A two-part edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO this time.  First, host Megan Kamerick visits with Glenn Aparicio Parry, an educator, eco-psychologist and political philosopher. He’s the founder and past president of the SEED Institute. His latest book is Original Politics: Making America Sacred Again, which explores how the best aspects of the United States -- ideas like liberty, equality and justice --  were inspired by Native American cultures. Megan also talks with Oren Lyons, who is a faith-keeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs, with the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. He has been active in international Indigenous rights and sovereignty issues for over four decades at the United Nations and other international forums.

In part two of our program, Megan talks with Stephanie Lepp. She’s the producer of the Reckonings podcast.  In one of her episodes of Reckonings, Stephanie featured an imaginary apology by Pope Francis for clergy sexual abuse. That kind of admission is rare in the history of abuse in the church, which is why Stephanie wanted to invent what it might look like. But in seeking feedback on that script, she found a real-life story of two people who are working together to find healing and solutions to clergy sexual abuse.  Susan Pavlak, who was a victim of abuse from a nun and Gil Gustafson, who was a priest and perpetrator of sexual abuse in another case wound up creating the group “Uncommon Conversations” to help parishes address and stop abuse. We play some clips during our program but you can find a link to the full Reckonings episode on the peacetalksradio.com website (Sept. 2020 episode).  And a content warning: This program does talk about non-consensual sexual activity. 

This time on PEACE TALKS RADIO, we explore how Indigenous people in the United States handle the centuries-old conflict of living in a world taken from their ancestors, in often brutal and dehumanizing ways. For many Indigenous people who are living now in the U.S., the struggle continues, with government, with the white dominant mainstream, with the lasting effects of the harsh history. To many, the conflict feels current, unresolved, and rooted in a premise that also dates back hundreds of years.

We talk with Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, doctor of history from UCLA, and author of many books including the 2014 Beacon Press book entitled, AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, that delves into chapters of History often glossed over or omitted from many western school texts.  Also, Valerie Siow, from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico, where she is on the pueblo’s Education Task Force.  She’s a sixth grade teacher of Native American Literature at the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  We also hear from Greg Grey Cloud, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and co-founder of Wica Agli, an alliance of Lakota Men whose mission is to reclaim their responsibilities as providers for the Lakota nation’s women and children by resuming their roles as traditional leaders.

Hosts: Paul Ingles and Suzanne Kryder

Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy when English settlers landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.  He and his people kept the Pilgrims from starving in the early years of their settlement, attended the first Thanksgiving and forged a peace treaty with the English that lasted 40 years until his death.  We'll talk with American Indian scholars Darius Coombs and Bob Charlesbois who'll fill in the details of this Native American leader's attempt to make peace for his people and with the new strangers.   Also, Native American film director Chris Eyre on his portrayal of Massasoit for the 2009 PBS television series We Shall Remain.

Peace Talks: The radio series about peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution strategies. This is one of many newscast friendly hours that are currently available from Good Radio Shows, Inc. and producer Paul Ingles. In this episode, we bring together proponents of applying Native American wisdom both to bringing peace in the family and peace between nations. In part one, host Carol Boss talks with Laura Ramirez, author of the book "Keepers of the Children: Native American Wisdom and Parenting." In part two, we hear about The Great Law of Peace, the founding constitution of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy from Professors Oren Lyons (pictured) and the late John Mohawk. Both of these topics are available for air in their own discrete 29:00 programs if that better suits your needs. Laura Ramirez: http://www.prx.org/pieces/12741 Great Law of Peace: http://www.prx.org/pieces/7335

On this program, the third in our Peace Talks series on Peaceful Parenting, we talk with Laura Ramirez, author of the book "Keepers of the Children: Native American Wisdom and Parenting." Ramirez' husband is a member of the Pasquayaki Tribe. In her book, she uses little known Native American concepts and teaching stories to show parents how to raise children to unfold the gifts within their hearts. By teaching children how to create fulfilling lives, she says, parents deepen their sense of satisfaction with their own. She offers observations on the challenge of raising bi-racial children. Carol Bost hosts the program.