Singer Shawnee identifies as two-spirit. This is her story. – Kids Help Phone
“Warrior Heart.” “This is Me.” “Canadian Cry.” These are just some of the powerful song titles on Indigenous singer/songwriter Shawnee Kish’s discography. Shawnee is a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community – she’s Mohawk and identifies as two-spirit. She’s also passionate about supporting LGBTQ2S+ youth through her inspirational music and performances.
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14th Dec – 20th Dec
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Eli Carr – Crossed Paths
GR Gritt – Quiet Years
Mato – Overwhelmed
Wolf Saga & Chippewa Travellers – Hear Us
Supaman – Intro to Crow Hop 2008
Supaman – Shut Em Down
Stones Of Red – Just Another Day
Khu.eex – Canoe Song
Cody Blackbird – Native Flute Cover “Tadow” by Fkj & Masego
Young Spirit – ‘Tis A Good Day To Dance
Biz Nico, Freshie – Nobody But You
Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Beau Dick speech
Snotty Nose Rez Kids & Skinny Local – Screaming Indian
Ghostkeeper – Spring Fever
Broadcast in Europe on stations Resonance, AGORA, Onde Furlane, & Freequenns, As a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts search for Tunes from Turtle Island – feed.
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Rapper and PhD student becomes first Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence at U of S
Charlene Sorensen, acting dean of the U of S library, said in a prepared statement that the pilot project aims to “uplift Indigenous voices and perspectives and facilitate deeper cultural understanding at our university.” Knight’s said she plans to mentor students and work with them to create a song or spoken-word piece by the end of her six-week term.
The Winter Solstice Begins a Season of Storytelling and Ceremony
In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice is the year’s day of least sunlight, when the sun takes its lowest, shortest path across the sky. North of the Arctic Circle, it is the midpoint of the period of darkness, when even twilight doesn’t reach the horizon.
Raven Mail: Tlingit Artist Designs Stunning Stamp for U.S. Postal Service
Raven is swooping in, and making snail mail look snazzy. Surrounded by twinkling gold stars, with the sun in his beak, the Trickster of Tlingit culture is the star of “Raven Story,” the new Forever Stamp by Tlingit and Athabascan artist Rico Lanáat…
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7th Dec – 13th Dec
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DJ Shub Ft. Fawn Wood – Redfoot
Silver Wolf Band – Woman of Labrador
David Huckfelt & Quiltman – The Book of Life
The Tewa – Queen Of My World
Khu.eex – To Her Grandmother Clarissa Rizal
Freddie Kaydahzinne – Ta’ Undi/The Warrior Speaks
Larry K – Shylah Ray Sunshine Interview
Shylah Ray Sunshine – Into The Wild
Red All Over Project – Visitor
G Precious – Unforgetable
Chief Ryda Ft. Yung JayTee – Ride Out
Moseckan – Tante Tca Wir Komes
A Tribe Called Red Ft. Chippewa Travellers & KOOL A.D. – All Day
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Raye Zaragoza features in this list
2020 Was The Year Of Protest Music
In 2020, there were many ways to understand the year in music; this week, we’re considering four. One of the most striking ways we’ll remember the music of 2020 – a year of serious social reckoning, especially during the resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May – was by the sounds of protest.
Proceeds to all the Indigenous water protectors standing up & speaking out for Mother Earth all across Turtle Island.
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30th Nov – 6th Dec
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Lo Cash Ninjas – Lo Ca$h Ninjutsu
Joshua Arden Miller – Solidarity
Nick Lone – Native Pride
HGS Savage Fam – Mirakle
The Johnnys – Nisakihtan Kiya Kisoskatowin (I Love Your Heat in Cree)
JC Campbell – Live in Today
Larry K – PaulStar Interview
PaulStar – One Last Time
Callie Bennett – Rise Up
Jerry Sereda – You Got It
Edmund Bull – Pow Wow Time
Leah Belle – We Found Love
Hyper-T ft. Aqqalu – Isumagijarni (It’s Up2U)
Jason Camp and The Posers – Raven Stole My Wife
Sage Cornelius – Camp Blood
Broadcast in Europe on stations Resonance, AGORA, Onde Furlane, & Freequenns, As a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts search for Tunes from Turtle Island – feed.
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In ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears and Our Climate,’ Court Rejects Trump Approval of Offshore Drilling Project in Arctic
Climate action advocates and wildlife defenders celebrated Monday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected the Trump administration’s approval of Liberty, a proposed offshore oil-drilling project in federal Arctic waters that opponents warned would endanger local communities, animals, and the environment.
How Standing Rock solved my 2016, First World problems
2016 was a rough year. After Nov. 8, it became almost unlivable. In my case, a sustained state of anxiety and depression erupted occasionally into nausea and panic. Behaviors buried since the Bush era made their reappearance, and I even did some brand-new things, like physically threaten someone who called me a faggot.
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23rd Nov – 29th Nov
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Once A Tree – Run
Crown Lands – Feeling Good
Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers – In Smithereens, The search for Affinity
Frank Waln Marie Waln, Kodi DeNoyer – Remembrance
Mattmac – Think Too Much
Larry K – The Sober Junkie Interview
The Sober Junkie – People
Angus Vincent – Not Loving You
Deanne Rose Moore – Not Waiting Anymore
Wolf Saga – Alice In Nowhere Land
Tchutchu – Something About You
David Strickland – Turtle Island Classic Roots & Gordo Remix
DeLab X Kindacolt – Elements
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After 250 years, Native American tribe regains ownership of Big Sur ancestral lands
(CNN) – A northern California Indian tribe’s sacred land is now back under their ownership, thanks to the help of a conservancy group. The Esselen Tribe, one of the state’s smallest and least well known tribes, inhabited the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Big Sur coast for thousands of years, according to their website.
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16th Nov – 22nd Nov
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DJ Shub – Smoke Dance Three
Piqsiq – Listen
Piqsiq – Artic Hallows Album Taaqtuq Ub luri aq: Dark Star
iskwe Tom Wilson Chuck Copenace – Blue Moon Drive
Leonard Sumner – I4ni
Digawolf – Cry Wolf
Tanya Tagaq – Erie Changys
Faran Sohappy – I’m Glad You’re All Still Here
Anachnid, R.O, Konoba ft. Gabriel Moar et Kenny Verreault – Vent du Nord
Jace Martin – Hands
Tufawon – Levitate
Gunner Jules, Spur Pourier, Antonie Edwards – Another Way
Neo Vecci Mic Crenshaw Claudia Cuentas John Trudell – Eulogy for John Trudell
Sage Cornelius F.R.E.E. THRONE – OBLITERATE
Ziibiwan – Hear With Me
Broadcast in Europe on stations Resonance, AGORA, Onde Furlane, & Freequenns, As a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts search for Tunes from Turtle Island – feed.
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