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Native Opinion Episode 38  “America…the Beautiful?”   Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion   We are looking for music!  Native Opinion will begin to feature the music of Native American recording artists. We are looking for all Genres and styles. Head over to www.nativeopinion.com/music for details and to submit online.  We will also be featuring one interview a month from the submitted artists, We want to know all about you and your music! Please go to www.nativeopinion.com/music. and submit your music!   ARTICLE 1: Title: Donald trump has a history of mocking people’s native American heritage   Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor, The Huffington Post   Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-native-americans_us_57718e80e4b0f168323a9743?utm_hp_ref=native-americans   Additional Source: http://nypost.com/2000/07/24/trump-upported-group-that-fought-indian-casino-bid

Native Opinion Episode 37  “Where do We go From Here”   To Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion   ARTICLE 1:  Title: ASHTON LOCKLEAR (LUMBEE) CHOSEN TO BE A REPLACEMENT MEMBER TO TEAM USA BY LEVI RICKERT / CURRENTS / 11 JUL 2016  http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/ashton-locklear-lumbee-wins-trip-rio-makes-u-s-gymnastics-team/      Article 2: [MIKE]   Title:  ICWA: Lexi to Remain with Utah Family in Appeals Court Ruling Suzette Brewer 7/9/16   Read more athttp://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/07/09/icwa-lexi-remain-utah-family-appeals-court-ruling-165086     Title: Jill Stein shreds Sanders' Clinton endorsement By Nick Gass 07/12/16 12:38 PM EDT Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/jill-stein-no-bernie-sanders-endorsement-225417#ixzz4ERGChpSR       (B) [Mike Read]   TITLE: What now? Sanders supporters shift allegiance to Clinton, Trump – and Stein   Sarah Eberspacher @eber

Hello from Dave and Mike Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion   Special Segment   Today We ask this question…..   Can there be peace…when there is no justice? this past week we saw, yet again, another example of SENSELESS loss of life. Will we see these two police officers let off the hook, for what looks to many, like complete abuse of power?  When we see white officers of the law, in most of these cases, overpowering a black man either by physically wrestling him to the ground with three or more people and then shooting or taking him, or as in other cases, shooting them dead in the street….you have to ask the question…. are these cases of an abuse of power and authority?  Or are they….simply mistakes?   Tonight there is a distinct theme as we look at how is justice actually carried out in this country? Because there seem to be different rules for different people….   Native News:   Medical Mari

Native Opinion Episode 35   “Native Burden” Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion    Sally Jewel Addresses NCAI General Assembly Audio Source: National Native News   Background: Sally Jewell was sworn in as the 51st Secretary of the Interior on April 12, 2013.   As Secretary of the Interior, Jewell leads an agency with more than 70,000 employees. Interior serves as steward for approximately 20 percent of the nation's lands, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public lands; oversees the responsible development of conventional and renewable energy supplies on public lands and waters; is the largest supplier and manager of water in the 17 Western states; and upholds trust responsibilities to the 566 federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. Jewell spent 19 years as a commercial banker, first as an energy and natural resources expert and later working with a diverse array of businesses that drive our nation's eco

    Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion See our resource page of Native News Organizations   We say goodbye to our friend and Native American Recording Artist, Jim Boyd Please Find his music on I-Tunes: Native America the Gathering of the Four Winds   Articles Covered in this episode: Lumbee Tribe sues after name and logo used by beer distributor: 20 June 2016 From Indianz.com  The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is suing Anheuser-Busch and a distributing company after its name and logo were used without authorization on beer advertisements. The logo and tribal slogan, “Heritage, pride and strength” appeared prominently on the ads, some of which were displayed at stores in Lumbee territory. The usage prompted outrage. “As alcohol and drugs abuse are often associated with Native American culture, the use of the Lumbee tribal brand and an image of a Native American dancer in an advertisement promo

