During the past two weeks, nearly 1,000 sets of human remains have been found in unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools in Canada. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Indigenous children were taken away from their families and placed in these schools—and now, with public outcry and calls to cancel Canada Day, […]
The Fights For/Over Sovereignty and Public Lands
“I really believe that we need to rethink our relationship between Indigenous nations and this colonial government. We need to sit down and remake it so it’s no longer an abusive relationship,” says journalist Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota). “It’s an ethical question. It’s a moral question.” Today, Jaqueline Keeler joins us to talk about her […]
Wisconsin’s Tribal Nations Call on the State to Address Systemic Rac...
The Annual State of the Tribes address brings issues and concerns important to Wisconsin’s tribal nations before the State Assembly. On May 11th, President John Johnson Sr. of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians delivered the 17th Annual State of the Tribes address, appearing in-person before the Assembly. The audience for […]
Native Activism: Protesting DAPL, Line 3, and Back Forty Mine
“To be born Indigenous means to be born into a struggle against big extraction and the same colonial forces that colonized Europe before they got to our shores,” says Chase Iron Eyes. Today, he joins us on the show along with fellow Native activists Gussie Lord and Frank Bibeau to share updates from their vital […]
Indigenous Cuisine and Native Food Sovereignty
For today’s show, Patty spends the hour talking about Native foodways and the work of Wild Bearies in educating and building community through Indigenous cuisine with founder and executive chef Elena Terry of the Ho-Chunk Nation. From Indigenous seed distribution and decolonizing food to her own experiences butchering the hunt and foraging milkweed as a […]
Indigenous Perspectives on the Rights of Nature
“We have to take care of all of creation because it is us.” That’s Simone Senogles, who was arrested earlier this week for protesting Line 3, a pipeline expansion proposed by Enbridge to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. Today, Simone and Casey Camp-Horinek join […]
