Native Talk Arizona: Recent Episodes
NATIVE HEALTH
Native Talk Arizona presents interviews and discussions regarding current events, health, social, and cultural matters of interest to urban Native Americans, as well as performances of new and traditional Native American music. Hosted by Lanasha Puati.The views and opinions expressed by guests of Native Talk Arizona are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Native Talk Arizona or NATIVE HEALTH.“Indian Car” used with permission by Keith Secola.
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Chef Nephi Craig - Executive Chef of Café Gozhóó in Whiteriver, Arizona, on the White Mountain Apache Tribe reservation. We'll also talk to him about his new memoir, Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef.
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- Eunique Yazzie - Design Consultant, Creative Director, Social Entrepreneur and owner of Cahokia PHX
- Annie Humphrey - Award-winning Native American singer/songwriter
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- Lee Issac - Singer, songwriter and musician, who will tell us about the upcoming Sagebrush and Stardust Music Fest on Wednesday, July 22 at the MOD in Shiprock, New Mexico
- Michael Charette - Native American storyteller, poet, flute maker, and musician, who, under his performance name, Tales of Laughing Fox, dedicates his artistry to educating the public about Anishinaabe history, culture, and language
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- Mary Herne, FNP - will tell us about the Indigenous Headache and Migraine Advisory Forum IMHAF, whose purpose is to improve access, care, and outcomes for Indigenous people living with migraine and headache disorders
- Chef Alex Colaianni - with the Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center (AZ OIC), a network of comprehensive employment training programs for the disadvantaged and under-skilled
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- Kimberly D. Moore-Salas and Camie Goldhammer - Indigenous Lactation Counselors who will tell us about breast feeding and the new program - Indigenous Lactation Counselor Training Program
- Sunburnt Stone - Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, they play music based upon a mix of various influences and genres, from country, blues, rock, and Americana
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- Lucia Leigh Laughlin - Director of Engagement and Learning Programs at the Heard Museum, who will tell us about the new exhibit: Molly of Denali: An Alaskan Adventure
- Nakota Hunts in Winter - Autistic, Grammy-nominated bassist and audio engineer based in Phoenix
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- Kimberly Yellowrobe, DHA, MBA and Hoskie Benally, Jr. - National American Indian Disability Summit-Cultivating Care: The Three Sisters Approach to Disability in Native Country, July 16-17
- Pamela Prasher - Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community CCDF Certificate Program
- Victor Z Corpuz - Maize Skateboards
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Guest include:
- Rose Jacket - Recent ASU graduate who will be heading to South Korea as a Fulbright ETA finalist to teach English
- Albert Haskie - Diné software developer and founder of Nyzhon Studios, who will tell us about his Navajo education program smartphone app called Adoonee
- Terri Pete - Navajo/Hopi artist and owner and operator of TP Designs
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- DJ Carrasco and Autumn Lopez - Native Nations Sports, creating opportunities for Indigenous athletes to excel on the national and global stage.
- Jordan O. James - Front man for FIRST FLOOR HIGHWAY, an Indigenous Inspirited Sun Soaked Rock 'N Roll band, who have a new album called, Under the Sun, available on all streaming platforms.
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- Chef Justin Pioche - Pioche Food Group, who won an incredible victory on the Food Network competition cooking show, Chopped, during a special episode “Indigenous Inspiration,” where he won the championship title and the $10,000 prize.
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- Christine Wilmont - Northern Arizona Tribal and Regional Ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Arizona Chapter
- Joaquin Martinez - about his upcoming book entitled: The Super Generation: A Guide for First Generation Professionals to Build Lasting Success and Generational Prosperity.
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- Cassandra Scott - Director of the Tohono O'odham Community College-Phoenix Center, serving the residents of the Tohono O’odham Nation, and also all who wish to pursue a higher education.
- Carolyn Roberts and Kelsey Mata Foote - the creative duo behind the new children’s book, Tess's Red Dress: Honouring Love and Family.
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- Brandon Nahsonhoya - National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People.
- Danielle Nieto - NATIVE HEALTH Maternal Child Health Program Coordinator, will talk to us about NATIVE HEALTH’s Home Visiting Program.
- Byron Graves - American Indian Youth Literature and Morris Award-winning author of Rez Ball, who now has a new novel for young readers called Medicine Wheels.
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- Commander Kristi Johnson, PharmD - Deputy Chief - Outpatient Pharmacy Services, Phoenix Indian Medical Center, will tell us about Drug Take Back Day, happening Saturday, April 25th at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center.
- Brooke Davis - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health Case Manager - Domestic Violence Prevention and Education will tell us about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People #MMIP Awareness Day in May.
- Lisa LaRue and Juan R Leõn - Members of RematriNation, a Native American/Indigenous symphonic prog-metal band.
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Guests include:
- Kyle Mitchell and Gerard Begay - South Mountain Community College
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- Alex Villablobos - Gila River Indian Community Tribal Social Services Inaugural Tribal Child Abuse Prevention Conference
- Tom Macik - Southwest Indian Foundation and the Greater Gallup Industrial Workforce Program
- Garrett Etsitty - Southwest soulful artist from Chinle. Arizona, who has a diverse collection of works throughout the Southwest
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Guests include:
- Elaine Mollindo - Arizona Department of Education's Office of Indian Education and the Arizona Tribal Regalia Graduation Toolkit – which reviews state polices and the legal protections around wearing tribal regalia at graduations
- Maria Bartlett - Founder and executive director of Indigigirls, empowering Indigenous women and girls through culture, community and connection.
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Guests include:
- Vafa Matin, DO - Chief Medical Officer at NATIVE HEALTH, will talk to us about National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Quenton “Mogley” Oney - Lead singer and guitar player of Mogley and the Zoniez
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- Liz McKenzie - Chef, Prickly Foods
- Trinidad Quiroz - Co-owner and Chef of Frybread Riot Food Truck
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Guests include:
- Melina TaCheenie and Marcus Monenerkit - The Heard Museum
- Valerie Segrest - Co-director and Educator of Native Plants and Food Institute
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Guests include:
- Cherish Yazzie-Hart - Owner of Cherish Skin, a locally owned cosmetics skin care line, dedicated to curating unique-skincare and makeup bundles with perfect formulas to help cherish and maintain beautiful skin.
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- Jessica Tsingine - Phoenix American Indian Science and Engineering Society Professional Chapter President, will tell us about their upcoming Golf Tournament on Saturday, February 21.
- Jason Amador - Player Development Specialist for the Men’s Basketball Program at Grand Canyon University and a motivational speaker.
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Guests include:
- Frank Blanquet and Sahar Kharjenoury - First Nations Experience, television exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content
- Michelle Curley - Phoenix Hoop Dancers
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Guests include:
- Thana Boyd, RDH - NATIVE HEALTH Interim Dental Practice Manager and Dental Hygienist, who will tell us about the new dental clinic at our Mesa location
- Brooke Davis, MPH - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health Case Manager - Domestic Violence Prevention and Education, who will discuss Human Trafficking Month #HumanTrafficking
- Lynn Traylor - Artist and owner of Auntie Creations
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Guests include:
- Brooke Davis, MPH - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health Case Manager - Domestic Violence Prevention & Education, will talk to us about National Stalking Awareness Month #NSAM2026
- Davina Whitethorne - Buddy Whitethorne Foundation
- Shannon LaRance - Founder of Indigenous Empowerment and creator of So’oh Story Time
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Guests include:
- Tyes Ben Graves - Linebacker for Cesar Chavez High School, who has been listed as one of the Top 70 Indigenous High School Football players
- Johnathan Williams, aka Native Kyng, Navajo hip-hop artist, motivational speaker, and suicide prevention activist
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Guests include:
- Ted Hibbeler - Tribal Educator with the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
- Michael Frahm and Nancy Dudenhoefer - Sun Sounds Arizona, providing audio access to print information to people who cannot read or hold print material due to a disability
- Sandra Miller - Owner and Chef of Native Kitchen
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Guests include:
- Gerard Begay and Lucero Curiel Martinez - American Indian programs available at Maricopa Community Colleges
- Larry Redhouse - Jazz pianist and composer for the Redhouse Family Jazz Band, known as Arizona's First Family of Jazz, whose music focuses on original compositions and hip arrangements of modern jazz classics.
