Native Opinion an American Indian Perspective

"If we as Native people don’t talk about oppression being offensive, the oppressors will continue to believe it is okay to oppress us. " 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

"Many people of color have always had to live in some of the worst, unusable, polluted areas in this country. The powers that be have always pushed peoples of color and poor whites into areas that are unhealthy and unsafe." 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.y...

If time has taught us anything as Native people it would be this; We are always stronger together and easy pickings as separated entities whether that be as a sole individual or as a tribe. 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

"Greed knows no limits." 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 far too long, Native families have had to suffer and endure the pain of not knowing what has happened to missing and or murdered loved ones. Secretary Haaland will finally make finding peace and closure a reality. 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...

"Just because the perception of “land ownership” has pervaded the American psyche since the first unwelcome arrival to these shores does not mean the lands of our Native ancestors belong to them." 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

With the renewed interest in Native cultures that have always been here, some “Americans” are still as willfully blind to our existence as they can be. The narrative of “America” being built by “Europeans” alone in a land that had no inhabitants is an insane narrative. Willful blindness is dangerous. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video vers...

"The time has come to “speak truth to power” for the good of POC and everyone else. Without truth, we continue to live in a country founded on lies, murder, theft, and genocide." 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

The Goal is to Cherry Pick Which Plants are the Most Profitable.” Some of the nefarious plans to keep people dependent on the “healthcare” industry are based on a fear and demonization model. 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 struggle for justice has been a centuries-long battle, it is impossible to stop fighting because those before you have sacrificed everything in the quest for justice, equality, freedom, and the basic right to live. Don’t you dare stop fighting. Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other...

It is time to pay the piper and there is still resistance to do so. Keep up the pressure, direct and steady. 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

"The only reason “Jim Crow” seems to be immortal is because people will not let it die. Those who embrace Jim Crow are the very individuals who practice the ideology of white supremacy. Each one, Jim Crow and white supremacy go hand in hand, and one will not survive without the other." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our epi...

Resources allow positive things to happen when speaking about economic development 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

"With the stroke of a pen, Secretary Haaland did something that could have been accomplished decades ago. Why wasn’t it done sooner? There was no desire to do so." 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

Non-Natives need to stop taking what doesn’t belong to them and mind their own business. 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 they claim their voter restriction actions are not about racism, I guess they have never heard the expression, “actions speak louder than words.”" 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

It takes a lot of gall and testicles the size of TX to try to dictate to tribes about their lands. Whose land is it anyway!? 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

"There is a change in the air, and it will be interesting to see if the right is willing to accept the change without strings." 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

The tribes are not the only entities who will be watching what goes on at Interior Department. There are opponents who wish to see Secretary Haaland fail and will do everything they can to speed that process along. 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.co...

"As people continue to sleep politically, dirty deeds happen, and losses occur. Some of those losses are things like voting rights. The Supreme Court is set to strike down more voting rights, and those losses will be felt across the country." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, and other speical cont...

Please Note: Our scheduled Guest, Jacquelyn Weis, had to postpone her appearance. We will re-schedule her as quickly as we can. Some light moments, some darker moments, but all in the spirit of learning! In this episode, we answer listener feedback, and discuss open borders vs closed, and how defining certain words shapes immigration policy along with border discrimination. In our racism in Americ...

"It would appear their only reason(s) to be on the Indian Affairs Committee is to be able to control the resources on Native lands." 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

Sometimes, the deepest hurt comes from those who should be like family. In this episode, we share some perspectives on what we would define as “Inter-Tribal dynamics” and how racism shouldn’t play as role, however, sadly, it does. Also, how does historic colonialism play a role in this dynamic? Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions o...

"Yet more cases of too little too late. After the loss of countless lives, the rush to appear to be concerned is sickening. The admissions of potential problems were known, and there could have been remedies put in place to mitigate the unnecessary loss of life." Visit Native Opinion Online! http://www.nativeopinion.com Visit our YouTube Channel for video versions of our episodes, documentaries, a...

When pressure is the only thing that will solicit a response, then direct and steady pressure is called for. 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