Ho Ho Nekon, Kesh-ke-kosh a'nee naw.
Every Tuesday afternoon this cheery salutation whangs out to some 50,000 American Indians from Station WNAD at the University of Oklahoma. Roughly translated, it means: "Hello, my friends, this is Kesh-ke-kosh, me, myself, I am here, speaking." Kesh-ke-kosh is Don Whistler, a rugged Sac and Fox Indian, who persuaded his alma mater to let him go on the air two years ago. His half-hour program (Indians for Indians) has the only regular Indian language broadcast in the U.S. It is unrehearsed and almost scriptless. Because of the...
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