Life of a Dog on the Rez

Send us Fan Mail On April 17th of this year,  my daughter was a guest on the Life of a Dog on the Rez Radio Show, as part of the programming lineup for KUPR 99.9 FM a low power radio station located in the village of Placitas NM.  She was my first on air guest to the show a one hour radio program base around my podcast.  In our follow up conversation, we talk about life after episode 8 “Brush your...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve always stated that I created this platform to support other people’s platforms, and it’s finally happened. Today you will hear from a beautiful Indigenous woman and her very first podcast episode.  Eventually you will be able to join her directly on her own podcast but for now, we are using the Life of a Dog on the Rez as a bed for the seed that she has placed in the earth. ...

Send us Fan Mail  I bring you another wonderful conversation with an amazingly, funny and inspirational individual that I’ve gotten to know through my works as a storyteller.  We belong to the Storytellers of New Mexico Association and support one another’s craftwork. She shares stories of growing up in Mexico as part of her indigenous identity to the Aztecs and the Nahuatl language as well as imm...

Send us Fan Mail I'm excited to share with you another wonderful story by an amazing Indigenous educator, deep sea adventurer, self-described Rez girl, and friend. Join me on her journey of growing up in Chinle, her educational path that eventually led her to traveling halfway around the world, 4000 meters into the ocean depths, watching a deep sea fish turn to goo and returning to her belove...

Send us Fan Mail I'm excited to bring you another wonderful, insightful and inspirational conversation with another amazing Indigenous matriarch. Follow her story of her upbringing on the Pueblo of Isleta, her educational journey, moving off the REZ to pursue her professional career, and her eventual return home, finding her passion of serving the people through her namesake Black Corn. Sit b...

Send us Fan Mail Back in October, the Life of a Dog on the Rez went on location to the 81st Annual National Congress of American Indians to capture the stories, thoughts, and opinions of the beautiful Indigenous Peoples from across Turtle Island.  When asked the question, what is your definition of a Rez Dog, no wrong answers? I got a beautiful look at how the Rez Dog can unite us all in a common...

Send us Fan Mail Today I share a story with you of that lovable, fluffy, and oh so delicious creature, Sister Rabbit!  Along with Coyote, Raven, Skunk, Gopher, and many others, Sister Rabbit is a class A trickster, using her small, cute stature to trick others for her amusement and entertainment. But as in life, there are consequences to her actions, and Sister Rabbit learns that the hard way.  Th...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me today for another, wonderfully, powerful, and inspirational conversation with an amazing Indigenous daughter, granddaughter, auntie, sister, and role model.  We journey through her life growing up in Rock Point, Arizona as a kid on the Rez, her educational journey, all the side hustles, main hustles and a wonderful opportunity that led her to Doha, Qatar i...

Send us Fan Mail The doctor is in the house!  On today’s episode I bring you another wonderful conversation with a truly funny, and inspirational Pueblo individual.  We talk about growing up on and off the rez, family, inspirations, educational journey, language, culture, and traditions. I’ve been in pursue of this doctor to make a house call to the Life of a Dog on the Rez Podcast studios for ove...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I bring you a wonderful conversation with another inspirational Indigenous Baddie that I have come to know over the months.  We forged a connection though commission works I had done and it blossomed into a friendship.  We talk about growing up on the Rez, life as a young child, lessons taught by parents, grandparents, and ancestors, eventually becoming a succe...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we take the Life of the Dog on the Rez Podcast on location to the annual Pueblo Feast Day Celebration at the Santa Fe Indian School in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, formally know as….mattresses and sheet sets on sale for 50% off.  In 1977 the International Conference of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas, sponsored by the Uni...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I bring you some lighthearted, fun and interesting listener contributions to the show.  I took the Life of a Dog on the Rez Podcast on location to the 2024 Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, on the lands of the Pojoaque People in Northern New Mexico.  I opened up the mic to all my wonderful, families, friends and confess...

