EDITED VERSION FOR WPKN BRIDGEPORT - NEW HAVEN, CT

JOHN TRUDELL www.johntrudell.com - DNA (Descendants Now Ancestors) - July 4th, 2011 marks the 236 year of the Declaration of Dependence, that’s right, Dependence. Some people look at this system of democracy and often question its, beginning, its history and the current events. Some people see the future as something to be questioned because of this country’s denial. John Trudell is a Dakota who is an outspoken poet who brings a street wise knowledge of experience today. As he looks into the confusion of the people of the U.S. in accepting a process of thinking that continues to lead the people into illusion of freedom.

JOHN KANE (Mohawk) www.letstalknativepride.blogspot.com - NEW YORK - is an Indian educator and advocate in upstate New York, who broadcasts a show on WECK-AM in Buffalo. Two New York state senators wrote letters to the NYS Tax Commissioner stating their opposition to any interference by the department in the sales and distribution of Native tobacco products and requesting that he announce his intent regarding Native brands.

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