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This week, the full crew is in the house! Rob, Stephanie, Dave, Omar, and Nicholas share stories and sharp insights from across Wisconsin.

In this episode, we speak with Dan Ninham, PhD, a retired physical education teacher and coach, co-founder of the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame and prolific freelance writer.  Dan, Wolf Clan from the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, has had a lifelong interest in sports. This 6'10" college basketball player devoted his working life to coaching and teaching sports. Even though he's retired, he stays on the road much of the year, giving presentations at schools on Indigenous sports and foods and filing freelance stories for multiple outlets.  With wife Susan, he co-founded the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. The couple live in Red Lake and have recently celebrated the birth of a sixth granddaughter. 

We've taken 2024's highest attended webinar and put it on the pod! Discover how technology leaders are driving meaningful change in tribal governance and services. Join Arctic IT's Sarah Jelinek and Bryan Schmidt, along with panelists Benjamin Dixon, IT Director for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe; Forrest Pelky, Full Stack Developer for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin; and JR Walters, Executive Director of IT for the Samish Indian Nation—as they discuss how they leverage the Power Platform to modernize tribal operations and replace outdated legacy systems with secure, flexible, and scalable solutions.   To view this webinar in it's entirety visit here on the TribalHub website.

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 – 1:30 PM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2025/02/24/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-2-afternoon-session/

