In this powerful 3-part episode, we dive into the tragic legacy of the Wounded Knee Massacre and its connection to the ongoing fight for Native American religious freedom. 

My guest, law Professor, Richard Garnett - a Choctaw citizen and expert in religious freedom at Notre Dame - helps unpack what the law *actually* says about Native religious rights, sacred land use, and the balance between tribal sovereignty and U.S. legal systems. 

From the Ghost Dance to peyote use in the Native American Church, and from religious Acts and the Constitution, we explore how Native faith practices have been criminalized, protected, and misunderstood throughout U.S. history.

We also discuss the painful irony that Native communities often need specific legislation just to practice their traditions, unlike many other faiths in America. Professor Garnett shares why religious freedom isn't just about individual rights - it's also about land, language, and the deep communal connection to sacred spaces.
 If you’ve ever wondered how law students and Professors at places like Notre Dame are shaping the future or how land rights like those at Oak Flat and beyond are tied to religious liberty, this episode is for you.

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S9, E2, Pt 1: Ghost Dances & Court Battles: Native Religion & the Law: Professor, Richard W. Garnett, Choctaw

PART 2

In this powerful 3-part episode, we dive into the tragic legacy of the Wounded Knee Massacre and its connection to the ongoing fight for Native American religious freedom. 

My guest, law Professor, Richard Garnett - a Choctaw citizen and expert in religious freedom at Notre Dame - helps unpack what the law *actually* says about Native religious rights, sacred land use, and the balance between tribal sovereignty and U.S. legal systems. 

From the Ghost Dance to peyote use in the Native American Church, and from religious Acts and the Constitution, we explore how Native faith practices have been criminalized, protected, and misunderstood throughout U.S. history.

We also discuss the painful irony that Native communities often need specific legislation just to practice their traditions, unlike many other faiths in America. Professor Garnett shares why religious freedom isn't just about individual rights - it's also about land, language, and the deep communal connection to sacred spaces.
 If you’ve ever wondered how law students and Professors at places like Notre Dame are shaping the future or how land rights like those at Oak Flat and beyond are tied to religious liberty, this episode is for you.

Native ChocTalk Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nativechoctalkpodcast 
All Podcast Episodes: https://nativechoctalk.com/podcasts/



S9, E2, Pt 2: Ghost Dances & Court Battles: Native Religion & the Law: Professor, Richard W. Garnett, Choctaw

This is *Peyote* - my first release ever. An organic house track inspired by desert rituals and deep tribal rhythms and clear trippy Mexican influences.  

Shared first with friends and dreamers on the playa of Burning Man 2025.  

Bookings & info: info@desertbloomibiza.com

Peyote

Até Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, ómakiya yo
Great Spirit, help me

Waní wačhíŋ yeló
I want to live

Oŋšiya čhéčhičiye ló
Humbly, I cry out to you

Waní wačhíŋ yeló
I want to live

Inspired by a Lakota prayer and drum song

Transmitted with reverence, humility and gratitude
for the Great Mystery, the Lakota people, and their way of life

Waní wačhíŋ yeló

Autor: Ramón Rodrigo
Voz y sonaja: Ramón Rodrigo
Tambor: Leo Ixquimilli @leonardo-c-731240237

Brilla Colibrí

SongforBeauty_rattle

Exploring the caves

Peyote Panthro Desert Dreams

The Cosmic funk daddy rides through the astral plains on a mystical halloween evening at the chintz saloon

CHINTZ - OLD BREWERY BARN

... as god sings a five-dimensional song - we the ants just travels on

Dark Side Of The Moose

Kaktus

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The Cosmic Connection - Incapable staircase FM Thurs 21.30 - 23.00

Pineappleman is a musical storyteller, record enthusiast and humble traveller, collecting sounds of the universe to convey a journey of self exploration and expression.

Currently dwelling in the south west UK holding a residency at the chintz symposium, he curates monthly fundraiser and LBGTQ events as well as playing international festivals, eco conferences, ecstatic dance and sober raves his musical prowess extends many avenues.

With a conscious ear, KVNG plays music with purpose, to connect, love, reflect, process and grow, through songs and sounds of emotion and feeling.

2025 -

Tropical Pressure Festival July 12.07
Sea shanty afterparty - 18.06
Masked ball festival - Helston- 19.04
WanderFal - Afterparty (Chintz) - 11.04
Love Love Love Disco club - 27.03

2024

27.01 - Get your freak on - Underland
29.02 - Rave Om - scorrier house
22.03 - TBA - Underland
27.04 - LOVE IS THE WAY - Underland (Falmouth Pride)
04.05 - GYFO
10.05 - Whiskers
11.05 - Spargo
17.05 - Underland
24.05 - RTTS - Lunar stage
31.05 - Madam wongs - Great estate (b2b Alex Conrad)
15.06 - Sea Shady afterparty - Underland
29.06 - Garrison Gallery - Maker heights
12.07 - Enchanted dancehall - Tropical Pressure
14.07 - Enchanted dancehall - Tropical Pressure
20.07 - Underland - Get your free corn
07.09 - Bar Silo - Fowey
30.10 - Fury road chintz halloween special

