Tunes From Turtle Island

20th Native American Music Awards

The 20th Annual Native American Music Awards show was held at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, and celebrated and honored some of the most powerful indigenous voices from across the country.

The Awards was hosted by actor Rodney A. Grant, a member of the Omaha tribe of Nebraska, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding work as an actor in the motion picture and television industries. Rodney is best known for his memorable role as ”Wind In His Hair” in the 1990 film, “Dances With Wolves” with Kevin Costner.

The event also honoured Wisdom Keeper, Oren Lyons, a member of the Onondaga and Seneca nations, as a Living Legend who is an author and environmental activist for Indigenous peoples worldwide and is also in the All-American Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Grammy Award winner & multiple Native American Music Award winner of Comanche and Cherokee descent, Micki Free, was inducted into the N.A.M.A. Hall of Fame. Originally discovered and managed by Gene Simmons of KISS, Micki was the guitarist in the R&B sensation, Shalamar who boasted mega platinum hit songs like “Dancing In The Sheets” from the movie soundtrack “Footloose” and “Don’t Get Stopped In Beverly Hills” from the “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack.
This year’s Awards program also featured performances by multiple nominees: Cody Blackbird who won Best Rock Recording, Earl Slick (David Bowie) and the Fabulous Ripcords who won Best Blues Recording and Group of the Year, The Halluci Nation who won Best Animation in A Video, and artist and actor, Sten Joddi, known for his recent role as ‘Punkin Lusty’ aka Mr. Greasy Frybread, in the Award Winning FX Networks series, ‘Reservation Dogs’ who won Best Rap Hip Hop Recording and Best Male Artist.

Week 19 2023

There are new singles and album tracks this week, Rez Metal, Country, Orchestral, Dubstep, Rock, Hip Hop, Indie, Reggae, Old School Rap, and more. I can tell you of all the amazing indigenous creators on the upcoming show, they are – Liima Inui, Grant-Lee Phillips, Ocean Harvest, Indigenous & Mikes Revenge, Gatorr Beaulieu, Nick The Native, Played The Fool , Dozy and The Northwest Kid, Graeme Jonez Music, Marc Nadjiwan , Kristi Lane Sinclair, Litefoot, iskwē ft. Nina Hagen, Mattmac & Vangorian, Audiopharmacy & Teao Sense & Azeem Ward.

Broadcast on Resonance 104.4fm , radio AGORA 105,5, Proton – das freie Radio, Radio FRO, Radio Freequenns – Das freie Radio im Ennstal, & @Radio Onde Furlane or catch the podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts.

EarthChild and CJAY GRiZ

Great track and vid from EarthChild and CJAY GRiZ

More Indigenous Resistance

A Inuit MP has refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament in Copenhagen and instead spoke in her native Inuit language, frustrating uncomprehending lawmakers and highlighting strained relations between Denmark and Greenland.

Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in parliament debate

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam gives seven-minute speech in native Inuit language and refuses to repeat in Danish

Week 18 2023

This weeks show we have Elisapie, Esther Jane Willow, Jacob Okatsiak & Chrisjr Mikeeuneak, SHiFT FROM THA 902 & A.M.P.M. & Kloud 9, Logan Staats , @musicchaman, @Will E. Skandalz, Andybemackin & Rezcoast Grizz, Mike Bern, Kunu, Memory Milk, Brock Stonefish, Spur Pourier, Divide and Dissolve, Dj Thunderkat, and DeLab & Dj Wolf Collar.

The show will be broadcast 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 as a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts.

Indigenous Resistence

Her vocal campaign to protect the Munduruku territory in the Amazon rainforest saw her confronting mining giant Anglo American. As a result, Anglo American withdrew 27 research applications to mine inside indigenous territories.The company’s move represents a rare victory of an indigenous community over one of the world’s largest mining companies.

Goldman Prize honours indigenous woman who stopped mining giant

Alessandra Korap Munduruku’s defence of her group’s territory led to a U-turn from Anglo American.

Indian boarding school/Residential schools

One of War Bonnet’s earliest memories was the anguish of being separated from his family at just six years old. He’d been excited to go to school for the first time when his parents dropped him off at St. Francis in September of 1952. But that changed when he realized he wasn’t going back home.

‘Kids Were Marched Everywhere. This Was a Concentration Camp.’

Native survivors share stories of beatings, forced labor, sex abuse, and more as part of the federal Indian boarding school program from 1819 to 1969.

Week 17 2023

This weeks show with – Hotel Mira, Katia Rock, The Flossies, Jodie B, Kanen, Ken Waters, Boogey The Beat & PJ Vegas & Drezus Music & Official_Young Spirit, The City Lines, Quanah Style, Ombiigizi & Peter Dreimanis, BIIPIIGWAN, Blue Flamez, Frank Waln, Liima Inui, Uyarakq, and KindaColt.

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 as a podcast on Fridays from Pantheon Podcasts

Violent Ground

Video for Violent Ground‘s new single Long Road

Firefighters with flamethrowers

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2023/1/29/greening-ourselves-to-extinction

“Greening” is designed to profit off of climate fears, not stop climate change. Governments and corporations have teamed up to turn the apocalypse into a money-making opportunity and what they have pushed for in climate action over the past few years are policies that only make the situation worse.