The Red Nation Podcast

Turtle Island is rising up! #ReconciliationisDead, #WetsuwetenStrong blockades, Tohono O'odham resist the border wall, settler elections, & Palestine! Red Nation comrades Orien LongKnife (@beshnez) & Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) join the conversation. Support patreon.com/redmediapr

In this wide-ranging interview, award-winning Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) debunks myths surrounding Cherokee history, culture, and people — and why these tropes have devastating consequences for all Native people. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Dr. Karla Tait is a member of the Gilseyhu Clan of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation and a trained psychologist who specializes in decolonizing healing. In this interview, she gives a historical and cultural context to the mass Indigenous uprising #WetsuwetenStrong that is rocking so-called Canada. She was arrested alongside other Indigenous matriarchs protecting Wet'suwet'en territory after police violently raided Unist'ot'en Camp this month. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood Support Unis'tot'en Camp: https://unistoten.camp

Onyesonwu joins us for a report-back from recent African and Indigenous delegations to Venezuela, and why the Bolivarian Revolution is leading at the forefront of the global anti-imperialist movement. Onyesonwu is an organizer with the All African People's Revolutionary Party and the All African Women's Revolutionary Union as well as an editor with Hood Communist. Read the Final Declaration of the World Conference Against Imperialism: http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/02/06/final-declaration-of-the-world-meeting-against-imperialism/ Read the Declaration of the First International Gathering of Indigenous Peoples: https://therednation.org/2020/01/11/declaration-of-the-first-international-gathering-of-indigenous-peoples-guayana-venezuela-oct-31-2019/ Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas (@Ovargas52) talks about upcoming Bolivian elections and the organized Indigenous resistance against the fascist coup. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Sicangu Lakota elder writer Lydia Whirlwind Soldiers talks about her first book of poetry Memory Songs, the Lakota language, and writing English. This talk was part of a series of talks celebrating Oceti Sakowin writers of the Oak Lake Writers Society: https://olws.squarespace.com. For more bonus episodes like this, support the show on patreon. www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Our first monthly show Red Power Hour features Red Nation members talking about the Red Deal: End the Occupation & Heal Our Bodies. In loving memory of Wake-Self (1989-2019) Music: Frank Waln - "What makes the red man red? (Instrumentals)" Frank Waln - "My people come from the land"

Lisa and Arlo sat down with us at their kitchen table, sharing the fun side of Indigenous food sovereignty and Lakota knowledge. Support patreon.com/redmediapr

Martin Luther King Jr connects US imperialism and war-making in Vietnam to the violent racism and impoverishment of Black and colonized people within the United States. Music: "Another Holy Man" - Floyd Westerman Red Crow (1988)

Trump's militarizing the US-Mexico border. Tohono O'odham jurist Nellie Jo David explains complicity of both parties in this project and its connection to Israeli settler colonialism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr Show art by Hop David: https://www.deviantart.com/hop41/gallery

On Jan. 4th, 2020 the Wet'suwet'en House Chiefs representing all five clans evicted Coastal Gaslink employees from Unist'ot'en and Gidimt'en territories. Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Namoks spells out the terms of the struggle to protect Indigenous land and water and the violent invasions by Canada into the territory. Follow the struggle on Twitter: @UnistotenCamp Support Unist'ot'en Camp: http://unistoten.camp

