Let's Talk Native with John Kane
This podcast provides a forum for Native issues, covering topics that matter to Native communities. Episodes are uploaded weekly, offering a consistent platform for discussion and awareness. The show encourages listeners to support the project through Patreon. Hosted by John Kane, it aims to give a voice to Native perspectives.
Episodes
LTN #606_10_14_26; Don't be pushed into voting in US elections! By ANYONE!
LTN #606_10_14_26; Don't be pushed into voting in US elections! By ANYONE! by John Kane
LTN #605_9_29_26; Tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day! So let's talk Boarding Schools!
LTN #605_9_29_26; Tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day! So let's talk Boarding Schools! by John Kane
LTN #604_9_23_26; We are in the BIFF! Come check out THE LONG HOPE as part of the Buffalo International Film Festival at the BTPM studios onIndigenous Peoples Day!
LTN #604_9_23_26; We are in the BIFF! Come check out THE LONG HOPE as part of the Buffalo International Film Festival at the BTPM studios onIndigenous Peoples Day! by John Kane
Let's Talk Native...with John Kane 9/15/26; Let's talk identity and who decides who and what you are.
Let's Talk Native...with John Kane 9/15/26; Let's talk identity and who decides who and what you are. by John Kane
LTN #602_9_9_26; Let's Talk about THE LONG HOPE!
LTN #602_9_9_26; Let's Talk about THE LONG HOPE! by John Kane
LTN #601_9_1_26
LTN #601_9_1_26 by John Kane
LTN #600_8_25_26; Orange Shirt Day is September 30th and that's great! but we got the slogan wrong! OUR CHILDREN MATTER! NATIVE CHILDREN MATTER!
LTN #600_8_25_26; Orange Shirt Day is September 30th and that's great! but we got the slogan wrong! OUR CHILDREN MATTER! NATIVE CHILDREN MATTER! by John Kane
Let's Talk Native...with John Kane 6/4/25; The Trust Doctrine in Under Ten Minutes!
A quick digestible explanation of this "legal" doctrine and why it isn't legal.
Let's Talk Native... with JohnKane 5/24/25; The Doctrine of Christian Disdcovery
This is the first of the racist, slave era "legal" doctrines that still drive US law and policy regarding Native peoples.
John Kane on The Brian Lehrer Show
John Kane on The Brian Lehrer Show by John Kane
Cafe Ali on WUSB_4_9_25; A return visit! still promoting the screening of Sugarcane at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington but a new conversation.
I join Ahmed Ali for a second day in the run up to our screening of the Oscar nominated film Sugarcane at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington NY. Hoping to fill the house and looking forward to the conversation after the film.
Cafe Ali on WUSB_4_8_25; John Kane goes on air at Stony Brook to promote Sugarcane.
This time I'm the guest as I join Ahmed Ali on WUSB Stony Brook
LTN #591 12_31_24; A look back on 2024 and a look forward to 2025!
LTN #591 12_31_24; A look back on 2024 and a look forward to 2025! by John Kane
LTN #590 12-17-24; I watched Sugarcane, the film. Now let's talk residential schools!
It cannot possibly be a coincidence that this level of abuse could occur at EVERY Indian Boarding School. "Kill the Indian - Save the Man" was not just a metaphor. Metaphors do not require graves!
LTN #589 12/10/24; Akwesasne Land SELLOUT! What do we do to and about those who signed?
Yesterday a group calling themselves a tri-council signed a land claim settlement in direct violation of their own authority and will of the people.
LTN #588 12/3/24; 2024 is almost in the book. Let's close it out with the tough talk you expect.
Lots of bad history with December and a year that ends with Trump returning to the White House. How fitting!
LTN #587 10/29/24; Joe Biden's Apology
LTN #587 10/29/24; Joe Biden's Apology by John Kane
My Two-Hour Special for Indigenous Peoples Day
I didn't produce an LTN podcast this week but I did a special two hour broadcast in Washington DC on WPFW for Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday.
LTN#586 10/7/24; Redskins! Redskins! Redskins!
Almost ten years after the school's name change, the Lancaster little league football team still has "Redskins" embedded in their program.
LTN#585 9/30/24; It's Orange Shirt Day!