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Guests include:
- Elisia Manuel - Founder and president of Three Precious Miracles, providing Native youth a connection to their culture
- Holly Patterson - Business coach, Change Labs, located in Tuba City, fostering business growth across Native communities
- Valentina Andrew - Executive producer and host of Tohono O'odham Young Voices Podcast
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Guests include:
- Kimberly Dutcher and Elisia Manuel - Native American Women's Conference - NAWC happening on November 6-7
- Heather C Gomez - Owner of Dulce Base Tipi , offering a serene camping experience, located in the mountains of Northern New Mexico on the Apache reservation
- Chef Kris Harris - Owner of Kris' Fresh Frybread, located in Phoenix
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- Brooke Davis - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health Case Manager-Domestic Violence Prevention and Education, will discuss National Domestic Violence Awareness Month #DVAM2025
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- PIMC Pharmacist Lieutenant Commander Arrol Perry - will tell us about the upcoming PIMC Drug Take Back Day and Trunk-or-Treat Health Fair on Saturday, October 25
- Brook Bender and Kiani Becerra - Community Health Representative (CHR) Summit, October 27-29
- Eric Scherf, - , NATIVE HEALTH Pharmaci and we’ll learn about the new Pharmacy at NHW Community Health with st,
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Guests include:
- Jolyana Begay-Kropua and Taiya Snyder - Phoenix Indian Center
- Elisha Bishop - Founder of Rez Gravel
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- Thana Boyd - NATIVE HEALTH Interim Dental Practice Manager and Dental Hygienist will talk to us about #DentalHygieneMonth in October
- Malena Acosta - Chief Prosecutor in the Pascua Yaqui Prosecutor’s Office
- Michael Schaaf - Photographer and the owner of Schaaf Images
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- Dustin Hughes-Lopez - Museum of Indigenous People, located in Prescott, Arizona
- Erickson Billy - Owner and operator of Blue Naadą́ą́' Sweets
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Guests include:
- Kaira Begay - Health Start Program at NATIVE HEALTH
- Lucia Leigh Laughlin and Patty Talahongva - The Heard Museum
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Guests include:
- Jacob Moore, Vice President and Special Advisor on American Indian Affairs at Arizona State University
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Guests include:
- Jyoti Pathak, Ph.D. - Founding dean and professor of the School of Technology for Public Health at ASU
- Manny Loley, Ph.D. - Diné storyteller and editor for Leading the Way Magazine
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Guests include:
- Kylee Yazzie, NATIVE HEALTH WIC Educator will talk to us about National Breastfeeding Week #WBW2025
- Elise S. Gornish, Ph.D will tell us about Girls on outdoor Adventure for Leadership & Science (GALS), a free summer science program for female high school students, learning science while overnight camping and backpacking through the Arizona wilderness
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Guests include:
- David Lewandowski, DC - NATIVE HEALTH’s new Chiropractor
- Rocky Tano - Director, Founder and CEO of Obsidian, Inc.
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Guests include:
- Kimberly Yazzie - NATIVE HEALTH Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Sheila Lopez owner and founder of Nizhoni Stitches, and Tallerita Tunney Rogers, owner of The Chahaoh, both recent Project DreamCatcher graduates, will tell us about their new businesses
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Guests include:
- Kylee Yazzie - NATIVE HEALTH WIC
- Joseph Davis and Maryellen Baker - Women and Water Coming Together Symposium
- Angel Lincoln, owner of ReddHouse Pastry
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Guests include:
- Michael John - Owner of Navajo Mike's
- Chris Hoshnic - Diné Kids Film Club
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Guests include:
- Amanda Curley - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health counselor
- DJ Carrasco - Owner and CEO of Native Nations
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Native Talk Arizona host Susan Levy chats with Wyatt Gilmore, Chief Executive Officer Laguna Creek, an Indigenous software company for Indigenous hospitality, was founded to grow Native American tourism to new heights and keep more tourism dollars on Native land.
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Guests include:
- Alex Torgler - Education and Community Development Coordinator, Red Feather Development Group
- Esther Nystrom - Owner of Bitterwater Design
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Guests include:
- Nolan Frisch, DDS - NATIVE HEALTH Dentist, who will tell us about summer dental care
- Tonana Ben, 2025-2026 Miss Indigenous ASU, and is a student at ASU studying Biomedical Sciences
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Our guest this week:
- Dwayne Manuel - Painting and drawing instructor at the Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) and professional artist
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Guests include:
- Levi Long and Enriqueta (Queta) Wanatee-Diego - Phoenix Indian Center
- Keely Birdtail - Missed One Society Inc.
- Sheilah Nicholas and Sherilyn Analla - American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)
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Guests include:
- Nora Frank-Buckner - Director of Food Sovereignty Programs with Tahoma Peak Solutions
- Carissa Eich - Navajo digital artist
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Guests include:
- Madara Winters - NATIVE HEALTH Public Health Nurse Case Manager
- Monte Stevens, NATIVE HEALTH Case Manager
- Matthew Wood, Instructional Technology Coordinator - Law Library Resource Center
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Guests include:
- Shannon Hadley - Community Support Executive, Arizona Cactus Pine Girl Scouts
- Carl Duncan - President of Elevated Sky, LLC
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Jennifer Veaco, MD, NATIVE HEALTH Family Practice Physician will discuss National Women's Health Month, an annual observance that aims to empower women to prioritize their health and provides resources for learning about various health topics.
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This week's guest is Cassandra Scott, Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) Phoenix Center Director. TOCC is a two-year college for individuals from all walks of life who want to further their education.
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- Janice Yazzie - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health Coordinator will discuss Stress Awareness Month
- Demetria C. Shepherd - Early College Programs at Scottsdale Community College
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Guests include:
- Gabrielle Begay - NATIVE HEALTH Indigenous Wellness Coordinator
- Antonette Shirley - Indigenous Education Program at Chandler Unified School District
- Paul Helford - Indigenous Youth Media Workshop at NAU in honor of Andy Harvey
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Guests include:
- Davina Mena - Tribal Liaison for the Arizona Division of Problem Gambling
- Micheon Gorman - Program Manager of ASU Indigenous Innovation Initiative
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Guests include:
- Jennifer M. Veaco, MD - NATIVE HEALTH Family Practice Physician
- Bethaney Allison - Arizona Department of Education-Office of Indian Education
- Travis Holt Hamilton - Filmmaker, producer and owner of Holt Hamilton Films
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Guests include:
- Olivia Hendricks - Program Manager for the Workforce Development Program at the Phoenix Indian Center
- Shonie De La Rosa - Owner/writer/director of Sheephead Films
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Guests include:
- Leora Lorraine Smith - Student Service Specialist Senior at the American Indian Institute at Mesa Community College. She will tell us about upcoming Indigenous events happening at Mesa Community College this spring
- Rhiannon Worker and Tara John - NATIVE HEALTH WIC Director and NATIVE HEALTH Certified Diabetes Educator will talk to us about National Nutrition Month in March. #NationalNutritionMonth2025
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Guests include:
- Thana Boyd, RDH - Interim Dental Practice Manager and Dental Hygienist at NATIVE HEALTH will talk to us about Children's Dental Health Month
- Julia Keefe - Jazz vocalist and director of the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
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Guests include:
- Reyna Tavena - Executive Director of Guadalupe Teen Court, offering youth defendants an alternative to the traditional juvenile court and prosecution process, which in turn supports positive outcomes for the victim, community and defendant.
