The Red Nation Podcast

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 edition of Charles Eastman's The Soul of the Indian (1911) Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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" This episode is co-hosted by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist), who continues to speak with Yousef for almost another hour. Check out The East is a Podcast on your podcatcher to listen to the entire conversation Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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.patreon.com/redmediapr

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. In this episode, they talk through a timeline of their time on the island of O'ahu. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

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: freejessicareznicek.com Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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/home?authuser=0 https://ias.umn.edu/news-stories/truth-project-towards-recognition-and-university-tribal-healing https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.4/indigenous-affairs-education-land-grab-universities Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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

The 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee by Oglalas and the American Indian Movement was a watershed moment. February 27, 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the historic takeover. This episode features the personal and family histories of Madonna Thunder Hawk and Bill Means—a story told by the Wounded Knee participants themselves about the importance of the American Indian Movement. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Media is ecstatic to announce the launch of Freedom to Read! Join Kiley and Justine as they discuss the history of Red Media and how Freedom to Read has come to fruition. Freedom to Read is Red Media's book program to get Red & rad books into the hands of Indigenous communities. Freedom to Read has worked with Navajo Nation Library, No Name Book Club, grassroots movements, and contributors through donations and Patreon. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Red Media offers its heartfelt appreciation for making this program a reality. Onward to a future where our communities have the freedom and access to read! To contribute to this campaign donate to the book fund here: https://linktr.ee/RedMediaPress

The city of Minneapolis wants to demolish a neighborhood warehouse to build a toxic truck yard in the historic Native and immigrant community of East Phillips. Residents are fighting back against the racist environmental pollution, proposing an urban farm instead of rebuilding a truck depot. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Rachel Thunder: @rachel_thunder Joe Vital: @AnishinaabeFC Twitter: @epni_urbanfarm Website: www.defendthedepot.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/eastphillipsneighborhood/ Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-east-phillips-from-city039s-pollution Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Historian Bhangya Bhukya provides an in-depth analysis of the Indigenous Adivasis of India. Guest hosted by Akash Poyam Second half of the conversation will be published as audio soon but only to Patrons. Sign up for as little as $2 a month to get access to this discussion and other great bonus content. Alternatively, you can watch the entire episode on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube Channel. *Editor's note: Please do us a solid and like/subscribe to the show on YouTube even if you don't watch regularly as it helps our channel immensely with the algorithm* Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

A compilation of different clips to mark the International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier, the oldest living political prisoner. This is the first half of the mixtape. To listen to the entire episode, subscribe to the Anti-Imperialist Archive on your podcatcher. Check out our Free Leonard Peltier YouTube playlist More info https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/ Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie do a deep dive into the second season of Reservation Dogs. This is a preview of a two-hour-plus-long conversation. Patrons of Red Media can listen to the entire episode as audio or you can watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Become a patron for as little as $2 a month by signing up at patreon.com/redmediapr

We are writing to make a small but significant announcement about our Patreon membership pricing. As you know, the money we collect through Patreon is used to support the diverse projects of The Red Nation and its media arm, Red Media. We appreciate each and every single donation, and we thank you all sincerely for helping us in our mission to create a Native media platform. When we first launched our Patreon page, we were happy to offer the lowest bar of entry possible ($1). That our Ruggit Prole tier is our most popular is a fact we are proud of! However, as you already know, the global financial crisis has touched virtually every corner of the world economy and the cost of living has shot up dramatically--including for our employees. For this reason, the Board of Directors of Red Media has voted to raise the basic membership tier to $2. Starting February 1st, anyone signing up for Patreon at the Ruggit Prole tier will be charged $2 a month or about $20 a year if they choose the annual payment option. If you are already a Patron, what does this mean for you? The short answer is nothing. For those of you who have signed up at the $5 level and up, nothing will change. That also goes for everyone at the $1 level; you will not lose access to any bonus content. Although new patrons will no longer be able to sign up after Feb.1, your access to bonus content will not be affected. However, if you do choose to cancel your pledge, you will not be able to sign back up at the $1 level should you want to do so in the future. With that being said, we do encourage you to consider raising your pledge to $2 if you can afford it. For those of you who aren't Patrons and are considering signing up, now is the time before the price goes up! There is a ton of fantastic bonus content behind the paywall awaiting you. We thank all of you for your ongoing support. yours sincerely, The Red Media Team