These are my words on the subject, the day and what we should be demanding.
LTN #584 9/24/24; Monday, September 30th is Orange Shirt Day! Here are my thoughts!
The slogan never should have been "Every Child Matters!" That was like responding to "Black Lives Matter" with "All Lives Matter." We should have used "Native Children Matter" or "Our Children Matter." But the final report from the Interior Department on Residential Schools suggest our children didn't and still don't matter to government officials. The sad part is, we aren't showing much concern f
LTN #583, 8/7/24; Political Misfits interviews me on the DOI's "Final Report."
Political Misfits call me on Haaland's final report.
LTN #582 5/4/24; 40th Anniversary of the Jim Thorpe Longest Run with guests Ross John Sr. and Jr.
The Jim Thorpe Longest Run stretched from New York City to Los Angeles and from May 24th to July 19th of 1984. Ross John Sr. joins us to talk about his experience as one of the runners and Ross John Jr. joins to talk about a program this year from May to July to run and commemorate the 40th Anniversary
LTN #581 4/27/24; LIVE From Akwesasne! Exposing A Proposed Land Claim Settlement.
Tekarontake joins me for a broadcast from Akwesasne to discuss a land claims settlement proposed by frauds.
Noel Bass Filmmaker of The Bears on Pine Ridge is my guest!
Noel Bass joins me again three years after producing a short film on the incredible people tackling the suicide epidemic on the Pine Ridge Reservation with a full length documentary covering the issue.
LTN #579 2/28/24; Challenging Authoritarian Rule
Much of what is deemed "law" in the US is not an actual product of the legislative system. The creation of "legal doctrine" requires no actual law. Courts, the Supreme Court in particular has somehow become vested with a power to legislate from the bench and allow their written opinions to gain the force of law.
This program challenges three legal doctrines that have no basis in either rule of law
Interview By Agnes Williams of the Indigenous Women's Initiative
I am interviewed by Agnes Williams of the Indigenous Women's Initiative. We cover the Seneca Gaming conflict with NYS and displacement in the gaming market by the State.
Let's Talk Native #578 11/15/23; Culture wars are destroying education! And they are getting help.
Between the attacks on education coming from the right and higher ed themselves marketing college only as a path to financial enrichment, universities and colleges are losing a battle for survival. enrollment is down as the costs continue to rise. But have we lost the true value in pursuing education? It's about enlightenment and fulfillment not just making more money.
Let's Talk Native #577 11/8/23; We have to do more than just mention suicide on Native territories
I've seen film and television, even with Native producers, that mention suicide or otherwise include suicides in their content but fail to adequately address the underlying issues leading to them.
Let's Talk Native with John Kane #576 10/25/23; My review of Killers of the Flower Moon
See this film but know that it's NOT the true story. Read the book!
North Tonawanda History Museum Presentation 9/19/23
I spoke at the North Tonawanda History Museum in September. This was my presentation.
LTN #575 9 13 23; The Seneca/NYS Gaming Compact is set to expire on December 9th
The Gaming Compact will expire before the end of the year and the Seneca Nation is miles away from an agreement with the State and even farther away from an agreement with their own people. The Seneca Nation attempted to stop revenue sharing in 2017 so why are they pushing for revenue sharing now?
LTN#574 7/4/23 Let's Talk Native Hawaiian! Kaiulani Mahuka is my Special Guest.
So the US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland made a quiet visit to Hawaii and was hosted for an event at the Hawaiian Kingdom's Iolani Palace. She talked about restoring the building but not restoring the Palace to its rightful owners.
My long time friend Kaiulani Mahuka joins me for trip to the past and an update to where we are now.
Wanting gaming in the worst way; and getting it! Seneca Gaming!
This is another show lifted from my radio shows in New York City and Washington DC. I give a few comments on the ICWA challenge now that some of the dust has cleared after the Supreme Court ruling and then I return to the on-going saga of Seneca gaming and the organized crime syndicate known as New York State.
Let's Talk Native 6/15/23; Well, let's talk ICWA!
This podcast is actually from my radio show but the subject is important and the info needs to be shared.
The SCOTUS just rejected a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act. I have never been a fan of the law but this challenge had a lot more at stake than ICWA.