The Oneida Nation is affirming its nonpartisan stance while also addressing tribal members' concerns about newly enacted policies from the White House.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Native American oncologist Dr. Amanda Bruegl and Dr. Noelle LoConte discuss culturally tailored interventions and the importance of community engagement to advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for Native communities. TRANSCRIPT   ASCO Daily News: Hello and welcome to the ASCO Daily News Podcast. I'm Geraldine Carroll, a reporter for the ASCO Daily News. On today's episode, we'll be discussing cancer care for Native American communities who face unique challenges and disparities in accessing and receiving cancer care. I'm delighted to be joined by two oncologists who will be sharing their insights on ways to advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through culturally tailored interventions and community-based programs for high-risk Native Americans whose issues are chronically overlooked in the healthcare system, according to experts. Dr. Amanda Bruegl is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. She is a gynecologic oncologist at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and a citizen of the Oneida Nation and descendant of Stockbridge-Munsee. Dr. Noelle LoConte is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Madison Carbone Cancer Center where she also serves as a GI medical oncologist, geriatrician and leads community outreach.  Full disclosures are available in the transcript of this episode.  Dr. LoConte and Dr. Bruegl, it's great to have you on the podcast today. Dr. Noelle LoConte: Thanks so much for having me. Dr. Amanda Bruegl: Thank you for having us. ASCO Daily News: Dr. Bruegl, I'd like to start by asking you to tell us a bit about your background and how it has influenced your career and interests as a gynecologic oncologist. Dr. Amanda Bruegl: I grew up in Wisconsin and I have a Native parent and a non-Native parent. And so having an awareness of both cultural influences in my life has really shaped my interest in cancer prevention. Seeing the high rates of preventable death in cancer among Native populations in gynecologic cancers, in particular, has really driven me to dedicate my research career toward decreasing the morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer among Native women. ASCO Daily News: Well, can you tell us about your work in cancer prevention, specifically cervical cancer? The data shows that Native Americans in Oregon get cervical cancer one and a half times more than the general state population and die from it two times more often. What are the factors, the barriers, that are contributing to these high rates of cervical cancer? Dr. Amanda Bruegl: The data in Oregon is actually not just limited to Oregon.  Our group did some work in collaboration with the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Tribal Epidemiology Center, and we found that, as you stated, the rates of cervical cancer are one and a half times that of non-Hispanic Whites and the rate of death is about twice. And that's true for the Pacific Northwest. And if you dig deeper into the literature, you see that these rates are true across Indian Country, sometimes worse. When we looked at the age groups, we found that older women had three times the rate of mortality. So looking at like 45 to 65. As I was looking through the literature to figure out, well, why is this, we found that there are very, very few funded studies that even look at this. We have a known persistent disparity that is chronically understudied and underfunded. And so I'm trying to do work in this arena to explore this further.  A follow up study that we did was looking at whether we are using the prevention tools. So it's common across the United States that we have two very powerful prevention tools. So participation in cervical cancer screening doesn't necessarily prevent cervical cancer, but you can have early detection of pre-invasive disease or detection of early-stage disease, which is highly curable. And then we also have HPV vaccination, something geared towards the youth in our communities across the U.S. HPV vaccination starting at age 9 with a goal of complete vaccination by the age of 12. So we looked at: Are we using these two tools in Indian Country? And what we found was that participation in cervical cancer screening, looking at who is up-to- date among Natives, and we found that overall the population had about 60% rates of up-to- date on cervical cancer screening compared to general US rates, which are in like the high 70s or low 80s. And then when we looked at that age group that has higher rates of mortality, we actually found that there's only about a 50% rate of up-to-date screening. So we know in one arena people aren't participating in screening. And there's a variety of different contributors to that. There's access to care. How far do you have to travel to get to a provider who will provide cervical cancer screening? Among Native women, there's an over 50% rate of history of sexual trauma, sexual violence, pelvic exam trauma. It's a huge barrier to coming in for this very sensitive exam. There is also mistrust with the medical system in general. There's high turnover of providers at Indian Health Service Clinics.  The clinic that I'm currently working at now, so I do outreach at a clinic one day a month and I'm the longest standing doc at that clinic and I'm a consultant who comes one day a month. I've been there since 2016. And so when you can't develop a relationship with a provider and develop trust and there's just this churn of new people every three to six months, developing a relationship to allow someone to feel comfortable with a very personal and private examination can be a huge barrier. On the HPV vaccination side, we found that the numbers for HPV vaccination were pretty optimistic. So the numbers have been going up since our study period started in 2015. The clinics in the Pacific Northwest that are serving Native populations are doing a great job with education, outreach and increasing the numbers. The group with the greatest rates of HPV vaccination are for people assigned female at birth in the 13-18 age group. They are the only group that is approaching the Healthy People 2030 goal. But there's still work to be done in this arena. Those are some big drivers of why this persistent disparity continues. ASCO Daily News: Absolutely. You mentioned some very serious barriers. Sexual trauma, mistrust, long distance to travel to clinics. Looking ahead, can you tell us about potential screening tools that could improve screening? And I also wanted to ask you about innovations you're excited about that could be potentially incorporated into practice to increase the ability and comfort of your patients to screening and access to HPV vaccination. Dr. Amanda Bruegl: So, in terms of cervical cancer screening and how to increase the rates, there are a number of different things in the literature broadly across populations that really show that knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening guidelines is associated with guideline concordant care. And so ensuring that our patients in our communities know and understand what the recommendations are is very important. Efforts to provide education to women in the community, community stakeholders, and culturally tailored content can all be important for increasing the rates of cervical cancer participation.  Another thing that has the potential to really help improve screening rates is HPV self-collection. The FDA just recently approved HPV self-collection which can help empower an individual to do their own testing on their own body and not have someone else place a speculum in a private personal area where they're not comfortable. Some of the tribes in our region are starting to adopt this practice. And I just gave a talk to the regional Indian Health Service medical directors and have had really positive feedback about clinics working towards bringing this into their practice. I hope that the FDA can move forward with allowing patients to do this in the comfort of their own home. Sadly, the FDA in their evaluations decided it had to be a clinic administered test. So someone still has to go through the barrier of finding time to, if they have caregiver responsibilities or work, to have these responsibilities taken care of for someone else so they can drive to a clinic. So these barriers of transportation and caregiving are not addressed by this. It addresses some of the trauma, that barrier. And so I think in the US, we can do better about bringing this like FIT testing to our patients. I really hope and challenge our country to move forward with that a bit more. Geraldine Carroll: Thanks, Dr. Bruegl. I'll come back to you in a moment, but first I'd like to switch gears and address some of the challenges faced by Native communities in Wisconsin that were featured in a fascinating study presented by our guest, Dr. Noelle LoConte, at the recent ASCO Quality Care Symposium. The study found that radon levels in Native lands in Wisconsin were much higher than anticipated and may explain higher rates of lung cancer among Native communities in the state. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. So, Dr. LoConte, can you tell us more about this study and your incredible partnership with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation Health Center in this work? Dr. Noelle LoConte: You bet. Thanks for the interest. First of all, I think it's just an incredible privilege to work with all of these communities. So, I wanted to say at the jump that this was a joint project led by the cancer center that I'm affiliated with, but also with the Stockbridge-Munsee community. They approved the project and they designed it with us, and they retain ownership of the data. Data sovereignty is an important issue when you're doing this work. But we came to them wanting to work on something around cancer. I actually thought maybe colorectal cancer screening. But in meeting with the health center and the tribal community members, it became clear that they were more concerned that they had intergenerational rates of cancer, and they felt that they were being poisoned by their land. And that brought me to the state Environmental Health Program. And we looked at some data and realized, one, their lung cancer rates were quite high, but two, their radon testing rates were quite low. And that that was a place where we thought we couldn't make some forward momentum.  So, we designed a program to educate around radon and radon testing and mitigation and then tested all the homes on the reservation. And we successfully tested all homes for radon and then successfully mitigated all the homes that tested over four picocuries per liter, which is the recommended level at which you should mitigate per the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency. The statewide average for Wisconsin is 10% positive. And amongst homes that had a basement, which is thought to be the highest risk kind of dwelling in the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation community, the positive rate was 77%. And when you take all the homes together because we had some homes with crawl spaces or slab foundation, it was around, I believe, 55% positive, so much higher than 10%. ASCO Daily News: Well, that data is just striking. Your study certainly illustrates the vital role that cancer centers can play in mitigating structural determinants of health among Native communities, such as with housing quality. Do you think this will inspire a similar approach in other regions of the country?  Dr. Noelle LoConte: Yeah, I think this work was possible because of philanthropy. It is very, very hard to get grant funding for mitigation, in particular. Mitigation is usually done once in the life of the dwelling, but it is very, very expensive. A cheap mitigation is $750, and many are many thousands of dollars especially when you're looking at very rural communities where there's not really a mitigator within hundreds of miles and you have to really negotiate to get somebody to come out there. Every cancer center that's designated by the National Cancer Institute has to have a community outreach and engagement unit or program. I would argue that rather than us generating reports describing disparities, that this kind of work to actually dismantle these determinants of health and move power back into the community is an ideal role for a cancer center. But the funding was definitely a tricky piece of it. And I would hope that we could either envision funding mechanisms that allow for this kind of direct service to communities, or we can continue to work with philanthropic agencies to fund this. ASCO Daily News: Well, looking through a wider lens at the experience of Native communities navigating cancer care, I'd like to ask each of you to comment on how you think the oncology community can better support and serve high-risk Native populations. What message would you like oncologists to take away from this discussion today? Dr. Bruegl, would you like to respond first? Dr. Amanda Bruegl: There's so many layers to needs in our communities. First and foremost, it's important to understand that American Indians and Alaska Natives are sovereign people, sovereign nations. We've been written into the US Constitution as citizens of our own tribes. And it's important to remember that when working with our populations. I think it's also really important to remember that there's treaty law that promised healthcare to our communities. And you see that we are underfunded in all aspects of healthcare, and it's a driver. And people on the healthcare side of things need to remember we represent the failures of the healthcare system to care for our Native communities. Whether or not you wake up in the morning with a goal to help, you have to remember that you represent the institution and the history of this country and are going to be asked to prove yourself in a genuine fashion. And that takes time.  I think for people who are in research, it's really important to think about how do you engage and partner with tribal communities so that we're not chronically left behind and left out of study? We seldom show up in the data, and we have to find our own data. Tribal epidemiology centers have been really paramount in helping tribes get access to their data and analyze their data. But you can see in trial after trial after trial, we're sort of shoved into the other box. And so it's so difficult to understand how the cancer story relates to us and how do we improve it? ASCO Daily News: Thank you, Dr. Bruegl. Dr. LoConte, would you like to comment on this as well? Dr. Noelle LoConte: Yeah. I had jotted down a few points. Many are going to be a little bit of a repetition here, but I think the overarching theme is that the goals for academic medicine often are not the goals of the community that you may be seeking to work in, and so being able to pivot was key to the success of my project, I think.  Can't underestimate the importance of trust. And trust takes a lot of time and a lot of showing up and a lot of being consistent and delivering on what you say you're going to do. And there's a lot of turnover in academic medicine. People leave institutions, move on for promotions. None of that is going to help strengthen these relationships. So I think institutions would be wise to invest in people that stay. I think there should be things like retention bonuses for those of us that stay in places and do community work. It's certainly not the sexy stuff. It's not what gets you in the Plenary at the ASCO Annual Meeting, for example, but I was beyond delighted that I was on the podium for the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. And I think continuing to elevate this work as meaningful and important work, just as important as clinical trials and new drugs, is really important.  I would like to second the motion or the thought that we need to support full funding for the Indian Health Services. It is a promise we made that we continue to underdeliver on that continues to harm patients every day, particularly in the latter half of the year when they run out of funding pretty consistently. For those of us that are non-Native doing this work, to know the history of the community that you're working in and be really mindful of that but also know the role that your institution played in propagating some of these harms. And I think we need more Native physicians that really will help to have concordance with patients and physicians. And so as much as we can support getting more Native folks starting really early – high school, middle school, interested in medicine and biomedical research, all the way through medical school residency fellowship would be really, really impactful. We have a program here founded by Amanda's husband called the Native American Center for Health Professions, or NACHP. It's really a feather in our cap here and I would love to see all medical schools have some sort of pathway program like that. We won't get out of this hole until we start to really take that seriously. ASCO Daily News: Well, thank you so much, Dr. LoConte and Dr. Bruegl for taking the time and showing up for Native communities, and all your work to advance cancer care. We are certainly very grateful for your time today and we will embed links to all of the studies discussed in the transcript of this episode. So thank you again, Dr. LoConte and Dr. Bruegl. Dr. Noelle LoConte: You're welcome. Dr. Amanda Bruegl: Thank you for having us. ASCO Daily News: And thank you to our listeners for your time today. Again, you'll find links to the studies we discussed today in the transcript of this episode. Finally, if you value the insights that you hear on the ASCO Daily News Podcast, please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Disclaimer: The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. Follow today's speakers:  Dr. Amanda Bruegl   Dr. Noelle LoConte @noelleloconte.bsky.social   Follow ASCO on social media:   @ASCO on Twitter   ASCO on Facebook   ASCO on LinkedIn   Disclosures:   Dr. Amanda Bruegl – No relationships to disclose Dr. Noelle LoConte: Consulting or Advisory Role: Abbvie, PDGx Research Funding: Exact Sciences  

