Send us a text I'm excited to share with you another wonderful story by an amazing Indigenous educator, deep sea adventurer, self-described Rez girl, and friend. Join me on her journey of growing up in Chinle, her educational path that eventually led her to traveling halfway around the world, 4000 meters into the ocean depths, watching a deep sea fish turn to goo and returning to her beloved homelands to share her experiences, knowledge and stories with the next generation. So sit back,...

Send us a text I'm excited to bring you another wonderful, insightful and inspirational conversation with another amazing Indigenous matriarch. Follow her story of her upbringing on the Pueblo of Isleta, her educational journey, moving off the REZ to pursue her professional career, and her eventual return home, finding her passion of serving the people through her namesake Black Corn. Sit back, relax, grab another ice cup from the freezer, pull up a chair on the porch and enjoy my conversatio...

Send us a text Back in October, the Life of a Dog on the Rez went on location to the 81st Annual National Congress of American Indians to capture the stories, thoughts, and opinions of the beautiful Indigenous Peoples from across Turtle Island. When asked the question, what is your definition of a Rez Dog, no wrong answers? I got a beautiful look at how the Rez Dog can unite us all in a common understanding of resilience, pride, and strength. While observing the physical reactions of th...

Send us a text Today I share a story with you of that lovable, fluffy, and oh so delicious creature, Sister Rabbit! Along with Coyote, Raven, Skunk, Gopher, and many others, Sister Rabbit is a class A trickster, using her small, cute stature to trick others for her amusement and entertainment. But as in life, there are consequences to her actions, and Sister Rabbit learns that the hard way. This story was created by me, reflecting on many indigenous and worldly views of trickster ...

Send us a text Thank you for joining me today for another, wonderfully, powerful, and inspirational conversation with an amazing Indigenous daughter, granddaughter, auntie, sister, and role model. We journey through her life growing up in Rock Point, Arizona as a kid on the Rez, her educational journey, all the side hustles, main hustles and a wonderful opportunity that led her to Doha, Qatar in the Middle East. Pull up that lawn chair that is ducted taped together, the milk crate, you ...

Send us a text The doctor is in the house! On today’s episode I bring you another wonderful conversation with a truly funny, and inspirational Pueblo individual. We talk about growing up on and off the rez, family, inspirations, educational journey, language, culture, and traditions. I’ve been in pursue of this doctor to make a house call to the Life of a Dog on the Rez Podcast studios for over a year now and after sitting in the preverbal IHS waiting room, I was finally cal...

Send us a text On today’s episode, I bring you a wonderful conversation with another inspirational Indigenous Baddie that I have come to know over the months. We forged a connection though commission works I had done and it blossomed into a friendship. We talk about growing up on the Rez, life as a young child, lessons taught by parents, grandparents, and ancestors, eventually becoming a successful artist, jeweler, photographer, model, and potatoes and PA for the film industry, so...

Send us a text On today’s episode, we take the Life of the Dog on the Rez Podcast on location to the annual Pueblo Feast Day Celebration at the Santa Fe Indian School in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, formally know as….mattresses and sheet sets on sale for 50% off. In 1977 the International Conference of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas, sponsored by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland began discussing replacing Columbus Day in the Americas with a c...

Send us a text On today’s episode, I bring you some lighthearted, fun and interesting listener contributions to the show. I took the Life of a Dog on the Rez Podcast on location to the 2024 Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, on the lands of the Pojoaque People in Northern New Mexico. I opened up the mic to all my wonderful, families, friends and confessed fellow rezdogs, for their thoughts, ideas, opinions and feelings about the question, w...

Send us a text Here on the Life of a Dog on the Rez Podcast, we share our beautiful culture, language, stories and traditions of the Pueblo people and things that shape our world. Even before our emergence of the people from the third world of Shipap, the people used the power of music and song to pass on ancient knowledge, understandings, history and teachings that healed the mind, body, spirit and soul. Central to our spiritual life is the belief that everything in the universe ...

