Let's Talk Native with John Kane

John travels to his old high school to deliver his remarks before the Cambridge Central School Board of Education and push for an end to the use of their problematic mascot. Cory McMillan, of Cambridge for Social Justice, joins the show to give an assessment of the meeting. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

John and special guest Paul Winnie discuss the various strategies for regaining and reclaiming lost lands. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

John discusses the importance of associating with like minded people. Who will you lead? Who will you follow? Who are your teachers, mentors and partners? Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

How can the most heinous massacre of Native people and the largest mass execution in the history of the United States not be associated with the sitting president at the time? Let's put history into context. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Toppling or defacing statues is not erasing history -- propping up false heroes is! History is not just erased by writers. It is erased by murder, genocide and eliminating the people who tell the truth about America's traumatic past. By all means cancel the false narratives and fraudulent heroes. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Some carry a far greater burden. Systemic racism, poverty, health and opportunity all create inequity. Many are crushed by the affluence and success of others. This is hardly a level playing field. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Talon Kane joins John to discuss what he's taught in school about Native people. Even schools with Native mascots refuse to teach the truth about Native people and the United State's long history of atrocities directed towards the indigenous population. Teach the flaws not just heroism. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Why are we still allowing our oppressors to define us in the past tense? "National Native American Heritage Month" suggests nothing about our current culture, politics, or philosophies! Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

John recaps a trip he recently took to his old high school to push for an end to their use of a racist mascot. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Let's skip the window dressing and lip service. Just make the Interior Department/BIA do its job! States have used the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to extort gaming revenue from Native owned casinos for decades now. The Interior Department is supposed to enforce the regulations that are in place to prevent aggressive states from exploiting Native gaming. These regulations were not enforced during...

Decolonization requires separating ourselves from the circus and learning from their behavior. The Two Row Wampum depicts two paths or two ways of life. It is a symbol of peaceful coexistence, not assimilation and submission. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Looking for our "Let's Talk with John and Regan" show? Well, It's now called "Resistance Radio with John and Regan." New name, same great show! Find "Resistance Radio" on all your favorite podcast platforms using the link below! https://linktr.ee/ResistanceRadio https://linktr.ee/ResistanceRadio https://linktr.ee/ResistanceRadio

Tuesday's elections may be the beginning of a long, drawn out and turbulent event. But it's theirs, not ours. We should learn from their behavior and by no means get stuck in the middle of their conflicts over power, policies and politics. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Their elections our also not our solutions. We need to bring our minds together and develop our own solutions for the problems we face. Some Native issues do intersect with their issues but our solutions don't have to. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Another update on the stand off in Six Nations. Roads, rail lines and lines of communication are all torn up. The people of Six Nations are unified and bracing for a winter of resistance. Also, some COVID-19 updates. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Skyler Williams joins John to give us an update on the police actions at 1492 Landback Lane. On October 22, 2020 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) opened fire with rubber bullets and tasers to enforce an injunction against the land defenders of Landback Lane. Skyler gives us all the details of the raid and the push back from the surrounding Six Nations community. SUPPORT LANDBACK LANE VIA PAYPAL...

On October 13, 2020 an angry mob of about 200 people attacked a lobster storage facility, barricading Mi’kmaq fishers inside, pelting the building with rocks, burning one of their vans and destroying their lobster catches. Three days later, that same storage facility was destroyed in a suspicious fire. No arrests have been made. These attacks on Mi’kmaq fishers in Nova Scotia are racist and unacce...

A discussion about the "God Concept" being forced on to Native people and how it's crept so deeply into our lives. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Even though change comes slowly, it is important to realize the progress we've made. Just as John's generation has advanced our cause in ways that those who came before him never thought was possible, the next generation will do the same. There is a lot more left to do but we have come a long way. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

John discusses how "fed wreck" crushes our autonomy/distinction and how it plays into the on-going assimilation and indoctrination policies. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

With Indigenous People's Day (formerly known as Columbus Day) fast approaching, Paul Winnie joins the show to talk to John about a rally against development on ancestral Seneca land. John also covers this year's upcoming Indigenous People's Day in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the protests and uprisings that ensued after. Some of those protests resulted in the toppling of several Colu...

Many think being Native means having special privileges. Few realize the obstacles and challenges Native people face and overcome. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Why is it still such a fight to maintain our distinction? Why do the US and Canada consider Native autonomy and sovereignty such a threat? They benefit from our distinction too and they always have. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Why is assimilation so destructive? The cultural imposition was so violent and dramatically different from our own that inter-generational trauma and cognitive dissonance persists. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

With all the hysteria and doom surrounding the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg are we forgetting or just ignoring some of her more overtly racist rulings and comments? Conservatives are celebrating another opportunity to stack the Supreme Court while liberals are mourning the loss of this so-called 'feminist icon' but what about the Native perspective on RBG? John discusses all of this and more in...