- Ciara Minjarez and Tristan Kitch - Local First Arizona, dedicated to driving inclusive community and economic development throughout Arizona.
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Guests include:
- Madara Winters - NATIVE HEALTH Domestic Violence Prevention Case Manager, who will talk to us about National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month #TDVAM
- Julia Keefe - Jazz vocalist and director of the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
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Guests include:
- Levi Long and Elicia Goodsoldier - Upcoming Phoenix Indian Center events
- Talia Miracle - Indigenous Library Program at Little Free Library
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Guests include:
- Shelby Billison and Jeremy Romancito - Co-owners of 4 Your Plate Only, a small food business that specializes in food vending, catering, and sharing recipe videos and tutorials
- Mariah Gladstone - Founder ofIndigikitchen
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Guests include:
- Krystal Tsosie, MPH, MA - Board Secretary, Native BioData Consortium
- Jarvisson King - Owner and operator of Laughing Goat Gardens
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Guests include:
- Randy Kemp and Phillip Empey of the musical group, Artificial Red
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Guests include:
- Louis Williams - Owner of Ancient Wayves River and Hiking Adventures
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Guests include:
- Chef Denella Belin - Owner of Nella’s Innovative Kreations, LLC
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- Bryant Mavasta Honyouti - Skilled Hopi Katsina carver and author, will tell us about his new picture book, Coming Home: A Hopi Resistance Story
- Violet Duncan - Accomplished author who recently released her new children's novel, Buffalo Dreamer
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Guests include:
- Deanna Tso - Third-generation Navajo potter, who will be on the new three-part PBS/NOVA series, BUILDING STUFF
- Lizz Rivera - Permanent makeup artist, and the CEO and owner of NINK Magazine
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- Kim Etsitty - Diné science teacher at Navajo Pine High School-Gallup McKinley County Schools in New Mexico, and is currently exploring the western Pacific Ocean aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus
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Guests include:
- Tara John, CDCES - NATIVE HEALTH Certified Diabetes Educator
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Guests include:
- Mona Scott Figueroa, Ed.D. - American Indian Studies Program - Maricopa Community College
- Pam Yabeny - American Indian Studies Program at Arizona State University
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Guests include:
- Lieutenant Commander Arrol Perry - Phoenix Indian Medical Center Indian Health Service annual Drug Take Back Day and Trunk-or-Treat Health Fair
- Margaret Talia White, Christopher Billey and John Beshk - Residential Real Estate Appraiser Certification Associates Degree being offered at Mesa Community College
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Guests include:
- Jennifer Veaco, MD, IBCLC - NATIVE HEALTH Family Practice Physician, talks to us about getting the flu and additional vaccines for protection of you and your family this fall.
- Steven Tallas - Filmmaker, will tell us about his new documentary, Standing the Heat
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Guests include:
- Jolyana Begay-Kroupa and Levi Long - Upcoming events this fall at the Phoenix Indian Center.
- Alana Yazzie -Lifestyle and Food Blogger (The Fancy Navajo), who will tell us about her new cookbook entitled, The Modern Navajo Kitchen.
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Guests include:
- Laura Medina, Raetana Mannie, Margaret Talia White - Upcoming events happening at the American Indian Institute at Mesa Community College
- Cynthia Leitich Smith - author, who will discuss her latest book entitled On a Wing and a Tear.
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Guests include:
- Donovan Carr - Arizona Department of Water Resources
- Len Necefer, Ph.D. - New documentary - Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices
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- Janice Yazzie, LPC - Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
- Edsel Pete - Navajo Nation TV and Film
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Guests include:
- Kimberly Dutcher - Direct Relief
- Jesse Mike - Diné Native Plants Program
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Guests include:
- Kim Delfina Gleason - Two Worlds Native Theater and Performing Arts
- Ian Skorodin - Native American Media Alliance
- Trevor Begay - Red Running Into Woods
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Guests include:
- Lynnann Yazzie - Office of Indian Education
- Susie Leo - Power Me A2Z Program
- Tamarah Tsinnie-Butler - Art by Tamarah
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Guests include:
- Jennifer Veaco, MD - NATIVE HEALTH Family Practice Physician and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and
- Rhiannon Worker - NATIVE HEALTH WIC Supervisor
- Kimberly Salas and Amanda Singer - Navajo Breastfeeding Coalition
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Guests include:
- Turquoise Skye Devereaux - Founder of Indigenous Skye, LLC
- K.A. Cobell - Author of Looking for Smoke
- Taté Walker - Two Spirit Storyteller
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Guests include:
- Dinora Gonzalez and five recent graduates of the Project Dreamcatcher Program that provides leadership and business management to Native American women entrepreneurs
- Iiwaa - Nonbinary recording artist, performer, songwriter, and music educator
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Guests include:
- Jonathon Curry - Co-owner of Salt River Valley Farm
- Daniel Vandever - Award-winning author of the picture books, Fall in Line, Holden! and Herizon
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Guest include:
- Kiona Arellanes - Co-Founder and President of Hopi Relief
- Nicolette Gomez - Executive Director of Nopalito Network
- Shannon LaRance - Creator of the YouTube channel, So'oh Story Time
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Guests include:
- Bob Dalton - Entrepreneur and founder of Sackcloth & Ashes
- Tomás Amaya - Film director, writer and photographer
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Guests include:
- Tashina Machain - American Indian Health-Area Health Education Center
- Natasha John and Jordan Manuelito - co-owners of Skoden Coffee and Tea
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Guests include:
- Jennifer Veaco, MD, Family Practice Physician at NATIVE HEALTH - Women's Health Month
- Kent Ware, II and Max Reed - The American Indian Veteran’s Memorial Organization
- Milford Calamity - Self-taught Navajo silversmith and owner of Milford Calamity Jewelry
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Guests include:
- Doctor Barbara Mink and Doctor Miranda Haskie - Arizona American Indian Youth Conference on Health and the Environment
- D.J. Vanas - Motivational speaker and best-selling author
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Guests include:
- Dave Auckly - Co-founder and co-director of Navajo Nation Math Circles
- Monique Gray Smith - Award-winning and best-selling author
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Guests include:
- Madera Winters - NATIVE HEALTH Public Health Nurse Case Manager, will discuss Sexual Assault Awareness Month #SAAM2024
- Lieutenant Commander Jackie Campbell - Pharmacist at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, will tell us about Drug Take Back Day at PIMC
- Mark Kitcheyan, Jr. - Fashion Designer, Culture Co.
