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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 8h

GUESTS

Aaron Payment (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), tribal councilman and former chairperson for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota), 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist

George Jones, retired economist and Indigenous hockey historian

Thursday, October 16, 2025 – The fight to recognize Taffy Abel’s historic NHL achievement » Native America Calling

It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice as a New York Rangers defenseman. It was a historic moment that was not acknowledged at the time in the…

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 8h

Now, his descendants want him recognized, after the fact, as the man who broke the pro hockey color barrier. Abel carried the American flag in the first Winter Olympics in 1924. He went on to help both the Rangers and the Chicago Blackhawks win Stanley Cup championships.

Thursday, October 16, 2025 – The fight to recognize Taffy Abel’s historic NHL achievement » Native America Calling

It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice as a New York Rangers defenseman. It was a historic moment that was not acknowledged at the time in the…

www.nativeamericacalling.com

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 8h

At the time, he kept his Native American identity a secret — at first to escape the forced attendance at Indian Boarding Schools, then later to avoid the discrimination that could hinder his career.

Thursday, October 16, 2025 – The fight to recognize Taffy Abel’s historic NHL achievement » Native America Calling

It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice as a New York Rangers defenseman. It was a historic moment that was not acknowledged at the time in the…

www.nativeamericacalling.com

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 8h

It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice as a New York Rangers defenseman. It was a historic moment that was not acknowledged at the time in the professional hockey world or even by Abel himself.

Thursday, October 16, 2025 – The fight to recognize Taffy Abel’s historic NHL achievement » Native America Calling

It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice as a New York Rangers defenseman. It was a historic moment that was not acknowledged at the time in the…

www.nativeamericacalling.com

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 1d

GUESTS

April Monroe (Evansville Village)

Miles Cleveland Sr. (Iñupiaq)

Robert Gifford (Cherokee Nation)

Gary Batton (Choctaw Nation)

Emily Schwing, investigative reporter

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – The road project that could open up a great expanse of pristine Alaska » Native America Calling

The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it. Ambler Road promises to…

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 1d

But at least 40 Alaska Native tribes have officially lined up against the controversial project citing subsistence hunting habitat among other concerns. We’ll hear about that – and get an update on struggles over tribal control over hunting permits in Oklahoma.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – The road project that could open up a great expanse of pristine Alaska » Native America Calling

The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it. Ambler Road promises to…

www.nativeamericacalling.com

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 1d

Ambler Road promises to clear the way for several mining operations, providing minerals like copper, cobalt and gold that President Trump says is needed to “win the AI arms race against China.”

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – The road project that could open up a great expanse of pristine Alaska » Native America Calling

The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it. Ambler Road promises to…

www.nativeamericacalling.com

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – The road project that could open up a great expanse of pristine Alaska » Native America Calling

The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it. Ambler Road promises to…

www.nativeamericacalling.com

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 2d

GUESTS

Vivien Tejada (citizen of the Cherokee Nation)

Dr. Farina King (Diné, citizen of the Navajo Nation)

Michael Holloman (member of Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation)

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 2d

We’ll hear from some of those historians about the changing influence of Native historical scholarship.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 2d

The Western History Association Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., this week assembles a number of discussions led by Native American historians on those and other topics, gauging how well Native perspectives are taken into account.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 2d

The stories and written documentation on boarding schools, Indian Agents, and even the fictional character, Paul Bunyan, all have an influence on how we view history.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 2d

Young members of the Kingikmiut Dance Group perform at the 2025 Elders & Youth Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.

Follow our complete coverage of EYC and AFN all week long on KNBA.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 3d

GUESTS

Sulustu Barry Moses (Spokane Tribe of Indians)

Richard Grounds (Yuchi and Seminole)

Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida) GUESTS

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 3d

We'll also hear about a five-part talk show, "Rematriated Voices", centered on Haudenosaunee culture and principles. The first episode airs on Indigenous Peoples Day on New York PBS affiliate WCNY.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 3d

And the Yuchi Tribe in Oklahoma has established a unique partnership with an Australian Aboriginal nation to exchange ideas for revitalizing both of their endangered languages. We’ll hear about these two recent success stories.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 3d

After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled. Some of those program graduates will be hired on as full-time language teaching staff as the tribe expands its language revitalization efforts.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 6d

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 6d

GUESTS

Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and Muscogee), playwright and director

Merna Wharton (Yup’ik), artist

Demian DinéYazhi’ (Diné), transdisciplinary artist, poet, and curator

Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet Nation and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes), filmmaker

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 6d

We’ll also hear from artists recognized with a $100,000 prize for the 2025 SHIFT – Transformative Change + Indigenous Arts Awards by the Native Arts + Culture Foundation for works that address social change through a Native lens.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 6d

The Millennial siblings have a penchant for the soundtrack of their youth that leans heavily on Britney Spears. Along the way they find themselves on a journey to a higher calling. We’ll hear from Moses about her work that comes to the stage in Los Angeles.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 6d

In the Tara Moses play, “Haunted,” two Native ghosts are caught in a seemingly endless cycle of haunting the prospective owners of a house, while also being haunted in return by racist stereotypes.

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 7d

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 7d

GUESTS

Vera Metcalf (Yu’pik), director of the Eskimo Walrus Commission

Eduard Kergytagyn Zdor (Chukchi), cultural anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska’s Arctic Leadership Initiative

Leon Misak Kinneeveauk (Iñupiaq), artist and director of the Alaska Art Alliance

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation #Indigenous #Native Voices @koahnic.bsky.social · 7d

We’ll talk with Indigenous people who have a stake in Pacific walruses and are working to protect them.

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