Let's Talk Native with John Kane

Show dedicated in memory of Chaz Wheelock. What will be our legacy? Identity? Survival? Sustainability? Environment? We all leave something or someone behind. Some will follow a path we helped make and will take it further than we could. Check out our latest video "THIS IS CANADA" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILsTDJJ6s2k Check out our website - https://www.letstalknative.com/ Follow John on T...

Casinos are set to reopen after a three month shutdown. What will the new gaming experience be like in the age of Covid-19? Will people flock to their favorite machines or table games? Or will health and safety concerns keep patrons away? Will masks and social distancing be required and smoking prohibited? What about the bars, restaurants and buffets?

Forced compliance with beliefs or behavior across an entire culture or people is a plague upon those people. This is Cultural Cognitive Dissonance!

How did Navajo territory become a hot spot for COVID-19? Church! In the first week of March, a large church gathering brought church leaders together from all over Navajo territory. From there they got infected and brought the disease to all corners of Navajo land. Church gatherings have caused major outbreaks all over the world. Neither the cause nor the cure has anything to do with divine interv...

Ready or not, it's time to open the economy. Euphemisms abound as they "balance" economic impact against health and safety. Plus my thoughts on Ahmaud Arbery and why Kap took a knee. Check out our latest video "THIS IS CANADA" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILsTDJJ6s2k Check out our website - https://www.letstalknative.com/ Follow John on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/letstalknative

Between Hollywood, TV, history books, church and government we have struggled to cast off the identity that was imposed upon us and reclaim our own. The 70's saw the growth of the sovereignty movement with AIM and warrior societies. By the 90's, Native people were being defined by resistance. All this was about reclaiming our identity. Check out our latest video "THIS IS CANADA" - https://www.yout...

It's MMIW Awareness Day! From the rape culture of the European invaders to the man-camps for the extractive industries; this combined with a culture of male dominance and racism and there's MMIW. And can we stop with the "Land O Lakes" crap already? Check out our latest video "THIS IS CANADA" - https://youtu.be/ILsTDJJ6s2k Check out our website - https://www.letstalknative.com/ Follow John on Twit...

A few Covid-19 numbers then a look at the seven deadly sins and how they define the US and its president. Then we look back at 1990 and the decade that followed. What lessons were learned?

This global pandemic and the utter failure of the United States to prepare for it or deal with it does not become some magic wand for change. It can, however, become the impetus for that change. The US education system has failed Native people! In this era of distanced learning from grade school to college, is this our opportunity to use this change in the delivery to change the content? Can we br...

COVID-19 is clearly a deadly disease but it is particularly deadly to those with pre-existing underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 brought an immediate concern to those who could otherwise see their conditions as something with limited present day consequences even if they had dire long term impacts. Can the takeaway from this pandemic be that we better prepare ourselves for the re-occurrence o...

We open with some Covid-19 numbers and then look back at all the heinous acts committed in the name of the Church. Some say those were not acts committed by true Christians but perhaps the history of violent crimes is true to the church. Perhaps it's the righteous who have been duped.

After only one month of social distancing and staying at home Americans are mad as Hell and won't take it any longer! Protests in over a dozen states calling for the end of state shutdowns of the economy carry on for three days with more planned for next week. Meanwhile, the people on Native territories are calling for MORE shutdowns as outside access is limited or shutdown completely.

The problem with "flattening the curve" is that it fattens the curve as well. That means while the effort to slow the rate of infections may lower the infections per day, that same effort by design extends the infection period. Flattening the top of the curve fattens the base of the curve. This will be around for months!

John goes over some numbers and challenges what they really mean. Two confirmed cases on Seneca territories and a conflict over NFTA buses and who is welcome on Seneca land and who isn't.

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/