From Native America Calling. Listen here.
Thomas Michael Swensen (Tangirnaq Native Village) discusses his new book, Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape.
“Where Next, Columbus? A Native Punk Mixtape” by Thomas Michael Swensen (University of Oklahoma Press 2026)
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Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North just won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for its episode on Albert “Big Abe” LeBlanc, the Bay Mills fisherman whose challenge to Michigan’s fishing restrictions led to the vindication of Great Lakes treaty fishing rights. The episode was produced by Ellie Katz and edited by Morgan Springer.
The episode describes how LeBlanc deliberately called the DNR before setting his net in 1971, challenged the subsequent prosecution, and took the case to the Michigan Supreme Court. The podcast includes his children, Bay Mills President Whitney Gravelle, and longtime Tribal attorney Candy Tierney.
Big Abe LeBlanc in front of the truck he used to deliver fresh fish to customers. (Photo shared by Whitney Gravelle)
From the Stateside website:
Today on Stateside, we talked to a reporter about how Michigan became a battleground in the development of large scale data centers.
Then, we heard about how researchers from Michigan State University have teamed up with tribal nations in the Great Lakes to find out what trees can tell us about historical land management techniques used by Anishinaabe people.
And a historic preservation officer from the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians discussed how dendrochronology findings affect her work, and shared information about proposed changes from the Trump administration could affect tribal input on historic preservation projects.
GUEST ON TODAY’S SHOW:
- Dustin Walsh, Crain’s Detroit Business senior reporter
- Patrick Shea, reporter
- Mae Wright, tribal historic preservation officer and NAGPRA representative for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
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Kate and Leah speak with Rebecca Nagle, author of By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land about the battlefield that is federal Indian law.
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Here is “A Win for Tribal Sovereignty.”
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