Send us Fan Mail Here on the Life of a Dog on the Rez Podcast, we share our beautiful culture, language, stories and traditions of the Pueblo people and things that shape our world.  Even before our emergence of the people from the third world of Shipap, the people used the power of music and song to pass on ancient knowledge, understandings, history and teachings that healed the mind, body, spiri...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we venture back to the lands of the Jicarilla Apache people up in northern New Mexico and speak with a young Indigenous role model and aspiring nurse. We talk about her upbringing on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, her love for family, powwows, all things Apache and her journey to becoming the 55th Miss Indian New Mexico. If you’re interested in learning more...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I would like to share a story with you about our beloved, trickster, and fellow brother, Coyote.  As we all know, Coyote is a tricky, sly, mischievous, envious, and vain creature that gets himself into situations to fulfill his simple desire of being the envy of the animal world. Often driven by vanity, greed, jealousy and hunger, brother coyote embarks on adve...

Send us Fan Mail On March 17th 2024, the Life of a Dog on the Rez turned 2!  Over the past 2 years, I released episodes of funny, cringeworthy, and inspirational stories from our beloved Pueblo homelands and Turtle Island, with truly amazing, funny, and inspirational individuals that I have had the absolute pleasure having a conversation with.  Many share their, upbringings on and off the REZ, the...

Send us Fan Mail “Welcome to the "Life of a Dog on the Rez”, Podcast a place where we share funny, cringe-worthy, and inspirational stories from our beloved Pueblo homelands. Stories that uplift the soul, provide us hope, and heal our spirits, I’m your host Michael  and I am so happy that you joined me today. I'm back, your friendly neighborhood Rez Dog.   First off, I want to thank all...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I speak with another inspirational Indigenous runner, mother, coach and veteran of the armed services.  We journey through her life as a young child growing up on the rez, going into the military, experiencing things that changed the world, all the while holding on to her core values taught by her parents, grandparents and community.  She reflects back on how r...

Send us Fan Mail Today we journey outside the Pueblo realm and head to Oklahoma by way of Tualatin, Oregon. I had the pleasure of having a wonderful conversation with another funny and inspirational Indigenous runner, mother, adventurer, and all-around amazing person; Birdie.  Come journey with me through her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, growing up, as she puts it “an urban Indian”, her co...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me today and listening to part 2 of my wonderful conversation, with my sister, Shayai.  In part one, we journeyed with Shayai through the Miss Indian World competition, becoming the eventual titleholder in 1997. If you haven’t listened to episode 26 “My sister” MIW, my interview with Shayai Lucero, please take a listen to get context to this episode. In this...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, I bring you part one  of my conversation with my good friend and sister, the former Miss Indian World 1997, Shayai Lucero. It must be pageant month,  the current Miss Indian New Mexico graced the Rez Dog studios with her story on  Episode 25.  For my next interview, I have lined up, the Miss United States contestant Miss Rhode Island, to share her thoughts...

Send us Fan Mail  On today’s episode, I am honored and blessed to bring you my wonderful conversation with the 2022-23 Miss Indian New Mexico, Alysia Coriz. This interview was a long time coming, ever since I became a supporter of her cause and the advocacy work she does, bringing awareness and understanding of our beautiful pueblo way of life.  Alysia shares her story about her upbringing, family...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I mix up my line up and bring you my conversation with a fellow Pueblo singer, shoemaker, language keeper, Dungeness crab loving brother, and all round nice guy from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico.  Phillip and I have know one another for quite sometime now, we share many of the same mutual family and friends. Phillip is a fan of Life of the Dog on the Rez,...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I am super excited to bring you my first official interview request. One day, as I was minding my own business, I got a DM from a fan who gave the show a score of 10 war cries. Side note; the war cry scale is based on a 1 to 10 rating. 1 representing, a noble but mousy war cry and 10 representing, a war cry heard after a Northern Cree intertribal. The fan told...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, I bring you my conversation with a self-confessed superfan of the show.  Amore started listening to the show at the beginning of the year, after hearing it mentioned on KUNM 89.9 FM, The Singing Wire radio program.  She has helped me with some editing, scripting and even did a guest reading of the Rezdog haikus on episode 18, “Grandpa, tell us a story”. Recentl...