Great discussion with my sister Sinetta and Dwight over Native Health, including wellbriety and mental health. Sinetta is a Behavior Counselor and works for Native Health in downtown Phoenix, Az. She just great work with our Native community to help them get on the right path.

Dwight Francisco is an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation. As a spiritual advisor, he helps to provide cultural and spiritual healing to many of our relatives in the Phoenix area including coordinating an effort to build a sweat lodge at the Patina Mountain Preserve, a substance abuse treatment center. Dwight has graciously facilitated many of the Phoenix Indian Center’s Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) through our Prevention Program and through the Urban Indian Coalition of Arizona.

Contacts:

Sinetta Brown Lopez

Email: slopez@nachci.com

Contact Native Health at (602) 279-5262.

Dwight Francisco

Email: Dwight.a.francisco@gmail.com

Nice sit down with Raven from Colorado about the MMIR crisis in the state of Colorado and across the country. Raven is President of the Missing, Murdered, Indigenous Relatives Task Force of Colorado.

Official Website

https://mmirtaskforceco.com

Donate to MMIR

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MMIRTaskforceCO?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

Official Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/MMIRofColorado

I had the chance to sit down with my Uncle Wendsler for another conversation before he heads out on his Prayer Journey to DC, Today Wendsler and the Apache Stronghold is leaving for Thacker Pass in Nevada. They will make 14 stops across the country until they make their final stop in Washington DC on September 11th to the Supreme Court.

For more info on the Prayer Journey, click the link below.

http://www.apache-stronghold.com

Finally caught up with my Uncle Wendsler for a one on one conversation. My Uncle lives at Oak Flat and travels all over the country speaking on Oak Flat. In this episode, we talk about him growing up on the San Carlos Reservation. We talked about how his life experiences lead him to what he is doing today.

Apache Stronghold website

http://www.apache-stronghold.com

Apache Stronghold - Instagram Page

https://www.instagram.com/protectoakflat?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Apache Stronghold - Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/SaveOakFlatArizona/about_profile_transparency

Mount Graham Sacred Run this weekend starting Thursday July 18th at Old San Carlos starting at 4pm. It will continue Friday morning at 4am across from Noline;s Country Store. They will run all the way up to Treasure Park on top of Mount Graham, Runners are needed and there will be food available. Bring you tents and rain clothes.

Vanessa gives an update on the devastating Watch Fire that took place on the San Carlos Reservation. Thank you to everyone that donated to the families that lost their homes.

On May 15th, 1850 the 1st Dragoons Regiment of the United States Calvary slaughtered 200 Pomos mostly consistent of elders, women, and children. Their orders were to exterminate if possible the whole tribe. The Pomos were massacred on what they call today, Bloody Island.

Sat down Bernadette at the upcoming Dave Smith Park in Windsor California. We talked about caring the legacy of our fathers and keeping our traditions strong for our future generations. We also discuss MMIP/MMIR and loss of her sisters. I was lucky enough to have Bernadette sing a song for the closing of the episode. OH!

Discussion on the importance of hair for boys and men. Also talked about Land Back and Energy. It is always good to sit down with my cousin Batsulwin and discuss topics like this. We grew up together in a deep cultural family, so we have a lot of the same beliefs. Always a good discussion when we talk. I hope you enjoy.