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ARE THE FIRST STEPS REALLY THAT DIFFICULT? Aug 12, 2019

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How will some new USDA proposed "Categorical Exclusion rule changes affect forestry and how tribes retain their connection to the land? Also, a study of Essential Words and Phrases in Native History Related to the Doctrines of Discovery. A story in Canada of Tsilhqot’in blockade points to failures of justice impeding reconciliation in Canada. Plus Listener feedback and Music by Bilingual Hip-Hop artist, Olmeca.
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THE STUPIDITY THAT IS AMERICA AND DEPORTATION Aug 06, 2019

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An article by Vince Schilling “You shouldn’t sign up” warning of a Native enlisted brother to his sister who is a combat soldier… also… Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Vice-Chair of the Natural Resources Committee challenges Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt for answers on lack of tribal consultation at his department. Plus audience feedback.
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TIME WILL TELL ITS OWN STORY. Jul 30, 2019

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The Mohegan Tribe will welcome the Miss America 2020 Competition to its gaming facility, The Winnebago Tribe is some of the first to enter industrial hemp industry in Nebraska, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro Introduces his Platform for Indigenous Peoples, Plus, why we don’t agree with some native people supporting Donald Trump’s re-election…
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THE IGNORANCE AND RACISM IS PALPABLE. Jul 21, 2019

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Native Opinion Episode 180 IGNORANCE AND RACISM IS PALPABLE. How To Reach Our Show: E-Mail: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Our Website: nativeopinion.com Our Youtube Channel: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion _______________________________________________________________ CALL OUR SHOW! Click or Tap to call: 860–800–5595 Listen LIVE every Saturday Morning, 9am Eastern Standard Time Through Our Website or via the SPREAKER APP SUBSCRIBE to our Podcast! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, i-Heart Radio, Spotify Radio Public or wherever you get your favorite podcasts from… __________________________________________________________________ PLEASE help grow our show! Share us with your friends!. Tell folks you heard about something on Native Opinion, or give us a review in i-tunes or on Facebook! It truly does help our show get discovered! ________________________________________________________ Introducing “The Indigenous Voices Podcast Network” In fall of 2019, Native Opinion Inc, the parent company of “Native Opinion” a leading Native American Internet radio show and podcast, will introduce the nations first Native American podcast network. “The Indigenous Voices Podcast Network” will give independant north american Indigenous content producers a place to share thier work, and even broadcast LIVE to thier audiences. More information will be available on Native Opinion EPISODE SUMMARY: Trump has openly and defiantly defined his racist rhetoric this week by calling out 4 American congresswomen, all who are people of color, and asserting that “they” should all go back to the countries they came from. We discuss this ridiculous notion and ask one very important question of our audience. Also, news from Indian County, and featuring the music of Mimi O’Bonsawin. The Native OOpiniontheme song “Honor The People” is by Casper Loma Da Wa. FIND THE SONG AND MORE OF HIS MUSIC HERE: ________________________________________________________ MUSIC Featured in this Episode: ARTIST: Mimi O’Bonsawin TRACK: How Long Artist Website. ARTICLES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE Infrastructure in Indian Country needs to be ‘fair and equitable’. Finally. ‘Crucial that there’s somebody in the White House’ working on tribal issues. https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/finally-crucial-that-there-s-somebody-in-the-white-house-working-on-tribal-issues-kH2i-nx5JUCw7h6w3Y3VOQ/. The Myth of the Welfare Queen. Pete Buttigieg unveils agenda to help black Americans. ________________________________________________________ Kutupitush! (Thank You!) for listening!
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS KEY. Jul 14, 2019

