Bay Native Circle

Bay Native Circle – March 16, 2005

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Native people and the military. In support of the March 19 "Bring the troops home" rally co-hosts Janeen Antoine and Lakota Harden speak with guests; Tom Gamble, a Tlingit man in Sitka, Alaska about the history of resistance and centuries of culture and tradition in that Island culture. Michael Horse, visual artist, actor and Viet … Continued


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Bay Native Circle – March 9, 2005

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Hosts Lakota Harden, and Janeen Antoine, interview Anne White Hat from the Sicangu Way of Life Project at Bear Butte, South Dakota. Din’e tribal activists, Klee, Clayson, and Janita Benally of Blackfire, talk about the urgent call to protect San Francisco Peaks in the Northern Arizona mountain range from the waste water dumping proposed by … Continued


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Bay Native Circle – March 2, 2005

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After opening with Annie Humprey’s "See Her," host Janeen Antoine interviews Lakota Harden on her role in the upcoming Vagina Monologues production. Gregg McVicarr is engaging with entertaining Choctaw painter and singer Gary Whitedeer about the Choctaw-Irish connection, his artwork, the Native American church, and Choctaw music and dance. After the Calendar, Antoine talks with … Continued


Bay Native Circle

Bay Native Circle – February 16, 2005

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This week on Bay Native Circle we interview an icon of resistance to missionaries, the BIA and the distortions of American history — Dakota Sioux activist, actor and folksinger Floyd Red Crow Westerman. We’re also fundraising for KPFA and are offering Floyd’s excellent double CD Custer Died for Your Sins/The Land is Your Mother as … Continued


Bay Native Circle

Bay Native Circle – February 9, 2005

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Today on a special 1-hour edition of Bay Native Circle starting at 1 pm, we visit with Navajo-Ute composer and multi-instrumentalist R. Carlos Nakai. We’ll also be asking you to call or log-on to KPFA with your support for listener-sponsored radio.


Bay Native Circle

Bay Native Circle – February 2, 2005

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Smoke Johnson grew up in Livermore, having to deal with racism and ignorance. She did something about it by organizing an annual powwow. Today we talk with this young woman about the upcoming Livermore powwow. We will also talk to the Chief of the Red Nation Motorcycle club and their Red Heart Run this weekend, … Continued


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Bay Native Circle – January 12, 2005

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With the winter rains we look at ways that our ancestors used this time (based on our ‘star knowledge’) to take care of home and our personal self reflection, and prepare for the upcoming months. Lakota Harden speaks with Adam Villagomez of the Sonoma County Indian Health Project about healing substance abuse with traditional methods. … Continued