Red Nation comrades Jen Marley, Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Melanie Yazzie take patron questions. Guest hosted by Justine Teba. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel This is a preview of the latest bonus episode of The Red Nation Podcast. To listen to/watch the entire AMA, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The first FBI agent close to the Leonard Peltier case is calling for his freedom. Coleen Rowley recounts, in this wide-ranging and exclusive interview, her time as an agent in the Minneapolis field office. For nearly 50 years, the FBI has indoctrinated its agents on a specific version of events that led to Leonard Peltier's arrest, conviction, and imprisonment. The mentality then, Rowley argues, is little different than the mentality today. That's why she decided to break the silence and is calling on President Joe Biden to grant Leonard Peltier executive clemency. Rowley gives us an insider's view of the FBI and how the dark and violent history of COINTELPRO, which targeted civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and social movements like the Black Panthers and AIM, didn't end in 1971. It morphed and evolved over the years and continued well into the U.S. war on terror. Despite attempts at reform and accountability, the FBI continues its ongoing persecution of political prisoners like Leonard Peltier and the unarmed Water Protectors at Standing Rock. This is a preview of a longer conversation. Watch the entirety through the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel or subscribe to Patreon for as little as $1 to listen to the audio. Find out more: whoisleonardpeltier.info Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

130 years ago today, the US Navy aided the overthrow of the sovereign and independent Hawaiian government. On January 17, 1893, the USS Boston landed in Hawai'i to support a white Euro-American oligarchic overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani. Kānaka Maoli and their anti-imperialist allies continue to mark that day and and the resistance to the ongoing occupation of Hawaiian Islands. During the first week of August 2022, eight members of The Red Nation went on a delegation to the island of O'ahu to share, connect, and build with Kānaka Maoli, O'ahu Water Protectors and other organizers on the island. Join comrades Uahikea, Jen, Kiley, Dana, and Maira as they share their perspectives and insights on this delegation. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Quechua scholars Yojana Miraya Oscco (@osccomiraya) and Renzo Aroni talk about the historical context surrounding the far right coup of President Pedro Castillo in Peru and the mass mobilizations fighting back. Police repression has targeted the southern regions, where Yojana and Renzo are from. The violence harkens back to the days of the US-backed dictatorship. The general strike and the deadly street battles show that a new political alternative is on the rise. Video edition available on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The second half of our look back at 2022 with Red Power Hour co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. And special thanks to the patrons who contributed! Support

The co-hosts of The Red Nation Podcast and Red Power Hour reflect on some of the great content published by Red Media in 2022. Featuring an intro by Justine Teba. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel And special thanks to the patrons who contributed! If you can't wait another week to listen to the second half, sign up for as little as $1 a month to access the entire episode and a lot of other graet bonus content.

The Red Nation Podcast Tour 2022 Join Justine and Kyon in Southern Ute Territory for a tour of Weasel Skin Farms and a conversation with our comrade Randy. This episode includes thunder, rain, goats, ducks, amaranth, corn and also f*ck the Clarks. Watch the documentary Native Nation: Voices of Survival on Al Jazeera Subscribe to Red Media on Patreon for debriefs and extra stories for just $1 a month!

The Red Nation Podcast Tour 2022 During the race for nuclear weapons in the 1960s, the United Nuclear Corporation began operations on the largest underground uranium mine in the country, located on the Navajo reservation in Church Rock, New Mexico. The Church Rock uranium mill spill took place on July 16, 1979, when the uranium mill breached its dam--resulting in the largest nuclear disaster in US history. Join Justine and Kyon as they attend the 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration in the Red Water Pond Road Community. Watch the documentary Native Nation: Voices of Survival on Al Jazeera Subscribe to Red Media on Patreon for debriefs and extra stories for just $1 a month!

The Red Nation Podcast Tour 2022 Join us in a collaborative effort between Al Jazeera, Black Leaf Films, The Red Nation, and Red Media as Justine and Kyon highlight struggles for liberation in Pueblo, Ute, and Diné territories. First stop is the Healing and Restoring Ancestral Sites Tour with Elder Kathy Sanchez from Tewa Women United and Beata Tsosi Peña from Breath of My Heart Birthplace. This tour shows us the beginning of nuclear colonialism at the Los Alamos National Labs in the sacred mountains of Tewa Territory--and the ongoing resistance to it powered by Tewa women. Watch the documentary Native Nation: Voices of Survival on Al Jazeera Subscribe to Red Media on Patreon for debriefs and extra stories for just $1 a month!

