Q&A between Gaylord News reporter Nancy Marie Spears and US Poet Laureate and author Joy Harjo.

A conversation with Joy Harjo

Give me half a reason,
I wouldn’t want to go out of my way.
I don’t think I miss you.
Faces in the wall tell me I’ve got to stay.

They just keep on comin’.
Trying my best to throw this story away,
but the sun keeps shinin’.
All the folks are still sayin they’re still on their way.

Dont think i miss you

Sittin on my ass.
Sittin in this class I
try to be good 
I try to be great but I 
think that it’s too late
I think that I’ve found my fate

Do you hear the word?
They’re sayin’ we’re at the end
The end of the road
I can’t keep off my toes

Found my fate

Justis Brokenrope (Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta) is a musician and educator currently residing in Bdé Óta Othúŋwe, Mní Sóta (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Wathéča Radio is an offshoot of Wathéča Records, a label and archival project focused on North American indigenous artists who were often overlooked in the canons of rock, folk, and country music.

Brokenrope hosts his radio shows completely in Dakhóta, the eastern dialect of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (the seven Lakota and Dakota tribal nations), and the original language of the land he presently resides on. Anáǧoptaŋ po! 
https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/watheca-radio-w-justis-brokenrope-27th-october-2023

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House Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs
Advancing Tribal Self-Determination: Examining the opportunities and challenges of the 477 Program
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 |  2:00 PM

On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Advancing Tribal Self-Determination: Examining the opportunities and challenges of the 477 Program.

Witnesses and Testimony
The Hon. Bryan Newland
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C. 
https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-NewlandB-20240320.pdf

The Hon. Billy Friend
Chief
Wyandotte Nation
Wyandotte, OK 
https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-FriendB-20240320.pdf

The Hon. Lee Spoonhunter
Co-Chair
Northern Arapaho Tribe Business Council
Ethete, WY 
https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-SpoonhunterL-20240320.pdf

Ms. Margaret Zientek
P.L. 102-477 Tribal Work Group Co-Chair
P.L. 102-477 Tribal Work Group
Shawnee, OK
https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-ZientekM-20240320.pdf

Committee Notice:
https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415717

Advancing Tribal Self-Determination: Examining the opportunities and challenges of the 477 Program

Margaret Zientek / P.L. 102-477 Tribal Work Group

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Oversight Hearing to “Examine Native Communities’ Priorities for the 119th Congress”
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Dirksen
Room: 628

Witnesses
Panel 1
The Honorable Mark Macarro
President
National Congress of American Indians
Washington, DC

The Honorable William Smith
Chairperson / Alaska Area Representative
Valdez Native Tribe / National Indian Health Board
Washington DC

The Honorable Rodney Butler
Board President
Native American Financial Officers Association
Washington DC

Mr. Kerry Bird
Board President
National Indian Education Association
Washington, DC

Mr. Kūhiō Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Kapolei, Hawaii

Committee Notice:
https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-hearing-to-examine-native-communities-priorities-for-the-119th-congress/

Kerry Bird / National Indian Education Association

Explore the context and history of diversity, equity, and inclusion with Velicia McMillan Humes, chief diversity officer for the city of Tempe.

(Audio by Cheyla Daverman/Cronkite News)

DEI order jeopardizes science and health program for Native American youths

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Margaret Zientek / P.L. 102-477 Tribal Work Group

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