Resistance Radio with John and Regan

MMIW Awareness Day is Sunday. And the clock is ticking on a bad land claim deal

Any "deal" that extinguishes Native title to our homelands is unacceptable and NO ONE has the authority to sellout the birthright of our children.

Gentrification is not just about taking over neighborhoods

Native people were driven off our lands at gunpoint by armies. We were defrauded, lied to and cheated in every way possible. Today we are robbed by lawyers trying to "settle" land claims; which are really just lopsided land sales to extinguish our land titles.

The US Mint claims the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted dual citizenship. It doesn't!

One of many narratives promoted to justify stripping and replacing our citizenship.

If we accept that the US made us all citizens in 1924, are we still sovereign?Is our land? Are we still wards?

The US passed the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, declaring all Native people to be US citizens. So, are we? What does that mean? Dual citizenship? Voting rights. Taxable. Doe the US hold the underlying title to our lands?

MLK was assassinated on this day in 1968. How have things improved since then or have they? MMIW: My view on causes.

56 years after the assassination of the country's most famous peace activist, the list of unarmed Black people killed by police continues to grow. And any suggestions of police reforms, if anything are being rolled back in the midst of America's culture wars. Bureaucrats create paper to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and NEVER address quality of life issues.

100 years after the US declared Native people to be US citizens and 100 years prior. Who are we?

The Indian Citizenship Act was not a grant for a pathway to citizenship. It was a declaration with no choice or option associated with it. It was NOT the creation of dual citizenship. It was the erasure of ours and the imposition of theirs.

Erasing the Erasure: Asserting and Defending Identity

We lack any true sense of identity if we don't know or carry our past forward. But going forward with a distinct identity requires a knowledge of how to fight and defend that identity.

Killers of the Flower Moon went 0 for 10 at the Oscars and RES 2024 wrapped up in Vegas this week

I offer my thoughts on what many have called an Oscar snub to one of the most incredible stories ever told on film. The Reservation Economic Summit was this week in Vegas. The theme was "Strength In Unity." Sounds good! I share some thoughts.

Can we truly celebrate International Women's Day when so many are victims of violence?

The disproportionate suffering of women and children in Gaza or at the US Southern Border seeking refuge. Or the on-going epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women. Can we celebrate women as we ignore these crises?

Resistance Radio 2/29/24; Old ugly anniversaries and a couple of birthdays

201st anniversary of Johnson v M'Intosh. Coming up on 100th of the Indian Citizenship Act. WPFW's birthday this week and the birthday of Harry Belafonte tomorrow.