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First Voices Radio7/6/2025 - Final Episode of First Voices Radio with Tiokasin Ghosthorse, FVR Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe) and Co-Host Anne KellySPECIAL NOTE: Please note that this is the final episode of "First Voices Radio." After 33 years, we are going off the air. This episode is available for the week starting Monday, July 7 through Sunday, July 13. Thank you all for your support of the show! We appreciate you so much and have valued you as a member of the First Voices Radio family! If you want to reach out to Tiokasin, he can be reached at tiokasin@gmail.com. Liz can be reached at liz@lizhillpr.com.Guests:Tiokasin is joined by Producer Liz...2025-07-1059 min

First Voices Radio6/29/25 - Steven NewcombThis is the second-to-last broadcast of "First Voices Radio." Although the show is leaving the airwaves (the last episode will be Sunday, July 6), Tiokasin wants listeners and supporters to know that he isn't "retiring." Rather, as he says, he's "transitioning, moving into these dimensions that are still offered in life." If listeners want to keep up with him, they can join his Facebook page, Instagram (although he's not very active on that platform), his Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse and, of course, "First Voices Radio's" website at https://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/, where past shows on many topics can be...2025-07-0155 min

First Voices Radio6/8/2025 - Ukumbwa SautiUkumbwa Sauti, M.Ed. is a Consultant, Facilitator, Educator and Program Developer on issues of Anti-Racism, Anti-Patriarchy, Men's Work, Consent and Culture. He has worked with religious organizations, cultural groups and regional organizations and has taught in higher education for 16 years engaging issues of Race, Gender, Environmental issues, Media and Culture. Ukumbwa has been a member and supportive of numerous local, national and international organizations and movements advocating for Pan-Africanism, Anti-Racism, Relationship, Sexual and Intimacy safety and education and Men's Development. Ukumbwa has presented across New England, USAmerica, California, Toronto and Barbados. He has worked as Social Media Director...2025-06-1258 min

First Voices Radio5/25/2025 - Max DashuGuest Maxine Hammond Dashu, known professionally as Max Dashu, is an American feminist historian, author, and artist. Her areas of expertise include female iconography, mother-right cultures and the origins of patriarchy. Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives (global women's history) and is the author of "Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Culture." https://www.suppressedhistories.net/Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerOrlando DuPont, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:2025-06-0457 min

First Voices Radio5/18/2025 - Host Tiokasin GhosthorseHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse's thoughts on "sustainability" with a mix of music that fits the theme. "How is your heart? How is your mind? How is your body and how is your body treating you? How is life treating you? Or are you treating your life? I wonder about this word "sustainability." To me it's "sustain-ability" to live with earth. Our mind is, of course, gathering information from all points and not one linear beginning and ending." - Tiokasin GhosthorseProduction Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer 2025-05-1956 min

First Voices Radio5/4/2025 - Host Tiokasin GhosthorseA monologue by Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse in the first half-hour followed by music in the second half-hour.Music Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)2. Song Title: Mind ControlArtist: Stephen MarleyAlbum: Mind Control (2007)Label: Tuff Gong3. Song Title: Feels Like SummerArtist: Donald Glover - Childish GambinoAlbum: Summer Pack (2018)Label: Wolf + Rothstein/RCA Records4. Song Title: Some of...2025-05-0956 min

First Voices Radio4/6/2025 - Nick MulveyLondon and Ibiza based singer and songwriter Nick Mulvey has always been immersed in the world of music. Before launching his solo career in 2012, Nick gathered a treasure trove of musical experiences. He studied music and art in Havana, Cuba, and was an integral part of the Mercury Award-nominated Portico Quartet. Nick's debut album, "First Mind" was a remarkable debut that left a lasting impression on all who listened. Since then, he has continued to create music and tour whenever possible, balancing his roles as a devoted dad and a beloved musician. In Nick's short cinematic film, which expands...2025-04-0758 min

First Voices Radio3/30/25 - Rakel from Ittoqqortoormiit, GreenlandTiokasin is back with us this week and doing much better!Rakel is 40 years old and was born and raised in Ittoqqortoormiit in northeastern Greenland. When she was 4 years old, she told her mother that she would become a shaman. Growing up she always heard the stories about how they came from a shamanic family, and she always asked deep questions to what it meant for their descendants. In 2012, she started her journey to actually learn about how her ancestors lived and saw the universe as a whole. She left society and went into nature and learned...2025-04-0155 min

First Voices Radio3/23/25 - Geraldine Patrick EncinaTiokasin is out unexpectedly this week. We are rebroadcasting the interview with Geraldine Patrick Encina from February 23 of this year:"The 13 year cycle between 2012 to 2025 is marked on stone. It is marked on this stone that has been called the Aztec Calendar, and it is neither Aztec nor a calendar," says Geraldine Patrick Encina. Geraldine is a scholar focused on Mesoamerican calendars, Original Peoples' cosmologies, and the ethical principles embedded in earth-based traditions. Holding a Post-Doctoral degree from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, her research has recovered Indigenous timekeeping systems and is providing pathways for N...2025-04-0157 min

First Voices Radio3/16/25 - Cindy RosinGuest Cindy Rosin is an artist and activist from New York City. Cindy teaches children in the summers and works odd jobs throughout the year to enable her to spend time volunteering for the earth and her inhabitants. She lives on a houseboat in Rockaway, Queens, and spends her time there in the company of the fish, seabirds, turtles, jellyfish and other creatures of the Jamaica Bay estuary. Cindy has had the honor of standing with the buffalo for 19 seasons in the field and is dedicated to fighting for a future where they take back their lands on their...2025-03-1857 min