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- Doctor Kimberly Yellow Robe and Darrel Christenson - American Indian Disability Summit and American Indian Youth Disability Summit
- Alexander Soto - Director of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center
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- Doctor Cindy Bauer - Camp Medical Director for Camp Not-A-Wheeze, a health education and recreation camp for children with moderate to severe asthma
- Ty LodgePole - Multidisciplinary artist and founder and creative director of the website, Homeland
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Guests include:
- Sinetta Lopez - NATIVE HEALTH Behavioral Health Case Manager
- Jim Covarrubias - Chairman of the Piestewa Fallen Heroes Memorial
- Kadence Sayles - Miss Native Mesa Community College and Kaitlyn Yazzie - Miss Native Mesa Community College First Attendant
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Guests include:
- Carol Seanez, Sophia Murphy and Joshua Nelson - The University of Arizona Native American Science and Engineering Program
- Scott Tom - Graphic designer and owner of ST Graphix
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- Shane Sangster - National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- Jordan James Harvill and Brian Garcia - Advance Native Political Leadership
- Sean Rayland-Boubar - Social entrepreneur/streetwear designer and owner and founder of Red Rebel Armour
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Guests include:
- Eugenia Charles-Newton - Navajo Nation Council Delegate
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Guests include:
- Jolyana Begay-Kroupa - CEO of the Phoenix Indian Center
- Jaynie Parrish - Executive director and founder of Arizona Native Vote
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Guests include:
- Ethan Tsosie and Navi Ho - Phoenix Indian Center’s Two Spirit Powwow
- Dawn Manuelito - Founder and CEO of Manuelito Health and Wellness Systems
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Guests include:
- Christine Tuttle - Outreach and Community Engagement Librarian at the Arizona Talking Book Library
- Jonessa Reid - Sash Belt Weaver who has been weaving since 2017
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Guests include:
- Jarvisson King - Owner and operator of Laughing Goat Gardens
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Guests include:
- Byron Joe, co-owner of Juniper Tree Woodworks
- Tracie Jackson, Footwear Designer and Artist
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Guest include:
- Cassandra Scott - Tohono O'odham Community College - Phoenix Center Director
- Kim Shaw - Internship Coordinator - Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
- Ednei Yabeny - Self-taught jeweler and silversmith
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Guest include:
- Charley Hogan - Navajo actress and advocate, who is staring in the new film, Frybread Face and Me
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Guests include
- Producer Lori Tapahonso, and writer/director Nathaniel Fuentes about their documentary film, NEW: ART is Culture, CULTURE is Art, the life and legacy of Lloyd Kiva New, a pioneer of modern Native American fashion design.
- Muriel Miguel, Artistic Director of Spiderwoman Theater, the longest running Native feminist theater group in the country.
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Guest include:
- Madera Winters - NATIVE HEALTH Public Health Nurse Case Manager
- Loren Bahe and Dari Nichols - Phoenix Indian Center and the Urban Indian Coalition of Arizona
- Sumi Tohan - NATIVE HEALTH Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
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Guests include:
- Gretchen Wolfe - Special Projects Administrator for the City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development
- Julianna Brannum - Documentary Filmmaker
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Guest include:
- Doctor Jeffrey Reynoso - Regional Director of Region 9 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS)
- Evener Scott - Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Honor Health
- Stanford Lake - Owner of Hooghan LLC
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Guests include:
- Jordan Canady - interim Behavioral Health Director
- Sumi Tohan - NATIVE HEALTH’s certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
- Paul Helford - Northern Arizona University Indigenous Youth Media Workshop
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Guests include:
- Katreena Hayes-Wood - Native American Women’s Conference
- Sam Gomez and Patty Talahongva with the Rio Salado Audubon Center
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Guests include:
- Lieutenant Commander Jackie Campbell, pharmacist at Phoenix Indian Medical Center,
- Eddie Chuculate - Creek and Cherokee Indian author from Muskogee, OK
- Claude Jackson Junior - attorney and playwright
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Guests include:
- Erica Leffler - Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix
- Doctor Yvette Brown-Shirley, a neurologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute
- Patty Talahongva and Heather Cabot will chat with us about their upcoming book, Indian School Road.
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Guests include:
- Marcus Monenerki - Director of Community Engagement at the Heard Museum
Michael John - owner of Navajo Mike's - Keanu Jones - multidisciplinary artist
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Guests include:
- Marla Yazzie, MD - Pediatrician at NATIVE HEALTH, will tell us all about pediatrics
- Elias Jade Not Afraid - An award winning Apsaalooké bead artist, ledger artist and fashion designer
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Guests include:
- Jon Canyon - American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona
- Carol Fritzinger and Burrell Jones - Flagstaff Foodlink
- Jessica Wiarda - Hopi-Tewa graphic designer, illustrator and apparel designer
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Guests include:
- Chef Bleu Adams - Director of IndigeHub
- Travis Holt Hamilton - Owner of Holt Hamilton Films
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- will tell us about the upcoming 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day
- Pamela Baker -
- Robert Doyle -
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Guests include:
- Francys Crevier, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
- Alexander Chambers, owner and operator of Chambers Meat Company
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Guests include:
- Levi Long - Communications Specialist for the Phoenix Indian Center
- Mikaela Crank - , Director of the College Horizons Scholars Program
- Albert Haskie - Diné software developer and founder of Nyzhon Studios
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Guests include:
- Doctor Jennifer Veaco, Interim Medical Director and Family Practice Physician at NATIVE HEALTH
- Doctor Theodore Jojola, Director, Distinguished and Regents' Professor at the The University of New Mexico Indigenous Design and Planning Institute
- Kinsale Drake is a Diné poet, writer, editor and director of NDN Girls Book Club
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Guests include:
- Justin Hongeva - Resource Development Manager for the Hopi Education Endowment Fund
- Laurel Goodluck - Author
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Guests include:
- Christine Holden and Heidi Capriotti - Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
- Lehua Dosela - Miss Gila River 2023-2024.
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Guests include:
- Kelly Vallo - Native Youth Coordinator for the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
- Brian Laban - Lead Instructor, Native American Fitness Council
- Donovan Pete - Community Library Manager for the Navajo Nation Library
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Guests include:
- Dinora Gonzalez - Senior Program Manager, at Thunderbird Global Development
- Robert Mesta - Liberty Wildlife Non-Eagle Feather Repository Program
- Kristy Pavatea - A teacher in the Tucson Unified School District, and winner of the June 2023 Honored Award
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Guests include:
- Princess Benally - Project Director, Educational Opportunity Centers
- Joey Clift - Comedian, TV Writer and enrolled Cowlitz Indian Tribal Member
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- Marya McQuirter - Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative
- Doctor AnnMaria De Mars - Seven Generation Games
- Brooke Betsuie - Navajo self-taught artist
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- Damian Jim - versatile painter
- Chantel Harrison - Diné graduate student at the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture PSM Program
- Casandra Foster - Recruiting Partner with the Student Conservation Association
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- Gina Keenan -Supervisor, NATIVE HEALTH™ WIC
- Kevin Poleyuptewa and Tyesha Wood
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- Len Necefer - CEO and founder of NativesOutdoors
- Kevin Poleyumptewa - Photographer and owner of MoonLit Dreams Photography.
