Native Opinion Podcast An American Indian Perspective

Native Opinion Episode 98Native Opinion Episode 98  “THE RIGHT IS FLEECED AT EVERY TURN AND NO COMPLAINTS” HELP THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO      How to Reach our show: How to Reach our show: Email: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Website: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207         OUR GUEST: Recording Artist Jan Michael Lookingwolf Bio: "A modern master of the Native American Flute, a premier performer of the instrument of our time..."- - - Billboard Journal He is an enrolled Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, who resides within his indigenous homelands in Oregon, Jan Michael Looking Wolf is a world-renowned Native American flute player. Traveling a broad range of musical styles, his recordings have garnered over 52 awards and a top ten ranking in the new age charts. He is the winner of several Native American Music Awards including Artist of the Ye

Native Opinion Episode 97 “Our concerns do not matter. They only hear what they choose to hear.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Website: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   NOTICES: Reminder…the Native American Music Awards is October 14th, and you can watch it live for FREE! Visit: http://singlefeathermedia.com/live  to register! Also, voting is open for the Native American Music Award music nominees…20 categories! and they need your vote! Vist www.namalive.com and look for the vote now link! Voting is open up through October 13th… please vote for your favorite Native American Recording Artists! APPROPRIATION Discussion of the robohontas twitter thread.. THREAD SOURCE: https://twitter.com/robohontas/status/910657882462420992?refsrc=email&s=11 Who is Twitter User “Robohontas”? SOURCE: http://www.robohontas.com/about MUSIC BREAK ARTIST:

Native Opinion Episode 96 “THE TRUTH IS THE LIGHT NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Public Voting is NOW OPEN!! Please visit www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com You vote TRULY counts…so please….vote!  Our guest for this episode… Johnnie Jae… Bio: Johnnie Jae is of the Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw tribes of Oklahoma. She is the managing partner of Native Max Magazine, founder of A Tribe Called Geek, and contributor to Native News Online. She is the manager and producer for the Success Native Style Radio Network, where she hosts the Indigenous Flame and A Tribe Called Geek radio shows. She is also a founding board member of Not Your Mascots. Known as the "Brown Ball of Fury," Johnnie seamlessly shifts from humor and pop culture to advocacy and digital media,

Native Opinion Episode 95 “WHY DO WE STILL INSIST ON HELPING THEM?” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: Our Facebook Page Webpage: Our Website: www.nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voice mail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   ***OUR GUEST FOR THIS EPISODE IS MARILYN VANN*** GUEST BIO: Marilyn Vann serves as President and a director of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association, a non-profit corporation which educates the public on the history, culture, and political rights of the African Indian peoples of the 5 nations (formerly known as the Five Civilized Tribes) whose ancestors were enrolled as “freedmen” tribal members by the US government Dawes Commission approximately 100 years ago. Marilyn is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She is a descendant of Joseph Vann and Rider Fields, who were native Cherokee citizens by blood who immigrated to what is now Eastern Oklahoma prior to 1840,

Native Opinion Episode 94 “You can lead a Horse to water, but it has to drink.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voice mail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: TITLE: Why Harvey's impact on gas prices is a global problem SOURCE: https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/why-harveys-impact-on-gas-prices-is-a-global-problem/   TITLE: ‘Send prayers’: Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada SOURCE: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/send-prayers-texas-republican-turns-down-donated-blankets-beds-manpower-from-canada/     NATIVE NEWS SEGMENTS:   Title: 8 Big Lies History Books Tell About Natives SUB-TITLE: History books written by non-Natives don't share the truth when it comes to Natives AUTHOR: Vincent Schilling • July 14, 2017 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/events/8-big-lies-histor

Native Opinion Episode 93 “CULTURE AND OUR LIVING HISTORY. OUR ELDERS” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voice mail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 According to the United States Census Bureau, the governmental body responsible for "counting" people in this country, as of July 1st, 2016, White people make up 76% of the humans walking in this country. Contrast that to 13% of black Americans. And from there, other people of color, the percentages drop substantially lower.  Here is a further breakdown: Hispanic or Latino people: 13 % Asian People: 5% American Indians:  1.3 % Native Hawaiians & Other Pacific Islanders: 0.2% Hate websites promoted by self-identified “Michael The Black Man” https://blacksfortrump2020.com http://gods2.com Title: Don’t Sit in That Elder’s Chair! 8 Funny Unwritten Pow Wow Rules SUB-TITLE: At every pow wow there is a

“EPISODE 92 Let’s Talk About Race…” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: (860) 381-0207 We asking you, our listeners for your prayers and support for Robert Bello. “Rob” as he is known by friends and family is the Brother of Native American Music Awards founder Ellen Bello. The awards show is one of the longest-running events recognizing Native American recording talent in the United States. Rob was recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia and has begun a series of expensive cancer treatments which he needs to save his life. Please use the link below to learn more, and if you can please help us to help Rob, we deeply appreciate it! Any amount truly helps Rob, and all money goes directly to his medical costs. for those of you that donate to help Rob, please mention that you heard about this on Native Opinion, and we will be sure t