It's getting harder to stay ahead of cyber criminals. Tribes and tribal businesses are among the entities facing growing security threats. Some have had to pay large sums and shut down their network operations in response to cyber attacks. The newest report from Experian notes an increasing number of attacks and foresees a rise in younger hackers equipped with sophisticated AI technology. Organized foreign criminals are constantly hunting for security weaknesses to steal people's personal information. The threat requires a response in know-how and financial resources. We'll find out what's happening behind the scenes as cyber security experts work to protect your data. GUESTS Renita DiStefano (Seneca Nation), president and CEO of Second Derivative, LLC Brandon Benallie (Diné), cybersecurity expert Shane Hill (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), manager of cybersecurity for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

Personal stories of pregnancy-related complications by Indigenous women are the centerpiece of a new informational campaign by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC wants to raise awareness about the high rate of pre- and post-natal complications among Native women. The effort comes just as the March of Dimes launched its own initiative to improve poor maternal care outcomes. It includes a map of "maternity care deserts", many of which are in areas with high Native populations. We'll talk about these and other efforts to improve care for pregnant Native women. GUESTS Dr. Jennifer Richards (Diné, Oglala Lakota, and Taos Pueblo), assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Crystal Austin (Diné), director of external affairs for the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Dr. Brian Thompson (citizen of the Oneida Nation), physician, obstetrician gynecologist, and member of the national board of March of Dimes Vanessa Sanchez (member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes), mother from the HEAR HER video campaign Dr. Tina Pattara-Lau, maternal child health consultant at Indian Health Service headquarters

The Perpetual Notion Machine speaks with Tony Kuchma and Erin Giese. They are working with the Oneida Nation to restore historically tribal land that was once farmland. The resulting wetlands […] The post Land Restoration and Bird Monitoring at the Oneida Nation appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Personal stories of pregnancy-related complications by Indigenous women are the centerpiece of a new informational campaign by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC wants to raise awareness about the high rate of pre- and post-natal complications among Native women. The effort comes just as the March of Dimes launched its own initiative to improve poor maternal care outcomes. It includes a map of "maternity care deserts", many of which are in areas with high Native populations. We'll talk about these and other efforts to improve care for pregnant Native women. GUESTS Dr. Jennifer Richards (Diné, Oglala Lakota, and Taos Pueblo), assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Crystal Austin (Diné), director of external affairs for the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Dr. Brian Thompson (citizen of the Oneida Nation), physician, obstetrician gynecologist, and member of the national board of March of Dimes Vanessa Sanchez (member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes), mother from the HEAR HER video campaign Dr. Tina Pattara-Lau, maternal child health consultant at Indian Health Service headquarters

Lee orchestrates a showdown with a mysterious garden thief. Featuring two new stories: “The Hockey Player Who Played the Ukulele,” a story about an athlete who changes professional hockey forever, written by Nolan, a 10 year old from California, and “The Pumpkin Patch Mystery,” a story about a magical and strange land inside of a pumpkin, written by a 10 year old from the Oneida Nation named Nova. Grownups, you can access the ad-free version of the show by visiting storypirates.com/creatorclub, or subscribing right in Apple Podcasts.

1989 legislation that requires schools to teach Native American history, culture and tribal sovereignty. A local voice actor featured in an Ojibwe dubbing of Star Wars: A New Hope. The significance of corn to the Oneida Nation.

Episode two welcomes research director of the Yellowhead Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, Eva Jewell and director of education, outreach and public programming at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Kaila Johnston. As we enter National Truth and Reconciliation Week, we discuss Canada's progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action and the meaning of reconciliation and reclamation in this settler-colonial state. Reflecting on Canada's progress on reconciliation, Johnston says: “It's been the low hanging fruit or the easy Calls to Action that have been addressed to date … A lot of the work that I have seen is through grassroots organizations and others who've been working away at the Calls to Action.” Speaking about two key aspects of reconciliation, Jewell says: “The first is for Canadians. They have to reconcile with themselves and with what their country has done … And then there's the work that we have to do as Indigenous Peoples … and that is reclaiming, recreating our world through our language practices, our cultural practices, our political practices, repopulating our political systems that were destroyed by Residential Schools.” About today's guests:  Dr. Eva Jewell is Anishinaabe from Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) in southwestern Ontario, with paternal lineage from Oneida Nation of the Thames. Her research is in areas of care, cultural reclamation, and accountability in reconciliation. Dr. Jewell is an assistant professor in the sociology department at Toronto Metropolitan University and research director at Yellowhead Institute.Follow Yellowhead Institute's work on yellowheadinstitute.org.  As the director of education, outreach, and public programming, Kaila Johnston oversees matters related to the support of educators, development of resources, establishment of outreach initiatives, as well as public engagement on residential schools and their legacy. Prior to joining the NCTR, Kaila worked with the TRC as a statement gatherer and coordinator to support statement gathering activities. She holds a BA (Hons.) in Criminal Justice from the University of Winnipeg and a MSc in International Crimes and Criminology from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Follow the NCTR at: https://www.facebook.com/nctr.ca https://x.com/nctr_um https://www.instagram.com/nctr_um/ https://ca.linkedin.com/company/nctr-um Transcript of this episode can be accessed at georgebrown.ca/TommyDouglasInstitute Image: Eva Jewell, Kaila Johnston  / Used with permission. Music: Ang Kahora. Lynne, Bjorn. Rights Purchased.  Intro Voices: Ashley Booth (Podcast Announcer); Bob Luker (Tommy)  Courage My Friends Podcast Organizing Committee: Chandra Budhu, Ashley Booth, Resh Budhu.  Produced by: Resh Budhu, Tommy Douglas Institute and Breanne Doyle, rabble.ca.  Host: Resh Budhu. 

In this episode, Dr. Fred Johnson connects with Tehassi Hill, a seasoned leader from the Oneida Nation. They explore the challenges of leading a complex organization like a Native American tribe, particularly in the face of generational trauma. Through candid conversations, they detail key leadership skills that have helped Tehassi rise above chaos, maintain calm in the midst of tension, and create positive change. Tehassi shares his approach to deep listening, how to handle high-stress situations, the importance of maintaining balance in life, and what to do in the face of hurt or betrayal.  Tehassi shares his personal experiences with forgiveness, emphasizing that holding onto grudges only adds to the burdens of leadership. Forgiving and moving forward strengthens leadership and promotes unity. Tune in for this episode that is packed with insights from a leader who has mastered the art of listening, emotional intelligence, and resilience. Whether you're leading a team, organization, or community, the principles shared here will provide valuable guidance on how to navigate challenges and lead with integrity. Leadership Transformation | Leadership Foundations | Strategic Planning | Online Leadership Courses | Keynote Speaking | Executive Coaching Follow Us: Facebook:   / initiativeone   Instagram:   / initiativeone   LinkedIn:   / initiativeone   Twitter:   / initiativeone On behalf of the Oneida Nation, Chairman Hill serves on the Board of Directors for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, which is a consortium of 11 Tribes in Wisconsin and Lac Vieau Desert of Michigan and is liaison for the National Congress of American Indians. For the State of Wisconsin, Chairman Hill serves on the Natural Resources Damage Trustee Council and is a designee to Environmental Protection Agency's Regional Tribal Operating Committee.

