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First Voices Radio6/1/2025 - Amanda SingerThe problem of syphilis infections and congenital syphilis cases in the U.S. is extremely alarming and has hit Indian Country very hard. Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) talked with Amanda Singer (Diné), Executive Director of the Navajo Breastfeeding Coalition/Diné Doula Collective in Window Rock, Arizona about this serious issue. Amanda is a Certified Lactation Counselor and Indigenous Doula.The organization's mission is to improve the health of Navajo families by providing compassionate unbiased, and accessible care to improving all birthing families and Infant health through holistic traditional practices and to promote healing.Production Credits:...2025-06-0456 min

First Voices Radio2/2/25 - Michael HollomanAnne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), co-host, is sitting for Tiokasin Ghosthorse this week. She talks for the entire hour with Michael Holloman (Colville Confederated Tribes) about Japanese photographer Frank S. Matsura (1873-1913), the subject of the exhibition "Frank S. Matsura: Portraits from the Borderland" that opened on Feb. 1 at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. The exhibition examines Indigenous representation and identity during a period of regional transformation in the early years of the 20th century. Michael is the lead curator of the original exhibition, which premiered at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Cultures in Spokane, Washington...2025-02-0657 min

First Voices Radio12/22/24 - Anne Keala KellyTiokasin Ghosthorse and guest Anne Keala Kelly discuss representation and take the new Disney film "Moana 2" as the jumping off point for their conversation. They talk about the film and what's wrong with it for multiple cultural, spiritual and political reasons, and the way Disney and Hollywood continue to exploit Indigenous peoples and their cultures and profit from it. Keala is a Kānaka Maoli award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, podcaster, writer and activist living on Hawai'i Island. Her works address the critical links between cultural, environmental and spiritual survival in the movement for Hawaiian self-determination, and Indigenous peoples' struggles f...2025-01-0154 min

Commotion with Elamin AbdelmahmoudWhat Disney gets wrong about MoanaAs Moana 2 breaks box office records, a critique that came up during the first Moana movie is resurfacing - how the movie flattens the identities and the traditions of indigenous Pacific Islanders. Anne Keala Kelly, an Indigenous Hawaiian journalist, podcaster and filmmaker, shares why she thinks Disney can do better. 2024-12-0521 min

First Voices Radio08/11/24 - Dan Taulapapa McMullinGuest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) speaks with Dan Taulapapa McMullin — an artist and poet from Sāmoa i Sasa'e (American Samoa) and an expert on the subject of the colonization of Pacific cultures. Keala and Dan spend time talking about American exploitation via tiki bars, a subject that Dan explored in his film, “100 Tikis.” “100 Tikis” is a 45-minute film/video appropriation art piece, part of an ongoing installation of works on the intersection of tiki kitsch and indigenous sovereignty. “100 Tikis” looks at Hollywood, colonialism, gender, militarism, and activism, through films, cartoons, songs, paintings, photographs, television shows, tourist ads, military p...2024-08-1258 min

First Voices Radio04/21/24 - Kevin Abourezk, Shannon O’LoughlinIn the first half-hour, Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly has a lively conversation with award-winning journalist, film producer and community organizer Kevin Abourezk about “Cultural Appropriation in the Era of AI,” which was inspired by Kevin’s March 28, 2024 article in Indian Country Today: “Navajo word for beautiful at center or controversy.” Kevin is currently deputy managing editor of Indian Country Today and was a reporter and editor for the Lincoln Journal Star for 18 years. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, he has spent his career documenting the lives, accomplishments and tragedies of Native American people. Kevin holds a bachelor's...2024-04-2256 min

First Voices Radio04/14/24 - Amanda SingerThis week, an hour-long discussion about the terrifying uptick in syphilis infections and congenital syphilis cases in Indian Country. This is a problem throughout the US and it’s hitting Indian Country the hardest. Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) spends the hour with Amanda Singer (Diné), Executive Director of the Navajo Breastfeeding Coalition/Diné Doula Collective in Window Rock, Arizona. Amanda is a Certified Lactation Counselor and Indigenous Doula.The organization’s mission is to improve the health of Navajo families by providing compassionate unbiased, and accessible care to improving all birthing families and Infant health...2024-04-1456 min