First Voices Radio3/9/25 - Leona MorganThis week's program was inspired by "Flagstaff 'NO!' to Radioactive Trucks", an article by our friend Brenda Norrell in Censored News on February 10, 2025: https://bit.ly/3F8Tzb5. Our guest Leona Morgan (Diné) is an Indigenous organizer who has been fighting nuclear colonialism since 2007. She is a cofounder of Haul No!, a campaign to stop a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon and transport thru Navajo Nation. Recently, Leona helped to halt Holtec in New Mexico. Leona is also pursuing a Master of Community and Regional Planning at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For m...2025-03-1858 min

First Voices Radio3/2/25 - Ross Hamilton & Dr. Paulette SteevesFrom the "First Voices Radio" archive. Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse catches up with Ross Hamilton in the first half-hour. Ross is the author of several books on Native American prehistory including: "The Mystery of the Serpent Mound," "A Tradition of Giants," and "Star Mounds: Legacy of a Native American Mystery." His research specialty is the lost and forgotten history of North America and her ancient legends that seem to revolve around a profoundly mysterious country that once dominated the landscape known from oral tradition as Turtle Island. In the second half-hour, Dr. Paulette Steeves, Ph.D. (C...2025-03-1856 min

First Voices Radio2/23/25 - Geraldine Patrick EncinaGuest for the Full Hour:“The 130-year cycle between 2012 to 2025 is marked on stone. It is marked on this stone that has been called the Aztec Calendar, and it is neither Aztec nor a calendar,” says Geraldine Patrick Encina. Geraldine is a scholar focused on Mesoamerican calendars, Original Peoples’ cosmologies, and the ethical principles embedded in earth-based traditions. Holding a Post-Doctoral degree from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, her research has recovered Indigenous timekeeping systems and is providing pathways for Native colleagues to re-signify their connection to ecological cycles, offering refreshed insights into living...2025-02-2457 min

First Voices Radio2/16/25 - Music for the HourMusic for the Full Hour: During this episode, some of our favorite "music that keeps pace with Earth," as Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse says. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Orlando DuPont, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) 2. Song Title: Lakota Flut...2025-02-2456 min

First Voices Radio2/9/25 - Jonathan GonzalesGuest for the full hour:Returning guest Jonathan Gonzales was born in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico and grew up in southern California. He has spent the last 12 years learning earth living skills and ancestral ceremonial ways with many teachers and elders, combined with participating in Indigenous, earth-based ceremonies along with a quest to connect more deeply with his ancestral lineage, which is Indigenous Taino from Puerto Rico, Chinanteco from Mexico, and African. "Among other related topics, we discuss cults, culture and civilization and the differences and how different cultures are treated by cults and civilization," Tiokasin says.2025-02-1458 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 Radio1/29/25 - Will FalkWill Falk is a biophilic author, attorney, and activist. He works with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and his law practice is focused on helping Native American communities protect their sacred sites. He is the author of two books. "How Dams Fall" describes his relationship with the Colorado River within the context of the first-ever American federal lawsuit seeking rights for a major ecosystem that he helped to file against the Colorado Attorney General. "When I Set the Sweetgrass Down" is a full-length collection of poetry. You can follow Will's work at willfalk.org. Tiokasin and Will dissect...2025-02-0654 min

First Voices Radio1/19/25 - Dr. Emma McNicol(REPEAT SHOW) Tiokasin Ghosthorse's guest for the full hour is Dr. Emma McNicol. Emma is a feminist philosopher and expert on Simone de Beauvoir. She works at the nexus of race, culture and gender theory, examining themes of exclusion and intersectionality in historical and contemporary feminist theory. Emma is the Senior Project Coordinator of Fire to Flourish's National Indigenous Disaster Resilience program, a project exploring Indigenous leadership in the face of natural hazards intensified by climate crisis. Recommended reading: https://bit.ly/3qW7Q4aProduction Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer...2025-02-0656 min

First Voices Radio01/12/25 - Alnoor Ladha(REPEAT SHOW) Tiokasin Ghosthorse’s guest for the full hour is Alnoor Ladha. Alnoor is an activist, journalist, political strategist and community organizer. From 2012 to 2019 he was the co-founder and executive director of the global activist collective The Rules. He is currently the council chair for Culture Hack Labs. Alnoor talks about various possibilities involving the changes it will take for humankind in the Anthropocene. The language and attitude exposé it would take for the recognition of capitalistic societies steeped in warmongering languages, speculative logos and denial of Indigenous cultures sustaining Earth, including harboring ideas to postpone the end of...2025-01-1958 min

First Voices Radio12/29/24 - Selection of Songs From 2024 ShowsEnding the year… a selection of songs from our 2024 shows - Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse and listener favorites.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerOrlando DuPont, Studio Engineer, Radio KingstonTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorKevin Richardson, Podcast EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)2. Song Title: Morning in AmericaArtist: Durand Jones & The Indications 2025-01-0154 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

First Voices Radio12/08/24 - Dr. Tink TinkerHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse catches up with returning guest Dr. Tink Tinker. Dr. Tinker is the Clifford Baldridge Emeritus Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He is a citizen of the Osage Nation (wazhazhe) and has been an activist in urban American Indian communities for four decades. He joined the faculty at Iliff School of Theology in 1985 and brought an American Indian perspective to this predominantly euro-christian school. Dr. Tinker is committed to a scholarly endeavor that takes seriously both the liberation of Indian peoples from their historic oppression as...2025-01-0156 min

First Voices Radio11/10/24 - John Trudell, Audio from the film "Consciousness: Ultimate Truth, Our Purpose on Earth"From the "First Voices Radio" archive: The words of the late John Trudell are from 1980 but his observations have stood the test of time and still ring true. John (1946-2015) was a poet, a fighter for Native American rights, an agitator, and many other things. But if you were to have asked him which of these descriptions best suits him he would have refused to be pinned down. "Actually I don't consider myself to be any of those things. They're things that I do…but they're parts of me. They're not the total." Indeed, Trudell was the complex sum of...2024-11-1157 min