As the 2024 Paralympic Games wrap up, we will get a glimpse into the world of competition for disabled Native Athletes. Dozens of Indigenous athletes competed in the Games in Paris. And while the big production in France is always something to shoot for, para-athletics isn't just for elite competitors. They are also an everyday recreational and creative outlet with built-in social and health benefits. GUESTS Cheri Madsen (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska), ten-time Paralympic medalist Dan Ninham (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), freelance reporter for ICT News and director of the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame Noah Blue Elk Hotchkiss (Southern Ute, Southern Cheyenne, and Caddo), founder of the Tribal Adaptive Organization Jimmy Squire (Absentee Shawnee), amputee golfer Benjamin Cuevas (Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo), college wheelchair basketball player at Eastern Washington University, mentor, and trainer

Losing a loved one is a traumatic experience. The burden of paying funeral costs for a befitting honor for that person's life can add to the stress. There are a number of alternatives in either direction, but the National Funeral Director's Association reports the median cost of a funeral in 2024 is $7,848. More families are turning to crowd funding sites like GoFundMe to cover expenses, especially for the sudden deaths of loved ones. The website says it raised some $330 million for funerals last year. We'll talk about ways to anticipate inevitable end-of-life costs in a culturally and financially feasible way. GUESTS Grace Bulltail (Crow Tribe), assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and member of the Not Invisible Act Commission Ralph Foster, owner of Foster Funeral Home and Crematory and a licensed mortician of 42 years Tami Truett Jerue (citizen of the Anvik Tribe), executive director of the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center Michelle John (Oneida), death benefits coordinator for the Oneida Nation

The Republican National Convention aims to end on a high note with a triumphant nomination acceptance speech by Donald Trump. It's his first public comments since the assassination attempt over the weekend. The convention is propelling the expected momentum for the candidate, but we'll bring it back down to earth to talk about what a Trump Presidency would mean for Native Americans. GUESTS U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee/R-OK) Shaun Griswold (Laguna, Zuni, and Jemez), editor of Source New Mexico Paul DeMain (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin/Ojibwe descendent), former journalist Kari Lake, U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona

The world's attention is gripped by an assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump, as he is preparing to accept his party's nomination in Milwaukee, Wisc. Already a tumultuous race, the violence portends a political event like no other. We'll be in Milwaukee to hear about what is on the political minds of some of the state's 11 federally recognized tribes as the November election begins to come into focus. GUESTS Brandon Yellowbird Stevens (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), vice chairman of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Bill Trepanier (Lac Courte Oreilles), secretary and treasurer of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Marlon WhiteEagle (Ho-Chunk), freelance writer and copy editor for Native News Online

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Becky Webster and her husband purchased a large plot of land on the Oneida Reservation to serve as a place to host community events to share cultural knowledge about planting, growing, harvesting, seed keeping, food preparation, food storage, as well as making traditional tools and crafts.  Connect with Becky: https://www.instagram.com/ukwakhwa/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCedwwKoqSpSD1pCYvfpUXbw  Ready for the FWW Live Summer Shred on June 3? HERE'S THE DETAILS: This is the most comprehensive Summer Shred to date!! This is THE program to increase your body's fat burning potential; drastically improve strength and performance; plus create habits for a healthy lifestyle.   WHAT'S INCLUDED? - 8 Weeks of specially programmed training - Daily tracking sheet with mini fitness challenge to increase movement and improve skills based on practical lifestyle habits to improve your results. - Nutrition Guide & Recipe Book: I'm giving you 6 things to focus on with your nutrition if you want to see your body change. Plus, a few special recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. - Personal tracking. I created a special tracking sheet just for you. No one will see it but you'll be able to track your nutrition (daily), track your progress with progress pictures, measurements and weigh ins, and even track factors like motivation, sleep, stress, etc - Private challenge group for chats, extra coaching and fit fam support. - Grocery store haul and how to shop tips! - Assessment workouts, one for strength and one for endurance to help give purpose to workouts and see how your fitness improves. - 8 week strength “coaching” classes focused on 2 big lifts with the entire program designed out so you can do it with me or on your own. Optional but fun! - Prizes. Yes, prizes. The more people that sign up, the bigger the prizes   https://buy.stripe.com/3cs3dafLJ6kv3OE7st   When you sign up, you're not locked into a monthly membership. You're committing to just 8 weeks and after that? If you want to continue... great! If not, no big deal. And of course, the more active you are within the group, the more guaranteed you'll be to see/feel amazing results. But I know it can be scary trying something new. That's why when you sign up, you don't have to wait until June 3rd to get started. You get early, free access to FWW Live (and me) starting now. And if you decide that the challenge isn't right for you between now and June 3rd... Just tell me and I'll give your $ back. ZERO RISK. I never want you to do something you're not excited about. Sign up now at: https://buy.stripe.com/3cs3dafLJ6kv3OE7st  Email kindal@fitwomensweekly.com if you have questions!  ❖ How To Support FWW Pod? ❖ 

“Membership has its privileges” is an advertising slogan made famous by American Express.  The implication, of course, was that rewards and other things were available only through membership.   So, if you wanted to get in on the rewards, you had to be a “member.”  Today's episode is co-hosted by DeAnna Rice (Administrative Assistant II, Office of the Director, CA Department of Child Support Services) and Tim Lightner (co-chair of this year's NCSEA Communications Committee and coming to you from Anchorage, Alaska).  They welcome a conversation with Linda Rhyne McKinley (Management Consultant with Public Knowledge) and Corri Flores (Director-Government Affairs Wage Garnishment Compliance & Shared Services with ADP). They talk about what services are available to NCSEA members, including resources, publications, web talks, job boards, and more.  Learn also about member discounts to NCSEA conferences.   This week's program comes to you from North Carolina, Wisconsin, California, and Alaska, and also features Chris Wood (NCSEA Executive Director), as he talks to Trina Schuyler (of the Oneida Nation, Wisconsin), and also Kathie Bohacek (Assistant Director, San Joaquin County DCSS) as they talk about their 2024 Policy Forum experience. 

AUNTIE: Wa'tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On April 8th, 2024 the path of totality of the solar eclipse will fall over our Haudenosaunee homelands surrounding Lake Ontario. It's an historic event that we've been anticipating for years as we remember a similar eclipse that signaled the beginnings our Confederacy generations ago. Today we're visiting with a key carrier of Haudenosaunee astronomy, Samantha Doxtator, who is Wolf Clan of Oneida Nation, to discuss the eclipse and so much more. Samantha's sky teachings were rendered through the great loss of her sister Sasha to cancer in 2021 -- and Samantha's own liminal journey when she fell seriously ill soon after her sister passed. When she recovered - Samantha picked up the astronomy work that Sasha began in university – and now she is sharing powerful insight - in places like Hayden Planetarium in New York City, with NASA in Niagara Falls at the time of the eclipse, and in engagements all across our confederacy. SAMANTHA: Our people we've always been scientists. We've always been astronomers. We're 80 percent stardust and we're just souls… made of flames. AUNTIE: In the wake of our historic eclipse – around a thousand years back – the warring nations that became our confederacy buried weapons and chose great peace with each other. Samantha says the April 8th eclipse is significant because she believes the Haudenosaunee will choose again to bury the weapons of oppression they've experienced through both colonization and lateral violence. SAMANTHA: So on the next solar eclipse that is over our homelands in 120 years when our great grandkids say I wonder what my great, great grandparents did in 2024 – they will have actual concrete historic documents that will say “In 2024, the Haudenosaunee buried their oppression. And they did it for all people.” AUNTIE: I'm Kahstoserakwathe and we are Yetinistéhnha ne tekaronyakánare. The Aunties Dandelion and we're sharing visits with powerful Indigenous changemakers focused on land, language, and connections with each other. Our podcast is possible through the support of Canada's Indigenous Screen Office teyonkhiwihstakénha – wa'tkwenonhweráton. We can continue to bring you this powerful content when you like, share, give us feedback, and take the time to listen to your Aunties.

