Let's Talk Native with John Kane John Kane

The Gaming Compact will expire before the end of the year and the Seneca Nation is miles away from an agreement with the State and even farther away from an agreement with their own people. The Seneca Nation attempted to stop revenue sharing in 2017 so why are they pushing for revenue sharing now?

So the US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland made a quiet visit to Hawaii and was hosted for an event at the Hawaiian Kingdom's Iolani Palace. She talked about restoring the building but not restoring the Palace to its rightful owners.
My long time friend Kaiulani Mahuka joins me for trip to the past and an update to where we are now.

This is another show lifted from my radio shows in New York City and Washington DC. I give a few comments on the ICWA challenge now that some of the dust has cleared after the Supreme Court ruling and then I return to the on-going saga of Seneca gaming and the organized crime syndicate known as New York State.

This podcast is actually from my radio show but the subject is important and the info needs to be shared.
The SCOTUS just rejected a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act. I have never been a fan of the law but this challenge had a lot more at stake than ICWA.
Let's talk about the law, the challenge and the ruling. And why this flawed law needed to stand.

A small section of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90)crosses through the Seneca Territory of Cattaraugus. The Seneca Nation has been assessing payments due to them from tolls collected by the State and argues the State owes them over $600,000,000.
Grace Burich joins me with her father Professor Keith Burich to talk about her research project on the NYS Thruway dispute.

Paul Delaronde stops by the LTN studio for a conversation.