Native Voice One (NV1), 3600 San Jeronimo Drive, Anchorage, AK (2025)

08/29/2025

In the comedy thriller "Seeds", social media influencer Ziggy is offered a lucrative sponsorship contract with a corporate seed and fertilizer company, but she’s also called back to her Mohawk reservation to help out her cousin, which gets her tangled in an all-out battle to save her tribe’s ancestral seeds. Kanienʼkehá:ka Mohawk actor Kaniehtiio Horn is Ziggy. She is also the screenwriter and director for the film.

And a new collection of stories by Indigenous authors, “Legendary Frybread Drive-In”, serves up more than just Native comfort food. Each of the stories geared toward young adult readers finds its way to Sandy June’s Legendary Frybread Drive-in, a place with a helping of elder wisdom about love, grief, culture, and healing. Editor Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) calls it “a hug of a book”. Horn and Smith both join Andi Murphy for "The Menu", our special feature on Indigenous food sovereignty.

https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-august-29-2025-the-menu-seeds-and-the-legendary-frybread-drive-in/

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In the comedy thriller, Seeds, social media influencer, Ziggy, is offered a lucrative sponsorship contract with a corporate seed and fertilizer company. But she’s also called back to her Mohawk reservation to help out her cousin, which gets her tangled in an all-out battle to save her tribe’s an...

08/28/2025

Serving on a school board is not a glamorous position, but it’s an important one that plays a big role in Native American students’ success. Elected members of school boards make decisions ranging annual budgets to what’s allowed in classroom lessons. They are also responsible for representing the community’s values and interests. As such, individual board members are lightning rods for public criticism. We’ll get a look at what school board members encounter on a daily basis and hear about a program designed to support Native school board participation.

GUESTS

Stacey Woolley (Choctaw), member on Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education

Regina Yazzie (White Mountain Apache), member for the Theodore Roosevelt School Governing Board

Michele Justice (Diné), owner of Personnel Security Consultants

Dr. Chris Bonn, owner of Bonfire Leadership Solutions

Serving on a school board is not a glamorous position, but it’s an important one that plays a big role in Native American students’ success. Elected members of school boards make decisions ranging annual budgets to what’s allowed in classroom lessons. They are also responsible for representing...

08/27/2025

Aquinnah Wampanoag journalist Joseph Lee investigates the difficult subject of Indigenous identity in his new book, "Nothing More Of This Land". He uses his own family’s story as a jumping off point, exploring the reality of the people who once greeted the Mayflower. The original Wampanoag homeland includes Martha’s Vineyard, the haven for wealthy elites that has become so expensive that at least three quarters of tribal members can no longer afford to live there. Lee branches out from there to find parallels among the Native people and places he's covered — from Alaska to the halls of the United Nations. We'll talk with Lee about his new book, journalism, and what it means to be Native in modern America.

https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-august-27-2025-native-bookshelf-nothing-more-of-this-land-by-joseph-lee/

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Aquinnah Wampanoag journalist Joseph Lee investigates the difficult subject of Indigenous identity in his new book, "Nothing More Of This Land". He uses his own family’s story as a jumping off point, exploring the reality of the people who once greeted the Mayflower. The original Wampanoag homelan...

08/26/2025

Santa Ana Pueblo is celebrating the return of a clay bowl that was stolen in 1984, but it’s only one out of nearly 150 irreplaceable items taken during a series of burglaries and never recovered. Investigators believe the items were eventually sold to collectors around the world and authorities never tracked them down. We’ll check in on the tribe’s renewed efforts to find and bring the items back home.

We’ll also get updates on other repatriation efforts, including tribes and lawmakers putting renewed pressure on the University of California over its failure to return remains and artifacts required by law.

GUESTS

Shannon O’Loughlin (citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), chief executive and attorney of the Association on American Indian Affairs

Jack Potter Jr., chairman of the Redding Rancheria

Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo governor

Monica Murrell, tribal historic preservation officer and director of the Santa Ana Historic Preservation Department

Santa Ana Pueblo is celebrating the return of a clay bowl that was stolen in 1984, but it’s only one out of nearly 150 irreplaceable items taken during a series of burglaries and never recovered. Investigators believe the items were eventually sold to collectors around the world and authorities ne...