Land purchases by the Oneida Nation are being challenged in a federal lawsuit. Joe Schulz has the details on why Wisconsin's wildfire season is starting early this year. And, Wisconsin has new legislative maps. Rich Kremer will have the latest on what this means for voters.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is making kiosks available in key locations so tribal members can access important information for their judicial and law enforcement systems. It's part of a multi-phase effort to make their official procedures more transparent and accessible. They plan on ultimately providing digital access to their entire law library, court decisions and other documents that improve citizens' understanding and engagement with government functions. We'll talk with tribal representatives from Saint Regis and other tribes putting a priority on transparency and openness. GUESTS Danielle Mayberry (Western Shoshone), principal law clerk at St Regis Mohawk Tribal Courts and a Western Shoshone tribal court judge Michael Williams (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), codification attorney with the Open Law Library and student at University of Wisconsin Law School Bonnie Shucha, associate dean and director of the law library at the University Wisconsin Law School David Greisen, CEO and co-founder of the Open Law Library

*Note: The Q&A is available to all patrons of Red Media!* A plenary panel of the Northern Great Plains History Conference featuring the oral histories and perspectives of esteemed Native elders, AIM activists, and Wounded Knee veterans Panelists: Dorothy Ninham is a Wolf Clan member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She is best known for her work in the early 70s as a founder of the American Indian Alcohol Treatment Council after joining the American Indian Movement. Madonna Thunder Hawk, an Oohenumpa Lakota, is a veteran of every modern Native occupation from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee in 1973 and more recently the NODAPL protest at Standing Rock. Hosted by Nick Estes (@nickwestes)   Join us next Monday at 5PM CT for a year-in-review recording of The Red Nation Podcast! LIVESTREAM- https://www.youtube.com/live/EY0Bfspo6Yw?si=rJ_QlBSVKepV4k3Q Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The American Revolution is mostly portrayed as an epic struggle between the colonies and the British. But Native tribes and individuals played a significant role in the historic War of Independence. It was a difficult choice for tribes, who were neither British subjects nor supporters of the encroaching colonies. We'll get the Native perspective on America's first war. GUESTS Chairman Tehassi Hill (Oneida), chairman of the Oneida Nation Peter Jemison (Seneca [Heron Clan]), artist and Historic Site Manager (retired) at Ganondagan State Historic Site JoAnn Schedler (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians), retired Army Major and author of the Official National Park Service Handbook American Indians and the Civil War Curtis Zunigha (Delaware Tribe of Indians), co-director of the Lenape Center  

In this Thanksgiving episode of the Psychedelic Passage podcast, host Jimmy Nguyen welcomes Sutton King—an Afro-Indigenous activist from the Menominee and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Sutton, an NYU School of Global Public Health graduate and renowned Indigenous rights activist, shares her transformative journey in various sectors, highlighting her dedication to Indigenous health equity. Throughout the episode, Sutton emphasizes the crucial role of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) in psychedelic practices, advocating for cultural care and sustainability. The conversation covers profound topics, including addressing intergenerational trauma, dispelling historical misconceptions, and engaging in vital dialogues within a kinship circle. Exploring the potential pitfalls of cancel culture, the hosts draw insights from Indigenous restorative justice principles, stressing compassion in navigating societal challenges. Later, Sutton shares insights into the lifelong commitment to healing, emphasizing the supportive role of a kinship circle during the integration process. The episode prompts reflection on the broader implications of the psychedelic movement, considering its intersections with Indigenous rights, environmental stewardship, and the collective journey toward healing.More From Our Guest:Urban Indigenous Collective WebsiteSuttin King's InstagramSutton King's WebsiteAdditional Resources:Episode TranscriptWhat is the History of Psychedelic Substances for Healing?   The Importance of Community in Psychedelic Healing   How Psychedelics Help Release Traumatic Residue   About Us:Psychedelic Passage is the nation's first psychedelic concierge service. Our platform connects clients with a pre-vetted network of trusted, local facilitators across the country. We serve as an independent body that moderates the network of facilitators who all have their own private practice, which means we can advocate for you without a conflict of interest. Our comprehensive vetting process ensures each hand-selected facilitator serves journeyers with integrity. The goal is to inspire trust, confidence, and lasting change for each journeyer. To date, our network of guides has facilitated hundreds of safe and transformational journeys for people all across the United States. Visit our website or book a consultation to speak with a highly knowledgeable psychedelic concierge. They will get to know you and your situation and you'll have all your questions answered.More Psychedelic Passage:Official WebsiteBook a ConsultationPsychedelic Passage StoreBlog PageYoutubeInstagram: @psychedelicpassage  Twitter: @psych_passageReddit: u/psychedelicpassage

Link(s) to Include with Episode:https://visionaryventuresnfp.com/https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/affordable-housing-native-americans-irving-park/https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/08/affordable-development-proposed-for-2907-w-irving-park-road-in-irving-park.htmlhttps://blockclubchicago.org/2021/12/10/irving-park-will-be-home-to-the-citys-first-affordable-housing-for-native-americans/ Speaker Bio:Has over 30 years of experience in management, training, administration and development of affordable housing and community development. Shelly is a Native American tribal member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She is also the President/Executive Director of Visionary Ventures NFP Corporation (VVNFP), a 501(c) (3) Native American nonprofit with over 51% Native American board. VVNFP is working to development the first Urban Indian Housing project using Low Income Housing Tax Credits.Shelly also is the owner of Turtle Clan Development Services (TCDS). Shelly provides real estate development services and affordable housing consulting services. TCDS focuses on professional services to increase the supply and quality of housing and economic development in Indian Country nationwide. She is working with Tribal Leaders across the country to bring affordable/market rate housing and economic development to their communities. Previously worked for the State of Illinois' housing finance agency for over 20 years. Shelly worked for the Multifamily Department where she managed and administered the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and State donation tax credit (STC) programs. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Governors State University, and an MBA in Real Estate Finance and Investment from DePaul University. She is active within the community and serves on the Advisory Boards of several New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) Community Development Entities (CDE's): Enterprise Financial, Southside Community Optimal Redevelopment Enterprise (SCORE), Prestamo, and Community Hospitality Healthcare Services. Shelly is a former Board member for NFP Full Circle Communities in Chicago, Illinois and current board member of Economic Growth Corp. a national entity serving disadvantaged communities nationwide. Shelly is also a member of the American Indian Center (AIC) in Chicago and the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC).

Today's episode comes on location from North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and California. Veronica Riley (Veronica Riley Training & Consulting) hosts today's podcast, and has an engaging conversation with Sandy Cloer (President of the National Tribal Child Support Association; Division Director of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians child support program in western North Carolina); Lisa Skenandore (past president of the National Tribal Child Support Association and member of the Honorary Board, Vice President of Business Development at Systems & Methods, Inc. (SMI); and prior with the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin); and Jerry Sweet (First President of the National Tribal Child Support Association; Board member; President and CEO of 1 Family Services in Indian County, LLC; and previously with Chickasaw Nation Child Support Services).  Listen as they talk about the creation of the tribal child support program and some of the individuals that were beneficial. Hear them have a conversation about the history of the National Tribal Child Support Association; how it was created, and why there is a need for it. They also discuss that even though it has made a huge impact, there is still so much more to do.  Additionally, we are also proud to share that NCSEA On Location has just reached 10,001 All Time Plays thanks to your continued support.  Please continue to listen, share, like and follow.  If you have a suggestion or would like to be guest on the show, please reach out to us at our contact link: customerservice@ncsea.org.

