thanks to:@4bearscasino@justinbootcompany@wranglerjeans

Long live cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

Injune, Queensland, Australian cowboy Damian Brennan is not only as a saddle bronc rider on the rodeo trail, but also as a working cowboy chasing cattle across the vast outbacks of the land down under.

Since 2021, Damian has amassed three Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifications, finished runner-up to the world title, claimed second in the NFR aggregate, and earned over $1 million in prize money. Beyond the arena, he remains a classic gentleman and a devoted ranch cowboy, shaped by the wide landscapes and big herds of his Australian homeland.

It is a very interesting and inspiring story—one of a man following his dreams halfway around the world in our beautiful and blessed America. 

Many thanks to:@4bearscasino@justinbootcompany@wranglerjeans

Long live cowboys!

World With a Champ delivers daily coverage of the National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious event, featuring the world’s top contestants and stock. Held over 10 days at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Native American and First Nation Canadian competitors vying for 2025 PRCA World Titles are highlighted each day with arena updates and interviews.

This year, producer and host Randy Taylor was honored with the PRCA’s Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award, recognizing his long-standing contributions to rodeo coverage and his commitment to elevating the stories of Native competitors in the sport.

Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy when English settlers landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.  He and his people kept the Pilgrims from starving in the early years of their settlement, attended the first Thanksgiving and forged a peace treaty with the English that lasted 40 years until his death. 

We'll talk with American Indian scholars Darius Coombs and Bob Charlesbois who'll fill in the details of this Native American leader's attempt to make peace for his people and with the new strangers.   Also, Native American film director Chris Eyre on his portrayal of Massasoit for the 2009 PBS television series We Shall Remain.

Peace Talks Radio is the flagship series of Good Radio Shows, Inc., a non-profit media organization dedicated to producing programs that inform, inspire, and strengthen the human condition. The series blends artistry with social purpose, using voice, sound, and storytelling to promote understanding, healing, and practical, nonviolent approaches to resolving conflict.

Peace Talks Radio explores efforts to rename and reclaim holidays like Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and Veterans Day.

When there are false narratives behind those holidays, it can be hurtful and harmful. Those stories might be covering up painful truths; the holiday names can be used to promote the political agendas of those in power.

Mahtowin Munro (Oglala Lakota), co-leader of United American Indians of New England, organizes a National Day of Mourning each year on Thanksgiving. She’s also campaigned to transform Columbus Day into Indigenous People’s Day. And former US Army ranger turned war resistor Rory Fanning is part of a campaign to give Veterans Day back its pre-1954 name: Armistice Day.

Mahtowin Munro and Rory Fanning

Peace Talks Radio is the flagship series of Good Radio Shows, Inc., a non-profit media organization dedicated to producing programs that inform, inspire, and strengthen the human condition. The series blends artistry with social purpose, using voice, sound, and storytelling to promote understanding, healing, and practical, nonviolent approaches to resolving conflict.

Enduring Freedom – Honoring Native Women Veterans offers a rare and powerful look at a shared history through the voices of Native women who served. Recorded in the early 2000s, these veterans reflect in their own words on their experiences in the U.S. military — from the challenges of service and the prejudice they faced as women and as Native people, to the pride of representing their Nations and communities.

You'll hear the voices of Arlene Manuel Wall (Pima, deceased 2009), Sandra K. Tiger (Seminole, Cherokee), Carol Buckles (Pima Maricopa), Michelle Bowman  (Gila River), Rita Aragon  (Cherokee, Chocktaw), and Geri Wisner-Foley  (Mvskoke Deer Clan).

While little has been written about the role of Native women in the armed forces, we know they have served with distinction in every conflict, from the time of first contact with Europeans to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and in ongoing global missions today.

Written and produced by Peggy Berryhill (Mvskoke, Bird Clan), this landmark documentary from the Native Media Resource Center honors the courage, resilience, and enduring contributions of Native women veterans.

The government that tried to destroy Indigenous culture used it as a weapon on the battlefield. Most of the men who had been sworn to secrecy during the war kept those secrets as long as they lived. But their families and tribal communities remember.

Host Travis Zimmerman helps tell two stories: One about Lex Porter, an Ojibwe speaking code talker from Grand Portage and a member of the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Nagaajiwanaang); the other about Reuben St. Clair, a Dakota speaking coder talker from the Lower Sioux Indian Community (Mdewakanton).

A five-minute newscast focused on activity at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, anchored by Jill Fratis.

Tribal traditions, culture, and language are ways being used to help keep Native people out of the justice system. Many who’ve been through the Western justice system say often times addiction, and not addressing historical trauma, led to them ending up locked up, while advocates continue to lean on Indigenous ways of life for prevention, reentry, and recovery efforts. We’ll also hear from young people who are advocating on grassroots levels for their people when it comes to the environment, MMIP, and various other issues.