The Red Nation Podcast

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

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

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

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 Denise's work: https://www.deniselajimodiere.com Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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-generations-of-indigenous-children-to-open-the-west Link to Nick's editorial about St. Joseph Indian School: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/30/my-relatives-went-to-a-catholic-school-for-native-children-it-was-a-place-of-horrors Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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

Melanie, Jen (@JenMarley1680), and Kenard discuss the commodification of pride, pinkwashing, identity politics, beating pessimism, and what we should do to organize queer Indigenous revolutionary politics. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Yet-Si Blue (Janet McCloud) was a co-founder of Women of All Red Nations. She connects Indigenous spirituality to contemporary resistance, sovereignty, and the leadership of Indigenous women. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Guests Justine Teba and Nicole Martin join #RedPowerHour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) to discuss the best and worst of indigenous people on the big screen. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Charisse Burden-Stelly (@blackleftaf) is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and host of The Last Dope Intellectual. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Join guest Justine Teba and #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss the ongoing fight for the liberation of Palestine. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Historian Ussama Makdisi discusses about the current uprisings in Palestine and the enduring legacy of the Nakba. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour is back! Guests Jennifer Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Cheyenne Antonio join RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie (@melanie_yazzie) to discuss efforts to end MMIWG2+ from a left Indigenous feminist perspective. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Charisse Burden-Stelly (@blackleftaf) is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and host of The Last Dope Intellectual. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Media is proud to present the publication of Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation. Red Nation Rising is the first book ever to investigate and explain the violent dynamics of bordertowns. Bordertowns are white-dominated towns and cities that operate according to the same political and spatial logics as all other American towns and cities. The difference is that these settlements get their name from their location at the borders of current-day reservation boundaries, which separate the territory of sovereign Native nations from lands claimed by the United States. Video available here Get your copy of the book: https://bit.ly/3gNfuGJ Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Media and Common Notions are pleased to announce the publication of The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth. Authored by two dozen Indigenous revolutionaries, The Red Deal is a political program for liberation that emerges from the oldest class struggle in the Americas—the Indigenous fight for decolonization. Hosted by Making Worlds Bookstore and Social Center Sponsored by Common Notions Press and Red Media Order your copy here https://www.commonnotions.org/the-red-deal Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In celebration of Earth Day, we present a 1980 speech by John Trudell on revolution and loyalty to the earth.

On January 2nd, Western Shoshone land and treaty defender, Carrie Dann, passed on into the spirit world. This is a tribute to her life and work. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Red Power Hour is reporting back from Hollow Earth! Guests Zitkato (@BandsIsland), Jennifer Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Demetrius Johnson join #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie (@melanie_yazzie) to discuss Godzilla vs. Kong. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Nick Estes interviews Sicangu scholar Sarah Hernandez about the Oceti Sakowin literary tradition. More info: https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/nativereads-podcast-series #NativeReads: https://www.firstnations.org/nativereads/

Red Power Hour is back after a two month break! Guests Zitkato (@BandsIsland) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) join #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie (@melanie_yazzie) to break down and take down Dances With Wolves on the 30-year anniversary of its release. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr Support Wreck Bay water relief

Sarah Hernandez interviews Kul Wicasa historian Nick Estes about his book Our History Is The Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. More info: https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/nativereads-podcast-series Music: Frank Waln - "My Stone (instrumentals)" #NativeReads: https://www.firstnations.org/nativereads/

Guest host Zitkato (@BandsIsland) is joined by Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay), Demetrius and Enoch to discuss how Star Wars relates to settler colonialism. Support: patreon.com/therednation

A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Sign up for as little as $1 and help support the Red Nation's work. Jessica Nangauta, Maria Henandez, and Monaeka Flores from Prutehi Litekyan respond to the question, what does decolonization mean to you? Support: patreon.com/therednation

We talk with organizers of Prutehi Litekyan/ Save Ritidian (PLSR) about the militarization of Guam and the Chamorro people's struggles against US imperialism. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Esperanza Fonseca and Khara Jabola-Carolus from AF3IRM join host Jen Marley to discuss the relationship between the sex trade, militarization, and global imperialism. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Harsha Walia discusses her new book, Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, the Indian farmers' movement, and how she became an organizer. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Hosted by the Albuquerque Museum This panel brings together several generations of Red Power activists from its founders to its present day participants, who will comment on its legacy in New Mexico. Panel moderated by Dr. Nick Estes, guest curator for the exhibition, who is joined by Jennifer Denetdale, Simon Ortiz, and Jennifer Marley. Video

A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Sign up for as little as $1 and help support the Red Nation's work. Support: patreon.com/therednation Anne Spice, a Tlingit member of Kwanlin Dun First Nation, teaches at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Karla Tait, a member of the Unist'ot'en House Group of the Gilseyhu Clan, joins Anne Spice, a Tlingit member of Kwanlin Dun First Nation, for a discussion on the one-year anniversary of RCMP raid on Unist'ot'en Camp. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Dina Gilio-Whitaker joins hosts Jen Marley and Nick Estes to discuss her book As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock (2019) and what she foresees from Biden's climate policies. Support: patreon.com/redmediapr

Kim Tallbear, Andray Domise, and Melanie Yazzie join co-hosts Nick and Jen for a post-inauguration recap. Support: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Hank Adams (1943-2020) was a renowned Red Power activist from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. In this recording, Adams talks to long time friend Billy Frank Jr. about the Northwest fishing wars and much more. Rest in power. Source Support: patreon.com/therednation

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, and the scam of reconciliation.

The Red Nation comrades Melanie Yazzie and Sina Rahmani join host Nick Estes to introduce new cohost Jen Marley, and to discuss the Jan. 6 MAGA siege of the US Capitol building. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Shelley Muneoka, a Kanaka Maoli land defender, talks story with Uahikea Maile. They reflect together on Hawaiian internationalism, community organizing in Hawaiʻi, and protecting Maunakea from the Thirty Meter Telescope in a time of COVID-19. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Indigenous scholars Elsa Hoover, Chris Cornelius, and Nick Estes discuss the role that architecture, infrastructure, and land play in building historical consciousness. This discussion was hosted by Anooradha Siddiqi and presented in her course "Building Solidarities" at Barnard College. Support: patreon.com/therednation

Report-back and observations on the current political situation featuring: Zoe PC, VIjay Prashad, Nick Estes, and T. Sheri Dickerson Moderated by: Lou Cornum Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation Available on the Red Nation Youtube Channel Recorded on December 21, 2020

Happy holidays, comrades! Enjoy this special archival episode with noted Dakota poet and revolutionary, John Trudell. Pilamayaye for all the support! Consider giving a Patreon subscription as a holiday present: patreon.com/therednation

A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Sign up for as little as $1 and help support the podcast. Support: patreon.com/therednation Lou and Nicolás discuss neocolonialism: what is it and how does it relate to our current conditions in the US setter state?

The first fifteen minutes of a webinar hosted by the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI). Please check out the entire episode by subscribing to The East is a Podcast (created by Sina Rahmani, producer of this show) Speakers: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Nick Estes Toussaint Losier Navid Farnia Zhun Xu Moderator: Suzanne Adely Recorded on Dec 14, 2020. For more info, contact CASI