There is little question that what the white man found when he washed up on our shores was a free and fearless people. But rather…
Three years ago a couple of "Let's Talk Native..." regulars and I made the trip to Albany to try to get some straight answers to…
One of the biggest challenges for any people is broad participation in the issues that affect everyone. And when you stop and think about it,…
On my "Let's Talk Native..." radio show on Sunday, March 9, I announced my new campaign. No, I am not running for office. My campaign…
Over the past 11 years that WBAI-FM 99.5 in New York City has been airing “First Voices Indigenous Radio” (FVIR), the show's host and executive…
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national commentator on Native issues, has been named Interim Host of the long-running weekly…
Haudenosaunee, Onkwehonwe, and allied scholarship will once again center this year’s 10th anniversary Storytellers Conference with the Kanienkeha (Mohawk) concept of kahwatsire: “all of our…
It's not a prison sentence. It just feels like one. And I’m sure it feels the same to many others. It’s the cost for gaining…
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 20, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national commentator on Native issues, was a featured speaker Thursday, Jan. 16, at “Who…
Many of us are familiar with our expression Ohnkwe Ohnwe. It is what we use to describe ourselves as the original people of Turtle Island.…
WASHINGTON – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national commentator on Native issues, will be a featured speaker at “Who Decides You’re Real? Fixing the Federal…
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 2, 2014) - John Kane, Mohawk activist and national expert commentator on Native issues, will receive a Community Leader Media Award from…
I am amazed at the displaced loyalty to all things “American” that far too many Native people have. Whether it is getting all ”patriotic” every…
We often hear from the righteous voices of the U.S. and Canada when looking at countries and peoples they view as inferior, that the “…
The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (CCTA) and its enhanced amendments through the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act* are supposed to be tools to fight…