In this episode of the Native Opinion Radio Show and podcast, we do a DEEP and sometimes emotional discussion around the speeches made by senators and congress people from the 2017 “Tribal Energy Summit” in Washington DC. The discussion is about the potential privatization of Indian land. The push is on for tribes to consider this proposal, as well as the notion by Washington to “Have a conversation” about the Indian Reorganization act. Hosts are Michael Kickingbear & David Greyowl

In this Episode of Native Opinion… Scientists confirm what the Shinnecock Tribe have always known as it applies to Federal Ocean Policy. Also, After 23 years, and 40 million dollars later, the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum will be built and will showcase 39 tribes in Oklahoma, and more!

Native Opinion Episode 89 “EPISODE 89 THEY MAY NEED A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 ARTICLES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE… ARTICLE 1: Title: Non-Natives Wear ‘Ceremonial Eagle Feathers’ and ‘Play Indian’ in Texas Musical: Quanah ‘Quanah’ Play features Grammy winners Larry Gatlin as the Old Ranger and Non-Native David Phelps as Chief Quanah AUTHOR: Vincent Schilling • May 3, 2017 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/non-natives-wear-eagle-feathers-play-indian-texas-musical-production-quanah/   ARTICLE 2: TITLE: U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN SECURES $15 MILLION FOR MILITARIZED POLICE AT STANDING ROCK AUTHOR: BY LEVI RICKERT / CURRENTS / 03 MAY 2017 SOURCE: http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/u-s-senate-committee-india

Native Opinion Podcast  “EPISODE 88 THEIR GREED KNOWS NO END.” How to Reach our show: E-MAIL: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a Voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   TITLE: Texas Attorney Going to Bat for Connecticut Native American Tribe AUTHOR: ROBERT STORACE PUBLICATION: he Connecticut Law Tribune DATE: July 13, 2017 SOURCE: http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202792942963/Texas-Attorney-Going-to-Bat-for-Conn-Native-American-Tribe?mcode=0&curindex=0&slreturn=20170618200713   TITLE: Trump doesn't seem to know where Dakota Access Pipeline goes PUBLICATION: Indianz.com DATE: Friday, July 14, 2017 SOURCE: https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/07/14/president-trump-doesnt-seem-to-know-wher.asp TITLE: Senator Testor Grills IHS Director AUTHOR: Tanya H. Lee PUBLICATION: Indian Country Media Network DATE: July 14, 2017 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/

Native Opinion Episode EPISODE 87 “Fashion Appropriate.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 Opening Poem provided by Mary Black. Bio: Mary Black is an Ojibwe woman from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. She is a poet, and a documentarian who is sharing her own experiences in recovering from OCD and depression on her youtube channel “BlueThunderbird SkyWoman”. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mckR6TYKaVc&t=30s Our Guests in this episode: Native Fashion history experts Dana Goodin & Regan Loggins Bio’s Dana is a host and researcher for Unravel Podcast which is available on iTunes and Soundcloud. She works as a textile conservator at the Textile Conservation Lab at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.  She recently earned her M.A. in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Te

  Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 86 THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. Just Wait!” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook:facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   Our Guest this episode is Marilyn Vann, President of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association. And President of African Indians of the 5 Civilized Tribes Foundation 10 2016 Marilyn serves as President and a director of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association, a non-profit corporation which educates the public on the history, culture, and political rights of the African Indian peoples of the 5 Nations (formerly known as the Five Civilized Tribes) whose ancestors were enrolled as “freedmen” tribal members by the US government Dawes Commission approximately 100 years ago. Marilyn is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She is a descendant o

Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 85 THE ILLNESS CALLED COLONIALISM.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   Native News Segments: ARTICLE 1: TITLE: UN Marks Tenth Anniversary of Indigenous Rights Declaration Canada drops objections to UN resolution on indigenous consent AUTHOR: Jenni Monet • April 25, 2017 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/indigenous-peoples/un-tenth-anniversary-declaration-indigenous-peoples-forum/ For live video streaming of all open meetings visit: http://webtv.un.org.   ARTICLE 2: TITLE: Mashantucket Tribe expresses interest in growing industrial hemp
DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 SOURCE: https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/04/24/mashantucket-tribe-expresses-interest-in.asp   Article 3: TITLE: Tribal leader warns of protest if Trump insists on border wall: 'There is no wor

Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 84 BOW TO COLONIALISM AND LET IT WIN? NEVER!”   How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 Articles featured in this episode: Suing Donald Trump Over Emoluments SOURCE: http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/12/news/trump-foreign-payments-lawsuit/index.html TITLE: Breaking: DAPL Approval Illegal, Judge Finds SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/native-news/dapl-approval-illegal-judge-finds/?mqsc=ED38927 Title: Our Mother Language and the Survival of Native Language As a Whole Native peoples must demand that their tribal councils adequately fund Native language programs SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/opinions/mother-language-survival-native-language-whole/ TITLE: Building Indian Country, One Construction Project at a Time Construction in Indian Country Conf

Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 83 THERE’S HISTORY, AND THEN, THERE IS HISTORY.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   ARTICLE 1: TITLE: American History Myths Debunked: White Settlers Did Not Carve America Out of the Untamed Wilderness SUB-TITLE: White settlers chose Plymouth for the recently cleared and planted fields, hardly untamed AUTHOR: ICMN Staff April 18, 2017 SOURCE: HTTPS://INDIANCOUNTRYMEDIANETWORK.COM/HISTORY/EVENTS/AMERICAN-HISTORY-MYTHS-DEBUNKED-WHITE-SETTLERS-DID-NOT-CARVE-AMERICA-OUT-OF-THE-UNTAMED-WILDERNESS/   ARTICLE 2: TITLE: ....If the Creeks Don't Rise DATE: Monday, October 26, 2009 SOURCE: http://historyiselementary.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-creeks-dont-rise.html?m=1 ARTICLE 3: TITLE: Teaching American Indian History: A Native American Voice AUTHOR: Donald A. Grinde Jr., September 19

Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 82 “OUR FOOTFALLS ARE DEEP.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 SHARING IS CARING! Please write us an iTunes review! REVIEW US: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/native-opinion-podcast-an-american-indian-perspective/id1066441811?mt=2   Stuff You Should Know Podcast Trail Of Tears Part 1: http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/trail-tears-part-one.htm Trail Of Tears Part 2: http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/trail-tears-part-two.htm THE IROQUOIS HISTORY AND LEGENDS PODCAST SOURCE: http://www.longhousepodcast.com Articles covered in this episode: Title: Norwich Hospital property sale OK’d DATE: April 19. 2017 1:22PM AUTHOR: Claire Bessette  Day staff writer SOURCE: http://www.theday.com/local/20170418/norwich-hospital-property-sale-okd TITLE: Christians Only:

Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 81 OUT OF THE MOUTH’S OF BABES.”     How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion   Leave us voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   ARTICLE 1: Title: Trail of Tears: From a Middle School Student’s Perspective The Trail of Tears set a national precedent for the confiscation of Indian lands AUTHOR: ICMN Staff DATE: March 6, 2015 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/events/trail-of-tears-from-a-middle-school-students-perspective/   ARTICLE 2: TITLE: U.S. Schools Are Teaching Our Children That Native Americans Are History by AUTHOR: by Lisa Wade Dec 3, DATE: Dec 3, 2014, SOURCE: https://psmag.com/u-s-schools-are-teaching-our-children-that-native-americans-are-history-9a55eb7f525f   ARTICLE 3: TITLE: All Indians Are Dead?’ At Least That’s What Most Schools Teach Children AUTHOR: Alysa Landry DATE: November 17, 2014, SOURC

Native Opinion Episode “EPISODE 80 “WHY DO WE DO THIS?” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 Sharing is Caring! Please write us an iTunes Review! ON THE BLOG… Mention the Article “Osage Nation... The Story Of Wealth, Theft, And Murder Of Native People…” Source: http://nativeopinion.com/blog/2017/5/17/osage-nation-the-story-of-wealth-and-murder-of-native-people   Native News Segments: ARTICLE 1: Title: Disappearing Indians: Who Decides Who’s In and Who’s Out? PART ONE: AUTHOR: Steve Russell  QUICK BIO of Author Steve Russell: Steve Russell is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, although born and raised in the Muscogee Creek Nation. He dropped out of Bristow, Oklahoma High School after the ninth grade. He is currently Associate Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice, Indiana University at Bloomington. Russel

“EPISODE 79, WE ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED, WE ARE BEING CONTROLLED.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 Please leave us a review on i-tunes! It helps people discover our show… Articles Discussed IN This Episode ARTICLE 1: Title: Markwayne Mullin Cancels Town Hall Meeting Citing 'Safety Concerns' Posted: Apr 11, 2017 7:36 PM EDT Updated: Apr 11, 2017 9:41 PM EDT BY: NEWSON6.COM http://www.newson6.com/story/35127153/markwayne-mullin-cancels-town-hall-meeting-citing-safety-concerns   ARTICLE 2: TITLE: A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Trying to Bring Down the Indian Child Welfare Act. Why? Native Americans say the law protects their children. The Goldwater Institute claims it does the opposite BY: Rebecca Clarren • April 13, 2017 This story originally appeared in The Nation in partnership with InvestigateWest. http