First Voices Radio10/27/24 - Ukumbwa SautiHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse speaks returning guest and longtime friend of “First Voices Radio” Ukumbwa Sauti. Ukumbwa Sauti, M.Ed. is a Consultant, Facilitator, Educator and Program Developer on issues of Anti-Racism, Anti-Patriarchy, Men's Work, Consent and Culture. He has worked with religious organizations, cultural groups and regional organizations and has taught in higher education for 16 years engaging issues of Race, Gender, Environmental issues, Media and Culture. Ukumbwa has been a member and supportive of numerous local, national and international organizations and movements advocating for Pan-Africanism, Anti-Racism, Relationship, Sexual and Intimacy safety and education and Men's Development. Ukumbwa has presented acro...2024-10-2857 min

First Voices Radio10/06/24 - Max WilbertHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with Max Wilbert, a frequent guest and friend of "First Voices Radio." Max is a writer and biocentric community organizer. He has been part of grassroots political work for 20 years and is the founder of Protect Thacker Pass. Max is the author of two books, most recently "Bright Green Lies: How The Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It," published by Monkfish in 2021. He is currently studying for a Masters in Degrowth. Max's work has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, BBC and elsewhere.2024-10-1358 min

First Voices Radio09/29/24 - Dr. Ruby Gibson (Repeat)REPEAT SHOW. Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with Dr. Ruby Gibson. Dr. Gibson, a mixed blood woman of Lakota/Ojibwe and Mediterranean descent, has spent the past 40 years dedicated to the craft and science of Historical Trauma reconciliation, cultural healing, and generational well-being among Native and Indigenous peoples. Dr. Gibson founded Freedom Lodge, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, in Rapid City, SD to serve our relatives and communities. She developed the transgenerational trauma recovery model Somatic Archaeology© and is the author of "My Body, My Earth," "The Practice of Somatic Archaeology," and "My Body, My Breath, A Tool for Transformation," which a...2024-10-1358 min

First Voices Radio09/22/24 - Edzi’uHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Edzi’u, a Tahltan and Tlingit artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Edzi’u is an innovative songwriter and composer who paints stories of the past, present and future with textures, elders’ stories, words, and their ethereal voice. Edzi’u is the gentlest balance of hard and soft, a non-binary 2-spirit Indigiqueer femme, their strength of identity resonates in their music to create a fullness of fierce spirit combined with an elegant grace. Their new music is full of thick synths, drums dripping...2024-09-2355 min

First Voices Radio09/08/24 - Charles LyonsHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes back our friend Charles Lyons for a report on the Brazil and the Amazon. Charles Lyons is a multimedia journalist and filmmaker. He recently completed a feature documentary about former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. In 2023, Charles received a Conservando Juntos/ Earth Journalism Network grant (supported by USAID), to report on the continuing violence due to illegal gold mining within the Yanomami territory in the Amazon. His resulting article was published in Mongabay. Based in Rio, Charles has produced coverage of the 2022 Brazilian election for PBS NewsHour and long-form news reports on deforestation and Indigenous...2024-09-1255 min

First Voices Radio09/01/24 - Manuel RozentalHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes back our dear friend Manuel Rozental for an update and riveting, important conversation. Manuel reports to us from Colombia. Dr. Manuel Rozental is a long-time Colombian activist, researcher and community organizer. Manuel has been involved with grassroots political organizing with youth, Indigenous communities, and urban and rural social movements for four decades. He is part of an initiative: Pueblos en Camino, Peoples on the Path, with a mandate to weave autonomies and resistance between peoples. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer ...2024-09-1255 min

First Voices Radio08/18/24 - Marcie R. RendonHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse speaks with Marcie R. Rendon (White Earth Ojibwe) about her new book, “Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium,” which was recently published by the University of Minnesota Press. Marcie was included on Oprah Winfrey’s 2020 list of 31 Native American authors to read. She has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the Cash Blackbear mystery series, the third volume of which, "Sinister Graves," was a 2023 Minnesota Book Award finalist. In 2020, Marcie received Minnesota’s McKnight Distinguished Artist Award, and in 2017, with poet Diego Vazquez, she received the Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship for their work with inc...2024-08-1955 min

First Voices Radio08/05/24 - Alvera Sargent, Waylon CookTiokasin speaks to two guests from Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School in Akwesasne, NY. Alvera Sargent is Snipe Clan of the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne, a mother of two, and grandmother to four amazing grandchildren. Alvera has worked with the Akwesasne Freedom School (AFS) since 1997 in various capacities until 2007. At that point, she moved on to manage the Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring a prosperous future for the students of the AFS. She has worked to revitalize our Kanienkeha (Mohawk) language and culture. The Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom...2024-08-0557 min

First Voices Radio07/14/24 - Olivia Clementine Interviews Tiokasin Ghosthorse for the Love & Liberation PodcastIn this special edition of “First Voices Radio,” Host Olivia Clementine interviews Tiokasin Ghosthorse for “Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine,” a podcast about relationship and consciousness: exploring wisdom in relating with ourselves, each other and our greater world. For nearly 20 years, Olivia has been immersed in the exploration of relationships and spiritual nature. She works with individuals, couples and groups to cultivate relational capacities and self-understanding. She also has a background as a four-season farmer and herbalist. The Love & Liberation Podcast airs in depth conversations in the fields of spirituality, ecology and relationships. Recent guests have been Bayo Ako...2024-07-1758 min