Native Opinion Episode 33 “We Know What’s Best for Us” To Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion We have a new Native News Resource page. We consider these to be leading news agencies reporting from Indian country and first nations. See: http://nativeopinion.com/media-resources/ Please take our Survey! Http://www.nativeopinion.com/survey Native News: (1.) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASES REPORT ON FIRST-EVER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LISTENING TOUR FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS bY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF / CURRENTS, EDUCATION / 15 OCT 2015 http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/u-s-department-of-education-releases-report-on-first-ever-school-environment-listening-tour-for-native-american-students/ (2.) LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO REFORM THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE BY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF / CURRENTS, HEALTH / 19 MAY 2016 http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/legislation-introduced-reform-indian-heal

Native Opinion Episode 32 “What price will we pay” To Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion Hosts: Michael Kickingbear & David Gray Owl. Guest: Michael's Son joins the show from California ARTICLE 1: Federal officials: Eastern Pequots, second tribe have ‘exhausted’ recognition efforts Published June 07. 2016 6:44PM | Updated June 08. 2016 1:00AM By SUSAN HAIGH HARTFORD (AP) — The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has notified two state-recognized tribes in Connecticut that they've exhausted both administrative and judicial remedies for gaining federal recognition, a claim rebuffed by the leaders of both tribes who vowed to keep pursuing their applications. R. Lee Fleming, the director of the Office of Federal Acknowledgement, said "the only available remedy" now available to the Historical Eastern Pequot Tribe in North Stonington and the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation in Kent is Congress passing l

Native Opinion Episode 31 “They Assume Rights That Are Not Theirs”   Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion     Native News:   ARTICLE 1: Eastern Pequots resurrect federal recognition bid   Published June 02. 2016 7:09PM  By Brian Hallenbeck  Day staff writer Http://www.theday.com    First the news. Then the context. The news is: The Eastern Pequot Tribe has renewed its pursuit of federal recognition, a crucial status it won in a 2002 Bureau of Indian Affairs decision that was reversed three years later. In a petition sent last month to the BIA, the tribe — identifying itself as the “Historical Eastern Pequot Tribe” — asks the agency to “declare and reaffirm” its status as a “Previously Federally Acknowledged Tribe.” Summary: Taken from the article. What does this mean for The Eastern Pequot Nation? Following a lengthy overhaul of the federal-recognition process, the Interior Department adopted new

Native Opinion Episode 30 “Decisions Have Consequences” Hello From Dave and Mike Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail via speak pipe app or on our website   NATIVE  NEWS SEGMENTS   ARTICLE 1:  FORMER VICE CHAIR OF TULALIP TRIBES DEBORAH PARKER NAMED TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION’S PLATFORM COMMITTEE BY MARK TRAHANT / CURRENTS / 24 MAY 2016 nativenewsonline.net First the news. Then the context. The news is that Deborah Parker has been named to the Democratic National Convention’s Platform Committee. That’s both remarkable and important. She was appointed by Bernie Sanders. As Nicole Willis posted on Facebook: “I am beyond pleased that American Indian and Alaska Native issues are such a high priority for this campaign– so much that one of our platform spots has gone to Deborah Parker!” (Willis is the National Tribal Outreach Director for the Sanders’ campaign.)   Summary: What does this mean for Indian country? Well, it could mean goo

  This is a Native Opinion special episode: "Washington Post is Questionable". This is a commentary provided by Michael Kickingbear which is a follow up regarding the recent article published by the Washington Post, and it's assertion that 9-10 Native Americans do not find the name of the Washington "R" NFL team offensive. We feature an audio discussion from an episode of The Young Turks (See www.tytnetwork.com) which involves the questionable practices of the Washington Post. The take away from this episode we hope is this: 1.) The Washington Post is owned by Amazon's "Jeff Bezos" who contribute millions to various Democratic causes. This is one indication as to why the Washington post is biased towards the establishment. 2.) The Poll regarding the Washington Team is in itself flawed. 45 percent of the respondents the Post states are "Enrolled" with native American tribes. But they do not state which tribes they are. The REMAINING 55 percent are what they called "Self-Identified as Native American". Well, th

