Jay Winter Nightwolf: American Indian & Indigenous Peoples Truths

Dr. Carmen Johnson spent 44 months of a 10-year sentence in a West Virginia prison work camp as a result of her work and advocacy to prevent and stop mortgage loan abuses aimed at people of color in Maryland. She was charged and falsely convicted with what was labeled as "24 counts of mortgage, bank, and wire fraud".

During the years leading up to that sentence, she was bullied, harassed, followed, and called vile names by those wh...

Ben Jealous and Jay Winter Nightwolf discuss the flawed condition of the United States and what it's going to take to resolve many of the problems that continue to exist.

Ben Jealous is the president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation.  He worked to pass key legislative accomplishments during President Obama’s first term, most notably the Affordable Care Act. His experience spans Civil Rights,...

Jay Winter Nightwolf and Peter Brooks discuss intersections between Indigenous and Black ancestry during the Harlem Renaissance.  The phenomenal Cab Calloway (Peter's grandfather), Marcus Garvey, Count Basie, The Ink Spots (Jay's father), Duke Ellington, and Nanice Lund (Pura Fe's mother) are mentioned in this nostalgic discussion that shows our common humanity.  Peter lives his life with the embedded influence of blended culture a...

In this episode, Nightwolf talks with long-time friend Karen Collins (Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma). They reminisce about days of old before Covid-19 and the need for humanity to come together so we can survive this evolution to the norm. Karen fondly remembers 1966 when the American Indian Society (now AISDC) was formed and how it has been affected over the years. Karen is Secretary for AISDC and holds Elder status for 54 years of ...

Nightwolf talks with Suzette Brewer (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) about the Indian Child Welfare Act / ICWA and its impact on Federal Indian Law.

Suzette is a free-lance writer specializing in federal Indian law and violence against Native women and children; is the 2015 recipient of the Richard LaCourse-Gannett Foundation Al Neuharth Investigative Journalism Award for her work on ICWA, and is also a 2018 John Jay/Tow Juvenile Just...

Shelia Bryant is an attorney and an advocate for criminal justice reform. She became one of only a few African American women to achieve the rank of Colonel (O-6) in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

As an attorney, Ms. Bryant practiced in civil, criminal, and family law in California a before becoming a civil servant for the U.S. Navy in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Her most recent civil service assignment was Inspector General...

Mary Murdock Meyer is the Chief Executive of the Snake Shoshone Timpanogos Nation.

"As Chief Executive of the Timpanogos Nation I [Mary Meyer] have pondered many times how our people were forgotten. We are the living descendents of legendary Chiefs Walkara, Kanosh, Tabby, Arropeen, Washakie, Tintic, Sowiette, Sanpitch and others, who extended their hospitality to Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers."

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Joel Segal is co-founder and National Director of the “Justice Action Mobilization Network" of the Transformative Justice Coalition, a nationwide multiracial climate justice network. He has a law degree in constitutional law and conflict resolution studies and has been a social justice activist for over 30 years. Joel is also a professional bass player.

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From the “Healing Humanity through Music” series, Jay's guests Alexis Raeana Jones & Charly Lowry (both Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina).

These musicians (singer/songwriter/drum) talk about the Indigenous influence on their music, which often includes Indigenous language and drum. Session also includes new release "Keep My Memory" (Jones and Lowry) that is dedicated to the memory of our missing and murdered Indigenous women and girl...

Cynthia McKinney was the 2008 Green Party Candidate for President and is a former US Congresswoman, the first Black woman to hold the position in Georgia. She is the author of Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom and editor of The Illegal War On Libya and How the US Creates “Sh*thole” Countries . She holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California, an M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Ph.D. from Antioch Un...

Guest: Dr. Isabel Amarante: a Native Dominican, holds degrees from Brown University and a PhD in Latin American Literature specializing in Critical Theory, Deconstruction, Post Colonial, and Post Colonial Theory from Columbia University. 

Guest: Shaka Abubaker: born in Guyana, holds degree in English Literature and African American History (attended Lincoln, Howard, and Bowie State Universities) and is a former high school educator...

"We are only a single note lingering in this cosmos, but as one people we make a strong chord in harmony with the universe.” Kelvin Mockingbird.

Kelvin Mockingbird has been performing the Native American Flute and telling Medicine Stories of the Dineh’ since he was a young man. He has recorded 8 albums, was nominated in 2003 for Best Native American Album, and received several awards fro...

Alex White Plume was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation and served as Vice-President and then President of the Oglala Sioux Nation during 2004 to 2006. He has appeared in documentaries and films about Pine Ridge and was referred to by Winona LaDuke as the hemperer for his dedication and passion to using the crop to elevate the status of the Oglala Sioux. From 2000 to 2002, White Plume earned unwanted publicity when United States fe...

Kimberly Knight is a Black Indian woman from Eastern North Carolina. She is the Black Indians NC 2021 Powwow Advisory Council Chair, and a member of the Triangle Native American Society. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and, as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-A), Kimberly works in Eldercare and also has professional experience in HIV Awareness.

Shonda Buchanan is an award-winning poet and educator born in Kalamazo...