First Voices Radio07/07/24 - Chief Arvol Looking HorseHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse’s guest for the full hour on Sunday is Chief Arvol Looking Horse. Chief Looking Horse was born on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. His primary responsibility is serving as the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe – a role he was given at the age of twelve making him the youngest pipe keeper in Lakota history. As keeper of the sacred Pipe he also serves as the spiritual leader to the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nation and advocates for the restoration of the Lakota Nation’s rights to the Black Hills—...2024-07-1554 min

First Voices Radio06/30/24 - Max WilbertHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with Max Wilbert, who is a frequent guest on "First Voices Radio." Max is a writer and biocentric community organizer. He has been part of grassroots political work for 20 years and is the founder of Protect Thacker Pass. Max is the author of two books, most recently "Bright Green Lies: How The Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It," published by Monkfish in 2021. He is currently studying for a Masters in Degrowth. Max's work has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, BBC and elsewhere. Tiokasin...2024-07-1558 min

First Voices Radio06/23/24 - Dr. Manuel Rozental (Repeat)From the FVR archives: Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse catches up with our friend Dr. Manuel Rozental for the entire hour. Dr. Manuel Rozental is a long-time Colombian activist, researcher and community organizer. Manuel has been involved with grassroots political organizing with youth, Indigenous communities, and urban and rural social movements for four decades. He is part of an initiative: Pueblos en Camino, Peoples on the Path, with a mandate to weave autonomies and resistance between peoples. Their discussion includes: international relationships, “Can Indigenous peoples be both Indigenous and capitalists?” (Answer: “No, because the same mentality that exploits other people and Mother...2024-06-2457 min

First Voices Radio05/19/24 - David Wengrow (Repeat)REPEAT SHOW. David Graeber and David Wengrow are the co-authors of "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021). "This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast. There is not a single chapter that does not (playfully) disrupt well-seated intellectual beliefs. It is deep, effortlessly iconoclastic, factually rigorous, and pleasurable to read." — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author, "The Black Swan." Tiokasin talks with co-author David Wengrow, a professor of comparative archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is a visiting professor at New York University. He is the au...2024-05-2058 min

First Voices Radio05/05/2024 - Max WilbertHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse spends the hour with Max Wilbert. Max is a writer and biocentric community organizer. He has been part of grassroots political work for 20 years and is the founder of Protect Thacker Pass. Max is the author of two books, most recently "Bright Green Lies: How The Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It,” published by Monkfish in 2021. He is currently studying for a Masters in Degrowth. Max’s work has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, BBC and elsewhere. Production Credits: Tiok...2024-05-0654 min

First Voices Radio04/28/24 - Dr. Manuel RozentalHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse catches up with our friend Dr. Manuel Rozental for the entire hour. Dr. Manuel Rozental is a long-time Colombian activist, researcher and community organizer. Manuel has been involved with grassroots political organizing with youth, Indigenous communities, and urban and rural social movements for four decades. He is part of an initiative: Pueblos en Camino, Peoples on the Path, with a mandate to weave autonomies and resistance between peoples. Their discussion includes: international relationships, “Can Indigenous peoples be both Indigenous and capitalists?” (Answer: “No, because the same mentality that exploits other people and Mother Earth can on...2024-04-2957 min

First Voices Radio03/03/24 - Steven Solomon, Sr.Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse spends the hour with Steven Solomon, Sr., a lifelong Lummi fisherman and traditional knowledge holder of the reef net practice. “Reef net fishing is an ancient, sustainable salmon-harvesting technique created and perfected by the Lummi and other Coast Salish Indigenous people over a millennium. Rather than chasing the fish, this technique uses ropes to create an artificial reef that channels fish toward a net stretched between two anchored boats. Fishers observe the water and pull in the net at the right moment, intercepting salmon as they migrate from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River near pr...2024-03-0458 min

First Voices Radio01/14/24 - Marley ShebalaMarley Shebala, Diné and A:shiwi (or Zuni), is an investigative journalist, photographer, videographer and blogger. In the Diné way, she is Tó'aheedlíinii (Water Flows Together clan), her mother’s clan, and born for Cha’al (Frog clan), which is her father’s clan. Her mom is from Lake Valley, New Mexico, which is in the eastern part of the Navajo Nation and next to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Her father is from the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico. Her home towns are Lake Valley and Zuni. “Marley Shebala's Notebook” is her website where she provides current news coverage...2024-01-1957 min

First Voices Radio12/31/23 - Favorite Songs From This Year's ShowsEnding the year… a selection of songs from our 2023 shows. All are Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse and listener favorites! Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Ramirez (Maya), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) (00:00:22) 2. Song Title: Intro (The Sacred Pipe) from Killers of...2024-01-0257 min

First Voices Radio12/24/25 - Annamarie Hill (Repeat)For this week's show, we're revisiting a conversation between Tiokasin Ghosthorse and Annamarie Hill. Annamarie is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Nation located in northwestern Minnesota. It was while she was studying Music and Business at a private women’s college in the southern part of the state that she realized the impact of inhumane treatment put upon her father and family and became determined to somehow help right the wrongs that had devastated American Indian communities. After graduation, Annamarie moved to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul Metropolitan area and began a career in the state legislature and gove...2023-12-2758 min

First Voices Radio11/26/23 - Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti (Repeat)This week we're revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with Professor Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti, author of “Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and Implications for Social Activism” (North Atlantic Books, 2021). The original broadcast aired in March 2023. Vanessa is a Latinx professor at the University of British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change. Vanessa began her career as a teacher in Brazil in 1994 and has since led educational and research programs in countries including the UK, Finland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Brazil and Canada. She works across sectors in international and comparative educat...2023-11-2759 min

