Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy who negotiated a truce with British settlers of Plymouth Colony that lasted for 40 years in the 1600s, starting shortly after the first Thanksgiving. This time on Peace Talks Radio, conversation with American Indian scholars and a filmmaker who fill in the details of this Massasoit's attempt to make peace for his people and with the new strangers.

Who is an Indian? And who decides? Based on what criteria? The thorny politics of tribal enrollment - create tensions between mixed-race Indians and those who consider themselves culturally "purer" effecting the future of Native sovereignty.

In this episode, Peace Talks Radio brings together proponents of applying Native American wisdom to the family and to peace between nations.

Two half-hour programs honoring National American Indian and Alaska-Native Heritage Month.

Author Laura Ramirez talks about applying Native American Wisdom to parenting including the special challenges of raising children of mixed racial background.

Hear about The Great Law of Peace, the founding constitution of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. Also known as the Haudenosaunee, the confederacy, according to oral tradition, came together in ancient times through the efforts of one who came to be known as the Peacemaker.

Two Native American scholars explore how the Europeans' "Doctrine of Discovery" has affected American Indian nations from 1607 to today.

Winner of the 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award for best national news documentary, Saints & Indians tells the story of a program that placed thousands of Navajo children in Mormon foster homes.

Inuit throat singers, Lydia Etok and Nina Segalowitz, talk about what it means to continue practice of their ancient cultural tradition, throat singing.

Mohawk ironworkers built some of the most recognizable buildings in NYC, including the Twin Towers.

Native Americans see alien invasion films as metaphors for their own history.

At the end of October, Native Americans from around Massachusetts gathered to memorialize the tragic events that passed at Deer Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands, more than three centuries ago. Ancestors of the survivors made up a crew taking a "sacred paddle"; a fleet of traditional canoes, or mishoons, was making a 20 mile journey down the Charles River and out to Deer Island, following the path the Nipmuc people were forced along in late October of 1675 Don't know what I'm talking about? Well, you're not alone.

Who is an Indian? And who decides? Based on what criteria? The thorny politics of tribal enrollment - create tensions between mixed-race Indians and those who consider themselves culturally "purer" effecting the future of Native sovereignty.

This is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal government in the 1950s.

A Colorado horse farm keeps Native teens out of trouble.

The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi nation is a small Indian community located primarily in the old settlement of Little Texas Pleasant Grove Township, Alamance County, North Carolina. Twice yearly they sponsor an inter-tribal Pow Wow.

Native American poet tells of her belief in the Sun and our sacred connection to it.

Winona LaDuke has spent decades working on issues of renewable energy, health, and environmental justice on northern Minnesota's White Earth Reservation and beyond. Outspoken, engaging, and unflaggingly dedicated, LaDuke introduces host Majora Carter to the pine forests, lakes, and windswept plains of her land. She talks about harnessing wind power, improving nutrition, preserving heritage crops, and a mandate to protect the land inherited from her ancestors.