Obion County resident Kimberly Green Bugg is an award-winning artist and member of the Oneida Nation on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. She began dancing and competing in Powwows in 1994 as a Southern Traditional Buckskin dancer, a traditional dance among the southern nations, and in 1997, she was selected as the Memphis Powwow Princess. In this episode, Bugg shares more about exploring her Native American culture, the importance of powwow celebrations and her work keeping Native American traditions alive today. Kim and her husband, David, lead the planning team responsible for the inaugural Northwest Tennessee Native American Educational Powwow at Discovery Park of America on October 27-29, 2023, so she also provides behind-the-scenes details about the unique event. This episode is sponsored by Parker's Outfitting.

We explore why teacher turnover has been on the rise in Wisconsin. Then, we remember the life of Native American leader Ada Deer. We learn about the ongoing legal battles between the Oneida Nation and a small Wisconsin community. Plus, tell you about a Milwaukee zoo escape that inspired a novel.

(Aug 18, 2023) The powerful storms causing flooding across the North Country are also leading to more runoff into Lake Champlain. And that means a greater potential for dangerous algal blooms. Also: A museum in Rochester is returning indigenous remains in its collection to the Oneida Nation.

The Native American Community Clinic - or NACC - has announced plans for a new clinic and housing along the Native American cultural corridor in South Minneapolis. The new clinic aims to provide more than just medical, and housing needs but a place for the community to gather, grow and have a sense of belonging. MN Native News reporter Darek DeLille sat down with Executive Director Dr. Antony Stately to learn more.Aaniin, Zhaawanang Binesii indigo, Southern Spirit Bird is what they call me. I'm Darek de Lille and I had a chance to sit down with Dr. Staley.“My name is Antony Stately, I am an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and descendent of the Great Red Lake and White Earth Nations of Minnesota. I'm the Executive Officer and the president of Native American Community Clinic, which is a federally qualified health care center that serves Native people in South Minneapolis.”The discussion led to what our work offers us when we offer our work within our own communities,“More than just work for a paycheck. I mean, anybody can do that, right? But there's a there's, there's tremendous value and satisfaction in working for your home and working for your people. And that's invaluable. That's something not everybody gets to have,” said Dr. Stately. "Minneapolis is the birthplace to a lot of things that have had not just profound impact here locally. But nationally."We also talked about how our American Indian cultural corridor has changed and continues to change.“There's so much about it that's different. And in some ways, there's things that are the substructure, the stuff you can see is still there, that dichotomy between like, what it was like before and how it should be now and how we've made lots of progress in some areas and backslid. In other areas because of social conditions and economic conditions.”The Native American Community Clinic has been okayed to develop and build its brand new six-story building with the first two floors, offering new clinic facilities and floors three to six offering new residential and transitional housing for the Native community. I asked Dr. Statley, what do you do with such big plans on the horizon?“I did what I always do, when I don't know what I'm going to do next, or how I'm going to accomplish it is a smudge and I said a prayer. And I just asked Creator, to like, cut my path. That's really how I got here. And it's actually how I got to where I'm at today, we're in the process of building a brand new building. And we're doing all this it's staggering to me a $53 million project, right? I was like, I'm just a kid from the south side, like, how did I get here,” he said. One of the first steps was to purchase the land that the clinic is currently on,“We were able to secure the purchase of the building through a gift from the state government, they gave us a $3.8 million award to purchase this building; we worked with another one of our partners to raise the other 400,000 to buy it. We need a new building to bring everything under one roof. That's what we're trying to do as an integrative clinic, along with traditional healing and a few other things. And so we decided to build a new building. And you can make that decision when you're a landowner. And that wasn't a decision that was on the table when it was just the lease, we're trying to create a place where every person who lives in the Twin Cities that's native knows that this is a place where they belong," said Dr. Stately.I found out further into our chat that this plot of land now has a name.“We went with the name Owáŋka Okáwitaya which means 'a place for the people to gather'. Because as far as I'm concerned, there's a dot-dot-dot at the end of that name, which is a place for people to gather, to celebrate, to heal, to grieve, just a place for people to gather and a place where people belong.”And so to explain why this community clinic, and this housing development will coincide and coexist. Dr. Staley simply offered this“Since the wall of forgotten natives, and all of the challenges that we've had with houselessness relatives in this community. Native people are 1% of the population between 1% and 2%, depending on who you talk to you. But we're about 30% of the houseless population... that is unconscionable to me, also happens to be the largest social determinant of poor health outcomes for Native people. So it was a really easy pivot for me to go from like we're going to build a brand new clinic to be we're going to build a brand new clinic, and we're going to put four floors of housing above it, because it's our responsibility spiritually and morally, to help our relatives who are in the worst conditions in the worst shape." said Dr. Stately.Darek DeLille reporting for Minnesota Native NewsDr. Stately is also the host of Minnesota Native News' Community Health Conversations

Oneida Nation, Rochester museum hold repatriation ceremony Pac NW tribes partner on $50m OSU potato farming project NEH to help DOI expand reach of Indian Boarding School Initiative CA Native women's org creates affirmation tool for trafficking survivors

This week on Minnesota Native News, reporter Emma Needham provides an update about ongoing work by Native organizations and activists to protect water and land throughout Minnesota.Across Minnesota, Indigenous peoples and their allies work to uphold their traditional obligations and duties to protect the land, air, and water for the next seven generations. Mid-July was busy for many, with events in the metro and the northland."What's the longest you've ever gone without water? Anybody go on a fast a four-day fast? Do I hear three days anybody go on a three-day fast? Today days. Has anybody gone two days? Oh, I see Heidi over there has gone two days…. Ah, anybody else? No. Why is that? Ay, you need to have water to survive. How simple is that?" said Debra Topping, closing the Spirit of the Water Celebration with a reminder to attendees about the importance of water.Spirit of the Water Celebration was held at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul on July 15th. The event was a gathering of Indigenous and non-indigenous relatives celebrating and giving thanks to water, and Gitchi Zibi, the Mississippi River. Tents with trivia, kids' games, and involvement for the community lined the hill-  with a free concert and meal provided for all in attendance. Elder Carrie Huff Cheznik of the Oneida Nation expressed her deep concerns for the water in Minnesota amid an unprecedented drought and reported damage to underground aquifers from the construction of the Line 3/93 Pipeline in 2021. She urges people to take action."Because the people are the ones who can really make the changes if they want to. The people have the power to do it. They just don't remember that they do. And what I would like to say is, gather yourselves up my friends, it's time it's time to stand, it's time to speak, it's time to keep pressuring the elected officials until they do right by all of life," said Carrie. Supporting organizations for this event include Friends of the Mississippi River, The Leadership Center for Social Justice, RISE Coalition, and the Indigenous Environmental Network, or IEN.On the same day, at the Rail River Folk School in Bemidji, IEN, in partnership with the Earth Law Center (ELC) hosted a 2-day work session on Inherent Relationships Jurisprudence - Inherent Relationships with Nature/Rights of Mother Earth. The session focused on finding ways to exercise the legal rights of nature, including plants, water, land, and animals in Western court systems that view the natural world differently than Indigenous people.I spoke with Micheal Lane of the Menominee Nation, an indigenous sovereignty advocate for IEN. Micheal quotes Dwayne “Chili” Yazzie of the Dine or Navajo Nation, and a member of the International Treaty Council Board:  "So in terms of the key, one of the key statements that came out, I was allowed to say this publicly by the person who said, Chili Yazzie…he said something that was really important. And I'll say this, as a quote, we need to be who we are. Now, it sounds very simple, of course, we need to be who we are. But that's how he's talking about collectively when we go to the court and things of that nature. Oftentimes, we count things in that non-Indigenous framework. And what he was talking about was, when we go to these places, we shouldn't have to go and justify ourselves and be hiding behind other veneers in the non-indigenous legal system. We need to be who we are, it means asserting our advocacy …from our own place of existence as Indigenous peoples of the land," said Michael. Micheal says the Bemijdji event was the second of 4 events planned with various tribes across Turtle Island.  A summary of the Inherent Rights Working Group events will be available on IEN's website (a similar summary from 2017 is available now).Emma Needham reporting for MN Native News

ESOW 288 - Ęhsganyé:ˀ Gaę́:nase:ˀ (New Women's Shuffle Dance) as sung by the Akwesasne Women Singers. Recorded at the Fall 2004 Sing in the Oneida Nation of the Thames community.

