The 7Th Generation Podcast

Support the work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/u40108333 America is preparing to celebrate 250 years of independence. Fireworks, flags, speeches, and patriotic stories will fill the country. But for Indigenous people, the Fourth of July carries a different memory. 1776 was not freedom for Native nations. In this episode of The 7th Generation Podcast and Dr. B Teaches, Dr. B flips the Ameri...

Support the work on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/u40108333America is preparing to celebrate 250 years of independence. But for Native people, the founding story looks very different. In this episode, I discuss the contradictions at the heart of American independence: a nation speaking the language of freedom while enslaving Black people, invading Native homelands, and building a settler colon...

Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/u40108333 In this episode, I begin a deeper conversation about one of the most painful and misunderstood histories in California: the California Missions, the Gold Rush, and the genocide of California Native peoples. For generations, California history has been taught as a story of missions, explorers, pioneers, gold, and progress. Many of us g...

Here is the updated YouTube description with all em dashes removed and replaced with standard punctuation for clean formatting. The Pioneer Myth is a Lie: Unmasking the Monster of Sacramento. If you went to school in California, you were likely taught that John Sutter was a heroic pioneer, a benevolent empire builder, and the welcoming godfather of the 1849 Gold Rush. But history books lied to you...

In this short and reflective episode of the 7th Generation Podcast and Dr. B Teaches , Dr. B talks about something that has been on his mind more and more: the need to become a positive force in a world full of negativity, judgment, jealousy, hatefulness, and drama. From social media algorithms that reward outrage to everyday spaces where people tear each other down, it can feel like ugliness is e...

In this episode, I take a deeper look at the fight to protect Oak Flat and Chaco Canyon and what these struggles reveal about modern colonialism, extractive capitalism, and the continued assault on Indigenous sacred places. For Indigenous peoples, sacred places are not just historic sites or scenic landscapes. They are living places of ceremony, prayer, memory, identity, and connection. They are t...

I sat down with Mike B in Texas and we got into the story of how Pacific Savagez MC got established in the state. This episode is about more than just expansion. It is about brotherhood, community, culture, and the work it takes to build something real in a new place. We talked about MC life, the vision behind the movement, what it took to bring it to Texas, and the kind of commitment it takes to...

In this solo episode, I sit down and speak from the heart about some of the life lessons that have been hitting me hard lately. I talk about why keeping a tight circle matters, why you cannot follow the crowd if you want a meaningful life, and why sometimes doing things your own way is the only way to stay true to yourself. I also share where I am in my recovery from back surgery, what this season...

This episode is a personal and historical reflection on Indian slavery in the Southwest, especially in New Mexico and Colorado, where many of my ancestors are from. While recovering from back surgery, I began digging deeper into my genealogy and uncovered something deeply painful: one of my ancestors was kidnapped and sold. That discovery led me further into the hidden history of Indigenous captiv...

In this episode, I unpack the controversy around Billie Eilish’s “no one is illegal on stolen land” moment and the reaction it sparked online. I also break down the two short videos I posted and why so many people misread my point, I wasn’t doing a personal attack, I was critiquing celebrity worship and the performative nature of award show activism. From there, we get into something deeper: why t...

https://www.patreon.com/c/u40108333 Support the work on Patreon: In this episode, I’m sharing my thoughts after watching the documentary You’re No Indian at a screening here in the Central Valley. This film is a heavy but necessary look at disenrollment and how it impacts Native families and tribal communities across the country. Disenrollment is often talked about like it’s just an administrative...

In this episode of the 7th Generation Podcast, Dr. B talks straight about the climate we’re living in right now and why so many people feel unsafe in this settler state. This is not a neat, one topic conversation. This is a jump around episode, because that’s what reality feels like right now. Different headlines, same pattern. Dr. B starts with the DHS and ICE operations in Minnesota and the fear...

In this 7th Generation Podcast episode, Dr. B talks about the real reason most people stay stuck. It’s not laziness. It’s the fear of looking dumb, being judged, and hearing opinions from people who aren’t building anything. Whether you’re starting jiu jitsu, changing your lifestyle, going back to school, switching careers, or finally putting yourself out there online, this episode is your reminde...

