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The Red Nation Podcast

RPH vs. Indigenous Futurism

The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nation

Society & Culture, History

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

RPH is back! Red Power Hour co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz tackle a collection of stories, Love after the End
An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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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

Better red than dead.

0:39.3

It's better red than death. Calling in from Minisholta Mokoche, a co-host, and I'm joined by my other co-host, The Lovely, as always, Elena Ortiz, if you would like to introduce yourself.

1:05.8

Hello, I'm Elena. I'm calling in from...

1:08.7

Where am I? Oh, I am Okopoga-Owinge,

1:11.6

and we are here today to finally talk about something we've been promising to talk about

1:20.6

for a long time, which is indigenous futurism, so I'm excited about this.

1:25.6

As am I.

1:28.3

So, where did we start?

1:33.3

I think something, not really a disclaimer, but just to let listeners know,

1:39.3

Elaine and I are not experts on indigenous futurisms.

1:43.3

Indeed, we're not experts about TV and film,

1:48.1

even though we talk a great deal about it and we have a lot of perspectives and analyses of it.

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