First Voices Radio04/07/24 - Trey Blackhawk, Indigenous resistance music from Turtle Island and beyondGuest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) speaks with Trey Blackhawk in the first half-hour. Trey Blackhawk is first and foremost a husband and a father to three beautiful children. He graduated from the Little Priest Tribal College in Winnebago, Nebraska and is currently attending the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska/Lincoln. A first-generation farmer and college student, Trey sees the need for education and a movement towards being food sovereign. He currently manages the Winnebago Tribe's Farm which specializes in food production. When he isn't farming, you can still find him...2024-04-1155 min

First Voices Radio03/31/24 - PaulStar, Corrina GouldPaulStar is a Cree recording artist and producer from Chisasibi, Quebec. He talks with Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) in the first half-hour about his new album “Bring It All Together” and some of the challenges he has faced and the role of music in his own life. With a blend of influences from his Cree roots and his love of alternative rock, pop and hip-hop, “Bring It All Together” is a testament to PaulStar’s musical evolution. When creating the album, he underwent an introspective journey, propelled by his passion to elevate the voices of Indigenous peoples wh...2024-04-0256 min

The Long Way Around Podcast VersionKeala Kelly-The Struggle For The Heart And Soul Of Hawaii'iAnne Keala Kelly, Hawai'is voice of conscience joins me for a lively and urgent conversation about the true root causes of the wildfires that have devastated the land due to US mismanagement, greed and corruption.The second hour features inspiring new music from Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Roger Waters and more. 2023-08-281h 43

First Voices Radio08/13/23 - Shannon O’Loughlin, Anne Keala Kelly on the Maui wildfiresSitting in for Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse this week is First Voices Radio’s Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), an independent journalist, filmmaker and activist from Moku Nui (Big Island) in the illegally occupied Hawaiian Islands. Keala begins with commentary about this past week’s deadly wildfires that completely destroyed the town of Lahaina, Maui, located on the island’s west side. Lahaina is the historic seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Fires are still burning in other areas of Maui and also on Moku Nui. For the majority of the hour, Keala speaks with Shannon O’Loug...2023-08-141h 01

First Voices Radio03/26/23 - Shannon O’Loughlin, Stephany SeayIn the first half-hour, “First Voices Radio” Correspondent Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) talks with Shannon O’Loughlin (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), CEO and attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs. The Association has been tracking domestic and international auctions selling sensitive American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian cultural heritage since 2018. Bonhams Skinner, a large global auction house, has been hosting a 10-day American Indian and Tribal Art online auction this month. The Association has major concerns about the chain of title, as well as the authenticity, of many of the items in this auction. Shannon has been p...2023-03-2757 min

The Cosmopolitan"Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto" with Anne Keala Kelly Podcast: The Green Flame (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: "Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto" with Anne Keala KellyPub date: 2023-03-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOn this episode, Max Wilbert speaks with Anne Keala Kelly about her new short book, "Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto." In addition to being an author, Keala is a filmmaker, journalist, podcaster, and writer. Her published articles and Op-Eds have appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Nation, Indian Country Today, Hon...2023-03-221h 22

The Green Flame"Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto" with Anne Keala KellyOn this episode, Max Wilbert speaks with Anne Keala Kelly about her new short book, "Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto." In addition to being an author, Keala is a filmmaker, journalist, podcaster, and writer. Her published articles and Op-Eds have appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Nation, Indian Country Today, Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu Civil Beat, Hana Hou! Magazine, Big Island Journal, and other publications. Her broadcast journalism has aired on Free Speech Radio News, Independent Native News, Al Jazeera English, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Democracy Now!, The Environment Report, and more. She i...2023-03-101h 22

First Voices Radio03/05/23 - Charles Lyons and Charlie Espinosa, Anne Keala Kelly on Thacker PassIn the first half-hour, Tiokasin talks with Charles Lyons and Charlie Espinosa. They are the co-authors of “For some Colombians, vows of mining reform are just a flash in the pan” (Mongabay, Feb. 20, 2023: http://bit.ly/3mkZrEN). Charles Lyons is a multimedia journalist and filmmaker. He recently produced coverage of the 2022 Brazilian election for PBS NewsHour, which included two long-form reports on deforestation and Indigenous rights. Prior to that, he received an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to produce and edit coverage of pandemic in Brazil, also for PBS NewsHour. Along with Charlie Espinosa, he is co-writing a series of a...2023-03-0658 min

