Let's Talk Native with John Kane

The NFL tried to push a message of social justice in this year's Super Bowl but couldn't bring themselves to mention Colin Kaepernick or the Washington team dropping its racial slur of a name. How could they when the sole remaining NFL Team with a native based name and logo were playing in their big game? Like what you hear? Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Millions have been spent on these people to help us navigate the systems of power in Washington D.C. and in state capitals and where has it gotten us? Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

When did Native people decide to keep their identity and resist dropping into the melting pot? The answer may not be so obvious. Certainly, the United States did NOT expect Native people resisting what Jefferson called the "final consolidation." Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Today's episode is a bit of a reintroduction. We introduce a new format, explain our mission and goals, and let you know what you can expect from Let's Talk Native moving forward in to 2021. Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Native people live today a across a spectrum of "Land Back" and pipeline activists to those almost completely assimilated to the colonial systems of oppression. We are still here... but as what? Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

The Biden administration appears to be picking up where the Obama administration left off by trying to make Native Hawaiians into a "Federally Recognized Tribe." Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Let Americans celebrate their leader. Leave us out of it! Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Dr. King's message has been co-opted by many moderates today primarily because his more radical positions on the three evils of America have been intentionally left out of the history books. Dr. King advocated for a radical change in American society to combat militarism, capitalism and racism but the history books tend to focus on his early activism and largely ignores his radical stance on the t...

"The great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the white citizen's councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your method...

Capitalism preys on the poor to feed the rich and democracy in the United States promotes racism. This inequality is built into the foundation of democracy when 60% of the U.S. population identifies as "non-hispanic white." Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Desiree Kane joins John to discuss "new agers" appropriating "Native spirituality" and the slippery slope of new age spirituality being co-opted by far right political ideologies. The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building is also discussed. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

We have to revisit this from time to time because many people simply don't know the basic meaning or difference between prejudice, discrimination, racial bias and racism. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Skyler Williams joins the show again to give all of us an update on the current situation at 1492 Landback Lane after 169 days of resistance. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Today is the 130th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. A monument stands today at Niagara Falls honoring local veterans who participated in this heinous act. Paul Winnie Returns to the show to talk about the effort to have the monument altered or removed. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Special guest Chaz Kader joins John to have a tough conversation about our people joining the system of oppression. Breaking glass ceilings or skating on thin ice? Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

Philip Yenyo, Executive Director of AIM Ohio, joins the program to break down the 60 year battle to change the Cleveland baseball team's name. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

The Cleveland baseball team has finally dropped its problematic name. That makes two major sports franchises to remove their offensive names and imagery this year. Will there be more to follow in 2021? Closing song is "Freedom" by Dakota Bear. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive content! - https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative

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