2023

05.03 TRAX - Ahangama (LK)
7/8.04 Wanderfal Festival
04.05 Revenge of the synth
05.05 Cinco de Mayo - Underland
06.05 Chintz Courtyard party
22.04 Earth day - Patchwork studios
27.05 RTTS festival - St Mawgan
27.05 Get yer Freak on
03.06 Full Moon Dance - Underland
10.06 Love is the way / Pride
01.07 Tilly Portwrinkle
06.07 Noisily Festival
14.07 Once in a Blue Moon - Wales
15.07 Alfresco Disco - Bristol
16.07 Tropical Pressure Festival
22.07 Outside Devon
02.08 Cornish bank
11.08 Rumi fest
01.09 Get your freak on - Underland
02.09 Falmouth skatepark fundraiser
09.10 Dolphin inn Dartmouth
28.10 Chintz - The mighty boosh special
11.11 Gaza Fundraiser - Chintz
31.12 Time Warp NYE

2022 - Past gigs

31.12 Midnight Circus - Chintz/Underland
29th Oct - Zoltar returns - Underland
14th Oct - Cornish bank 
15th Oct - Whiskers  
1st Oct - Sink, Verdant
10th Sep - Cosmic funk daddy, Underland 
3rd Sep - Eddie North Devon
17th July - Enchanted Dancehall 
16th July - Enchanted Dancehall 
15th July - Tropical Pressure Festival 
7th July - Once in a blue moon
2nd July - Falmouth cringe Festival 
2nd July - Patchwork Studios
23rd June - tunes in the dunes 
4th June - Love is the way - Underland - Falmouth 🌈
11th June - Welcome Refugees - Coverack amphitheatre 
11th June - Rise of the Ants - The Cottage 🐜
15th June - Drawn to Wildlife - Cornish bank 🦆
17th June - Whiskers - Newquay 🐱
23rd June - Beytrees - closing party
27th May - Courgette Caberet - Planted 🌱
28th May - Dark Horse - Bristol
13th May - TBB - Bristol
21st May - Garden party
10th May - Verdant tap rooms
 5th May - Salsa Piante / Sinco de Mayo 💃Chintz - Falmouth
6th May - Whiskers 
7th May - Courtyard party
30th April - Wedstock - Cornwall 💒
16th April - Cornish Bank 🏦
22nd April - Bahama mamas 🍍 
25th March - Planted 🌱
17th April - Toast
4th March - Whiskers - Newquay 😸
26th Feb - No War party - Falmouth ☮️

2021 Past Gigs


31. 12 NYE Masked ball @ Underland - Falmouth
6.11 Halloween Masked ball - Helston
30.10 Chintz symposium - rocky horror show
15.10. Whiskers - (Salsa Picanté) Newquay 
11.09. Cornish Bank - Falmouth
5.09. Secret location
4.09. Pizza pls - Penryn
3.09. Whiskers - Newquay
14.08. Full Circle Festival - Holywell yoga retreat 
01.07. Bohls Yard courtyard party - Penryn
30.06. Olde Rope - Falmouth
19.07. Underland bar - Falmouth
29.04. Bangers & Tash - Secret location, Surry, UK

2020 Dates -
30.03 - 04.04 Brits snow week - Laax CH
07.03. Inner City Electronic Festival - Leeds
25.02 Gasthof Mayhrhofen Austria
16.02 Whynotmovement - Grillhof alm Penken Mayrhofen Austria

2019 Dates -

14.09 Krakatoa soundsystem - London
07.09 Matbon (1000lb sound) - London
24.08 Run the track rooftop launch party - London
14.07 Beatherder festival 
25.05 ORBS w/ Laik records
11.05 Reset - Old Red Bus Station - Leeds
09.05 - Paradise discs - 212 Bar, Leeds
03.05 - The Masked ball UK
19.04 - Happy hours, Morzine FR
02.04 - Indy bar, Laax CH
22.03 - Bucko Tulum MX
05.01 - 30.03 - Weary traveller residency MX

2018 Dates -

08.03 Limit w/ Moscoman - Wire Leeds UK
30.06 El Dorado festival UK
15.07 Beatherder festival UK
22.07 Boom Festival Portugal

Seb Vedra (co-founder Desert Bloom) is a wild soul shaped by the sacred shadow of Es Vedrà, the legendary rock in the sea by Ibiza known for its magnetic energy and ancient mystery.

From Burning Man to Balearic shores, his sound blends tribal percussion, deep tech house and global rhythms into a hypnotic, body-led journey, designed to awaken the senses and ignite the untamed spirit within. Through music and movement, he creates a space where people can lose themselves, reconnect, and rediscover their wild child.

Whether at Burning Man, Afrika Burn, Desert Bloom or any other free-spirited gathering, if you know, you know.

Let’s synchronise our heartbeats and dance.

Seb Vedra isn’t just a name -  it’s a state of being.
A reminder to unlearn, un-tame, and let your wild child out.

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