"Mitakuye Oyasin" Program Moving to a New Time Slot

The "Mitakuye Oyasin" radio program has been moved to a new time slot. Starting Thursday, July 9th, Dean Lookinghawk and I will be on from 6pm to 7pm every Thursday. We'll see how that works out.

"Indian World," the program opposite "Mitakuye Oyasin," sadly has been cancelled. John Talley, the founder of that program, was in the studio today and we had him on the air. He will be on the last airing which will be Thursday, July 2, from 1 to 2:30pm. I started listening to "Indian World" some 16 or 17 years ago, a few years before I got on the air. John, because of his health, had not been able to make his show very often for the last couple of years. John Mackey and Louis Sowa told me they will be trying to get a program proposal as this move has reduced Native programming again.

I won't complain too much about the Native programming reduction because as such, it was not the intention of KBOO to do so. However, this should be an alert to all Indians interested in radio to come down and learn about radio and maybe submit a program proposal. I've been calling for this for some 15 years now, and thus far, no one has done that. It takes determination and commitment. John mentioned that over the years, he has had folks come down, but they never have stayed long.

It will be sad to see John go. He has been on the air 34 years. I used to Love his Christmas story of the Indian couple on the skids in Portland.

WE'LL MISS YOU JOHN!