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- Michelle Lehman - Arizona Public Service (APS)
- Lisa Jim and Amanda Harris - The Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health
- Connor Poleyumptewa - a fifteen year old saber fencer
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- Lieutenant Commander Tincy Maroor, Pharmacist at Phoenix Indian Medical Center
- Amber Means and Lehua Dosela and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day at Mesa Community College
- Chef Denella Belin
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- Kyle Mitchell - Program Manager for Vice President of Learning at South Mountain Community College
- Lynette Torivio and Penny Frost - Autism
- Vee Newton - Hairstylist
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- Miss Navajo Nation 2022-2023 Valentina P.N. Clitso
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- Patricia Dimitriou and Bree Marshall - Thunderbird Throttle Motorcycle Benefit Ride Event
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- Carrie Martin - Jeweler
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Janine Estrada and Katelynn Parkes - Home Builders Institute
Sterling Martin - Project ENABLE, translating biology terms from English to Diné Bizaad
Hope Peshlakai - owner of Hope’s Frybread, located in Mesa.
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- Doctor Kimberly Yellow Robe and Darrel Christenson - 19th Annual Arizona American Indian Disability Summit and the Third Annual Tribal Youth Disability Summit.
- Mandy Yeahpau - Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
- Lenaya Tso - Owner of Beading Soul Creation.
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- Kami Ortiz - 2023 Annual American Indian Suicide Prevention Convening
- Trisha Moquino and J'Shon Lee - Indigenous Educators
- Kris Dosela - Leader of the "Chi'Chino Spirit" O'Odham Dance Group
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- Elicia Goodsoldier - Phoenix Indian Center 2nd Annual Indigenous Art Market and Indigenous Community Fashion Showcase
- Jenice Gharib and Norman Patrick Brown - Dinétah Drama Festival
- Melvin Monette-Barajas - Indigenous Education, Inc.
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- Cassandra Scott - Director, Tohono O'odham Community College, Phoenix Center
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- Julene Price, owner of Amigo Café, located in Kayenta, Arizona, near Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation
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- Michael Kotutwa Johnson - Assistant Specialist-Indigenous Resiliency Center at the University of Arizona Native American Advancement, Initiatives, and Research
- Rena Priest - Poet, who will tell us about “Welcome to Indian Country”
- Michael John - owner of Navajo Mike’s
- Pete Sands - Musician and artist. who will tell us about his upcoming puppet show at the Great Arizona Puppet Theater
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- Jeffrey Lazos Ferns and Blayne Archer will tell us about the upcoming 2023 Arizona Indian Festival in Scottsdale, AZ
- Mansel Nelson - Program Manager of the Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities, Tribal Environmental Education Outreach Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University
- Sydney Honyouti will tell us about her Instagram page, Native STEM Women
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- Sumi Tohan - NATIVE HEALTH’s certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
- Albert Brent Chase - Director of Diné-Navajo Pollen Trail Cultural Consulting
- Laramie L Blake - founder, owner and designer of Reztastic Apparel
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- Mikhail Sundust - Executive Director of Digital Connect
- Yvette Gonzalez - Founder and President of Native Sky
- Andre Bouchard - Founder, Executive and Creative Director Indigenous Performance Productions
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- Yolanda Francisco-Nez - Executive Director of Restoring Ancestral Winds
- Stephanie Mitchell - owner of Mod Sani
- Sharaya Edgewater - Miss Indian Rodeo 2023
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- Megan Gourd, CEO of 3 Tribes Trading
- Tashina Machain, Outreach Coordinator - Arizona Indians into Medicine
- Charmayne and Hugh Dawahoya, co-owners of Bear Beans Coffee
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- Esther Nystrom - Owner and Founder of Bitter Water Design and Cultural Learning
- Cesar Rodriguez - Creator of Imagine Threads, clothing brand/streetwear fashion
- Hataałii - Musician and songwriter
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- Doctor Cordova-Marks and William Carson - IndigiWellbeing
- Samantha Honani, current Hopi Foundation Program Director and Interim KUYI Hopi Radio Station manager
- Alisha Hubbell = owner of Loveabell Studio
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- Brian Zah, about the upcoming Winter Health Fair and Indian Market at Phoenix Indian Medical Center
- Rosetta Walker will tell us about the 45th Annual Pueblo Grande Indian Market
- Crystal Austin and Leonela Nelson will tell us about the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health
- LT, Director and Founder of Outlast Arts and Education of Outlast Arts and Education
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- Amanda Whitesinger - Indigenous Wellness Program at NATIVE HEALTH
- Randy Kemp and Jason Coochwytewa will tell us about the upcoming American Indian Children's Benefit Toy Drive, Concert and Indigenous Art Market
- Elaine Chen - Hoop of Learning at Scottsdale Community College
- Chantel Harrison - founder of Indige Planted LLC
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- Marcia Reid, Recruitment Coordinator for the Pathway Scholars Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix
- Valaura Imus-Nahsonhoya will tell us about Honwungsi Consulting Services
- Cherolyn Clark, co-founder and manager of Arizona Native Mobile Diesel Truck and Trailer Repair
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- NATIVE HEALTH 50/50 Raffle
- The staff of Ndee Bikiyaa - The Peoples' Farm, located in Canyon Day, Arizona
- Coye - fashion American Indian photographer
- Josh Salazar - three-time New Mexico Yo-Yo Down Show Champion
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- Madara Winters - Public Health Nurse Case Manager at NATIVE HEALTH
- Avery Xola - Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission
- Jim Larney - American Indian Student Support Services at Arizona State University
- Donald Sabori - Tour Guide at HuHugam Heritage Center
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- Sophie Schwartz, Policy Advisor for the Indigenous Peoples' Initiative
- Jir Anderson will tell us about Native Guitars Tour
- Sweetie Cody, and Alyse Marrietta will tell us about Miss Indian Arizona
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- Carri Chischilly - NATIVE HEALTH Maternal Child Health Program Manager
- Natalia Sells - Indian Legal Program at ASU’s Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law with Nicole Lomay - Senior Outreach Program Manager for the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
- Sabina Rajasundaram - Founder of Codefy
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- Keith Moses, festival director of the NatiVisions Film Festival
- Brian Young - Navajo author and filmmaker
- Daniel Vandever - children's picture book author
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- Justin Hongeva - Hopi Education Endowment Fund
- DeAnna Bear - We Are Healers
- Dorthea Litson - owner of Litson Ranch
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- Javier Ramos, Democratic nominee for Arizona's 5th congressional district
- Millie Pepion and Rachel Hood will discuss voting
- Native American comedian Antonio Davis
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- Ayten Salahi - Founder and Executive Director of the Planetary Health Collective
- Marcus Monenerkit and Rae Nez - will talk to us about the Heard Museum
- Dustin Lopez - Native American multimedia artist based in Phoenix
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- Jai Juan, Tohono O'odham Community College Recruiter
- Candice Mendez, owner and operator of Salt. V. Mo Events, a Native-woman owned company specializing in event management
- Tyrell Descheny, Native American weaver
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- Angelique Albert, CEO of Native Forward Scholars Fund, the largest scholarship provider to Native students in the U.S.
- We’ll learn about Healthy Native Youth website, created to house a one-stop-shop for educators and health advocates to disseminate age-appropriate and culturally-relevant health curricula to American Indian and Alaska Native youth, with Michelle Singer and Gwenda Gorman.
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- Kristen Talbert, Indigenous Leadership Academy Project Coordinator for the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University
- Doctor Christina M. Castro, co-founder of Three Sisters Collective
- Denee Bex, a Registered Dietitian and the founder and owner of Tumbleweed Nutrition
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- Francene Blythe-Lewis, Executive Director of Vision Maker Media
- Thalia Roessel (pronounced as Thy-la Russell) will tell us about her bakery, Scone On?