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Native Opinion Episode 179 Acknowledgment Is Key. How To Reach Our Show: E-Mail: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Our Website: nativeopinion.com Our Youtube Channel: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion ________________________________________________________ CALL OUR SHOW! Click or Tap to call: 860–800–5595 Listen LIVE every Saturday Morning, 9am Eastern Standard Time Through Our Website or via the SPREAKER APP SUBSCRIBE to our Podcast! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, i-Heart Radio, Spotify Radio Public or wherever you get your favorite podcasts from… ________________________________________________________ PLEASE help grow our show! Share us with your friends!. Tell folks you heard about something on Native Opinion, or give us a review in i-tunes or on Facebook! It truly does help our show get discovered! ________________________________________________________ EPISODE SUMMARY: Our Guest Is 2020 Presidential Candidate Mark Charles. Mark is a speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, Mark teaches the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and Christendom in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation. In 2012, in front of the United States Capitol, Mark hosted a public reading of the apology to Native peoples that were buried in the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act by the 111th Congress. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, and he authors the blog Reflections from the Hogan. He is the co-founder of Would Jesus Eat Frybread?, a national conference for Native college students, and has served on the boards of the Christian Reformed Church of North America and the Christian Community Development Association. Mark is currently an independent candidate for the presidency of the United States, advocating for a Truth and Conciliation Commission – a formal and national dialogue on issues of race, gender, and class. He is working to build a nation where We the People truly means All The People. Please share the hashtag #AllThePeople The Native Opinion theme song “Honor The People” is by Casper Loma Da Wa. FIND THE SONG AND MORE OF HIS MUSIC HERE: ________________________________________________________ MUSIC Featured in this Episode: ARTIST: Tracy Bone TRACK: Live Set from Nama 10 Artist Website. ARTICLES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE MARK CHARLES for PRESIDENT WATCH MARK’S LAUNCH VIDEO MARK’S BLOG: Wirelesshogan: Reflections from the Hogan. WATCH MARK’S LECTURE ON THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY NATIVE NEWS ARTICLES. California Slaughtered 16,000 Native Americans. The State Finally Apologized for the Genocide. Mark Charles on Cal Gov Galvin Newsom apology to Native Nations of California. TRUMP REMOVES NATIVE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE FROM CULTURAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Why Do You Think They Cross the Border?. ________________________________________________________Kutupitush! (Thank You!) for listening!
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WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? Jul 07, 2019

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Native Opinion Episode 178 WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? How To Reach Our Show: E-Mail: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Our Website: nativeopinion.com Our Youtube Channel: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion ________________________________________________________ CALL OUR SHOW! Click or Tap to call: 860–800–5595 Listen LIVE every Saturday Morning, 9am Eastern Standard Time Through Our Website or via the SPREAKER APP SUBSCRIBE to our Podcast! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, i-Heart Radio, Spotify Radio Public or wherever you get your favorite podcasts from… ________________________________________________________ PLEASE help grow our show! Share us with your friends!. Tell folks you heard about something on Native Opinion, or give us a review in i-tunes or on Facebook! It truly does help our show get discovered! ________________________________________________________ EPISODE SUMMARY: We take a hard look at the policies that the Trump Administration has implemented at the southern border of the United States. The detrimental effects that they have caused, and what is now being done for the migrant children about it since a recent budget was passed. Also… In our “Racism in America” segment, Fox News hosts, Brian Kilmeade, make a weird analogy of a large house party to holding what he is calling “illegals” in the detention centers in Texas. Judge Jeanine Pirro… another personality of Fox News… Apparently, Pirro has a problem with the Spanish language being used in the first democratic debate. Allison and Zeke Brown had hired the man to fix the brakes on their golf cart after finding him on Facebook Marketplace. He seemed fine until he showed up with a confederate flag. Plus More… The Native Opinion theme song “Honor The People” is by Casper Loma Da Wa. FIND THE SONG AND MORE OF HIS MUSIC HERE: ________________________________________________________ MUSIC Featured in this Episode: ARTIST: Wayne Lavallee **TRACK: Indian Man ** Artist Website. Watch The The Road Forward Trailer Here. ARTICLES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe defeats bid to move homelands lawsuit to another court. Mashantucket Pequots agree with removing Redmen mascot. “I’ve started acknowledging the people who lived on this land first – and you should too”. ‘We don’t want another 30 years of dictatorship’: First Nation unites to oust ‘lifetime’ chief”. ‘We’re an oral culture’: Saving an endangered language through Gwich’in storytelling. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ARGUES DETAINED MIGRANT CHILDREN DON’T NEED TOOTHBRUSHES, SOAP. Almost 300 migrant children removed from Texas facility described as ‘appalling’. Vineyard Wind clears hurdle for a $2B wind farm off Martha’s Vineyard. How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today’s migration. Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes. Kutupitush! (Thank You!) for listening!
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THE THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW Jun 25, 2019