In this solo episode, Dr. B breaks down the rule he lives by when life gets heavy: keep pushing forward, but don’t turn on yourself. He talks about how hard seasons hit everyone, why beating yourself up doesn’t make you stronger, and how grace is not an excuse, it’s a strategy. Dr. B shares a simple way to stay consistent even when you’re stressed, injured, overwhelmed, or not feeling like yoursel...

Support the Channel & The Podcast: If you value these conversations and the educational work I do, please consider supporting the show on Patreon. I am a one-man team, and your support keeps the research and content flowing.https://www.patreon.com/c/u40108333 Connect with Dr. B: Email: bernardnavarro1971@gmail.com Instagram: @7thgenpodcast TikTok: @mercilesssavagez Episode Summary: In this spe...

https://www.patreon.com/c/u40108333 We are officially 12 episodes deep into the Indigenous Studies Masterclass! In this episode, Dr. B pulls back the curtain on the "why" behind this series. We discuss why critical thinking and lifelong learning are revolutionary acts in a world designed to keep us distracted. Dr. B also opens up about the reality of being a "one-man band" in t...

There’s a growing breed of so-called “activists” who turned community work into a clout economy. They show up for cameras, not for the cause. They speak louder than they listen, build brands instead of movements, and profit off pain while pretending to represent the people. In this episode, Dr. B breaks down the rise of performative activism and the difference between real leadership and the grift...

The world feels heavy right now — genocide, political chaos, and rising hate are leaving many of us feeling sad, angry, and hopeless. This episode is about finding strength and hope in dark times, drawing on Indigenous wisdom and community resilience. Our ancestors survived attempted erasure, and their lessons show us how to protect our families, nurture our minds and bodies, and raise the next ge...

The Declaration of Independence isn’t just lofty rhetoric about liberty—it also calls Native peoples “the merciless Indian Savages.” In this 20‑minute deep dive, Dr. B rips the patriotic varnish off that line, tracing how a single slur—rooted in the Latin silvaticus (“of the forest”) and weaponized by church decrees, colonial propaganda, and Enlightenment pseudoscience—laid the legal and moral gro...

Every Indigenous history thread gets hijacked by the same colonizer talking point: “Quit whining—Natives were brutal too.” In this blistering mini-episode, Dr. B dissects that myth with surgical precision. He lays out the catastrophic numbers of the Great Dying, traces how papal decrees morphed into U.S. federal Indian policy, and exposes the modern legal scaffolding that keeps Native nations figh...

When the world feels like a nonstop hurricane, how do you hold the line—and even grow stronger? In this 54-minute power-session, I pull back the curtain on my own hardest seasons — a crippling back injury, a near-derailed PhD, and the mending of burned bridges — and weaves them together with landmark research from Emmy Werner’s Kauaʻi study to George Bonanno’s post-9/11 findings. You’ll learn:Why...

From gold-rush death squads to today’s copper-rush at Oak Flat… from ICE vans prowling L.A. streets to tanks in Rafah—state violence has a playbook, and we’ve seen it before. In this 15-minute rapid-fire solo episode, Dr. B connects five headlines that might look separate—but they’re chapters of the same story: land theft, forced removal, and the communities fighting back. Connect with Dr. B TikTo...

Dr. B sits down with the mother of the Native child whose hair was threatened to be cut by a substitute teacher in Clovis Unified School District. This emotional conversation dives deep into her firsthand account of what happened, how the school responded, and the broader history of discrimination her family has faced within the district. As a survivor of intergenerational trauma from the boarding...

Join Dr. B as he sits down with Natalie Deanda for one of the most impactful conversations you’ll encounter on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis—an issue that continues to devastate Indigenous communities yet remains chronically overlooked by mainstream media. In this thought-provoking episode, we unravel the complex factors that contribute to MMIW, discuss the historical roo...

Join Dr. B on the 7th Generation Podcast for an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation with award-winning poet, professor, and activist Marisol Baca—Fresno’s first Chicana/Latinx Poet Laureate. In this episode, we dive into the theme of courage from every angle: the courage to create, the vulnerability of sharing personal truths, the importance of mentorship, and how communities thrive when...