First Voices Radio01/15/23 - Anne Keala Kelly, PlexIn the first half-hour, Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) presents an update on Thacker Pass. Two years ago, activist-lawyer Will Falk, and activist-photographer, Max Wilbert started an occupation to stop construction of a proposed lithium mine in Thacker Pass, Nevada, known as Peehee Mu’huh in Paiute. On January 5, 2023, they, along with members from two of the affected tribes, four environmental groups and a local rancher appeared in Reno’s federal court in opposition to the project. Keep updated at https://www.protectthackerpass.org/ In the second half-hour, Tiokasin speaks with Plex, an awar...2023-01-1657 min

First Voices Radio12/11/22 - Mikilani Young, Top Listener Favorite Songs of 2022In the first half-hour “First Voices Radio,” Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) talks with Mikilani Young, Kanaka Maoli cultural practitioner and kahu. Their conversation begins with a prayer for one Hawaiian elder, and then goes onto the cultural and spiritual connections between Indigenous peoples, the protection of Mauna Kea, and Mikilani Young’s own prayerful path, living here on Turtle Island, thousands of miles away from the Hawaiian Nation. Mikilani’s courageous approach to the practice and teaching of Indigenous Hawaiian ways is both suited to, and challenged by, the times we live in...2022-12-1258 min

First Voices Radio12/04/22 - Ronny Kareni, Anne Keala Kelly (Guest Host)Sitting in for Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse this week is First Voices Radio’s Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly, (Kanaka Maoli), who is an independent journalist, filmmaker and activist from Moku Nui (Big Island) in the illegally occupied Hawaiian Islands. For the full hour, she speaks with Ronny Kareni, a Canberra-based West Papuan activist, musician, youth worker and bilingual health educator. Ronny discusses the movement to free West Papua. For more background, read this article: https://bit.ly/3OXHaaO Ronny graduated in diplomacy studies at the Australian National University and is the co...2022-12-0656 min

The Long Way Around Podcast VersionAnne Keala Kelly/A Hawai'ian ManifestoJoin filmmaker , journalist and activist Anne Keala Kelly and I for two hours of music and conversation as she discusses her recent book " Our Rights To Self Determination / A Hawaiian Manifesto"2022-10-251h 59

First Voices Radio09/25/22 - Anne Keala KellyTiokasin’s guest for the full hour is Anne Keala Kelly. Keala is a Kānaka Maoli filmmaker, journalist and activist living on Hawai‘i Island. Her works address the critical links between cultural, environmental and spiritual survival in the movement for Hawaiian self-determination, and Indigenous peoples’ struggles for territorial and political autonomy. She is an outspoken advocate for Indigenous self-representation in mass media, a Ted Scripps Environmental Journalism fellow, and has an MFA from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Keala’s reporting and commentary have appeared in many publications, including Indian Country Tod...2022-09-2759 min

Geek Between the LinesCatching Fire Ch. 5-6In this episode, Britt and Chris discuss Snow being gross, Peeta's violent outburst in District 11, Effie being sooo Effie, and of course Capitol bakers and watchmakers. We also think about contextualizing the Districts' industries for our global economy. Article Britt mentioned: "Consuming Hawaiʻi: Anne Keala Kelly on the Appropriation of Hawaiian Culture" -- https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/colonialism/consuming-hawai%CA%BBi Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! And, if you really enjoy our content, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons and get even more o...2022-05-0349 min

First Voices Radio08/11/21 - Buffy Sainte-MarieDuring this special repeat episode of "First Voices Radio," Anne Keala Kelly sits in for Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse. Her guest for the full hour is Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (Cree). Since her groundbreaking debut, It's My Way! (1964), Buffy has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate, an innovative artist, and a disrupter of the status quo. Buffy has spent her whole life creating, and her artistry, humanitarian efforts, and Indigenous leadership have made her a unique force in the music industry. In 1969, she made one of the world's first electronic vocal albums; in 1982 she...2021-08-1857 min

360 Yourself! With Jamie NealeEp 84: Accessibility In Theatre - Brian Zeilinger-Goode - (Tony and Olivier winning producer)Brian Zeilinger-Goode is a two-time Tony Award-winning, eight-time Olivier Award and Emmy Award-nominated American producer based in London. He holds the distinction of having been the youngest ever Broadway and West End producer when he produced his first shows at the age of 19. Through his company Zeilinger Productions, Brian's independent work in the West End includes: Dear Evan Hansen, Queen Anne (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Harold Pinter Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s Theatre), Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), 1984 (Playhouse Theatre), Oresteia (Trafalgar Studios), Studios), Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre), The El...2021-02-0838 min