Let's talk about the law, the challenge and the ruling. And why this flawed law needed to stand.
Interview With Grace And Keith Burich On NYS Thruway 6/7/23
A small section of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90)crosses through the Seneca Territory of Cattaraugus. The Seneca Nation has been assessing payments due to them from tolls collected by the State and argues the State owes them over $600,000,000.
Grace Burich joins me with her father Professor Keith Burich to talk about her research project on the NYS Thruway dispute.
LTN#573 4/12/23; Tekarontake joins LTN to discuss leadership and service to others.
Paul Delaronde stops by the LTN studio for a conversation.
LTN#572 4/6/23; The Vatican is NOT sorry for what they did, but reject the Doctrin of Discovery.
Well! The Vatican did it again. They condemn the actions of others but avoid any responsibility for their own.
Let's Talk Native #571 3/21/23; Sorry for the absence but I'm back now.
I had a surgery that went a little sideways on me and has laid me up for the last two months. Here's my ordeal in detail to explain where I have been.
LTN#570 1/8/23; I Am A Warrior
I read my excerpt from The Mohawk Warrior Society.
LTN#569 11/27/22; Valerie Lambert author of "Native Agency" joins John for an RR broadcast
This was recorded for a Resistance Radio broadcast but it is well worth sharing here for the LTN listeners. Coming from two very different perspectives and attitudes towards the Bureau of Indian Affairs, John and Valerie offer a great look at the agency, now almost completely run by Native bureaucrats.
LTN#568 11/12/22 Indian Residential/Boarding Schools
I cannot emphasize enough the scope and scale of this atrocity committed against Native children. It is almost the entirety of US history. 200 years of Genocide.
LTN#567 9/7/22; Cayuga Nation: FED WRECKED!
The conflict in the Cayuga homelands has raged on for years. At the center of it all is an abuse of authority made possible by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and those who played the Fed Wreck game.
Resistance Radio 9/1/22: Famed Psychologist Philip Zimbardo joins me for my radio show
Famed Stanford Psychology Professor joins me for Resistance Radio to refute certain claims made about him and his work. We discuss Native mascots, stereotyping and racism.
LTN #566 8/2/22; The Pope Apology Tour
He refused to apologize for the Church or take ANY responsibility. Keep in mind, this guy made Junipero Sera a "Saint" and he was responsible for deaths of thousands of indigenous children at his missions.
LTN #565 6/29/22; Deb, Kathy and Crystal.
It's not really breaking a glass ceiling if nothing gets broken! Carrying water for the white male power structure is not change.
#564 - Not All Racists Carry Guns
A white supremacist came to Buffalo to kill Black people. But not all racists carry guns.
#563 Haaland's Boarding School Report
This one gets an F! The real info is pretty anemic. Nothing new and no mention of Genocide.
#562 - No Cannabis Compact
With nearly 100 cannabis dispensaries on Seneca territory alone, questions about what NYS will do when they enter the business remains.
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#561 - Activism: Needed now more than ever!
I heard it said that we don't need to push our kids to be lawyers and doctors. We need to teach them to be activists.
#560 - The New York State of Racism
Governor Kathy Hochul extorted half a billion dollars out of the Seneca Nation this week by freezing all its bank accounts, affecting the livelihoods of every Seneca and every employee, vendor and contractor. She literally strangled the second largest employer in WNY for a ransom payment that she plans to use for the new Buffalo Bills stadium.
#559 - IGRA is Racist and So Is the National Indian Gaming Commission Investigation
A law passed that targets a specific group of people by race to assert control and dominance over them is RACIST by definition and starts from a belief of racial superiority. And that racism continues with the enforcement and oversight of the law.
#558 - The Seneca Gaming Mess
#558 - The Seneca Gaming Mess by John Kane
#557 - 2022 Will Not Be About Reconciliation Over Residential Schools!
We need to document the atrocities but also create the accounting of the losses inflicted on our people through 100 years of "Kill the Indian - Save the Man." Let's not let the Genocide be obscured by the atrocities committed children. Both need to be "reconciled." We need "Restoration of land and autonomy. Not just an apology or payouts.
