Wendigo Stories and capitalism
More Than Monsters: The Deeper Significance of Wendigo Stories
The moral lessons contained in wendigo stories are also used to support the task of social critique in the late Native American scholar Dr. Jack D. Forbes’ book Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wétiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism (1978). There, he uses the cannibalistic wendigo as a metaphor for the behaviors and attitudes central to patterns of social domination visited upon his own people in the Americas and subjugated peoples everywhere. He writes:
“Wétiko is a Cree term…which refers to a cannibal or, more specifically, to an evil person or spirit who terrorizes other creatures by means of terrible evil acts, including cannibalism… I have come to the conclusion that imperialism and exploitation are forms of cannibalism and, in fact, are precisely those forms of cannibalism which are most diabolical or evil… It should be understood that wétikos do not eat other humans only in a symbolic sense. The deaths of tens of millions of Jews, Slavs, etc., at the hands of the Nazis, the deaths of tens of millions of blacks in slavery days, the deaths of up to 30 million or more Indians in the 1500s, the terribly short life spans of Mexican Indian farm workers in the US, and of Native Americans generally today, the high death rates in the early industrial centers among factory workers, and so on, all clearly attest to the fact that the wealthy and exploitative literally consume the lives of those that they exploit. That, I would affirm, is truly and literally cannibalism, and it is cannibalism accompanied by no spiritually meaningful ceremony or ritual.”
More Than Monsters: The Deeper Significance of Wendigo Stories
The wendigo stories of Algonquian peoples offer a window into the endurance of cultural resources used to transmit significant moral values, and underscore the power of Native people using these stories to engage in social critique.
This weeks show has these amazing indigenous artists in it Miracle SpottedBear, William Prince, OPLIAM, Native Pool Boy, Pisim SB & Dakota Bear, Alliance – Band, Alexis Lynn, IndigenousDubz, Bial Hclap & Monda de Leon & Last Jerónimo, LIZZART, Sip Yek Nom, Trent Agecoutay, J.J Lavallee Music, Genevieve Fisher, The Triculturals, El Gran Silencio, Janet Panic Music, Brindan, Backwater Township, Jacquie Daniels, Ethereal Tomb, Bigg B, Jasmine John, Donny Corrigal music , and Anachnid.
The show goes out in Europe on Resonance 104.4fm, radio AGORA 105,5, Proton – das freie Radio, Radio FRO, Radio Freequenns – Das freie Radio im Ennstal, Radio Onde Furlane, and in Minnesota by 89.1 FM WGZS, and as a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts.
Tribes ban republican governor
Rosebud Sioux Tribe announced it has joined three other Lakota tribes in banning South Dakota Republican Trump supporting Governor Kristi Noem. The tribal council said it decided to ban Noem in solidarity with the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Fourth tribe bans Gov. Kristi Noem
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was banned by a fourth tribal nation on April 11
Drezus
LiL Mike & Funny Bone
Last weeks show now online with these amazing indigenous artists – Chorus of Courage & G.R. Gritt, OPLIAM & Nimkii & The Niniis, Wyatt C. Louis & Close Talker, Joey Stylez & Joel Wood, Kym Gouchie, Donny Lee, Biz Nico & Skyler Roulette, The Tewa, Jodie B, Kootenay & Co., NICK THE NATIVE, WOLF SAGA, Frank Waln, Dead Pioneers, Paulina Aguirre & Taboo (Black Eyed Peas) & Vico C, Mwalim Daphunkee Professor, Mike Bern, Tarrak GL, Andrina Turenne, Don Amero, Yung Wunda, NINAN & DJ UNIPER, Stirling John, Lil Mike & FunnyBone, Zigz Gaud, and Blue Moon Marquee.
The show went out in Europe on Resonance 104.4fm, radio AGORA 105,5, Proton – das freie Radio, Radio FRO, Radio Freequenns – Das freie Radio im Ennstal, Radio Onde Furlane, and in Minnesota by 89.1 FM WGZS, and as a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts.
Energy Transfer Climate Criminals
Meanwhile the life and planet destroyers Energy Transfer and their cronies think they can get away with this for people resisting DAPL the black snake, they can’t and won’t.
Mní Wičóni
6 Reasons Why Energy Transfer’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Outrageous
Energy Transfer – the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline – is suing Greenpeace for a cool $300 million USD. You may remember that a similar lawsuit asserting federal racketeering and state tort claims was dismissed by a federal court back in 2019 [1], but Energy Transfer immediately re-filed a virtually identical suit in North …
an eclipse story for ya
Today the Sun and the Moon dance together, bound in a sacred union!
Stories from the Land of Crane and Turtle, part 5: Wenabozho and the Disappearance of the Sun
Wiinabozho and the Disappearance of the Sun. A sacred Anishinaabe tale told by Zhaawano Giizhik, woven around a platinum ring mounted with a black diamond.
Last weeks show now online with a range of amazing music from indigenous artists coming out of Turtle Island. Go enrich your ears and brain cells, you can thank me later 
With Janet Panic Music, Adrian Sutherland, PaulStar Music, Red Rockerz & Melody McArthur Music, Alliance with Sharel Cassity & Colleen Clark Drums, Darksiderz & Audiorotica Records, Simon Lynge, Leonard Sumner, Raye Zaragoza & Music by Beza, Francis Baptiste, Paskal Suraj Music & El Suchi, The Way Of The Wolf & Sage Haskelchi’i Cornelius, Itz Lil Lee & Keith Secola, No More Moments, Aysanabee & Allison Russell & Shawnee Kish & Logan Staats & William Prince & Julian Taylor, Echos of… & Naja P & Mazzes, Mamarudegyal MTHC, Elexa Dawson & Stanley Hotel, John Shewfelt Jr, Native Kyng, Classic Roots, destroykasmin, Dakota Bear, Frank Waln, Handsome Tiger, Jason Camp & The Posers, and Olivia Komahcheet.
The show went out in Europe on Resonance 104.4fm, radio AGORA 105,5, Proton – das freie Radio, Radio FRO, Radio Freequenns – Das freie Radio im Ennstal, Radio Onde Furlane, and in Minnesota by 89.1 FM WGZS, and as a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts.
