Let's Talk Native with John Kane

Tired of governments, politics and politicians? Make them irrelevant by taking back responsibilities they have assumed. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Don't say America deserves better. Instead, look at its history because it appears to have achieved exactly what it has always wanted. The system isn't designed to be fair or equitable because it's rigged. The system didn't fail... it did exactly what it was designed to do. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

The gaining popularity of lacrosse at the international level combined with the political pressure to ignore our autonomy and distinction may force the team permanently out of international competition. The successful promotion of the sport by Native leaders and the push to have it included in the Olympics may sideline the team representing the sport's creators. Support the show on Patreon for exc...

The debate on "America's Original Sins" continues as a few push back on the assertion that Genocide and Land Theft predated Slavery. Plus a look at Buck v Bell, eugenics and the sterilization of Native women. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

America's original sins were Genocide and Land Theft; then came the African Slave Trade! Get it right, Joe Biden! Plus, John did't wait for the phone to ring this time. He's going after the race-based mascot at his old high school. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

We are entering the perfect storm: a sure to be contested election, violent clashes of ideology and race on the streets, COVID-19 poised for its big comeback and the major economic fallout from the first wave of the pandemic about to rain down. And NO ONE is prepared! Unprecedented times in the States of Confusion! Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letsta...

Mike Sahtekaientes joins John for this episode to discuss his history of activism, the true meaning of the unity flag, and preparing the next generation to stand up for what they believe in. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Janene Yazzie joins John again, this time to explain Navajo leadership on the wrong side of too many issues. Navajo Vice President Myron Lizer heaped praise on Donald Trump and endorsed him for US President at the RNC Convention. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Words matter and the words we choose to use matter even more. We use words to identify ourselves, to communicate, to teach, to write and to read. We add words to our own vocabularies sometimes not knowing their true meanings or origins. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Donna Fann-Boyle joins John to look at the high school mascot battles after the Washington NFL franchise abandoned the racial slur for their team name. We'll look at Donna's fight with Neshaminy (PA) High School and the fight John is just beginning with his high school in Cambridge, NY. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

We are defined by our past. What we take forward from our past will define our future. Melissa Montour-Lazare joins John for the program to talk about putting the clan system to work, resisting imposed governments and pushing back against patriarchy. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

When we hear "occupied settlements," we immediately think of Israel building settlements in occupied Palestinian lands but this has been going on in the US and Canada to Native lands for centuries. It continues today with settlements being built at the doorstep of the Six Nations Territory within the Canadian province of Ontario. Myka and Skyler from Six Nations join John to explain the continuing...

We cannot learn FROM history if we don't ACTUALLY learn history! We cannot teach our children to one day serve our people if we don't teach them OUR history! SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

The Trump flags are up and the Biden campaign is in full swing! The calls to get out and vote are just beginning. It's indoctrination/assimilation versus decolonization. Where do you stand? In a voting line or for sovereignty and distinction? SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

With all the warnings of impending doom, this is the time for survival training. SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Janene Yazzie from Navajo Territory joins John for the program. The news coverage has faded but the spread of COVID-19 across Dine' persists. Janene and John discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the Navajo people as well as the Black Lives Matter movement and the solidarity between black and native activists. SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

We don't mean that your chiefs, presidents, chairmen or councilors have law degrees. We mean THEY aren't the decision makers -- the lawyers are! SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Federal police are arresting, assaulting and harassing people in Portland. Native people have experienced this for years all in the name of DHS and US Customs and Border Protection. John discusses what the people of Portland are currently experiencing and how it to relates to the experiences of Native People when dealing with federal law enforcement agencies. SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON!...

A special council session is being called by the Seneca Nation to approve revenue payments to New York State. That's over half a billion dollars now and at least that much again going forward. Why pay? The cost of doing business? Fear? More bad legal advice? SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

The Washington NFL franchise announced it is retiring the racial slur they have used for its team name for over 80 years. They did it so hastily that they haven't secured a new name yet. This change was not out of a sudden development of a conscience but because sponsors, retailers and shareholders no longer wished to defend their support for a racist name with a public now moving more and more to...

So a group of Italian Americans in Buffalo, NY removed their precious statue before activists toppled it. The move, while a positive thing, was still steeped in racism and a failure to acknowledge the atrocities of the man in bronze. Liz Mariani joins me to offer an Italian American woman's perspective. The 30th anniversary of the attack on Kanesatake is today! SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON...

Decades of appeals to decency and morality couldn't shake the owners of the NFL franchise in the US capital city. But a handful corporate sponsors has the Washington NFL franchise scrambling for a new name. Money talks in a world where capitalism reigns supreme and the rich are morally bankrupt.

It wasn't just a Declaration of Independence; it was a declaration of war against the "Merciless Indian Savages." SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

White Supremacy carved in stone, that is! These statues, monuments and mascots are all propaganda and revisionist history. None accurately depict history or truth! SUPPORT THE SHOW DIRECTLY ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

The daily new cases numbers are spiking globally and across the US and turns out the Seneca death rate numbers are as bad as the Navajo.