Indigenous Politics

Season One of “Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond” now available online and for podcasting:
Show #1: Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee),
President and Executive Director of The Morning Star Institute,
discusses the state of Indian Country on Capitol Hill.
Original air date: 2-05-07
Show #2: Richard Velky (Schaghticoke), Chief of the Schaghticoke
Tribal Nation on the […]

Native Hawaiians maintain their inherent sovereignty
by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Why should Native Hawaiians who have never relinquished their inherent sovereignty settle for the lesser status of federal recognition that is being put forward in the ”Akaka Bill”?
They shouldn’t, says J. Kehaulani Kauanui.
Kauanui, a Native Hawaiian and an assistant […]

I’ll be a guest on Native America Calling tomorrow from 1-2pm EST (see below for info on how to listen if you want to tune in. The topic of the show is the Akaka bill- a US federal legislative proposal that would reorganize Native Hawaiians into a domestic dependent governing entity within US domestic policy […]

A new WESU 88.1 FM radio program is gaining a nation-wide audience with its emphasis on indigenous politics.
The show, titled ”Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond,” was launched Feb. 5 from the Wesleyan-based radio station. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, assistant professor of anthropology and American Studies, is the producer and host of the program.
The […]