The first half of the conversation that Red Power Hour co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) had with TRN comrade Kiley about Wakanda Forever (2022). For just $1, you can become a patron of Red Media and listen to the rest of the conversation-another 45 minutes!-and hours and hours of other great bonus content. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support Red Media on Patreon

*Red Media is proud to announce the launch of our latest project, REDsurgence, a podcast hosted by Riley Yesno. Subscribe on your podcatcher by clicking here* Uahikea Maile is a Kanaka Maoli professor of Indigenous Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @uahikea ---------------------------- Follow REDsurgence on Twitter @REDsurgence rileyyesno.com/ Produced by Red Media www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Petuuche Gilbert is elder from the Acoma Pueblo who helped found the Laguna and Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment (LACSE) which is one of five core groups in the MultiCultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE). MASE is a consortium of indigenous and environmental justice communities that have been adversely impacted by historic uranium mining and milling in the Grants Uranium Belt. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Episode originally posted November 2020* Kisha James and Mahtowin Munro from United American Indians of New England talk about the importance of the National Day of Mourning and destroying 400 years of the Pilgrim mythology. More info: http://www.uaine.org Watch this year's livestream: https://youtu.be/qB7Vbz0WJXc Donante https://www.gofundme.com/f/united-american-indians-of-new-england-fall-2022 Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Episode originally posted November 2019* 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. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The Leonard Peltier Walk to Justice kicked off in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 1st, 2022. Ten weeks and 1103 miles later it reached Washington, D.C. where a rally was held demanding the freedom of Leonard Peltier, unjustly imprisoned for over 47 years. Video edition available here on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Find out more: whoisleonardpeltier.info https://www.facebook.com/LeonardPeltierWalkToJustice/ Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Leonard Peltier is the longest-serving Indigenous political prisoner in the United States. Even the federal prosecutors can't prove Peltier committed the crime of which he's accused. Kevin Sharp, (@KevinHSharp) a former federal judge appointed by President Obama and Peltier's attorney, lays out the case for clemency and for Leonard Peltier's freedom. Find out more: whoisleonardpeltier.info Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie on the US elections, Land Grab universities, and the unique aspects of white supremacy in the Midwest. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Please don't forget to like/subscribe/review the show on your preferred platform. Can't get enough RPH content? Sign up for the Patreon for as little as $1 a month and get access to amazing bonus content, including the latest bonus episode of Red Power Hour on the scourge of Pretendianism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN co-hosts Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) spent 2.5 hours responding to patrons' questions. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Please don't forget to like/subscribe/review the show on your preferred platform. To listen to the second half of the episode and participate in future AMAs, subscribe to the Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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 Red Power Hour is back for a special patron-only episode! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie discuss the shocking number of cases of ethnic fraud that never seem to stop coming to light.

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie dive into the gendered politics of horror on a special live recording of Red Power Hour. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Please don't forget to like/subscribe/review the show on your preferred platform. Can't get enough RPH content? Sign up for the Patreon for as little as $1 a month and get access to amazing bonus content, including the latest bonus episode of Red Power Hour on the scourge of Pretendianism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Episode originally published October 2021* Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) discuss the specter of settler colonialism in John Carpenter's horror classic, Halloween (1978). Can't get enough of TRN spooky content? Sign up for the Patreon for as little as $1 a month to check out the two-hour-long conversation between Nick and friend of the podcast Kali Simmons on the conclusion of the new Halloween reboot trilogy. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie take on the first season of Dark Winds (2022). Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Please don't forget to like/subscribe/review the show on your preferred platform. Can't get enough of the RPH crew? Sign up for the Patreon for as little as $1 a month to get more great Indigenous feminist content! Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Kali Simmons (@SimmonsKali) talks to TRN Podcast co-hosts Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) on the cultural links between settler colonialism and horror fiction and film. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Please don't forget to like/subscribe/review the show on your preferred platform. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) speaks to Pedro Charbel from PSOL (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade) and David Adler (@davidrkadler) from Progressive International on the Lula's victory in the first round of Brazil's 2022 general election. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Join us this Indigenous Peoples' Day in Tiwa Territory! We are centering Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice and will be fundraising to support. We will be selling shirts and tote bags, so please bring cash. Indigenous Peoples' Day 2022 Albuquerque, NM this October 10th at Tiguex Park march starts at 5 pm at the Wendy's parking lot at the corner of Central & Lomas Best parking is at Tiguex Park, about a 5 minute walk from the March starting point. Rally will start at 6PM, bring chairs, prayers & signs. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie discuss the water crisis destroying communities across Turtle Island. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