- Jerrickson Hosteen, professional basketball entertainer/Juggler and youth speaker from Sawmill, Arizona
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- Dave Castillo, CEO of Native Community Capital
- Melody Grace Thomas, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension - San Carlos – Instruction Specialist
- Nico Albert, Chef and owner of Burning Cedar Indigenous Foods, and founder of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness
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- Addelina Lucero - Dancing Butterfly Naturals
- Stephan Cheney - High Rez Wood Company
- Alana Yazzie - creator of the lifestyle and food blog, TheFancyNavajo.com
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- Janice Lucero, owner and managing member of Cotton Blossom Gardens, located in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
- Kelly Holmes, founder/CEO of Native Max and editor-in-chief of Native Max Magazine
- Neon Nativez - producer and DJ, who will tell us how he infuses Indigenous sounds with his own style of EDM and Hip-Hop production
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- Chandos Culleen, National Council of Urban Indian Health
- Agnes Woodward of Seeding Sovereignty
- Melanie Mariano of Phoenix Indian Center
- Liv Barney, Navajo painter and animator
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- Shawn Spruce - Host at Native America Calling
- Rio Fernandes - Director of Civic Engagement for the National Urban Indian Family Coalition
- Jonathan Yazzie - Dzil TA’ah Adventures
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- Trini King - Project Director of Shiprock Farmers' Market, located in Shiprock, NM
- Mariah Gladstone - founder of Indigikitchen
- Heather Tracy, co-founder of Native Art Market, the first Indigenous-owned shop in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ
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- Toni Stanger-McLaughlin, CEO of Native American Agriculture Fund
- Kaili Turner, writer, producer, and puppeteer
- Brad Kahlhamer, multi-media artist and musician
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- Desiree Jones, with the University of Arizona Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
- Monique Nakai will tell us about Rez Refuge, a community center located in Fort Defiance, AZ
- Connor Chee, Navajo pianist and composer
- Shawn Zephier, owner of Sweetermoccs
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- Alexandra Zamecnik, Executive Director of Native Seeds Search
- Clarence Hogue wil tell us about the Indigenous Farm Hub, located in New Mexico
- Adam Piron, Director of the Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program, committed to supporting the voices of Indigenous artists
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- Jon Canyon will tell us about Native Health Advisors, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- We’ll learn about Tribal Health from Chief Executive Officer John Shufeldt
- Michael Sheyahshe talks to us about alterNative Media, a Native American–owned studio that provides custom creative and technical solutions
- Dakota Yazzie of the band Earth Surface People
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- Lieutenant Commander Thalia Vega and Loren Bahe will talk to us about Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30
- We’ll learn about the Southwest Indigenous Women's Coalition with Tania Harvey
- Adam Dixon will tell us about the Indigenous Football Combine on Saturday, May 14
- Alberta Henry, CEO of Big Hogan Enterprise
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Tomorrow night on Native Talk Arizona, our guests include:
- Marcos Bojorquez and Duncan Wiston, talks to us about HBM Racing
- Chef Quentin Glabus, who specializes in Canadian Aboriginal Fusion Cuisine
- Dr. Nicole Thompson and Doctor Lirio Patton, will tell us about the PEAIC Program
- Doctor Angelina Castagno, with the Institute for Native-serving Educators
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- We’ll learn about the Arizona State University Indian Legal Clinic with Torey Dolan
- Taylor Notah tells us about Turning Points Magazine, Arizona State University’s Indigenous student publication
- Doctor Lee Francis, IV, CEO of about Native Realities and Red Planet Books and Comics
- Deidra Peaches, owner of DLP Productions
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- Christopher Lomahquahu - acting Managing Editor for Gila River Indian Community News
- Cindy Payne - Executive Director of Cancer Support Community Arizona - Northern Arizona
- Trey Adcock - Executive Director of Center for Native Health Center for Native Health, Inc.
- Jesse Yazzie - Navajo artist and muralist
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Guests include:
- Donovan Carr, Outreach Coordinator at the Office of the Arizona Secretary of State
- Francie Spencer will tell us about the NATIVE HEALTH fifty fifty raffle
- Filmmaker and artist, Pete Sands talks to us about his new Native American children’s show, Navajo Highways
- Sage Mountainflower, owner and designer of her brand Sage Mountainflower
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Guests include:
- Chris James, President and CEO of The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
- Ginger Sykes Torres will tell us why she is running for Arizona's Congressional District One
- We’ll learn about NATIVE HEALTH’s WIC program with Carly Wells
- and we’ll chat with writer, artist, and musician Arigon Starr
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- Darrel Christenson and Kimberly Yellow Robe will tell us about the 18th annual American Indian Disability Summit on Friday, April 1st
- We’ll learn about the Native SOAR Program with Doctor Amanda Cheromiah
- Tallerita Rogers discusses the Native Americans for Community Action
- and we’ll chat with writer and illustrator, Brandon Mitchell
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Guests include:
- Mary Kim Titla (left photo) talks to us about the United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY)
- Reyna Banteah tells us about Ts'uyya Farm
- and we’ll chat with Di'orr Greenwood, a Navajo multidisciplinary artist, skateboard instructress and Youth Advocate
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Guests include:
- WarLance Foster, CEO of the Native ABA
- Norma Baker Flying Horse, owner of Red Berry Woman Native Clothing
- Ray Goodluck, Navajo artist
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Guests include:
- Haley Laughter, CEO and founder of Hozho Total Wellness
- Peter Friederici and Sam Hipolito will tell us about the Sustainable Communities Program at Northern Arizona University
- Kristina Hyatt, Registered Dental Hygienist from North Carolina, also known as the Native Tooth Fairy
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Guests include:
- Commissioner Carlyle Begay will discuss the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children
- Joy Klein will tell us about the Arizona Community Foundation
- Erickson Billy, owner and operator of Blue Naadaa' Sweets
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Guests include:
- Recruiter Brenda Yazzie of Navajo Technical University
- Lori Jump, Executive Director of StrongHearts Native Helpline, discusses Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
- Tanya Sauerhoefer will tell us about Camp Not-A-Wheeze, a premier asthma health education and recreation camp for children
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Guests include:
- Jason Curley with the Udall Foundation
- Brian Yazzie, aka Yazzie the Chef—Dine Chef
- Ms. J Stanley, who has been painting for three and a half years with a spray paint medium.
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- Trudie Jackson, Patient Navigator for American Indians and Alaska Natives at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Arizona
- Kami Ortiz and Loren Bahe, Prevention Specialists at Phoenix Indian Center, will tell us about the Safeguarding Medications 101 program
- and we’ll chat with Adrian D Thomas and Cody Bruguier, two members of the band One Way Sky, a chill-hype alternative rock band from the Gila River and Tohona O’odham Nations
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Guests include:
- Kristen Talbert, Indigenous Leadership Academy Project Coordinator at the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University
- Scott Willie, Program Coordinator for University of Utah Health
- Chef Emerson of Emerson Fry Bread
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Guests include:
- Jai Juan and Daniel Sestiaga will tell us about Tohono O’Odham Community College
- Tracy Raymond will talk to us about Bee Sezi' Organic Native Corn Products
- Phoenix-based Tohono O’odham artist Thomas “Breeze” Marcus
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- Salish and Blackfeet Hip-Hop recording artist, producer, and engineer from the Flathead Indian Reservation
- Native American musician Mozart Gabriel
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Guests include:
- Kathleen Mascareñas, Media Relations Representative for Salt River Project
- Jeffrey Lazos Ferns, Marketing Chair for Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market
- Tygel Pinto, Navajo Flute musician with a Hip Hop influence
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Guest host Gabrielle Hernandez will talk with:
- Native American Flute and World music duo Painted Raven.
