The Red Nation Podcast

A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of Red Media. Sign up for as little as $1 per month.  Support:  patreon.com/redmediapr  In this episode, Nick and Sungmanitu look into the history of FBI surveillance and repression of social movements from an Indigenous Marxist lens.    

Vivi Camacho ( @LuzFloreciendo ) is Quechua and the General Director of Traditional Medicine for the Plurinational State of Bolivia. She talks about the Bolivian project of building Indigenous socialism in the twenty first century, from the legacy of Che Guevara, to the US-backed coup in 2019, and the reconstruction of democracy today.   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Maurus Chino, Petuuche Gilbert, and Honorable Verna Teller share their experience doing social and political organizing and offer words of wisdom for future generations. Video available on TRN Youtube channel Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Episode originally posted August 2020* Nick Estes,   author of "Our History is the Future" and co-founder of The Red Nation, joins Breht from Rev Left Radio to discuss the history and legacy of the American Indian Movement, including the history of indigenous resistance in America, the origins and ideology of AIM, the Siege of Wounded Knee in 1973, the FBI's COINTELPRO, the Reign of Terror, and s...

*Episode originally posted January 2021*   Dr. Eva Jewell (Ma'iingan Dodem)—Anishinaabekwe from Deshkan Ziibiing with Haudenosaunee lineage—explains that Canadian reconciliation with Indigenous peoples won't be fulfilled until 2074. Uahikea Maile talks with Dr. Jewell about the Yellowhead Institute's new report to hold Canada accountable for genocide. They discuss crocodile tears, genocide deniers...

Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle)  talks about the new season of This Land podcast, which investigates how and why rightwing corporate lawyers are trying to dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act. Listen: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour is back! RPH host Melanie Yazzie is joined by TRN Podcast co-hosts Jennifer Marley ( @JenMarley1680 ) and Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) and Bands of Turtle Island host Sungmanitu Bird ( @BandsIsland ) to give an Indigenous left breakdown of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Anishnaabe lawyer Tara Houska ( @zhaabowekwe ) joins us from the frontlines to discuss how the Indigenous-led fight against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline is far from over. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr    

Historian Alex Aviña joins us to discuss the origins of the US war on terror in frontier expansion, Indian killing, and anticommunism. Read: https://fx.substack.com/p/the-american-maginot-line   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

Nathália Urban ( @UrbanNathalia ) interviews David Adler ( @davidrkadler ) and Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) about the Indigenous resistance against the Brazilian right wing to protect the Amazon rainforest. Check out the video on our YouTube channel Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour is back! RPH host Melanie Yazzie is joined by TRN Podcast co-host Jennifer Marley (JenMarley1680) for part two of our two-part series on this summer of climate catastrophe and why Indigenous movements for decolonization are our best hope for immediate action to curb extinction. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In this talk, Dr. Kim TallBear ( @KimTallBear ) discusses the politics of Indigenous kinship in relation to settler constructs of marriage and monogamy. Dr. TallBear is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate in South Dakota and an Associate Professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. Link to the talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPy6UAp2U0

Andrea Ixchiu, una activista maya, brinda un panorama de lo que está sucediendo en Guatemala, las demandas de las comunidades indígenas como los llamados a un gobierno plurinacional, entre otros temas.   Support  https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mayan activist Andrea Ixchiu ( @Andreakomio ) provides an overview of what is taking place in Guatemala, the demands of Indigenous communities such as calls for a plurinational government, among other topics. Support  https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour is back! The Red Nation podcast co-host Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss this long hot summer of climate catastrophe and political backlash against last year's uprising. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Tewa organizer, poet, and doula Beata Tsosi-Peña ( @BeataTsosiePena ) talks about becoming aware of nuclear colonialism in her homelands, food and seed sovereignty, land remediation, and pueblo solidarity with Land grant communities.   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In this keynote address to the Oak Lake Writers' Society, Joseph Marshall III explores the issues and concerns of tribal writers, regarding subject matter, genre, and the ever-present "who gets to speak for whom." Link to video   For more information, visit https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/

Ihanktonwan Dakota elder Faith Spotted Eagle talks about the history of Mnisose, the Missouri River, and what it means to be a Water Protector of the Missouri River bio-region.   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Ojibwe journalist Mary Annette Pember ( @mapember ) talks about deep family histories of Native boarding schools. Resources on boarding school trauma and healing: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.187/ee8.a33.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Trauma-Resources-Doc_2021.pdf Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

Sasha Beaulieu, Red Lake Nation's Tribal Monitor, talks about the Line 3 struggle. The day after this was filmed, Enbridge moved the drill to the river. Urgent action is needed. Here's how you can help: Support: https://www.stopline3.org/news/redlakecamp-needsyou Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redlaketreatycamp/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redlaketreatycamp/

Haunani-Kay Trask was the leader of the modern Hawaiian sovereignty movement.  Introduction by Uahikea Maile (@uahikea)   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr    

Red Power Hour is back! Melodie Meyer joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss Rutherford Falls, a new TV show with an Indigenous angle.  Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Anishnaabe artist and scholar Denise Lajimodiere (@DLajimodiere) discusses the history US Indian boarding schools and their enduring legacies. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YoutTube channel .  Resources on boarding school trauma and healing: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.187/ee8.a33.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Trauma-Resources-Doc_2021.pdf Check out Deni...

Red Power Hour is back! The Red Nation podcast host Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss justice for boarding and residential schools. Link to boarding school survivor help: https://boardingschoolhealing.org/self-care-resources/ Link to Nick's story about Carlisle: https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.17/indigenous-affairs-the-us-stole...

Kayleigh Warren and Chasity Salvador join host Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) to discuss the reclamation of Pueblo farming practices, climate change, and the importance of food and seed sovereignty. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr