7:00 PM Pacific Time: Wednesdays
The Bay Native Circle weekly program presents special guests and explores today’s Native issues, peoples, cultures, music & events with rotating hosts Morning Star Gali, Tony Gonzales, Eddie Madril and Janeen Antoine.
Host Lakota Harden speaks with to a young man on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Lakota Action Network’s Nick Tilsen, (Oglala) speaks about organizing around issues affecting young people there, and the Wind/ Solar Project bringing further economic independance for the reservation. Ana Maria Murillo of the Uwa Defense Project, speaks about the support for the … Continued
Ras K’Dee opens the show with his piece Love Da Way, then talks with Garry Nicholas about the Maori people and progress to affirm and strengthen their culture, and about the exhibit “Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread,” opening Thursday at Yerba Buena Gardens with the first event the sunrise Waka canoe ceremony into the SF … Continued
Ras K’Dee and Antoine have a conversation with Russ Redner, director of the Leonard Pelter Defense Committee, who talks about his work to free Peltier, gives a brief history of the Peltier case, and talks about Peltier’s struggle for justice for native people. The Bay Area Indian Calendar and the kpfa fund drive complete the … Continued
Ras K’Dee shares a spoken word piece on racial stereotypes and Antoine presents the Bay Area Indian Calendar. Hosts talk with Barry Bachrach, Attorney for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, about Peltier’s case and his move to the US Penitentary at Terre Haute, Indiana. Carol Craig, Yakama tribal member, and Public Information Manager for the … Continued
BNC opens with a song from Ras K’Dee’s Street Prison CD followed by American Indian Contemporary Arts’ Bay Area Indian Calendar. Host Antoine talks with noted poet, writer, curator and policy advocate Suzan Shown Harjo about the Mascot issue and the lawsuit Harjo et. al v. Pro Football, Inc. against the Washington Redskins. The show … Continued
Host Ras K’Dee interviews Mialli Coley, 22 year old President of the Inuit Circumpolar Youth Council and member of the Inuit of Nunavut, the largest indigenous landholding in Canada and the world. She speaks on language preservation, Inuit life practices and the environmental issues facing her people. Host Antoine interviews George Galvis, board member of … Continued
Hosts K’Dee and Antoine interview Kelvin Long who discusses the water issues in the southwest, including the development of a ski resort on the SF Peaks and the effort to prevent the use of reclaimed water to develop artificial snow for a ski resort. Kelvin profiles native organizations involved in water issues such as Black … Continued
In honor of our native fathers we have interviews with Josh Perez, a Bay Area Dine father who talks about his experience as a youth and a young father, also a tribute to Dave Chief who recently crossed over, plus an interview with Floyd Redcrow Westerman about his role in the native community and beyond. … Continued