Wampanoag chef Sherry Pocknett made history this month when she was named the Best Chef of the Northeast by the James Beard Foundation. She's the first Native woman to be given such an award. Meanwhile, Miijim, a new Native-owned restaurant in La Pointe, Wis. is making waves with an Indigenous menu by Red Cliff Band chef Bryce Stevenson. And the new book Our Precious Corn: Yukwanénste by Rebecca Webster (Oneida) recounts the history and travels of her tribe's traditional corn. It's all on The Menu with Andi Murphy. GUESTS Sherry Pocknett (Wampanoag), chef and owner of Sly Fox Den Too Bryce Stevenson (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), chef and owner of Miijim Rebecca Webster (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), assistant professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota

The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center lists safe, affordable, accessible, and stable housing as one of the most pressing concerns for Native domestic abuse survivors, both on and off the reservation. The lack of housing increases the likelihood of a survivor being drawn into sex trafficking. It can also be the reason someone chooses to stay in an abusive situation. We'll hear about what's being done to make housing accessible to survivors broadcasting live from the Women Are Sacred conference. GUESTS Caroline LaPorte (immediate descendant of the Little River Band Of Ottawa Indians), Director of the STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center for the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center Gwen Packard (Ihanktonwan Dakota), Senior Housing Specialist, National Indigenous Women's Resource Center Noreen Hill (Oneida Nation of the Thames), executive director/founder, Mother Nation Dawn Begay (Diné), Native American Affairs Coordinator, City of Albuquerque

The Oneida Nation supported the Americans in the War for Independence, an alliance that would have profound consequences for the Americans, the Oneida, and the Iroquois Confederation.  James Kirby Martin, one of the Revolutionary-era's leading scholars, joins us to give the background to the Oneida's decision, in the first of two parts of a conversation on the Forgotten Allies:  the Oneida in the Revolutionary War, the subject of one of Professor Martin's many books. 

“What might the first World Indigenous Skyworld Space Stations look like? We think in circles with no beginning or end. We go into space as a human right and right of self-determination. We go into space for development, exploration, and cultural preservation.” These are the words and the vision of my guest, Dan Hawk of the Oneida Nation, and Principal Scientist at United First Nations Planetary Defense who answers the question for me, “Why should Native Americans go into space?” The answer goes well beyond going to the moon and to Mars and beyond. This is about helping national security and all Indigenous populations. A program for Native Americans in space is the way into space for other communities as well. And Dan is pioneering the way for such a program for our Indigenous people. Today, you'll hear from Dan about: • Who owns space • The Oneida people • Stories of Dan's ancestors • What is “space sovereignty” • United First Nations Planetary Defense • Growing up on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin • A view of the dust bowl you may not have heard about • The story about what inspired Dan to go into his profession • Dan's work with NASA, his support of the Montana Space Grant, and more • The story of the Golden Eagle Rocket that's now in the Smithsonian institute • How an American Indian space program can help Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Check out these links: • BisonSat - Kootenai College: https://cubesat.skc.edu • Artemis Space Program: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/ • United First Nations Planetary Defense: https://ufnpd.wordpress.com • AISES - American Indian Science and Engineering Society: https://www.aises.org • Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority: https://airspaceportok.com Yakoke, Dan for your commitment to sovereignty for Native Americans beyond the boundaries of earth. Native ChocTalk Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nativechoctalkpodcast All Podcast Episodes: https://nativechoctalk.com/podcasts/

Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman was named a TIME100, the magazine's list of 100 most influential people of 2023. He's a high-profile leader in the Native American food movement, the founder of non-profit groups advocating for food sovereignty, and the founder of the award-winning restaurant Owamni. Also shaking things up in the kitchen is Kickapoo chef and owner of Wahpepah's Kitchen, Crystal Wahpepah. She went head-to-head with celebrity chef Bobby Flay on the Food Network culinary competition show “Beat Bobby Flay”. In this episode of The Menu, we catch up with both chefs and also hear about how all the tribes in one state are providing traditional foods for their elders.   GUESTS   Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota), chef and owner of Owamni, co-founder of The Sioux Chef and North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS)   Crystal Wahpepah (Kickapoo and Sac and Fox), chef and owner of Wahpepah's Kitchen   Marlon Skenandore (Oneida Nation citizen), manager, Oneida Emergency Food Pantry

To rematriate is to return the sacred to the mother. Join us today as we talk about the collective work of Rematriation with Dr. Dian Million (Tanana Athabascan), Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida Nation) and Marquel Musgrave (Nanbe Owingeh). In this episode, we acknowledge that rematriation IS the work of decolonization; we talk through Indigenous Feminism, Sky Woman, and we even make the connections between Ruth Bater Ginsberg and The Doctrine of Discovery.Dr. Dian Million, is Tanana Athabascan,  and is a Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. She recieved her Ph. D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004.  She is the author of Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights, as well the author of “Felt Theory: An Indigenous Feminist Approach to Affect and History,” “Intense Dreaming: Theories, Narratives and Our Search for Home,” and most recently “A River Runs Through Me: Theory from Life”. She teaches courses on Indigenous politics, literatures, feminisms and social issues.Michelle Schenandoah is a Rematriation Activist, media maker, and inspirational speaker. She belongs to the Oneida Nation, Wolf Clan, of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Michelle is the host of Rematriated Voices with Michelle Schenandoah, an upcoming talk show highlighting the untold stories and contributions of Indigenous Peoples in Turtle Island. She is also the founder of the nonprofit Rematriation, an organization dedicated to uplifting the Indigenous women led movement of rematriation. Marquel Musgrave is a mother, auntie and tribal citizen of Nanbé Owingeh and currently works for the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center. Marquel has previously worked at the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, as an outdoor experiential educator, and served an elected term as tribal council secretary for the pueblo of Nambe. She is currently a member of the Tewa Language Committee for her pueblo, and serves on the Board of Directors for Pueblo Action Alliance. They are also co-founder of the Rights of Mother Earth and Water Beings Coalition.The Library Rematriation Project defines this topic, and they say, “By “rematriate” we mean “give back,” but unlike the legal term “repatriate,” which signifies a simple transfer of ownership, “rematriate” means something more profound: a restoration of right relationships and a true action of decolonization, aimed not just at righting a past wrong but transforming our collective future.+++Shout out to our All My Relations team that makes this possible. Executive Editor of this episode is Jonathan Stein, mastering and sound design by Max Levin, original live music recording by Black Belt Eagle Scout and Laura Ortman. Live recording in Santa Fe by Teo Shantz, social media by Lindsey Hightower,  produced by Jamie Bratcher, Executive Assistant Haidyn Harvey, and Audio Assistant Darrien Camarillo. Special thanks to Orbit Studios, SubCat Studios, and Studio BE. Support the showFollow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, amrpodcast.com. Matika's book is available for pre-order! T'igwicid and Wado for being on this journey with us.

