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The Red Nation Podcast

Blue Cat People are not Indigenous: RPH vs. Avatar (pt.1)

The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nation

Society & Culture, History

4.8943 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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*Producer's note: This is only the first half of the conversation, which in total stretched almost 2.5 hours!  To listen to the second half, please sign up at Patreon.com/redmediapr or you can watch the full episode on our YouTube channel soon!

RPH is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz are joined by TRN comrade Levi Harter to discuss James Cameron's mega-blockbuster (and also mega racist) Avatar series.

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0:00.0

One of the principal barriers to assimilation seems to be the natural tendency of white people

0:09.0

to violence. They love violence. They love it as entertainment.

0:14.0

The very foundation of their way of life, death and sacrifice.

0:20.0

White people, with almost missionary zeal, have done their best to export death and sacrifice. White people with almost missionary zeal

0:22.6

have done their best to export death and sacrifice

0:25.6

to every corner of the world.

0:29.6

We are not American.

0:32.6

We are not American.

0:34.6

We are not American.

0:36.6

We are not American. We are not American dead You're not American. You're not American.

0:38.3

I'm not red than dead. I'm Melanie Yazi, one of the co-hosts,

0:56.4

Red Nation Comrade. We're joined by another Red Nation Comrade we haven't heard from in a while.

1:00.7

Super excited to have you here, Levi. I'll pass it to Elena to introduce herself and to Levi,

1:05.6

and then we'll get into our topic for today.

1:08.4

Sankitamo. I'm Elena Ortiz, the co-host of Red Power Hour, along with Melanie,

1:14.1

excited to have Levi with us. I'm calling in from Ogapoga Owinge, otherwise known as Santa Fe.

1:21.4

And yeah, glad you're following along.

1:26.3

Thank you. No, it's good to be back.

1:28.3

Hamataki, Levi, Leva Harda Machia.

1:30.3

My name is Levi.

1:32.3

I'm calling in from so-called Seattle, Washington, Point Elliott Treaty, Territory.

1:38.3

Yeah, and I'm excited to be here.

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