08/25/2025

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida scored at least a temporary legal victory when a federal judge halted construction and ordered parts of the facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" removed. The decision comes in the lawsuit by the tribe and environmental groups claiming work on the abandoned airport turned emergency immigrant detention center in Florida violates environmental and national preservation laws. The facility is on traditional Miccosukee land. The Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement along with the state of Florida see the compound as part of ramped-up immigrant deportation efforts. We'll speak with Chairman Talbert Cypress (Miccosukee).

We’ll also hear from Lakota artist Danielle SeeWalker, who settled a lawsuit with the city of Vail, Colo. after officials cancelled a summer artist residency. The cancellation came after she posted a picture of a work criticizing Israel’s actions against the citizens of Gaza.

Miccosukee Tribe of Florida scored at least a temporary legal victory when a federal judge halted construction and ordered parts of the facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" removed. The decision comes in the lawsuit by the tribe and environmental groups claiming work on the abandoned airport turned....

08/22/2025

Renowned ballet dancer Jock Soto (Diné/Puerto Rican) is being celebrated by the International Museum of Dance for his career that started when he was hand-selected at age 16 by New York City Ballet founder George Balanchine as a principal dancer. He went on to an acclaimed career on stage and as a mentor to up-and-coming dancers. We’ll talk with Soto about his dancing and choreography career. Lensic Performing Arts Center

Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate’s (Chickasaw) new compositions are based on his tribe’s clan animals, including woodpeckers, deer, and racoons. They’re included on a new album, “Woodland Songs,” by the Dover Quartet. The album also includes songs by singer-songwriter Pura Fé (Tuscarora and Taino) that Tate arranged for the ensemble. We'll talk with Tate about his interpreting the mix of traditional Native ideas in a classical music setting.

Renowned ballet dancer Jock Soto (Diné/Puerto Rican) is being celebrated by the International Museum of Dance for his career that started when he was hand-selected at age 16 by New York City Ballet founder George Balanchine as a principal dancer. He went on to an acclaimed career on stage and as a ...

08/21/2025

Congratulations to Koahnic journalists from our flagship station KNBA and national programs "National Native News" and "Native America Calling" for winning at this year’s Indigenous Media Awards.

Excellence in Beat Reporting - Third Place
Andi Murphy
“The Menu on Native America Calling” covering Indigenous food
Native America Calling

General Excellence - Second Place
Sol Traverso, Marino Spencer, Shaun Griswold, Art Hughes, Shawn Spruce, Seo McPolin, Andi Murphy
Election coverage
Native America Calling

General Excellence - Third Place
Antonia Gonzales, Jill Fratis, Emily Schwing
Alaska’s Native Voice at the Alaska Federation of Natives
KNBA 90.3 FM

Best Newscast - First Place
Brian Bull
Native Vote
National Native News

Excellence in Beat Reporting (TV) - First Place
Antonia Gonzales
Native Vote: Alaska
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation

Excellence in Beat Reporting (TV) - Second Place
Antonia Gonzales
Indian Country Issues: Boarding Schools, Reimagining Columbus and Native American Studies
New Mexico In Focus

Best Feature Story - Second Place
Antonia Gonzales
Native Youth Olympic Games
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation

Best Feature Story - Third Place
Rhonda McBride
Call of the Seal
KNBA

Best News Story - Second Place
Rhonda McBride
Native woman, believed slain by serial killer Brian Smith, declared homicide victim
KNBA

Congratulations to Koahnic journalists from our flagship station KNBA and national programs "National Native News" and "Native America Calling" for winning at this year’s Indigenous Media Awards.

08/21/2025

A relatively new program with proven results in improving the health of expecting and new mothers may be in jeopardy. Efforts to renew the Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality (ERASE MM) program by the September 30 deadline have so far been unsuccessful. ERASE MM panels review and document social and legal factors that go into providing maternal health care. Absent or inconsistent approaches state-by-state could make it harder to spot gaps for Native mothers.

Federal funding cuts also threaten access to birth control for more than 800,000 women. The Trump administration is signaling a shift in the Nixon-era program known as Title X, promoting fertility programs for low-income women rather than providing them contraception. In addition, pending cuts to Medicaid could reduce family planning services to millions more. We’ll take a look at the current trend in family planning services for Native Americans.