First Voices Radio10/14/20 - Matthew O’Neill, Mario MurilloHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse begins the hour talking with Matthew O’Neill, a musical artist who lives in Upstate New York. Matthew's latest project is “Music for The Mother,” the debut album featuring the Ancestral Teyuna Music from the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta in Colombia. The album is produced by Matthew’s record label, “Underwater Panther Coalition," a label committed to supporting Indigenous rights and celebrating ancestral musical traditions by releasing projects based on time-honored traditions of gratitude, appreciation, respect and reverence for Mother Earth. The album is particularly special as it's the first record of its kin...2020-10-1459 min

First Voices Radio10/7/20 - Debra Utacia Krol, Lori Jump, Cody CoyoteHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse begins the hour talking with Debra Utacia Krol. Debra Utacia Krol, a citizen of the Xolon Salinan Tribe, is an Indigenous affairs reporter at the Arizona Republic. Tiokasin and Debra will discuss her article,“‘Living with fire’ may lead to less destructive wildfires, say Indigenous land stewards,” published in the Arizona Republic on August 24, 2020. https://bit.ly/33yFazL “First Voices Radio” Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) talks with StrongHearts Native Helpline Director Lori Jump (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians). October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. https://www.strongheartshelpline.org/ To...2020-10-0759 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 12 - featuring Buffy Sainte-MarieThis week's show is a rebroadcast from a First Voices Radio interview I did with singer-songwriter, artist and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie. Her advocacy on behalf of First Nations peoples has been consistent throughout her life as an educator and more...2020-08-0458 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 11 - featuring Lori JumpOur guest this week is Lori Jump, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the director of Strong Hearts Native Helpline, advocating for Native survivors of domestic violence throughout the country. Now in its fourth year of...2020-07-1056 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 10 - featuring Lula WilesThis week on The Native Truth, a conversation with members of Lula Wiles. We talk about culture, colonization, the music industry, and what it's like for a trio of young women in the world of contemporary folk and popular music. This is a rebroadcast of...2020-05-2658 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 9 - featuring Jessica McDiarmid and Will FalkThis episode of TNT is a rebroadcast of a First Voices Radio show I guest hosted. FVR is a national radio show executive produced and hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse and produced by Liz Hill. I share it here with permission from the producers. This...2020-05-1758 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 8 - featuring Cookie Akau GasparThis week, Hawaiian activist Cookie Akau Gaspar talks about the occupation of Hawaii and the state's woeful response to the Corona Virus.2020-03-2438 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 7 - featuring Robert ThorpeActivist Robert Thorpe addresses everything from Captain Cook's importation of small pox to the devastating wildfires of Australia.2020-01-0629 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 6 - featuring Mario MurilloMario Murillo speaks about the Indigenous led protests in Ecuador.2019-10-1240 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 5 - featuring Healani Sonoda-PaleHealani Sonoda-Pale speaks about support for Mauna Kea, and we honor Haunani-Kay Trask on her 70th birthday.2019-10-0432 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 4 - featuring Lanny SinkinWe discuss Iran-Contra, Standing Rock, Mauna Kea, book burning, and the sacredness of the Io (Hawaiian hawk).2019-09-2838 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 3 - featuring Tina NgataTina Ngata, Maori activist and Indigenous Rights Advocate, speaks on the Doctrine of Discovery.2019-09-2138 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 2 - featuring Kahele DukelowKahele Dukelow discusses activism, Hawaiian culture, and the political process of becoming an educator.2019-09-1528 min

The Native TruthTNT - Episode 1 - Kealoha PisciottaThis episode is about protection of Mauna Kea, cultural appropriation, and Queen Liliuokalani's music.2019-09-0738 min

Te Ahi KaaNoho Hewa - The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai’iIn 1893, the monarch of Hawai'i, Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917) was overthrown by a group of American sugar plantation owners led by Sanford Ballard Dole (1844-1926). Ever since, generations of Native Hawai'ians have viewed the Americans as occupiers in their homeland having never ceded sovereignty. The issue has become even more complex as Hawai'i has become a military base for America and its economy is entirely dependent on American goods. In the meantime, Native Hawai'ians are reduced to tourist stereotypes. In the early 2000's Anne Keala Kelly started documenting the militirisation of Hawai'i which then, led to an exploration of the reality...2014-05-1830 min