Wednesday Talk Radio

  Join the 3rd Wednesday Portland Assembly crew as they take a deeper look at signals by the Trump Administration indicating that their “solutions to the homeless issue” may be nothing more than incarcerating homeless people. Will Wapato be a model? Among the many bad sig... Read more

  The term 'gaslighting' has recently gained greater currency in the age of Trump and 'fake news,' but its colloquial use to describe efforts to manipulate someone's perception of reality go back to the 1960's. Originally based on the 1938 play "Gas Light" and its two film... Read more

  On May 31, 2019 the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs approved an emergency disaster declaration due to immediate health threats resulting from a 14” water main line break in the Shitike Creek. Because of public utilities capital maintenance defer... Read more

    On November 20, 1969, dozens of Native American activists led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means (War Jack), and others occupied Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Around 90 people kept the occupation going for a remarkable 19 months. War Jack (Shoshone Bannock) w... Read more

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    Dine'/Dutch-American speaker, writer and presidential candidate Mark Charles was recently in Portland for Indigenous Peoples' Day and a campaign event. He sat down with host Paul Roland to talk about his campaign, his new book, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumani... Read more