Resistance Radio with John and Regan

After 21 years of getting screwed by New York State, Seneca leadership laid down for the State once again with terrible terms for a new gaming compact with the State. The State Legislature refused to give the Governor authorization to proceed with the current proposal and the Seneca People are livid.

The Indian Child Welfare Act is touted as having ended Residential Schools and stemming the flow of Native children to white families through foster care and adoption. Well... That's not entirely true. And any claim that ICWA recognized our sovereignty? THAT is completely untrue. If it were true, the law would have told states that WE are the only ones authorized to remove Native children from their homes and parents and that our Nations would be responsible for placement of these children.

It doesn't and we aren't!

But far worse than the law was the challenge before the Supreme Court.

There are always a lot of issues facing Native people and many of them tie directly back to our identity and distinction and the battle against assimilation. I continue to speak on the Native mascot issue but there is a growing list of topics that are beating at our doors. The SCOTUS is about to rule on a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act in "Haaland v Brackeen." This case challenges whether we are merely an inferior race of Americans rather than a distinct, autonomous people. A new gaming compact is set for debate and approval with the Seneca Nation and New York State. Another sellout and payoff to the State? We'll cover that. And an on-going battle over the New York State Thruway as it cuts through the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation is a show coming soon.

A the entertainment industry is all abuzz over this book becoming a major motion picture, I hope people will actually read the book or at very least catch this interview.

For a donation of $75 or more to WBAI, I'll send a copy of The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook On Sovereignty And Survival.

I discuss Killers Of The Flower Moon; the book and the film.

I live and do this show on the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation. This week I take a departure from taking on tough issues and just talk about home.

Pitching for WPFW "Jazz and Justice Radio and learning a little more on what is a "Good Indian."

I made my long overdue trip back to NYC this week for our Manhattan book launch of "The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook On Sovereignty And Survival." It was a great event and trip. I look forward to hosting and participating in more live events.

Philippe Blouin joins me to talk about The Mohawk Warrior Society and our NYC book launch on May 2nd. We also take calls from listeners for the first time in a long while.

This one is tough. We clearly need to root out frauds making livings off false claims. They not only advance themselves but some are literally taking opportunities from others. But where is the line and who decides who is real? The Feds? The states? Others federally recognized "tribes?"