GUESTS

Camie Goldhammer (Sisseton Wahpeton), founding executive director of Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services

MichaeLynn Kanichy (member of the Makah Tribe), co-founder of The hi•dubał baʔas

Julia Wall (Pueblo and Anishinaabe), health administrator for the Changing Woman Initiative

Shireen Ghorbani, president and CEO for the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah

A relatively new program with proven results in improving the health of expecting and new mothers may be in jeopardy. Efforts to renew the Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality (ERASE MM) program by the September 30 deadline have so far been unsuccessful. ERASE MM panels...

08/20/2025

Since the technology was first made publicly available in the U.S. more than a century ago, radio has endured repeated predictions of its demise. Even with the explosion of digital streaming and on-demand podcasts, the nation’s top ratings firm finds at least 82% of Americans listen to traditional, terrestrial radio each week. We’ll mark by talking to Native people who have a passion for the medium, including the host of the longest-running Native radio show in Texas, a radio reporter who covers Indigenous affairs in Oklahoma, and an Alaska teenager who built his own internet radio station in his bedroom.

GUESTS

Sarah Liese (Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Diné), Indigenous Affairs reporter at KOSU Radio

Albert Old Crow (Southern Cheyenne), Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal council coordinator and host of Beyond Bows and Arrows Radio

Colton Prince (Athabascan and Iñupiaq), owner of 98.5 Music Alaska

Bob Petersen (Yup’ik), network manager for Native Voice One (NV1)

Since the technology was first made publicly available in the U.S. more than a century ago, radio has endured repeated predictions of its demise. Even with the explosion of digital streaming and on-demand podcasts, the nation’s top ratings firm finds at least 82% of Americans listen to traditional...

08/19/2025

Among the big wins in athletic competition this summer is the victory by the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. They are first time medalists at the senior level and their win over Puerto Rico has far-reaching implications. We’ll hear from a player and a coach for the team and take the opportunity to catch up with some other notable Native athletes, from a Chickasaw professional boxer to the Diné college swimmer.

GUESTS

Carli Upton (Chickasaw and Choctaw), student and golfer at Tishomingo High School

Bean Minerd (Onondaga Nation), Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s lacrosse team member and head women’s lacrosse coach of Buffalo State University

George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah (Comanche), former professional boxer, North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, and CEO of Numunu

Kaylah Yazzie (Navajo, Comanche, and Sac and Fox), swimmer for the The University of New Mexico - UNM

Among the big wins in athletic competition this summer is the victory by the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. They are first time medalists at the senior level and their win over Puerto Rico has far-reaching implications. We’ll hear from a player and a c...

08/18/2025

Michael Steven Wilson (Tohono O’odham) was a lay pastor on the Tohono O’odam Nation in the early 2000s when he started putting out water for migrants crossing the U.S.- Mexico border. He considered it a religious and ethical calling, but it put him at odds with U.S. immigration officials, his church, and his own Native nation. Growing up in Tucson, Ariz. in the 1950s, Wilson endured racism and poverty. He witnessed injustice in South America while serving in the military — and he confronted questions about his Christian faith while in seminary school in the 90s. His experiences and observations informed his decision to help relieve the suffering of the migrants risking their lives to cross the Sonoran Desert. They are also documented in the memoir, “What Side Are You On?” from University of North Carolina Press. Wilson is our August Native in the Spotlight.

Michael Steven Wilson (Tohono O’odham) was a lay pastor on the Tohono O’odam Nation in the early 2000s when he started putting out water for migrants crossing the U.S.- Mexico border. He considered it a religious and ethical calling, but it put him at odds with U.S. immigration officials, his ch...

08/15/2025

After 103 years, the Santa Fe Indian Market remains the biggest draw for Native artists, potters, and jewelry makers as well as those who appreciate and collect their work. More than 1.000 juried participants come from hundreds of Native communities, offering a hugely diverse range of inspiring work. We’ll take a small sample of that creativity and check in on the outlook for Native arts and arts education.

GUESTS

Lily Hope Weaver, Artist (Tlingit), Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver and artist

Shelly Lowe (Diné), president of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)

Dan Vallo (Acoma Pueblo), 2024 SWAIA - Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Show winner and multimedia artist

Monica Raphael (Anishinaabe and Sicangu Lakota), quill and beadwork artist

After 103 years, the Santa Fe Indian Market remains the biggest draw for Native artists, potters, and jewelry makers as well as those who appreciate and collect their work. More than 1.000 juried participants come from hundreds of Native communities, offering a hugely diverse range of inspiring work...

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