TITLE:  Native Opinion Episode 29 "Not Your Corruption   Ways to contact our show: Website: http://www.nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook Leave us a voice message on our website!   Help us get to know you better! Please fill out our survey     CONTENT SEGMENTS: Why is it that money makes people who seem to be fair-minded, turn into something completely unrecognizable to most of their supporters? The Mayor of DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser was once against the use of the name “redskins” when discussing the Washington football team. Now that she is trying to get the team to return to Washington DC, she is more than happy to use the name, “redskins” to cozy up to the team’s owner, Dan Snyder. I guess money does have an influence on those who have no “skin” in the game. Here is the article where she professes to NOT using the term "Redskins" to describe the Washington NFL Team: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/05/11/washington-mayor-muriel-bowser-says-she-doesnt-use-redskins-be

  Native Opinion Episode 27 Contact our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion http://www.Facebook.com/nativeopinion Our Website: http://www.nativeopinion.com Leave us voice mail via speed pipe on our website     Resources from discussions of this episode: Audio News clips provided by National Native News http://www.nativenews.net The Young Turks Progressive Political coverage https://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks/   Title: The Bernie Sander’s meeting at Pine Ridge on 12 May 2016, and what that may mean to Indian country. Summary: Sanders meets with Tribal youth and other tribal members at the Pine Ridge reservation. Bernie Sanders met with tribal youth, and other tribal members at the Pine Ridge reservation on 12 May 2016, In the New Gym of Pine Ridge School (Pine Ridge, SD). Senator Sanders spoke about the state of the country and attempted to show how those problems related to Indian country, and how those problems impacted the Pine Ridge community. Senator Sanders took the time to hol

This is an audio special presented by the Native Opinion .... Bernie Sanders addresses the youth on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation School Gym.  This is unprecedented to not only have a presidential candidate visit Native American reservations, but as you will hear, spend nearly an hour asking tribal kids questions about their concerns, passion, and dreams!  This community meeting took place on May 12th, 2016. As may of you are aware, We publically support Bernie sanders on our show, and this outreach by Senator Sanders is just another example of why we feel he is the right candidate to represent the democratic party in the general election.  Ask yourself this...Where is Hillary Clinton? Why is she not visible on Indian reservations? We feel this is an example of how she does not take Native voters seriously. There are well over 5 million Native American Indian people in the United States. Clearly Hillary Clinton does not feel we are worth her time.     Native Opinion will have commentary about Mr. Sanders

Native Opinion Episode 26 “Dis-enrolment: The Disappearance Of a Nation” To Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion   CONTENT SEGMENTS 1.) Title: De Beers’ Colonial Plunder in Attawapiskat Article Author: Jay Watts, Rebel Youth, Date: April 15, 2016 Source: Warrior Publications Summary: Attawapiskat are not simply a generalized response to decades and decades of Canadian colonialism – the specifics of it in Attawapiskat are damning, too… Attawapiskat is 90km from the open-pit Victor Diamond Mine, where multinational diamond company De Beers, founded by the British imperialist and white supremacist Cecil Rhodes, has managed to work out an astonishingly preferential agreement to plunder the resource wealth of the Attawapiskat First Nation with the complicity of the Ontario and Canadian governments. The mine itself is on lands taken from Attawapiskat First Nation through an extension of Treaty 9 in 1930. Read Full Stor

Co-Host Michael Kickingbear goes it alone in this episode of Native Opinion as Co-Host David Grayowl has a prior commitment. Subjects covered are: 1.) Bernie Sanders performance in the east coast primaries Open Commentary from Michael Kickingbear   2.) A petition caught our interest that we would like you to consider supporting from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. Please see: National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition – Sign the Petition for Carlisle Boarding School to Send the Children Home  for details   3.) No More Squaw Bay: Name Change Coming Article Author: Richard Walker Source: Indian Country Today Media Network 4/26/16 A Washington state committee will give final consideration in May to changing the name of Squaw Bay, on Shaw Island, to a Lummi Nation place name for the island. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/26/no-more-squaw-bay-name-change-coming-164251   5.) Louisiana school reverses ban on Native Americans wearing eag

  SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 24 "A CAREER OF RACISM" [Music Show Open] Opening discussion…What’s going on with David and Michael? [Transitional Music] Native Headline News DAVID: Trump Advisor Joseph Schmitz Promotes Anti-Indian and Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Calls for End to the Vote for People Receiving Public Assistance. http://www.irehr.org/2016/04/19/trump-foreign-policy-advisor-tied-montana-anti-tribal-efforts/ MIKE: Why So Many American Indians Have an Issue With Coachella: http://mic.com/articles/87709/why-so-many-american-indians-have-an-issue-with-coachella#.nIv87iKBb DAVID: Chairman of Lumbee Tribe concerned about use of HUD funding: http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/021096.asp MIKE: Thunder Valley CDC Begins Grassroots Housing and Community Construction on Pine Ridge: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/22/thunder-valley-cdc-begins-grassroots-housing-and-community-construction-pine-ridge-164219 DAVID: Nooksack Tribe fires judge handling dis-enrollment case: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/new

IN THIS EPISODE OF NATIVE OPINION: Hour 1: We discuss North Carolina's "Bathroom Law" introduced in North Carolina, endorsed by that state's Governor, Pat McCrory, as well as the state of Mississippi. The law directs trans gendered people to use bathrooms that match the gender listed on their birth certificates. Later in the hour we look at the complete irresponsibility of the EPA to Native American farmers in not even sending a representative to hearings that discuss the Colorado mine disaster late last year. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will not attend. This is considered a complete insult to native American Farmers and the respective tribes that they represent who are adversely affected by the toxic sludge that spilled in the Animas River affecting the waterways that those tribes and farmers rely on. Hour 2: We provide a deconstruction of the Democratic debate leading into the April 19th Primary in the State of New York. Native Opinion officially backs Senator Bernie Sanders. Discussion includes why we

Native Opinion 4/8/16 This episode of Native Opinion is NOT SAFE FOR WORK!  Due to extreme language, and the content The Great Ralphie May Debate Segment "A" Ralphie May’s Offensive behavior to native people Discussion points…. Set up the whole situation for the audience. What happened, Why it happened…etc… Cut 1 NNN_May_Performance_Cancelled Cut 2 “Fuck a bunch of Indians.mp3 The actual Offense Cut 3 “Ralphie May Apology.mp3 His pre-recorded Apology. At this point, we want to ask the audience to ask themselves… do you believe him? Segment "B" May’s Appearance on the Native Trailblazers Show TB_Ralphie 1: May begins by citing current topics of problems tribes have in this country. Playing to the hosts a bit. He then try to give some background on the joke itself. May state’s that the cut that appears on the Savage Family album was stolen, and taken out of context from the overall. What goes through our mind is that this is his material. Why couldn’t he put his hands on the full 15 minutes? TB_Ralphie_2 In

HEMP VS POT? Tribes are considering starting crops for both Medical Marijuana, and Indian hemp. But should they? On this episode of Native Opinion, we discuss these issues and more! Discussion points with our guest, Ruth Hopkins: 1.) Excerpt: "Pot and Pretendians" Author: Ruth Hopkins Recently, officers in Sonoma County, California, confiscated marijuana plants from the Oklevueha Native American Church. Members of the church say the plants are sacred and used ceremonially. They’ve since taken the matter to Federal Court, suing Sonoma County, its Sheriff, and the Governor of California, claiming they’ve been discriminated against under the Constitution of the state of California, and alleging rights violations under the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. The members assert that marijuana is integral to their sacraments, just like peyote. There’s just one problem. It’s not. While I’m not a member of the Native American Church, I practice Dakota/Lakota spirituality, and marijuana has not, nor has it ever bee

 In this episode of Native Opinion, Co-Hosts Dave and Mike provide an analysis of the remaining 2016 presidential candidates by reviewing each one’s website looking for any references to working with Indian Country. Who is doing a good job in trying to reach out to Native people this political season? The results may surprise you. Native American news is also covered.Ways to interact with our show:E-mail: hosts@nativeopinion.comTwitter: @nativeopinionFacebook.com/nativeopinionWebsite: www.nativeopinion.com