The Red Nation Podcast

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode of The Red Nation Podcast. To listen to the entire conversation (which runs almost 90 mins!)  subscribe on Patreon for as little as $2 a month* A very special roundtable episode featuring RPH co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz  (@spiritofpopay)  and TRN Podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) on the three recent rulings issued by the US Supreme Cou...

TRN Podcast co-host Jen Marley hosts a discussion with Janene Yazzie ( @SixthWorldSol ) and Jade Begay of NDN collective , Teran Villa, Executive Director of All Pueblo Council of Governors, and long-time Red Nation member and greater Chaco resident Cheyenne Antonio, to dispel misinformation being spread about Secretary Deb Haaland's 10-mile buffer zone order and how it impacts the residents of th...

In January 2023, TRN sent a delegation to El Salvador for the Indigenous Congress for Decolonization, which seeks to unite leaders, thinkers, Indigenous intellectuals, land defenders, and members of the Central American diaspora in a single voice in search of a new horizon to create a "pact that leads to Indigenous autonomy." This bilingual conversation, hosted by TRN comrade Justine Teba and titl...

US history is a contested academic discipline, especially for Native historians. Yale historian Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) has been at the forefront of challenging US history's biggest myths in his latest book, and he pushes back on the consensus view of US history that either ignores or marginalizes Indigenous histories. In this interview, he talks about his latest book, The Rediscovery of...

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie discuss the award-winning podcast series Stolen from Native journalist Connie Walker and the wider question of producing and consuming Indigenous Peoples' traumas. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel   Support  www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Media is proud to announce the launch of Kuskalla , an Indigenous culture, language, and politics podcast in Quechua, Spanish, and English.  In this episode, Yojana Miraya ( @OsccoMiraya ) and Renzo Aroni ( @renzoaronis )  interview Emily Thompson, a Ph. D. candidate in Social Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Her ethnographic research focuses on wartime photographers and Quechua-speaking victims a...

A selection of lectures from "In Search of a New U.S. Policy for a New Latin America: Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine," organized by the Latin America & the Caribbean Policy Forum and hosted at American University in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2023.  Watch the video edition of the entire event on The Black Alliance for Peace YouTube channel Check out part 2 of the mixtape by signing up...

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode of Red Power Hour. Get access to the entire conversation by subscribing for as little as $2 a month to Red Media on Patreon* RPH co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz  (@spiritofpopay) review the third season of The Mandalorian.   Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel    Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN Podcast co-hosts Nick Estes (@Nickwestes) and Jen Marley are back with another Ask Me Anything. This episode is guest hosted by Red Nation comrade Justine Teba. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support Red Media on Patreon to submit your own questions in the future.  The co-hosts of Red Power Hour are planning their own AMA soon, so make sure you sign up for as...

RPH is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay ) discuss the Native Museum Industrial Complex and more! Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast Youtube channel    Can't get enough RPH? Check out the latest bonus episode available only to Patrons on the third season of The Mandalorian! Preview the episode on our YouTube channel      Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Producer's note: This is a preview of an episode I posted on my show, The East Is a Podcast . You can listen to the entire episode by subscribing to the show on your podcatcher or watching it on YouTube* Professor Hasso (@nassawiya) is Professor in the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University. Check out the open-access edition of Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduct...

Just before Easter this year, the Pope "repudiated" the Doctrine of Discovery. In 1823, the Supreme Court ruled that the United States inherited the right of "discovery" from fifteenth-century papal bulls. The ruling set a legal justification for conquest and white supremacy.    Chris Peters, who is Puhlik-lah and Karuk and the president of the Seventh Generation Fund (@7GenFun) , says that repudi...

TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) talks to the editors and contributors of a new collection of texts by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall (1918-1993). Check out The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival (2023) from PM Press   Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel .  Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Following a day-long discussion about U.S. interventionism and efforts to resist imperialism at the Latin America and Caribbean Policy Forum, host José Luis Granados Ceja is joined by Nick Estes from The Red Nation , Claudia De La Cruz from The People's Forum , Teri Mattson of the WTF is Going on in Latin America and the Caribbean podcast, Celina della Croce and Hector Figarella from the Anti-Impe...

RPH is back! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie take on recent news stories, including the US right-wing targeting marginalized identities.   Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel   Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

This is the first half of a two-part conversation. To listen to the second half , sign up for as little as $2 a month on Patreon.   Sardana Nikolaeva (Sakha) is a postdoctoral fellow with the Ziibiing Lab (@ziibiinglab)  at the University of Toronto (Canada). She speaks to Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) about the legacy of the Soviet Union's policies towards Indigenous people.   Support www.patreon.co...

RPH is back! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie discuss Ramona Emerson's novel Shutter (2022). Watch the  video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube  channel.   NOTE FROM HOSTS: They highly recommend reading the book first and then listening to the episode. They try their best to avoid spoilers but "can't not have spoilers" when discussing the book.   Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

Editor's note: This is a preview of a longer episode. You can watch the full episode on our YouTube channel (both linked below) or listen to it by subscribing to Red Media on Patreon for as little as $2 a month.  Investigative journalist Alleen Brown  (@AlleenBrown) reports on 50,000 pages of recently released TigerSwan documents, showing how the private security company tried to market its polici...

Sarah Hernandez (Sicangu Lakota) returns to the podcast to discuss her book, We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition (2023).   Check out her previous episodes on the show, including the most recent #NativeReads on The Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition   Order the book from the  University of Arizona Press or the University of Regina Press   Audiobook editi...

Yousef Baker (@YousefKB) teaches political science at California State University, Long Beach and worked briefly in the Green Zone in the early days of the US occupation.  He reflects on the origins of the Iraq invasion and its roots in US colonial racism.   Check out his article, "Killing "Hajis" in "Indian Country": Neoliberal Crisis, the Iraq War and the Affective Wages of Anti-Muslim Racism"  ...

Red Power Hour is back with co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) discussing current events both local and national. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel This is only part of the conversation; the RPH hosts continue talking for another half hour! Sign up for as little as $2 a month on Patreon to access it and other great bonus content. Support www....

Note: This is a preview of a bonus episode released last month. Subscribe to Red Media on Patreon to listen to the entire episode which runs over two hours long!   Today is another important date in the history of Kānaka Maoli resistance: the day they iced colonizer Captain James Cook. Join comrades Jennifer, Kyon, Kiley, Nicole, and Justine for part two of The Red Nation's debrief from Hawai'i. I...

Jessica Reznicek received terrorism enhancement charges for property destruction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Her case is part of a growing police backlash against Water Protectors and environmentalists. Her conviction and sentencing show how abolition and climate justice movements converge.    Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Twitter: @FreeJessRez   Website: fre...

Red Power Hour co-host Melanie Yazzie sits down with Misty Blue, Audrianna Goodwin, and An Garagiola to kick off a five-part series about the TRUTH (Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing) project. TRUTH is an Indigenous-led project that details the history of the University of Minnesota's relationship with Indigenous people. For more info: https://sites.google.com/view/truthproject/hom...

Red Power Hour co-host Melanie Yazzie speaks with John Redhouse as part of the " Larry Casuse: A Day of Remembrance ," co-sponsored by UNM's American Studies department, in partnership with the Institute for American Indian Research. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr