Let's Talk Native with John Kane

Desiree Kane joins John from Colorado to discuss her Rent Strike and Eviction Defense work. Get to know Desiree and catch our conversation on COVID-19, capitalism, Native resistance and more.

We start with a short Covid-19 update but then delve into parsing out authority and power from responsibility and service. Language and centuries of assimilation leave us struggling to reason what's our and what's not.

Racism seems to be immune to COVID-19. At times of crisis, it's nice to think that people can come together and drop their prejudices. But sometimes lines get drawn between us and we imagine enemies where there are none; until we create them.

Updating the numbers on cases, deaths and spread of COVID-19. I discuss the impacts back home and the battles that continue in spite of a global pandemic.

Group worship versus home alone? "Social Distancing" has closed churches, synagogues and mosques. What about Longhouses? Does your religion "require" group worship? Is "Longhouse" a religion? Must ceremonies continue during a pandemic?

This global pandemic is not the Wrath of God or nature's payback or cosmic karma. It's nature doing what it does. It's not the planet's grand attempt at depopulation. The natural systems are not that direct or blunt. Nature is a balancing act. It never reaches a state of balance. It's dynamic and fluid. Always moving towards balance and equilibrium but never reaching it. Mankind adds to the tensio...

Seneca Councilor Ross John joins me for the hour! We talk about the Coronavirus: how we are doing and what we are doing! What's the Seneca Nation doing? What lessons can be learned?

The Coronavirus is named after its crown-shape appearance. COVID 1492 is the plague caused by Crowns of the Christian nations of Europe. Join me for a discussion on the "Plague of Assimilation" and lessons to be learned by COVID 19.

Austin cancels the famed SXSW Festival, major universities ending classes, National Guard securing an NYC suburb; unprecedented actions over a somewhat downplayed virus. It wasn't the show I planned but after announcing I was ending my trips to NYC for my WBAI show, I figured I had to explain.

Do we allow the states to dictate the education standards for our Native children? What about home schools?

Dakota Bear joins John for the show to talk about his music, his work and the youth. Follow Dakota Bear on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dakotabear1993 Follow Dakota Bear on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakotabearofficial/ Check out Dakota Bear's website: https://www.dakotabear.ca/

The Cayuga conflict degrades even farther as anger and outrage rules the day. Unity and solidarity at the blockades for Wet'suwet'en. Factionalism and divisiveness in Cayuga.

Some follow up to the Cayuga conflict and updates on the blockades across Canada and the pipeline resistance in Wet'suwet'en.

Another Fed Wrecked "leader" demonstrates abuse of power with cops and bulldozers. Reminiscent of the bulldozing of smoke shops by the Onondaga chiefs and the use of police against their people, Clint Halftown followed the playbook of his former mentors.

The Canadian House of Commons met to address the Wet'suwet'en pipeline conflict and the Mohawk blockades. The Left wants to kill us with kindness and the Right just wants to kill us. Sakoietah joins me once again to talk about holding Canada accountable and a review of all the band council chiefs sucking up to Canada.

Free, prior and informed consent IS veto power. But who has it? Original people! Certainly not Americans and Canadians of "Indian" descent!

What can we do? How do we support our brothers and sisters on the front lines defending our lands and people? There is much we can do but there is also what we cannot do.

James Sakoietah Gray joins John to talk about Wet’suwet’en and the actions people are taking all over Canada. We aren’t talking “protests”, we are talking shut downs!

The legacy of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery is the pervasiveness of Christianity among the victims of the doctrine. Black and Native people succumbed to the pressures of slavery, genocide, assimilation and subjugation and now are predominantly Christians.

Decolonization is not about finding comfortable places within the systems of oppression. It's about dismantling those systems! We cannot simply mirror all their failed systems and claim independence because we now have them. We need to formulate our own solutions that bring our past forward.

The American Genocide: 1492-???? What's the end date? Is there one? When will we say this was the day/month/year it ended? Support the show and check out our new merch store! - https://www.letstalknative.com/store

True history is not only buried but it's lied about and white washed. And that history is carried forward in pop culture and what's taught to children everyday. Support the show and check out our new merch store! - https://www.letstalknative.com/store

That promissory note was not written to us. The creed was not to us. The American Dream was never ours. Our playing field was not tilted or skewed. It was stolen. We still fight for a free and independent existence, not for equality and sameness. Support the show and check out our new merch store! - https://www.letstalknative.com/store

Seven years ago we had a powerful movement that called for our people to be Idle No More! Since then far too many have grown idle and silent. It's time for us to to get active and support activism. I have no problem with social media activism but less selfies and mind numbing videos and more education valuable info would go along way.

Ours was not the "primitive culture." We saw all creation not as man's dominion but rather we saw our place in it. We made commitments to seven generations to do no harm. We didn't believe in an all seeing, all knowing, all powerful white man in the sky who created all things, heard all prayers and created man in his image to rule the world. Nope we had to regress to a primitive culture to buy thi...