- Alayne Griffin and Kathie Hanson with Native Voice
- Poet and author Tacey Atsitty.
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Guests include:
- Michael John - creator of Navajo Mike's Barbecue Sauce
- Amy Denet Deal, founder of 4KINSHIP and Loren Anthony- will talk about Chizh for Cheii, providing free firewood for high risk elders on Navajo Nation.
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Guests include:
- Violet Duncan - Tempe Center for the Arts
- Pathway Scholars Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix
- Amy Tenet Deal, founder of 4KINSHIP
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Guests include:
- Ana Cuddington will talk to us about the American Indian Program at Scottsdale Community College
- Mansel Nelson will tell us about the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University
- Ted Aisles will discuss his new children's book, Do Caterpillars Really have Lips?
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Guests include:
- Zack Ben, farmer and owner of Bidii Baby Foods
- Valene Hatathlie, owner and operator of Val's FryBread
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Tuesday night on Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati talks with:
- Kelley Villa - Farm to Fork Programs Manager at Pinnacle Prevention
- Ember Tahy - NATIVE HEALTH Maternal and Child Health Program Manager
- Bethaney Allison - Creator of the The Allison Exchange
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Guests include:
- Tacey Atsitty, director of the Navajo Film Festival, which seeks to provide filmmakers with an opportunity to create films that promote the Navajo language.
- Robert Doyle, president and owner of Canyon Records of Phoenix, Arizona, producer and distributor of Native American music and one of the oldest independent record labels in the music industry.
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Our guests include:
- Donovan Carr-Tribal Liaison for Arizona Secretary of State, who will talk about the upcoming National Voter Registration Day
- Nicole Armstrong-Best will tell us about the Pueblo Grande Museum
- We’ll learn about the Native SOAR program from Doctor Amanda Cheromiah
- Alan Greyeyes will tell us about the sākihiwē festival in Winnipeg, Canada
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Guests include:
- Ordell Joe about the Indigenous Wildcat Program at the University of Arizona
- Vidade Jesus Lopez will tell us about the Arizona Economic Recovery Center.
- Dougherty Tsalabutie about the National Center for American Indian Health Professions at AT Still University
- Hugh and Char, co-owners of Bear Beans Coffee
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Guests include:
- NATIVE HEALTH Medical Director and Pediatrician, who will talk to us about the COVID vaccines
- Jennifer Himel, soap maker and owner of Big Sky Soap Arizona
- Missy Mahan, co-owner of the The Desert Bloom PHX Tattoo & Salon
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Tonight's guests on Native Talk Arizona:
- Cherilyn Yazzie, owner of Coffee Pot Farms, LLC in Dilkon, Arizona.
- Rowdy Duncan of Phoenix College will tell us about the MCLI Horizon Grant Series, Implementing Indigeneity: Co-Creating Institutional Spaces for Indigenous Innovation
- Melody Lewis and Eunique Yazzie, founding members of Cahokia: SocialTech and ArtSpace.
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Tonight's guests include:
- Jir Anderson, singer, songwriter and guitarist of Jir Project, will talk to us about the upcoming Native Guitars Tour
- Kyle Mitchell will discuss the South Mountain Community College's Construction Trades Institute
- Teri De La Cruz will tell us about Injury Prevention
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Native Talk Arizona host Lanasha Puati talks with:
- CiAnna Sakeva and Susan Sekaquaptewa about the Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute
- Bernadette Anderson, NATIVE HEALTH WIC-Breastfeeding Coordinator will tell us about World Breastfeeding Week
- Andi Murphy, creator, host and producer of Toasted Sister podcast
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- Duane Koyawena, Hopi artist
- Smokey D Palmtree, Alternative rock musician
- Kenneth Shirley, CEO of Indigenous Enterprise
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Guests include:
- Jolene Holgate is the Training and Education Director of Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
- Neebinnaukzhik (Neebin) Southall, artist, graphic designer, photographer, writer and owner of Neebin Studios
- Calandra Etsitty, designer and owner of Winston Paul
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Guests include:
- Olivia Hendricks with the Workforce Development Program at the Phoenix Indian Center
- Kennedy Slowtalker-Begay and Loren Bahe will tell us about the Urban Indian Coalition of Arizona
- Kristine Laughter will tell us about the Kinship Lending Program at Change Labs
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Guests include:
- Samantha Zah, Kenneth Steel, and Rafael Tapia - Tribal Food Sovereignty
- Hope Peshlakai - owner of Hope’s Frybread
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Guests include:
- Joan Timeche, Executive Director of the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at The University of Arizona, who will discuss the Native American Youth Entrepreneurship Program
- Dominique Daye Hunter, author, performing artist, and CEO of D. Daye Hunter Designs
- Reva Stewart, manager of DrumBeat Arts in Phoenix
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Guests include:
- Jivik Siiki and Jai Juan, who will tell us about Tohono O'odham Community College
- Ernestine Nasingoetewa talks about the Family Health Advocates at NATIVE HEALTH
- Lynette Lewis will tell us about NABIFoundation
- IngriQue Salt will discuss the Indigenous Teacher Education Program at University of Arizona College of Education
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On tonights' Native Talk Arizona:
• Liz Perez with Phoenix Children's Hospital, will talk about Child Passenger Safety
• Paul Quinn Helford will tell us about the Andy Harvey Indigenous Youth Media Workshop
• Elvira Nowlin, discusses her jewelry company, TurquoiseMafia
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Tonight on Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati talk to:
- John Boyd, an injury prevention specialist at Phoenix Children’s, who will talk to us about bike safety
- Christine Tuttle will tell us about the Arizona Talking Book Library
- Legendary musician, Vince Fontaine.
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Tonight's guests include:
- Jerry Jondreau and Katy Bresette, owners and operators of Dynamite Hill Farms will tell us about indigenous food production.
- Colin Ben, Assistant Research Professor for the online Indigenous Education program at Arizona State University
- Native American comedian and writer Brian Bahe
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Tonight on Native Talk Arizona, we’ll talk with internationally acclaimed multi award winners, Sihasin. For three decades, brother and sister Jeneda and Clayson Benally have been recording and touring, bringing their empowering organic, conscious raising charged music to communities throughout Europe and North America.
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Guests include:
• Diana L. Dunnigan, MD, Medical Director and Pediatrician, at NATIVE HEALTH, who will discuss COVID vaccines, available at NATIVE HEALTH.
• Award-winning singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza, who will talk to us about her sophomore album, Woman In Color.
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Guests include:
- Xavier Pelaez about the Arizona Department of Economic Security's Veterans Service Program
- Danielle Goldtooth, Mixologist at Wild Arizona Cuisine
- Nadine Groenig talks to us about the Save Our Schools Arizona Network
- Marlena Robbins, owner of Nahasdzaan Pigments
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Guests include:
- Stacey Mortensen, Division Vice President with the American Lung Association in Arizona
- Grammy Nominated Indigenous Artist, Aaron White
- Daris Laffoon, Miss Indian Arizona president
- Rochelle Garcia, Maker-Baker-Creator of Blue Corn Custom Designs
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In honor of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls on May 5, Native Talk Arizona will talk with Valaura Imus-Nahsonhoya, Founder and Executive Director of Honwungsi Consulting Services, LLC.
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Tonight, on Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati speaks to:
- Tiffaney Isaacson about Water Safety Month
- Sunshine Coronado will tell us about Brazilian Jujitsu.