First Voices Radio11/19/23 - Jonathan Gonzales, Lucas Jatobá, Christian Matute SagbayHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse hosts another roundtable discussion focused on current Indigenous issues with three returning guests. Jonathan Gonzales was born in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico and grew up in southern California. He has spent the last 12 years learning earth living skills and ancestral ceremonial ways with many teachers and elders, combined with participating in Indigenous, earth-based ceremonies along with a quest to connect more deeply with his ancestral lineage, which is Indigenous Taino from Puerto Rico, Chinanteco from Mexico, and African). Lucas Jatobá is a photographer and filmmaker who was born in Manaus, northern Brazil. He h...2023-11-2157 min

First Voices Radio10/22/23 - Kevin AbourezkThis week’s edition is about “story” and how storytelling reconnects us to our histories, cultures and homelands, and in Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse’s words is “nourishment and good medicine.” Tiokasin speaks with Kevin Abourezk. Kevin is featured in the seventh season of “Stories from the Stage,” a WORLD-original series that highlights stories told by ordinary people from all walks of life. This season includes seven Native Americans. Kevin tells a story about his involvement in an activist event to oppose a huge housing development in Lincoln, Nebraska in April-May 2021, and efforts to rally the community around it. Kevin is an aw...2023-10-2658 min

First Voices Radio10/15/23 - Binnie KleinBinnie Klein hosts “A Miniature World,” a music and interview show at WPKN 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, CT. WPKN streams at wpkn.org. (WPKN is the former “home” of “First Voices Radio” and a longtime, treasured affiliate). Binnie maintains a private practice in psychotherapy in New Haven, CT, and has been a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University. She also is an author and publishes in many publications. Binnie’s latest creative project is an indie music collaboration, “In These Trees and Tartie.” While sorting through submissions for her radio show, Binnie was particularly captivated by an Australian s...2023-10-1657 min

First Voices Radio09/24/23 - Resmaa Menakem (Repeat)For this week's show, we're digging into the First Voices Radio archives and revisiting Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with author, Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist, and master trainer Resmaa Menakem. Tiokasin and Resmaa discuss grief, trauma, Indigeneity, reclamation of cultures, and autonomous practicality separate from "identity" and history. Resmaa coaches leaders and people to rise through suffering’s edge. His work focuses on making the invisible, embodied and visible. Resmaa Menakem is a healer, a longtime therapist, and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in the healing of racialized trauma. He is also the founder of th...2023-09-2558 min

First Voices Radio08/20/23 - Music from Levon and Roselyne Menassian, Conversation with Darlene and Willard Pipeboy from 2003Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse is back this week with a very special show. He will begin with an untitled musical track featuring Levon and Roselyne Menassian (Armenian) with Duduk, voice and Native flute. Tiokasin will talk about the conference that he recently attended in Portugal. In the second half-hour, from our extensive archive stretching back 31 years: Darlene and Willard Pipeboy were frequent guests on First Voices ‘Indigenous’ Radio (as it was known at the time) from 1999 through the mid-2000s. Both carried knowledge and common sense of the Lakota and Dakota wichohan (life ways). This interview was drawn from...2023-08-2159 min

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 Radio08/06/23 - Steven T. Newcomb (Repeat)For this week's episode, we're revisiting Tiokasin's conversation with Steven T. Newcomb. For the replay, Tiokasin recorded some additional commentary at the end and added a few new music selections. Don’t just repudiate….rescind the Doctrine of Christian Discovery! Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape) is a scholar, educator, author, journalist, film producer, public speaker and workshop leader/facilitator. He is internationally recognized for his more than four decades of research and writing on the origins of federal Indian law and international law dating back to the early days of Christendom, most notably focused on the religious doct...2023-08-0858 min

First Voices Radio07/30/23 - Darryl LerouxOn this week's show, Darryl Leroux returns to "First Voices Radio" to spend the entire hour with Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse. Tiokasin and Darryl will discuss Darryl's new article, “State Recognition and the Dangers of Race Shifting,” which was published in the latest issue of American Indian Culture & Research Journal, a leading, peer-reviewed Native American Studies/Indigenous Studies journal in the U.S. Darryl is an associate professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. He is French-Canadian from northern Ontario, Canada. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill...2023-07-3156 min

First Voices Radio07/23/23 - Jonathan Gonzales, Christian Matute SagbayTiokasin spends the hour with Jonathan Gonzales and Christian Matute Sagbay. Jonathan was born in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico and grew up in southern California. He has spent the last 12 years learning earth living skills and ancestral ceremonial ways with many teachers and elders, combined with participating in Indigenous, earth-based ceremonies along with a quest to connect more deeply with his ancestral lineage, which is Indigenous Taino from Puerto Rico, Chinanteco from Mexico, and African). Christian Matute Sagbay incarnated on the lands currently referred to as Gualaceo, Ecuador. Not too long ago it was kichwa/kañari territory. T...2023-07-2458 min

First Voices Radio07/02/23 - Miryam YatacoHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Miryam Yataco back to “First Voices Radio.” Miryam is a Quechua Peruvian-born language rights advocate, an expert in bilingualism, and a sociolinguist. Her work is rooted in the idea of language rights as human rights. In Peru, Miryam worked with Quechua Indigenous Congress women as a congressional assistant in matters of language rights. Miryam is a former faculty member at New York University where she worked for 22 years. She has published on matters of language policies, Indigenous language/territory reclamation efforts, Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization of knowledge and power. Miryam is currently a research asso...2023-07-0359 min

First Voices Radio06/25/23 - Dr. Ruby GibsonHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Dr. Ruby Gibson to “First Voices Radio.” Dr. Gibson, a mixed blood woman of Lakota/Ojibwe and Mediterranean descent, has spent the past 40 years dedicated to the craft and science of Historical Trauma reconciliation, cultural healing, and generational well-being among Native and Indigenous peoples. Dr. Gibson founded Freedom Lodge, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, in Rapid City, SD to serve our relatives and communities. She developed the transgenerational trauma recovery model Somatic Archaeology© and is the author of "My Body, My Earth,” “The Practice of Somatic Archaeology,” and “My Body, My Breath, A Tool for Transform...2023-06-2658 min