Last week, the Vatican finally distanced itself from the Doctrine of Discovery — a hundreds of years old decree that justified land theft and enslavement of people who were not Christian.In this episode of 'Don't Call Me Resilient,' political and Indigenous studies scholar Veldon Coburn explains why the Vatican's repudiation of the Doctrine is a huge symbolic victory. We also examine what this repudiation may mean for members of Indigenous Nations, what prompted this renouncement, and what still needs to happen.Coburn said:>“For an Indigenous person like myself, it's profound because after four, five hundred years, since the first Papal Bull was issued, I didn't think I'd see it. Even though it may not have great material influence over my relationship with the colonial state, I do know that it's very difficult to get the church to change positions on things because, I mean, you had to twist their arm for a long time to get them to see that the sun was at the centre of the solar system and not the Earth.”Coburn explained how the Doctrine became the ideological justification for settler colonialism and enslavement in the Americas, Africa and much of the former colonies as well as the basis of a legal framework that continues to operate and support land dispossession today.For example, Coburn brings up a 2005 court case involving the Oneida Nation. He said:>“I know people cherished Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but she wrote the decision for the courts in 2005… It was kind of a cruel decision too. It's like, we stole your land.  We get it. You're not getting it back. And then she explicitly cites the doctrine of discovery [denying] Indigenous title to the Oneida Nation in New York State.”We also get into the difference between western ideas about land and Indigenous Knowledge. And how ownership and commodification were central to this decree.Coburn explained how the original decree declared Indigenous territories ready to be claimed because, under western Christian philosophies, land was to be used to generate profit. Coburn said:>"They viewed our 'non-usage' of the whole territory as wasting God's gifts. So these were to be exploited … in market exchange for the creation of wealth.”While the Church's role in land theft was quickly taken up by new political entities, the lingering effects of the Doctrine are still evident in current legislative practices.Christian and European supremacist ideas are evident in the decree: Indigenous peoples and their existence on land was not sufficient evidence of proper governance. These ideas continue to function as a rationale for ongoing colonial practices.  For followers of the church, Coburn said, the Vatican's official repudiation may work to alleviate the moral stain of colonial plunder. It may also serve as an admittance of culpability.Mostly, Coburn suggests, the repudiation is a symbolic gesture offered alongside many others.  >“...as we've seen with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau … the symbolic has moved ahead quite quickly [while] the material aspects of our lived existence still linger in a state that's more resembling of the worst times of colonial assertions of sovereignty over it. So it really hasn't changed. They're still holding onto our land and saying, well, we said we're sorry. What more can we do? There's a lot more… the rightful return, restorative justice means: land back.”

In Defense of Sovereignty: Protecting the Oneida Nation's Inherent to Self-Determination by author Rebecca Webster (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), assistant professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, examines a 20-year jurisdictional dispute between the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and the town of Hobart. Today on Native America Calling, we talk with Webster on our regular feature Native Bookshelf as well as Kinsale Drake (Diné), poet and founder of NDN Girls Book Club.

WA train derailment spills diesel onto Swinomish Reservation $25M in federal inflation reduction funding earmarked for bison herds New book on Oneida Nation sovereignty battle in WI

Kahulehele Farmstead on the Oneida Nation reservation in Wisconsin is developing a traditional food bartering system.  Bleu Adams (Mandan/Hidatsa/Diné) joins a list of 80 volunteer chefs working with the U.S. State Department's American Culinary Corps to build diplomatic connections around the globe through food.  Shinnecock ambassador Lance Gumbs (Shinnecock) explains his tribe's mastery of the ubiquitous Northeast staple: the lobster roll. And, by popular demand, a Navajo-owned bakery expands and creates a tea room for tea time. Today on Native America Calling, Andi Murphy delivers a new helping of our regular feature The Menu with Jen Falck (Oneida Nation Wisconsin), owner and operator of Kahulahele Farmstead; Lance Gumbs, tribal ambassador for the Shinnecock Nation, former tribal chairman, and owner of the Shinnecock Lobster Factory; Bleu Adams, chef, entrepreneur, IndigeHub director, and a member of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Culinary Partnership American Culinary Corps; and Jacqueline Ahasteen (Diné), owner of I Knead Sugar bakery and tea room.

In this episode, I talk with Becky Webster (Oneida Nation), or Rebecca M. Webster, as it's written on her new book “In Defense of Sovereignty: Protecting the Oneida Nation's Inherent Right to Self-Determination.” She does a lot of passion work and is a founder of Ukwakhwa: Our Foods, a farm and community learning, cooking, trading and growing space in Oneida, Wisconsin. We start with Oneida history, because, “hey, Oneidas aren't from Wisconsin…” and move through the origins of the farm, the tribe's food system and the process of winging it.

For thousands of years and up until a few generations ago, Indigenous babies were born on the land. They were born in their communities, surrounded by culture, with the help of expert birth workers – women who knew just what to do when the water broke. Colonization and the western medical system nearly destroyed Indigenous birthing traditions, but people like Ellen Blais are bringing birth home. Ellen is from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. She's a trained midwife and currently serves as the Director of Indigenous Midwifery for the Association of Ontario Midwives. Ellen's vision to see birth returned to Indigenous communities will certainly become reality if young doulas and birth workers have anything to say about it. We find out what a doula does and why Tagwanibisan Armitage-Smith, Gina Loodit and Madison White want to help bring our babies into the world surrounded by culture. Opolahsomuwehs - also known by her English name as Imelda Mary Perley - is a Wolastoquey elder, knowledge keeper, and doula from St. Mary's First Nation in New Brunswick. She says a doula's job isn't only to support the person about to give birth; they must also prepare the community for the arrival of its newest member. The Cree Health Board in northern Quebec is another group that's bringing birth back into Indigenous communities. In 2017, the board re-established birthing services in the village of Chisasibi. In 2021, its midwifery team opened a temporary birthing home there with the goal of eventually opening three permanent birthing homes in the region. The health board also intends to launch a midwifery education program in June 2023 so that future Cree midwives don't have to travel south for their education. Denise Perusse was the interim birth home coordinator in Chisasibi. One she day hopes to become a midwife.

A citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin just walked free after serving 18 years in prison for a wrongful conviction. Danny Wilber (Oneida) spent those 18 years behind bars working to prove his innocence. With help from his partner and legal representation, he was recently exonerated. His journey sheds light on the difficulty that those who are improperly convicted face to prove their innocence. Tuesday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce speaks with Wilber about his experience and how he maintained hope as well as Lacey Kinnart (Chippewa), program and operations coordinator at National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

In our final episode in our Haudenosaunee in the Civil War series we take a look at how other individuals and communities made contributions to the war effort.  We will cover Dr. Peter Wilson (Cayuga), the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862 and the Oneida Nation of Green Bay, WI Notes: Federal Publishing Company. The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 — Records of the Regiments in the Union Army — Cyclopedia of Battles — Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers Volumn VI Cyclopedia of Battles — Helena Road to Z. United States Army Reports. Federal Publishing Company, 1908. Gibson, Arrell Morgan. "Native Americans and the Civil War." American Indian Quarterly (Oct. 1985): 385–410. Hauptman, Laurence M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation. Syracuse University Press, 1992. Horton, Russell. "Unwanted in a White Man's War: The Civil War Service of the Green Bay Tribes." The Wisconsin Magazine of History 2004: 18-27