- Amanda Lopez-Molina will talk to us about Find Help Phoenix
- Native American regalia artisan, Yaas-Tso Tsinhnahjinnie
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Tonight on Native Talk Arizona, Lanasha Puati speaks with:
- Peter Deswood, podcaster and founding partner of 21st Century Native Leaders Podcast
- Rosalie Talahongva will tell us about the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center
- Oriana Lopez, 2020-2021 Miss Indian Rodeo
- Native American artist, Davis Maho
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Tonight on Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati speaks with: I’ll talk with
- Jared Dechantigny, Reentry Coordinator with ARIZONA@WORK
- Charissa Sundust, Student Services Analyst with Maricopa Community Colleges, will tell us about the American Indian Outreach Program
- Gabrielle Stacey talks to us about the Domestic Violence Prevention program at NATIVE HEALTH
- Nicole Lomay, Senior Outreach Program Manager with Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
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Native Talk Arizona host Lanasha Puati will speak with:
- Cheryl Crazy Bull - President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund
- CC Hovie - Communications Manager for Strong Hearts Native Helpline
- Randy Kemp - Native American performing artist
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Host Lanasha Puati speaks with:
- Latashia Redhouse, American Indian Foods Program Director for the Intertribal Agriculture Council
- Verna Volker will talk to us about Native Women Running.
- Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns about the upcoming Arizona American Indian Festival
- Delvan Polelonema will tell us about Nagswatsveni Skateboarding
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Host Lanasha Puati speaks with:
- Ernest Martinez will talk about the upcoming Piestewa Challenge
- Kayla Rae Wakeland, Behavioral Health Case Manager at NATIVE HEALTH will tell us about the Sexual Assault Services Program
- Rocio Francis will tell us about her company, Morning Mist Soap Company
- Gregory Hill, woodcarver, and top maker
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Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati talks with:
- Verenise Munoz will talk to us about the NATIVE HEALTH WIC Program
- Vincent Flores will talk to us about the Native Music Coalition
- Raymond Antone and Duran Andrew will discuss the San Xavier Co-Op Farm
- Izzy Ortega with the NATIVE HEALTH HIV Services about the upcoming National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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Host Lanasha Puati will talk to:
- Tom Kaye, co-founder of Hopi Relief
- Renetto-Mario Etsitty, owner of the Rez, an Urban Eatery
- Maisie Herman will tell us about the NATIVE HEALTH Maternal Child Health Program
- Jennifer Berg, founder of Native Knitter
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Host Lanasha Puati will talk with:
- Diana L. Dunnigan, MD, Medical Director and Pediatrician at NATIVE HEALTH, about the COVID-19 Vaccine
- Chef Nephi Craig.
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Tonight on Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati talks to:
- Amber McCrary, owner and founder of Abalone Mountain Press
- Melody Lewis, co-founder of IndigenousCC
- Alexander Soto, Assistant Librarian at Arizona State University, will tell us about the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at ASU Library
- Gila River Chef Alyssa Dixon, shares her thoughts about cooking with indigenous recipes and ingredients
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Tonight on Native Talk Arizona, host Lanasha Puati will speak with:
- Donovan Carr and Murphy Hebert with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office
- Andrea Glenn with the Arizona Department of Education
- Ian Allison will discuss his podcast, Native Film Talk
- Nina Sajovec and Sterling Johnson with the Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture, about the upcoming 2021 Southwest Native Foodways Gathering Four Seasons Series: Winter Edition
Native Talk Arizona is NATIVE HEALTH’s Native American cultural affairs radio program. Listen every Tuesday night, 7:06 p.m. on www.radiophoenix.org with an encore presentation on Thursdays at 4:06 p.m. Native Talk Arizona is also available on iTunes Podcast and Spotify!
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Guests include
- Josh Manning will talk to us about the 2020 United States Census
- April Tinhorn will tell us about Tinhorn Consulting
- Kaaren-Lyn Graves, Project Director of the Native American Business and Economic Development Center and Albert Pooley, President of the Native American Fatherhood and Families Association
- Danielle SeeWalker and Carlotta Cardana of the Red Road Project.
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Guests include:
- Kristine Fire Thunder and Rafael Tapia about the Governor's Office on Tribal Relations
- Valaura Imus-Nahsonhoya will discuss human trafficking in Indian country
- Chef Maria Parra Cano, owner of Sana Sana: Food Medicine for the People
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Guest include:
- Rebekka Schlicting will talk to us about Vision Maker Media, whose mission is to empower and engage native people to share stories
- Kimberly Flack will stop by to tell us about the Molly from Denali program on PBS
- We’ll speak to actor, writer and speaker DeLanna Studi for her insight on storytelling
- Chef Elena Terry with Wild Bearies Catering, cooking indigenous cuisines for the community
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Guests include:
- Melanie Sainz, Director of Little Eagle Arts Foundation and Marcus Monenerkit with the Heard Museum
- Sean Parrish - native photographer
- Darren Geffre - Blackfeet Pop/Rock singer
- Karlos Baca - Indigenous Food Activist
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Guests include:
- Navajo Writer, Director and Actor, Ryan Begay
- Caroline Oppleman and Elise Mikkelsen with the Arizona Department of Gaming, Division of Problem Gambling
- Artist and owner of Hilltops, Gergory Hill
- Chef Quentin Calbus to learn more about his indigenous recipes
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Guests include:
- Gerard Begay, Te Titla, and Iann Austin will stop by talk about the upcoming Two Spirit Pow Wow on February 29th at South Mountain Community College
- Shania Henry with the NATIVE HEALTH WIC Program will stop by to share information about NATIVE HEALTH WIC Clinics and services
- Navajo Poet, Filmmaker and weaver, Velma Kee Craig about her amazing talents
- Debra Krol, Native American Environmental Reporter with the Arizona Republic for an insight on her stories that she writes
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Guests include:
- Nancy Bo Flood, Artist, Author and Educator who will share her interest in writing Native American Children’s books
- Alexander Castillo-Nunez with Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona will discuss the 2020 Census
- Antoinette Thompson, abstract artist from the Navajo reservation will share what she had to overcome to find her talent in abstract art
- Musician and Actor, Loren Anthony will share how he got interested in music and acting
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Guests include:
- Daphne Leonard, Vice President of the Indi-Genius. A Native American student club at Arizona State University West campus
- Jon Canyon, Board Member for the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona and the Chair for the Tribal Economic Development Committee with Arizona Association Economic Development
- Noah Watts, Native American Actor and Musician
- Marla Allison, Contemporary Native American artist
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Guests include:
- Carlyle Begay, former Republican Arizona State Senator who will talk about the First Public Hearing of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children
- Jan Christensen from the Heard Museum talks to us about the upcoming American Indian Student Art Show
- Elizabeth Rule from the AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy in Washington D.C.
- Alyssa Dixon of Alyssa’s Kosin, a wonderful Indigenous Chef from Gila River
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Guests include:
- Owner and executive chef of Frybread Fanatics!, Adriana Garcia and David Alderete
- Nicole Whitaker about the upcoming Indigenous Culture Week at ASU
- Travis Hamilton, owner of Holt Hamilton Films about his upcoming projects
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Guests include:
- Valentina and Loren Aragon of ACONAV a Native American owned and operated couture fashion brand in Phoenix
- Tudor Montague of Spirit Mountain Roasting Company
- Alaskan Native artist James Johnson who will share with us about his unique artistic style
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