First Voices Radio06/18/23 - Dr. Manuel RozentalHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with regular guest and friend of “First Voices Radio” Dr. Manuel Rozental. Manuel Rozental is a long-time Colombian activist, researcher and community organizer. Manuel’s been involved with grassroots political organizing with youth, Indigenous communities, and urban and rural social movements for four decades. He is part of an initiative: Pueblos en Camino, Peoples on the Path with a mandate to weave autonomies and resistance between peoples. Tiokasin and Manuel discuss the recent, extraordinary story of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and spent 40 days alone in the Colombian Amazon...2023-06-1957 min

First Voices Radio06/11/23 - Robin Wall Kimmerer (Repeat from 2016)This week we are revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's 2016 conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer.Robin is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the widely acclaimed “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” (Milkweed Editions, 2013). In 2022, the was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith. This new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers—the plants around us. Robin’s first book, “Gathering Moss,” was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Robin’s writ...2023-06-1257 min

First Voices Radio06/04/23 - Alnoor LadhaTiokasin Ghosthorse’s guest for the full hour is Alnoor Ladha. Alnoor is an activist, journalist, political strategist and community organizer. From 2012 to 2019 he was the co-founder and executive director of the global activist collective The Rules. He is currently the council chair for Culture Hack Labs. Alnoor talks of various possibilities involving the changes it will take for humankind in the Anthropocene. The language and attitude exposé it would take for the recognition of capitalistic societies steeped in warmongering languages, speculative logos, and denial of Indigenous cultures sustaining Earth, including harboring ideas to postpone the end of...2023-06-0658 min

First Voices Radio05/21/23 - Munya Andrews, Malcolm Burn (Repeat)This week we're revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with Munya Andrews and his discussion on greed with Malcolm Burn. The original episode aired on April 10, 2022.Munya Andrews is an Indigenous woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Born to an Aboriginal woman and Scottish father, she is proud of her Aboriginal and Celtic heritage. Her Bardi 'saltwater' people come from the Dampier Peninsula and the offshore islands north of Broome. Regarded by Melbourne University as a "leading Australian thinker," Munya is an accomplished author and barrister with degrees in anthropology and law. Educated in Australia and the...2023-05-2255 min

First Voices Radio04/30/23 - Steven T. NewcombDon't just repudiate....rescind the Doctrine of Christian Discovery! Tiokasin welcomes Steven T. Newcomb back to the show for the full hour. Steve (Shawnee, Lenape) is a scholar, educator, author, journalist, film producer, public speaker and workshop leader/facilitator. He is internationally recognized for his more than four decades of research and writing on the origins of federal Indian law and international law dating back to the early days of Christendom, most notably focused on the religious doctrine now known in history as the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. Steve and Tiokasin will be discussing the Vatican’s fo...2023-05-0158 min

First Voices Radio4/16/23 - Martín Prechtel (Repeat)This week we're revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with Martín Prechtel, where they discussed topics related to his important and timeless book, “The Smell of Rain on Dust” (North Atlantic Books, 2015). The original broadcast aired in August 2022. Tiokasin will be back next week with a new episode. Martín Prechtel is a leading thinker, writer and teacher in the search for the Indigenous soul in all people. He is a dedicated student of eloquence, history, language and an ongoing fresh approach. In his native New Mexico, Martín teaches at his international school Bolad’s Kitchen, a hands-on...2023-04-1756 min

First Voices Radio04/09/23 - Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti (Repeat)This week we're revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with Professor Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti, author of “Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and Implications for Social Activism” (North Atlantic Books, 2021). The original broadcast aired in March 2023. Tiokasin will be back with a new episode the week of April 24th. Vanessa is a Latinx professor at the University of British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change. Vanessa began her career as a teacher in Brazil in 1994 and has since led educational and research programs in countries including the UK, Finland, Aotearoa/New Ze...2023-04-1059 min

First Voices Radio04/02/23 - Joe Pitawanakwat (Repeat from November 2021)This week we're revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with Indigenous plant medicine educator Joe Pitawanakwat from November 14th, 2021. Tiokasin will be back with a new episode on Sunday, April 23rd. Joe Pitawanakwat is Ojibway from Wiikwemkoong and is married with one daughter. He is the Founder and Director of Creators Garden, an Indigenous outdoor, and now fully online, education based business, focused on plant identification, beyond-sustainable harvesting, and teaching every one of their linguistic, historical, cultural, edible, ecological and medicinal significance through experiences. Joe's programming is easily adaptable to make appropriate and successfully delivered to a...2023-04-0357 min

First Voices Radio02/26/23 - Dr. Tink TinkerTiokasin catches up with returning guest Dr. Tink Tinker for the full hour. Dr. Tinker is the Clifford Baldridge Emeritus Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He is a citizen of the Osage Nation (wazhazhe) and has been an activist in urban American Indian communities for four decades. He joined the faculty at Iliff School of Theology in 1985 and brought an American Indian perspective to this predominantly euro-christian school. Dr. Tinker is committed to a scholarly endeavor that takes seriously both the liberation of Indian...2023-02-2757 min

First Voices Radio02/19/23 - Professor Angelique W. EagleWoman, Tiffany MidgeIn the first half-hour, Professor Angelique W. EagleWoman, (Wambdi A. Was’teWinyan), is a law professor, legal scholar, Chief Justice on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Supreme Court, and has served as a pro tempore Tribal Judge in several other Tribal Court systems. As a practicing lawyer, one of the highlights of her career was to serve as General Counsel for her own Tribe, the Sisseton-Wahpeton (Dakota) Oyate. She is a citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton (Dakota) Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation and has Rosebud Lakota heritage. She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science, received her Juris Do...2023-02-2058 min