#556 - Indigenous Land Back and Control In Colombia (Feat. Ervin Liz)
This week, we shift our focus to South America with our guest Ervin Liz of Native Root Coffee. Ervin is a third-generation Nasa indigenous coffee farmer who founded Native Root Coffee to address and correct the inequalities and exploitation of indigenous farmers and coffee bean producers that he witnessed while growing up on his family's farm in Columbia.
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#555 - The Residential School Cover-up (Feat. Preston McBride)
Dr. Preston McBride joins John to talk about his research on the genocidal residential school system in the United States. In this episode, we turn our attention away from Canada and focus on the United States with a conversation featuring historian and researcher Preston McBride. Preston is of Comanche and settler colonialism descent. He lives and works on Tongva lands where he is a Postdoctoral
#554 - Truth & Restoration, NOT Reconciliation!
"Truth and reconciliation" are the current buzz words yet again for government officials tasked with fixing the broken relationships between indigenous people and the colonial governments that occupy their stolen land. In this episode, John address the elephant in the room when it comes to these types of "talks" between Native governments and federal governments. There can be no reconciliation wit
#553 - Not In Our Honor (Feat. Jay Rosenstein)
Journalist, writer and documentary filmmaker Jay Rosenstein joins the show for a great conversation on the mascot debate and winning the war of appropriation. Jay is a retired professor of journalism and the director of "In Whose Honor?", a 1996 documentary that follows Charlene Teters as she campaigns against Chief Illiniwek, the University of Illinois' offensive team mascot.
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#552 - A Conversation With Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Dina Gilio-Whitaker joins John for this episode. Dina is an author, journalist, lecturer and adjunct professor of American Indian studies at California State University at San Marcos. Much of her work is focused on Native American studies, Decolonization and Environmental Justice.
Closing song is "The Social" (feat. pHoenix Pagliacci) by DJ Shub.
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#551 - The Harm That Mascots Cause (Feat. Dr. Stephanie Fryberg)
Dr. Stephanie Fryberg joins John to discuss her work in researching the psychological harm caused by native mascots and the impact they have on children and teens. Dr. Fryberg is a Tulalip psychologist who received her Master's and Doctorate degrees from Stanford University and has spent most of her career researching and collecting data on how Native people feel about Native mascots and their ove
#550 - Threats From The Department of Justice
Outgoing U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. recently sent a letter out to almost every native smoke shop on Seneca territories threatening to prosecute, fine, imprison and seize the assets of any native person living on a native territory found to be involved in the "illegal" manufacture, distribution or sale of "rollie" style cigarettes on native territories inside the "Western District of New Yo
#549 - Their Courts Are Not For Us (Feat. Jeff Reina)
On this episode, Jeff Reina, an attorney from Buffalo, NY joins us to talk about a recent court case involving a million dollar fine levied against a Native wholesaler over the transportation of tobacco from one native territory to another. The case was recently tossed out based on an illegal search and seizure ruling after almost a decade long legal battle. For centuries the courts have refuse
#548 - Cambridge Doubles Down (Feat. Heather Bruegl)
The new school board in Cambridge, NY has decided to double down on the use of their offensive Native mascot. On the very day the latest right-wing board member was sworn in, this new board with their pro-mascot majority made it their priority to rescind a previous resolution that ended the use of the mascot and made it clear that they will continue to use their offensive mascot moving forward. H
#547 - Haudenosaunee Women's Lacrosse Team Disbanded
For several decades the male dominated power structure in Onondaga has tried to keep Haudenosaunee women out of lacrosse in order to maintain their dominance over the Iroquois Nationals men's lacrosse team. After facing pressure from lucrative sponsors and outside organizations to merge the two teams under one banner, a delegation from the men's team spoke to the Grand Council of Six Nations at an
#546 - That One Week In Cambridge (Feat. Scott Carrino)
Well, it finally happened! The Cambridge New York Central School Board voted to retire their offensive Native mascot. The decision to finally hold the vote on the original resolution removing the mascot came after a week of embarrassing developments for the small New York community. Cambridge for Social Justice member Scott Carrino joins John for this episode to discuss the school board's decision
#545 - The Hostage Incident In Cattaraugus
On June 8, a high speed police pursuit ended in a fiery car wreck on the Cattaraugus territory of the Seneca Nation. The driver of one of the vehicles then took a female passenger hostage and a 3 hour stand-off began in the middle of the small Seneca community of Cattaraugus. In this episode, John provides some potential solutions to stopping these types of incidents from ever reaching our lands.
