Native American Radio Network
Monday, November 28, 2022 – The Menu: Native gifts a la carte
Are you wondering where you might find blue corn meal grown and processed by Native producers? Or would you like to give someone bison meat grown and prepared on tribal land? Today on The Menu, a regular feature on Native America Calling, Andi Murphy hears from representatives at American Indian Foods, the largest food hub showcasing dozens of Native food providers about some of the options people for gifting authentically prepared food and ingredients.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 – Native in the Spotlight: Major Robinson
From designing theme park rides for Disney and Universal Studios to overseeing construction of important tribal buildings in Montana and elsewhere, Major Robinson (Northern Cheyenne)’s career as an architect has a lot of diverse breadth. Along the way he’s been a cultural advisor for the Federal Reserve and an Indian Affairs Coordinator for the state. Tuesday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce gets Robinson’s perspective on his life and some ideas on why Native concepts are important for architecture and design.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – Klamath River tribes praise dam removal momentum
After decades of fighting, tribes in Northern California can celebrate the pending removal of four dams on the Klamath River. Federal regulators cleared the way to remove the dams starting as early as next summer. If the plan comes to fruition, it will be the largest dam removal and salmon restoration project in history, something tribes say is sorely need to bring salmon back to their people. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce checks in with tribal chairman Russell “Buster” Attebery (Karuk) and Charley Reed (Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk), educational director for Save California Salmon and a cultural practitioner for the Karuk Tribe.
Thursday, December 1, 2022 – The importance of tribal museums
Tribally-run museums offer two important benefits: they offer a Native voice for Native history within a system dominated by traditional European perspectives – and they bring the promise of economic development. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce takes us on a field trip to celebrate Tribal Museums Day with Shannon O’Loughlin (Choctaw), attorney and the CEO of the Association on American Indian Affairs; Dehrich Chya (Sun-aq Tribe of Kodiak), language and living culture manager for the Alutiiq Museum; Billie Jean Guerrero (Pyramid Lake Paiute and Walker River Paiute), museum director for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitors Center; and Sunshine Thomas-Bear (member of Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), tribal historic preservation officer, NAGPRA representative, and cultural preservation director for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and museum director for the Angel de Cora Museum.
Friday, December 2, 2022 – Native playlist: Northern Cree’s Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning
Forty years after four brothers first formed the famed powwow and Round Dance band, Northern Cree is releasing their first fully self-published and owned record, “Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning”. The album is produced by Bear Witness and 2oolman from Halluci Nation. As many as 16 musicians perform with Northern Cree at any given time. Friday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce hears from the new album and what’s next for this band originally from Treaty Six Territory.
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Native American students are just a tiny fraction of all the college students in the United States. They come with different histories, confronting an education system once used to erase their languages and cultures. In this project, four Indigenous college students tell how they are using higher education to strengthen ties to their Native roots and support their people.
Hosts:
Archie Yellow: Archie is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and studies Ojibwe at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.
Nevaeh Nez: Nevaeh is a Hopi and Navajo student at the University of Minnesota-Rochester, who’s planning to go to medical school.
Reuben Kitto Stately: Reuben is Dakota from the Santee Sioux Nation and a tribal member of Red Lake Nation. He majored in American Indian Studies at Augsburg University.
Producer: Sasha Aslanian. Editor: Stephen Smith
A production of
AMP Reports.
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Welcome to the Dine’ Nation! Join a team of youth as they live and celebrate their ancient living culture!
Our youth hosts will take the listener on a journey beyond reservation lines and into the cultural and creative lives of people who are continuing to break down stereotypes.
Among the voices in this episode, you’ll hear Deezhi as she shares a “Day in the Life” audio diary of her Kinaalda (Coming of Age Ceremony). Then, Dahi travels to the Library of Congress in Washington DC, and discovers a deeper connection to her tribe and ancestors.
From contemporary arts to traditional living life ways, youth are continuing to find their culture in today’s modern world.
Indigenous YOUth Nation is a 29-min episode that works to “Celebrate Culture,” “Empower Youth,” “Nourish Knowledge,” “Inspire Inter-generational Dialogue,” and build strong roots for our future generations.
IYN highlights different Indigenous cultures in a radio show made by and for tweens and teens.
Expect to hear the restoration and resilience of Indigenous youth and cultural knowledge.
Indigenous YOUth Nation is produced by Jeneda Benally (Diné) and Gregg McVicar (Tlingit) with the IYN YOUth Team. The program is made possible with generous support from KWMR, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and The American Folklife Center at The Library of Congress.
We hope you enjoyed our gavel-to-gavel broadcast of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention (#2022AFN) from Anchorage, AK, hosted by KNBA News Director Rhonda McBride.
AFN Newscast and Alaska’s Native Voice
Listen to our special newscast anchored by Hannah Bissett and Alaska’s Native Voice hosted by Antonia Gonzales below.
Or watch all three episodes on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.
KNBA 90.3 FM in Anchorage, AK and Koahnic Broadcast Corporation are in the 26th year of providing this unique service that connects Native communities in Alaska through public radio.
AFN Newscast
Alaska’s Native Voice: Typhoon Merbok
Indigenous communities up and down Alaska’s west coast continue to recover from a historic storm, which slammed into the state in September. Typhoon Merbok devastated Indigenous communities. People lost valuable resources from boats to fishing nets, dry houses, and other tools essential to their Indigenous hunting and fishing subsistence way of life. People also lost food they had already stored up, essential to getting them through the winter. We discuss the typhoon, emergency preparedness, and the impacts of climate change.
AFN Newscast
Friday, October 21, 2022: Elevating Alaska Native Women
Indigenous women are leading the way, in their families, in their communities, professionally, and in politics from local, state to the national level. Women are relying on the teaching of their ancestors, using knowledge passed on from generation to generation, to help guide them along the way. History was made in September when Mary Peltola (Yup’ik) was sworn into the U.S. House becoming the first Alaska Native person to serve in Congress. We celebrate successes, examine challenges, and look at the future generations.
AFN Newscast