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In this episode, we try to fill in those blanks in Native American History education for which American public schools have failed to accommodate. We do this by highlighting 10 indigenous women who contributed greatly to America’s history but were hardly recognized for it. Also, Co-host Michael Kickingbear goes off about a Democrat "Fish Fry". Plus Listener Feedback.
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MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARE A PROBLEM, NOT AN "ISSUE" Jun 18, 2019

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We welcome Guest Sandra Richardson Hope to the show. Sandra is an entrepreneur, founding a film and media company called “Stolen Nation”, and an indigenous “unity media” database called FindANative.com. Also... Canada just released the most comprehensive National inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, but apparently, Canada's mainstream media hates first Nation people using the word "Genocide" to describe MMIW cases.
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CONVERSATIONAL ROADS LESS TRAVELED. Jun 09, 2019

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What exactly is “Conservation Hunting”? Stories produced by Mainstream CBS news looks at the controversy of Trophy hunting and how they justify their actions in killing animals in the “wild” and out “On The Range”. We give an Indigenous perspective on the practice.
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Residents in the New York Hamptons have now filed a Restraining Order Against Billboards erected by the Shinnecock Indian Nation. Is it justified or harassment of the tribe?
Plus listener feedback
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WITH PURPOSEFUL INTENT, THEY DESIRE HARM. Jun 06, 2019

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Native Opinion Episode 174 WITH PURPOSEFUL INTENT, THEY DESIRE HARM. How To Reach Our Show: E-Mail: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Our Website: nativeopinion.com Our Youtube Channel: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion ________________________________________________________ CALL OUR SHOW! Click or Tap to call: 860–800–5595 Listen LIVE every Saturday Morning, 9am Eastern Standard Time Through Our Website or via the SPREAKER APP SUBSCRIBE to our Podcast! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, i-Heart Radio, Spotify Radio Public or wherever you get your favorite podcasts from… ________________________________________________________ PLEASE help grow our show! Share us with your friends!. Tell folks you heard about something on Native Opinion, or give us a review in i-tunes or on Facebook! It truly does help our show get discovered! ________________________________________________________ EPISODE SUMMARY: We welcome Samantha Cullen Fry, from Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s only Native American Museum dedicated to educating the public and promote thoughtful dialogue regarding Indigenous history, culture, arts, and Mother Earth and connect to Native issues of today. Samantha is the coordinator for Tomaquag’s "Indigenous Empowerment Network (IEN) which strives to eradicate poverty in the Indigenous Community of Rhode Island. News Stories covered In this episode: Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans’ burning than climate change, A promise unfulfilled: water pipeline stops short for Sioux reservation, Trump Gives False Information about Keystone XL Pipeline at Meeting with Business Leaders in Japan, Vancouver police task force referred to missing and murdered women as ‘whores,’, and our guest Samantha Cullen Fry discusses her experience with backlash over her reaction to a Native American figure on South Kingstown parade displayed on Memorial Day. ________________________________________________________ The Native Opinion theme song “Honor The People” is by Casper Loma Da Wa. FIND THE SONG AND MORE OF HIS MUSIC HERE: ________________________________________________________ ARTICLES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE Indigenous Empowerment Network What is “Freedom Gas”? Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans’ burning than climate change. A promise unfulfilled: water pipeline stops short for Sioux reservation. Trump Gives False Information about Keystone XL Pipeline at Meeting with Business Leaders in Japan. Vancouver police task force referred to missing and murdered women as ‘whores,’ inquiry hears. Native American figure on South Kingstown parade float draws social media condemnation. Charmaine White Face: Divide and conquer for Indian people all over again. Open Secrets: Lobbyists rely on Trump administration to block tribal projects ________________________________________________________ Music in this Episode Artist: Jasmine Netsena Track: “Take You with Me” Find Her Music on Amazon. Kutupitush! (Thank You!) for listening!
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