What's in a name? Misnaming is central to the subjugation of Native Nations and the distortion of history. Oglala scholar and founder of CAIRNS, Craig Howe, joins us to discuss the warped accounts of Lewis and Clark that he documents in the re-publication of This Stretch of the River: Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Responses to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Bicentennial (2006). We then cover the origins of the Oceti Sakowin nations and the politics of American Indian education. Buy this Stretch of the River here: https://www.nativecairns.org/resources/print/books/index.html Find more information about CAIRNS here: https://www.nativecairns.org/details/index.html Red Media is hiring! Join our team! https://redmedia.press/2022/09/red-media-seeks-operations-director-job-listing/ Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Kanaka Maoli educator Malia Lum-Kawaihoa Marquez (@ka_nax808) talks to Uahikea Maile (@uahikea) about the reoccupation of Waikīkī to protect Hawaiian monk seals from tourists. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie are joined by comrade Jennifer Marley (@JenMarley1680) to discuss The Red Nation Podcast's reaching two million downloads! Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Can't get enough of the RPH crew? Sign up for the Patreon for as little as $1 a month to get more great Indigenous feminist content--including the entirety of this conversation! Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The American Indian Movement has organized "Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice" from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C., where organizers plan to meet with government officials to demand the release of Peltier from the U.S. federal prison system. This recording is taken from the kickoff event in Minneapolis held on August 31st. Watch the video editon on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. For more information on the walk, including how to get involved, visit the walk's Facebook page Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Note: this conversation contains major plot spoilers* Red Power Hour co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) talk to Red Nation comrades Justine Teba and Kiley Guy about Prey (2022). Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

A commemoration of the Hilo Massacre featuring Nick Estes (@nickwestes), Jollene Levid (@jollenelevid), Ilima Long (@ItsIlima), Loubna Qutami (@LoubnaQutami) Check out Hui Aloha Aina O Honolulu Watch the video edition here on The Red Nation YouTube channel. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Nation comrade Melanie Yazzie hosts this live event exploring the life and legacy of Larry Casuse, featuring Ursula C. Carillo, Erika Casuse, author David Correia, and a musical performance by JJ Otero. Read: An Enemy Such As This: Larry Casuse and the Fight for Native Liberation in One Family on Two Continents over Three Centuries by David Correia Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel or watch this episode ad-free by signing up on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie tackle the thorny topic of the church in light of the Pope's highly publicized, recent apology to First Nations people. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel or watch this episode ad-free by signing up on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Justine Teba joins Red Power Hour co-host Melanie Yazzie and guest Samia Assed to revisit The Red Nation's history and solidarity with Palestine. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel or watch this episode ad-free by signing up on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Episode originally posted May 2019* In 1972, Yvonne Wanrow (now Yvonne Swan) shot a man who had tried to molest her son and neighbor's son in Spokane, Washington. Her case became a rallying cry for Indigenous and feminist activists in the 1970s to highlight the intersections of colonialism, gender violence, and the injustices of the U.S. criminal system. The ensuing legal battle resulted in a landmark decision allowing for self-defense for survivors of domestic violence and marked the first time US courts acknowledged "the particular legal problems of women who defend themselves or their male children from male violence." In this talk, Yvonne discusses the case and its legacy for Indigenous and her current work and advocacy. A citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, Yvonne Swan is a longtime activist of the American Indian Movement. Special thanks to Dan Berger for putting this talk together and the Simpson Center at the University of Washington for hosting. Music: Buffy Sainte-Marie, "Helpless" Indigenous Womens Warrior Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4fLSvjsE_M Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr