Let's Talk Native with John Kane

A quick digestible explanation of this "legal" doctrine and why it isn't legal.

This is the first of the racist, slave era "legal" doctrines that still drive US law and policy regarding Native peoples.

John Kane on The Brian Lehrer Show by John Kane

I join Ahmed Ali for a second day in the run up to our screening of the Oscar nominated film Sugarcane at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington NY. Hoping to fill the house and looking forward to the conversation after the film.

This time I'm the guest as I join Ahmed Ali on WUSB Stony Brook

LTN #591 12_31_24; A look back on 2024 and a look forward to 2025! by John Kane

It cannot possibly be a coincidence that this level of abuse could occur at EVERY Indian Boarding School. "Kill the Indian - Save the Man" was not just a metaphor. Metaphors do not require graves!

Yesterday a group calling themselves a tri-council signed a land claim settlement in direct violation of their own authority and will of the people.

Lots of bad history with December and a year that ends with Trump returning to the White House. How fitting!

LTN #587 10/29/24; Joe Biden's Apology by John Kane

I didn't produce an LTN podcast this week but I did a special two hour broadcast in Washington DC on WPFW for Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday.

Almost ten years after the school's name change, the Lancaster little league football team still has "Redskins" embedded in their program.

These are my words on the subject, the day and what we should be demanding.

The slogan never should have been "Every Child Matters!" That was like responding to "Black Lives Matter" with "All Lives Matter." We should have used "Native Children Matter" or "Our Children Matter." But the final report from the Interior Department on Residential Schools suggest our children didn't and still don't matter to government officials. The sad part is, we aren't showing much concern f...

Political Misfits call me on Haaland's final report.

The Jim Thorpe Longest Run stretched from New York City to Los Angeles and from May 24th to July 19th of 1984. Ross John Sr. joins us to talk about his experience as one of the runners and Ross John Jr. joins to talk about a program this year from May to July to run and commemorate the 40th Anniversary

Tekarontake joins me for a broadcast from Akwesasne to discuss a land claims settlement proposed by frauds.

Noel Bass joins me again three years after producing a short film on the incredible people tackling the suicide epidemic on the Pine Ridge Reservation with a full length documentary covering the issue.

Much of what is deemed "law" in the US is not an actual product of the legislative system. The creation of "legal doctrine" requires no actual law. Courts, the Supreme Court in particular has somehow become vested with a power to legislate from the bench and allow their written opinions to gain the force of law. This program challenges three legal doctrines that have no basis in either rule of law...

I am interviewed by Agnes Williams of the Indigenous Women's Initiative. We cover the Seneca Gaming conflict with NYS and displacement in the gaming market by the State.

Between the attacks on education coming from the right and higher ed themselves marketing college only as a path to financial enrichment, universities and colleges are losing a battle for survival. enrollment is down as the costs continue to rise. But have we lost the true value in pursuing education? It's about enlightenment and fulfillment not just making more money.

I've seen film and television, even with Native producers, that mention suicide or otherwise include suicides in their content but fail to adequately address the underlying issues leading to them.

See this film but know that it's NOT the true story. Read the book!

I spoke at the North Tonawanda History Museum in September. This was my presentation.

The Gaming Compact will expire before the end of the year and the Seneca Nation is miles away from an agreement with the State and even farther away from an agreement with their own people. The Seneca Nation attempted to stop revenue sharing in 2017 so why are they pushing for revenue sharing now?