First Voices Radio02/12/23 - Matute Sagbay, Rad Pereira, and Dioganhdih HallHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse hosts another monthly roundtable. His guests tonight are Christian Matute Sagbay, Rad Pereira and Dioganhdih Hall. Christian Mature Sagbay incarnated on the lands currently referred to as Gualaceo, Ecuador. Not too long ago it was kichwa/kañari territory. This recognition of land and language has drawn Christian to the work of language justice. He is currently exploring this avenue of healing while keeping in mind the need for future generations to decolonize themselves through expansive and yet connective land-based principles. Rad Pereira (they/them) is a queer trans (im)migrant artist a...2023-02-1358 min

First Voices Radio01/29/23 - Sandra White Hawk, Aymar AccopacattyIn the first half-hour, Tiokasin welcomes Sandra White Hawk. Sandra is the author of "A Child of the Indian Race: A Story of Return,” published in December 2022 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Sandra is a Sicangu Lakota adoptee from the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. She is the Founder and Director of First Nations Repatriation Institute. First Nations Repatriation Institute is the first organization of its kind whose goal it is to create a resource for First Nations people impacted by foster care or adoption to return home, reconnect and reclaim their identity. The Institute also serves as a re...2023-01-3057 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

First Voices Radio11/27/22 - Kapi'olani A. Laronal, Tiokasin Ghosthorse at the Rooted Resources Festival, May 2022In a country where land is seen as a commodity and a means to generate wealth, what does it mean when the land has been stolen? Democratizing wealth is not an easy topic, and in order to sort it out, we must rectify a past filled with enslavement, genocide, brutality, and thievery. NDN Collective defines LANDBACK "as a movement that has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifice to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands. The Rooted Resources Festival was held in May 2022 in Kingston, NY. The event shined a...2022-11-2859 min

First Voices Radio10/02/22 - Gregg Deal, Rose Ramirez, and Deborah SmallIn the first half of the show, Tiokasin welcomes back longtime friend of “First Voices Radio” Gregg Deal, (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe). Gregg is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist, and "disruptor." His work is informed by his Native identity and includes exhaustive critiques of American society, politics, popular culture and history. Through paintings, murals, performance work, filmmaking, spoken word, and more, Gregg invites the viewer to confront these issues both in the present and the past tense. In a 2018 TED Talk, Greg described his work as “honoring Indigenous experiences, challenging stereotypes, and pushing for accurate representations of Ind...2022-10-0656 min

First Voices Radio09/11/22 - Dr. Manuel RozentalSynopsis: Colonization is a political agenda of an ideology quite often associated with forcing non-westernized peoples who suffer from the consequences of colonization, in the appropriation of land use benefiting the colonizer. This is quite often rationalized as the eminent good for all people, including the Original Peoples of a particular region, in this case the Indigenous peoples of Cauca in Colombia, South America. Guest for the Full Hour: Dr. Manuel Rozental Tiokasin catches up with “First Voices Radio” friend and regular guest Dr. Manuel Rozental with a report on cu...2022-09-1256 min

First Voices Radio08/28/22 - Candice HopkinsTiokasin's guest in the first half-hour is Candice Hopkins, a citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation. Candice is executive director of Forge Project in Taghkanic, NY. Forge Project is a Native-led initiative centered on Indigenous art, decolonial education and supporting leaders in culture, food security and land justice. Candice's writing and curatorial practice explore the intersections of history, contemporary art and Indigeneity. She is Senior Curator for the 2019 and 2022 editions of the Toronto Biennial of Art. Candice was part of the curatorial team for the Canadian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, featuring the work...2022-08-2959 min

First Voices Radio08/14/22 - Martín PrechtelHost Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with Martín Prechtel for the full hour about grief and praise. Martín is a leading thinker, writer and teacher in the search for the Indigenous soul in all people — a dedicated student of eloquence, history, language and an ongoing fresh approach. In his native New Mexico, Martín teaches at his international school Bolad’s Kitchen, a hands-on historical and spiritual immersion into language, music, ritual, farming, cooking, smithing, natural colors, architecture, animal raising, clothing, tools, grief and humor to help people from many lands, cultures and backgrounds to remember and retain...2022-08-1559 min

First Voices Radio07/10/22 - Joe PitawanakwatJoe Pitawanakwat is Tiokasin Ghosthorse's guest for the full hour of this week's episode. Joe is Ojibway from Wiikwemkoong and is married with one daughter. He is the Founder and Director of Creators Garden, an Indigenous outdoor, and now fully online, education based business, focused on plant identification, beyond-sustainable harvesting, and teaching every one of their linguistic, historical, cultural, edible, ecological and medicinal significance through experiences. Joe's programming is easily adaptable to make appropriate and successfully delivered to a variety of organizations, including more than 100 First Nations communities, 20 Universities and 18 colleges and dozens of various institutions throughout...2022-07-1157 min

First Voices Radio06/19/22 - One Way SkyOn this episode Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse is joined by One Way Sky, a "Chill-Hype" alternative rock band comprised of community members from the Gila River Indian Community and the Tohono O'odham Nation. The band members are: Adrian D. Thomas: rhythm guitar, lead vocalist; Cody Bruguier; drums; David Romero, guitar; and Loma Manuel, bass. One Way Sky's music blends the genres of hard rock, indie, jazz and "chill-wave." Their debut EP, Soul Searcher, was released in 2021. Adrian, Cody and David join Tiokasin for an hour of talk and music. For moreinformation about One Way...2022-06-2156 min

