Native Opinion an American Indian Perspective

It would seem the winds of pot are beginning to blow the smell of money through the halls of State and Federal lawmaking buildings. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

For as many times as there are sunsets and sunrises the US had ample opportunity to do better by people of color. In most instances the choice was not to do better for all peoples of color. Why is it Native people are usually and most often the last people of color to receive better, and it is still a fight to obtain. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Chan...

Johnnie Jae joins us as out guest in this episode, we discuss the challenges native people have in obtaining proper health care, earning proper living wage, our challenges with the political system in America and aspects of current events and pop culture. She also reveals her new project "Indigenous Flame" available on Twitter Spaces. Find out more and all things Johnnie at: (1.) http://johnniejae...

"Whenever the US government speaks, it is rarely if ever speech that is straightforward. The US usually speaks out of both sides of its mouth, so to speak; (pun intended) to appease whatever demographic, political or corporate benefit it desires to gain. Which side of the mouth is speaking today, and at whose expense?" Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Cha...

The word "lead" appears in another word...that of "leadership." Sometimes our tribal leaders take steps that they know must happen to achieve positive goals. In this episode, we look at one such example by the Cherokee nation and their new Tribally affiliated medical school in Oklahoma. Plus, what are petroglyphs, and why are they in danger of being destroyed? Visit Native Opinion Online! http://w...

"Why hasn’t trying to find solutions to missing and murdered Indigenous people been a priority until now? Lots of complaints, excuses, and evasion, but no concrete solutions." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

"Lip service will only go so far before people see it for what it is lip service. The proof will be in the pudding, so to speak." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

"Tribes are taking a stance against sub-standard, government-provided foods that have been the staple of many Native households for generations." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

When the push to restrict tribes and nations from living by means of traditional ways is so obvious, the only thing left to believe is the powers that be will do whatever it takes to destroy Native cultures by any means possible. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https:/...

"In this day and age of technology, it is difficult to accept Americans have been hoodwinked for so long, generations-long as a matter of fact. When do we collectively wake up?" Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

What should our current generation learn from our past? What examples are our tribal adults and elders giving to our children? While the country that surrounds us "debates" over infrastructure and "Combating Climate Change" indigenous communities suffer from the effects of bad decisions of western lifestyles such as consumption over conservation. What happens when those western ideals affect our t...

There is very little to nothing Native people have acquired from this Government without it costing us something. America, stop trying to grow your economy on the backs of Natives and at our expense. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinio...

"Even though the Biden Administration is throwing out buzz words and catchphrases like candy on Halloween, about federal policies affecting Alaska Native peoples and territories, what they really want is the oil." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com...

In this episode of Native Opinion, Cohosts David Greyowl (Echota Cherokee) and Michael Kickingbear (Mashantucket Pequot) review a story on the the effects of climate change (not created by behaviors of Indigenous peoples) which has now created a restriction on how many Salmon Indigenous people of Alaska (and other communities) can "take." In another story, Water shortages due to droughts continue...

"The Albuquerque City Council has adopted a resolution that acknowledges ongoing generational trauma caused by U.S. boarding school policies, that Indigenous children were forced to attend, and formalizes a commitment to work with Indigenous communities toward reconciliation and healing." What's taking the rest of the nation so long to do the same?" Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeop...

We need to stay on top of what we need to know because the powers that be won’t tell us what can happen for us in Indian country. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

We are always left wondering. With infrastructure proposals cumulative of upwards of eleven billion dollars, When is indian country going to see its share of that revenue? With proposals being considered in almost every state in the country to potentually charge americans by the mile to drive on so called "American Roads ," to offset the loss of fewer gas vehicles on the road and more electrified...

One has to wonder what has prompted the sudden call to action in relation to holding non-Natives accountable, and the offering of a reward for information about a missing Indigenous woman. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

"If one is not sure you can keep a promise, don't make the promise for the sake of making political points or saving face. Could you not do it? It is bad form. " Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

We must continue learning as a Native people, even learning to spot opportunist who would take opportunities to use us and our lands for their own benefit. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

When you think you have heard it all, and all one can do is shake ones’ head, one more thing comes along to make you wonder to what level(s) can the idiocy reach. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

"Has the nation gone mad? I submit it has, and people are grasping at anything they can to bolster their beliefs no matter how insane their beliefs may be." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

Education comes in all forms from learning how to be more self-sufficient as a tribal nation to teaching non-Natives about Indigenous cultures not previously taught in public schools. Let the education begin! Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@Nat...

"If only the shoe were on the other foot." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion

"When does it end?" Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical content.  https://www.youtube.com/@NativeOpinion