Revolutionary poet Wendy Trevino (@prolpo) talks about writing and fighting. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Sina Rahmani(@urorientalist)is the host of the East is a Podcast. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In this special episode, Eugene McCartan, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, breaks down Labour's recent electoral loss, Jeremy Corbyn, #Brexit, and the anti-imperialist struggle in Ireland. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The elder Dakota writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn talks about the politics of Indigenous language, writing, the Dakota literary tradition, and her new memoir In Defense of Loose Translations: An Indian Life in an Academic World. This talk was part of a series of talks celebrating Oceti Sakowin writers of the Oak Lake Writers Society: https://olws.squarespace.com. Subscribe to the Patreon to access more shows like this: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Tlingit scholar Anne Spice (@anne_spice) talks about the ongoing struggle against illegal incursions into traditional Wet'suwet'en territories and doing research on the frontlines. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Paiute scholar Kristen Simmons talks about the white terror that dispossessed Natives to create the state of Nevada w/ settler militias, the Bundys, the Nevada Test Site, Las Vegas, & mass shooters. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Jackie Fielder is a queer Indigenous socialist, a community organizer living out of her van, backing the #RedDeal, and fighting for housing rights. She's also running for California Senate. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Uahikeaikaleiʻohu (@uahikea) puts the long history of US imperialism and military occupation of Hawaii into the context of contemporary Native Hawaiian struggles for liberation and sovereignty today at Mauna Kea. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In this talk, Nick Estes commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Alcatraz occupation by connecting the Red Power movement to a longer history of Indigenous and Black resistance and global solidarity. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therednation

Mahtowin Munro and Kimimila Sa (Kisha) James talk about the National Day of Mourning, which celebrates Indigenous resistance, on a make-believe holiday settlers celebrate as "Thanksgiving." Learn the true history of this day and its significance to the Wampanoag people — and all Indigenous people. Listen to Moonamun James's National Day of Mourning speech at 1:05:40. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Maya Ajchura Chipana and Juan Lazaros Mendolas, Indigenous Quechua from Bolivia, offer an Indigenous perspective on the coup in Bolivia and the significance of Evo Morales. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Federico Fuentes debunks accusations of Evo Morales and his party, the Movement toward Socialism, as "bad" for the environment and Indigenous rights. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therednation

LaNada War Jack, a Shoshone Bannock elder and activist, explains her role in the 1969 Alcatraz occupation, a watershed moment in the Red Power movement. Nov. 20 marks the 50th anniversary. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Journalist Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) breaks down the recent fascist-backed coup against Evo Morales and Bolivia's Indigenous socialist project. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Andrew Curley (@wahgraphy) argues that current "green" transition plans largely misunderstand settler colonialism and imperialism. The Navajo Nation, a resource colony, is at the heart of the debate, as there are attempts to move away from harmful extractive economies. But who benefits? Whose economies are sacrificed? Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza (@jaarreaza) talks about the Indigenous socialist vision of the Bolivarian Revolution and how US sanctions have affected the country. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

What is imperialism and anti-imperialism? Manu Karuka defines it as global class rule, with specific campaigns. Christina Heatherton looks to nineteenth century, making connections between Africa, America, and Europe. And Lara Kiswani asks what an anti-imperialist movement looks like in North America between Black, Indigenous, and Palestinian movements. These talks were recorded at the 2019 Native Liberation Conference in Gallup, New Mexico. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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Manoomin, or wild rice, is central to Ojibwa history, culture, and prophecy. In this episode, Ojibwa wild rice harvesters and caretakers Courtney Calia and Kathy Smith share their knowledge of Manoomin's central role in Ojibwa society and its connection to the health of water, the planet, and people. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therednation

Nick Estes (@nickwestes) gives a lecture and Colorado University-Denver on the history of Indigenous resistance from Alcatraz to Standing Rock. Recorded October 10, 2019. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Courtney talks about what it means to "get back to our heart" in harvesting Manoomin, wild rice.

Nick talks about MAGA and the capacity of making Indigenous relations. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Vijay Prashad from the Tricontentinental talks about US hybrid wars and imperialism in Latin America and the Middle East. Subscribe to our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes.

Jen, Justine, Hope, and Melanie tell us the origin story of the Red Nation, how it started and why they joined. Theme song: "Dead Horse" by Weedrat https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/ Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) from the Tricontinental (@tri_continental) talks about imperialism, socialist writing, and the politics of hope. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist) from the East is a Podcast (@east_podcast) interviews the Red Nation Podcast host, Nick Estes, about writing Indigenous history and contemporary Indigenous politics. Theme song: "Dead Horse" by Weedrat: https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/ Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In the course of several interviews (1990-1992), Lenape scholar Jack D. Forbes pieces together the story of the real Columbus — a ruthless slaver and mass killer — and the often forgotten history of African and Native American encounters.