#544 - The Legacy of Residential Schools (feat. Keith Burich)
The recent discovery of 215 bodies at the Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia, Canada surprised everyone except Native people. For several decades survivors of these genocidal institutions have told stories of the abuse, neglect and violence that they experienced at these schools but the general public largely ignored them. In this episode, we take another look at the genocidal residen
#543 - Double Standard
In this episode John examines the double standard that's obvious to some and invisible to others when it comes to the topic of Native people in the national discourse on racial equality.
Closing song is "Anishinabe" by SAMIAN.
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#542 - Land Defenders (feat. Paul Winnie and Ed Schindler)
In this episode John is joined by Ed Schindler and Paul Winnie to discuss the differences between "environmentalists" and "land defenders" and how it all ties back to the concept of Seven Generations. Join John, Ed and Paul in a discussion on how the Native view of land and our responsibility to it is fundamentally at odds with how European settlers and their descendants view the land.
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#541 - 78 Days In The Pines (feat. Kahentinetha Horn and Loran Thompson)
In this episode we introduce a new format for the show and take a look at the Oka Crisis. After a year-long dispute over the expansion of a golf course between the city of Oka and the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, the Quebec provincial police stormed a barricade erected by the Mohawks to stop the expansion. What began as riot police tossing tear gas canisters at a small group of Mohawks spiraled
#540 - A Holiday for the Privileged
After the NYC Department of Education canceled Columbus Day and renamed it to Indigenous People's Day, white fragility was on full display when virtually every "Italian rights" organization across the state rallied to defend Christopher Columbus proclaiming him to be an Italian hero. White privilege and fragility is not always intentionally hurtful or offensive but racism can manifest in various w
#539 - Finish The Fight
Carving out spaces to move through in order to avoid state authority is NOT the same things as asserting and establishing sovereignty. We need to do more than push back against the state, we need to see our fight all the way through to the end.
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#538 - Native Spaces
After participating in a restorative justice healing circle for the mascot battle in the small town of Cambridge, NY, John reflects on the issue of "safe spaces." Specifically, how the discussion among the members of the Cambridge, NY community highlighted the lack of contemporary indigenous spaces and how that impacts Native people as we confront issues in spaces that are no longer ours.
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#537 - MMIW Day 2021
May 5th has been designated as MMIW Day since 2017 but 2021 is ushering in "MMIW National Week of Action!"
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#536 - U.S. Capitalism: A Story of Genocide and Slavery
The origin of U.S. capitalism and the influence of wealth on politics begins with genocide and slavery.
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SPECIAL RELEASE: Resistance Radio with John and Regan! (Feat. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
We interrupt are regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special release of "Resistance Radio with John and Regan" featuring historian and author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Regan and John discuss her new book due out in August, "Not A Nation Of Immigrants" and her collaboration with Raoul Peck on the HBO mini-series, "Exterminate All The Brutes."
Be sure to check out "Resistance Radio" on all
#535 - It Isn't Just Santorum
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum made the news recently after he delivered his racist American exceptionalism speech at a Young America's Foundation event on April 23, 2021. However, his moronic take on U.S. history has been shared by prominent politicians for the past two centuries. It is taught in schools, it is preached about in churches and it has been proclaimed by judges, congressmen, senat
#534 - The Interior Department Responds
The U.S. Department of the Interior has finally responded to the Seneca Nation regarding their on-going battle with New York state over casino revenue sharing payments. It's time for the Senecas to start asking the BIG questions!
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#533 - "Good Indians"
How did Native people go from being the despised victims of genocide to having their images used for school mascots and told they represent pride, courage and honor?
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#532 - NYS Has Always Cheated Senecas
John explores the long history of New York State screwing over Senecas. Even with unfettered access through Seneca land for their commerce the state still criminalizes Native businesses and extorts revenue from Seneca casinos.
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