First Voices Radio06/05/22 - Hour of music and commentary from Host Tiokasin GhosthorseShow Synopsis: A special hour of music and commentary from Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:22)2. Song Title: What have I done to Help...2022-06-0757 min

First Voices Radio05/29/22 - Alnoor LadhaTiokasin Ghosthorse's guest for the full hour is Alnoor Ladha. Alnoor's work focuses on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rules (TR), a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others focused on changing the rules that create inequality, poverty and climate change. TR started in 2012 as a time-bound project and an experiment in anarchist organizational design, exploring new ways of how to work, play and make trouble together. Alnoor comes from a Sufi lineage and explores/writes about the intersection...2022-06-0158 min

First Voices Radio05/15/22 - Global Indigenous music and commentary by Tiokasin GhosthorseThis episode is a special hour of global Indigenous music and commentary by Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic Selections:Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Song length: 00:04:50Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersAlbum: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:00)2. Song Title: Who...2022-05-1658 min

First Voices Radio04/24/22 - Deborah Anderson, Scott FrazierIn the first segment, Tiokasin speaks with award-winning filmmaker and photographer Deborah Anderson, director, producer and writer of the new documentary film, Women of the White Buffalo. The film shows the lives of the modern day Native women as we listen to their stories of loss, suicide, murder and epidemic meth addiction among their community, mirrored by their deep ancestral roots, traditional ceremony, prayer and hope. Women of the White Buffalo features testimonials from nine women from the Lakota Nation, ranging in age from 10 to 98, living on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota. Deborah's...2022-04-2657 min

First Voices Radio03/13/22 - Ed KabotieTiokasin talks with returning guest and friend of First Voices Radio, Ed Kabotie. Ed is a multifaceted creative from the Tewa village of Khap'o Owinge and the Hopi village of Shungopavi. His creative expressions take the forms of paintings, drawings, silvercraft, and multi-lingual musical compositions. Kabotie considers himself an "Edu-tainer," using the arts and music to educate people about social justice issues related to the Indigenous people and lands of the Colorado Plateau. His reggae rock band, Tha 'Yoties, are known for their catchy melodies, lively performances and conscious message. Tiokasin and Ed will talk about (in...2022-03-1559 min

First Voices Radio02/27/22 - David WengrowDavid Graeber and David Wengrow are the co-authors of The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021). "This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast. There is not a single chapter that does not (playfully) disrupt well-seated intellectual beliefs. It is deep, effortlessly iconoclastic, factually rigorous, and pleasurable to read." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author, The Black SwanTiokasin talks with co-author David Wengrow, a professor of comparative archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is a visiting professor at New York University. He is the author...2022-03-0258 min

First Voices Radio02/21/22 - Eda Zavala Lopez, Oqwilowgwa Kim Recalma-ClutesiIn the first segment, Tiokasin talks with Eda Zavala Lopez, a direct descendant of the Wari people of Peru. She inherited ancient traditions and profound knowledge related to plants, spirits and magical storytelling from her ancestors. Eda is dedicated to Amazonian Indigenous healing practices by leading ceremonies with medicinal plants, practicing ancient ways of healing knowledge and empowering her people in preserving their sacred territories. As a Curandera, Eda directly uses the power of medicinal plants to help heal people emotionally and spirituality, especially women. As a spiritual leader in her village, she is deeply committed to...2022-02-2157 min

First Voices Radio02/13/22 - George NukuTiokasin's guest for the full hour is George Nuku. George is an artist from Aotearoa. He is of Scottish, German and Maori descent and has been a full-time practitioner of arts for 36 years. George's works range from delicate pearl shell, bone and jade amulets to life-size plexiglass sculptures and multi-story high polystyrene depictions of Polynesian demigods and Maori culture heroes. His decades of art practice has been spent globally, ranging from the world's prestigious art institutions and treasure houses through to communities of all ethnicities and socio-economic status. George has created more than 100 projects to date, including...2022-02-1558 min

First Voices Radio01/30/21 - Dr. Manuel RozentalColonization is a political agenda of an ideology quite often associated with forcing non-westernized peoples who suffer from the consequences of colonization, in the appropriation of land use benefiting the colonizer. This is quite often rationalized as the eminent good for all people, including the Original Peoples of a particular region, in this case the Indigenous peoples of the Association of Indigenous Councils in Cauca, Colombia, South America.Tiokasin catches up with First Voices Radio friend and regular guest Dr. Manuel Rozental with a report on current events in Colombia, including the recent news of the cowardly...2022-02-0157 min

First Voices Radio01/16/21 - Stephanie Witkowski, Luella BrienIn the first segment, Tiokasin speaks with Stephanie Witkowski. Stephanie is executive director of 7000 Languages, a nonprofit organization that helps Indigenous people around the world teach, learn and sustain their languages through technology. 7000 Languages creates free online language-learning courses in partnership with Indigenous, minority, and refugee communities so they can keep their languages alive.Stephanie has more than 10 years of experience in both language revitalization and the non-profit sector. She holds a M.A. in Linguistic from the University at Hawai'i Mānoa with an emphasis in Language Documentation and Conservation and has worked with speakers of m...2022-01-1857 min

First Voices Radio01/02/22 - Matt Remle, Max WilbertIn the first half-hour, Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Matt Remle (Hunkpapa Lakota). Matt lives in Duwamish Territory - Seattle, Washington - with his family. He is the editor and writer for Last Real Indians and works for the Office of Native Education for the Marysville School District. Matt is the co-founder of the group Mazaska Talks which focuses on global divestment from banks and corporations that negatively impact social welfare and the environment. He is the author of Seattle's Indigenous Peoples' Day resolution, Seattle's resolution calling on Congress to engage in reconciliation with Tribes over the Boarding...2022-01-0357 min