Send us a text On today’s episode, we venture back to the lands of the Jicarilla Apache people up in northern New Mexico and speak with a young Indigenous role model and aspiring nurse. We talk about her upbringing on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, her love for family, powwows, all things Apache and her journey to becoming the 55th Miss Indian New Mexico. If you’re interested in learning more about the history, past winners, or the legacy of the wonderful Miss Indian New Mexico organizatio...

Send us a text On today’s episode, I would like to share a story with you about our beloved, trickster, and fellow brother, Coyote. As we all know, Coyote is a tricky, sly, mischievous, envious, and vain creature that gets himself into situations to fulfill his simple desire of being the envy of the animal world. Often driven by vanity, greed, jealousy and hunger, brother coyote embarks on adventures, involving trickery and outright deceit to get his way. But more often than not, ...

Send us a text On March 17th 2024, the Life of a Dog on the Rez turned 2! Over the past 2 years, I released episodes of funny, cringeworthy, and inspirational stories from our beloved Pueblo homelands and Turtle Island, with truly amazing, funny, and inspirational individuals that I have had the absolute pleasure having a conversation with. Many share their, upbringings on and off the REZ, their educational journey’s, struggles, heartaches, life work, causes and organizations that...

Send us a text “Welcome to the "Life of a Dog on the Rez”, Podcast a place where we share funny, cringe-worthy, and inspirational stories from our beloved Pueblo homelands. Stories that uplift the soul, provide us hope, and heal our spirits, I’m your host Michael and I am so happy that you joined me today. I'm back, your friendly neighborhood Rez Dog. First off, I want to thank all of you, my wonderful and amazing listeners for your understanding, patience, and support of this po...

Send us a text On today’s episode, I speak with another inspirational Indigenous runner, mother, coach and veteran of the armed services. We journey through her life as a young child growing up on the rez, going into the military, experiencing things that changed the world, all the while holding on to her core values taught by her parents, grandparents and community. She reflects back on how running from an early age has played a pivotal role in her journey through life and the co...

Send us a text Today we journey outside the Pueblo realm and head to Oklahoma by way of Tualatin, Oregon. I had the pleasure of having a wonderful conversation with another funny and inspirational Indigenous runner, mother, adventurer, and all-around amazing person; Birdie. Come journey with me through her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, growing up, as she puts it “an urban Indian”, her college athletic career, family, struggle, loss, and finally finding her purpose through running...

Send us a text Thank you for joining me today and listening to part 2 of my wonderful conversation, with my sister, Shayai. In part one, we journeyed with Shayai through the Miss Indian World competition, becoming the eventual titleholder in 1997. If you haven’t listened to episode 26 “My sister” MIW, my interview with Shayai Lucero, please take a listen to get context to this episode. In this episode, we find out about Shayai’s life post Miss Indian World, the life path that has been l...

Send us a text On today's episode, I bring you part one of my conversation with my good friend and sister, the former Miss Indian World 1997, Shayai Lucero. It must be pageant month, the current Miss Indian New Mexico graced the Rez Dog studios with her story on Episode 25. For my next interview, I have lined up, the Miss United States contestant Miss Rhode Island, to share her thoughts and feelings of a perfect date. Joking aside, come share with me, Shayai’s journey,...

Send us a text On today’s episode, I am honored and blessed to bring you my wonderful conversation with the 2022-23 Miss Indian New Mexico, Alysia Coriz. This interview was a long time coming, ever since I became a supporter of her cause and the advocacy work she does, bringing awareness and understanding of our beautiful pueblo way of life. Alysia shares her story about her upbringing, family, friends, school bullies and her eventual journey as Miss Indian New Mexico. Sit back, r...

Send us a text On today’s episode, I mix up my line up and bring you my conversation with a fellow Pueblo singer, shoemaker, language keeper, Dungeness crab loving brother, and all round nice guy from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico. Phillip and I have know one another for quite sometime now, we share many of the same mutual family and friends. Phillip is a fan of Life of the Dog on the Rez, who has provided intro and outro music for a previous episode, contributed to the Rez Dog Hai...