American Indian Airwaves

Track Listing

Track 1: Archie Roach, Song: “Spiritual Love”. Album: Let Love Rule (2016): https://www.archieroach.com/

Track 2: Samantha Crain, Song: “Reunion”. Album: A Small Death (2020): https://www.samanthacrain.com/

Track 3: Opliam, Song: “Land Back”. Album: All Roads Are Good (2022): https://opliammusic.com/

Track 4: Gary Farmer & the Troublemakers, Song: “Go Go Go”. Album: Road Songs (2022).

Track 5: Tanya Tagaq, Song: “Colonizer”. Album: Tongues (2022): https://www.tanyatagaq.com/

Track 6: Otykem, Song: “Storm”. Album: released as a single (2022): https://otyken.ru/

Track 7: Innastate, Song: “Sailing”. Album: Verde (2018): https://www.innastate.net/

Track 8: Doc featuring Spencer Battiest, Song: “The Storm”. Single (2011)

Track 9: Frank Waln, Song: “Bad Medicine”. Single (2022): http://frankwaln.com

Track 10: Black Belt Eagle Scout, Song: “My Blood Runs Through This Land”. Album: The Land, The Water, The Sky (2022): https://www.blackbelteaglescout.com/

Track 11: Supaman feat. Ashley Hall, Song: “I Hope You Know” (2022): https://www.supamanhiphop.net/

Track 12: Digging Roots, Song: “Skoden”. Album: Zhawenim (2022): https://www.diggingrootsmusic.com/

Track 13: Beatrice Deer Band, Song, “Cannibal”. Album: Shifting (2021): https://beatricedeerband.com/

Track 14: Archie Roach, Song: “Native Born”. Album Charcoal Lane (1990): https://www.archieroach.com/

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December 29th of every year marks another anniversary of the Wound Knee Massacre of 1890 and the Occupation of Wounded Knee occurred from 02/27/1973 to 05/08/1973. The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 is the result of the United States (U.S.) 7th Calvary stopped Miniconjou and Lakota Ghost Dancers and community members from returning home to Pine Ridge in what is now known as South Dakota. The Would Knee Massacre took place near the Wounded Knee Creek during a time when the United States government essentially banned all Native American traditions and ceremonies. Shortly thereafter the initial encounter, a scuffle ensued which resulted in the U.S. 7th Calvary open firing and killing over 300 Indigenous women, children, and men.

The Occupation of Wounded Knee from 02/27/1973 to 05/08/1973 is the outcome of over 200 members of the American Indian Movement and supporters occupying Wounded Knee (Lakota Nation) in response to a call to action from traditional Lakota residents whose civil, human, and treaty rights were constantly being violated by corrupt Indigenous and United States government officials. The Wound Knee Occupation resulted in a 67-day military standoff with U.S. government officials and quickly drew international and domestic support from people, organizations, and foreign governments throughout the world.

Today’s show on American Indian Airwaves is comprised of sound from two principal sources: The Pacifica Radio archives and the documentary A Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973. The Pacifica Radio Archives include original reports from Pacifica’s-affiliate station, KPFA in Berkeley, CA which covered live the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation. In addition, sound from the documentary A Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973 includes reflective testimonies of the Wound Knee Indigenous activist such as Lenny Foster, Bill Means, Madonna Thunderhawk, and narrated by the late Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman, plus more.

American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Tuesdays 11am-12pm); and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org.

Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp

American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Tunein, YouTube, and more.

Part: 1

The Leonard Peltier Walk to Justice, organized by the American Indian Movement’s Grand Governing Council (AIMGGC), began on September 1st, 2022, from Minneapolis, and concluded 1,100 miles later, on November 13th, 2022, in Washington D.C. with approximately 2,000 supporters showing up in support of demanding President Biden issue an immediate executive clemency for international and Indigenous political Prisoner Leonard Peltier.

Leonard Peltier was convicted in 1977 for aiding and abetting the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in June 1975 and he was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and has been incarcerated for more than 47 years. In 1993, he became eligible for parole and on January 28, 2022, he tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid 19) virus at the United States Penitentiary at Coleman, FL (USP Coleman 1). Moreover, Peltier's family says he continues to struggle with diabetes, hypertension, partial blindness from a stroke and an abdominal aortic aneurysm and he is presently at the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman’s high-security facility. Supporters of executive clement for Leonard Peltier can call the White House at (202) 456-1111 and/or submit comments at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Guest:

• Kathy Peltier, the youngest daughter of Leonard Peltier, joins us for part one of today’s program for an update based on her participation in The Leonard Peltier: Walk to Justice, provides listeners update of Leonard Peltier’s health conditions, as well as the international efforts taken by her and others seeking United States President Joe Biden to grant an immediate and compassionate executive clemency for international and Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier.

Part: 2

Throughout the entire month of November 2022, their was an extreme rise in the number of Indigenous peoples being murdered throughout the southeastern part of Mexico, including the state of Chiapas and Guerrero, by both the Mexican-state’s National Guard and Cartel’s competing for territory and dominance in illegal actives such as narco-trafficking, gun smuggling, human trafficking, and more. The Mexican-state and Cartel violence has not only increased but has taken on new forms that further jeopardized the lives of Indigenous peoples throughout the region and elsewhere. Our guest for the second part of today’s program provides listeners an important update on the escalated and new forms of violence perpetuated against Indigenous peoples and in violence of their human rights.

Guest:

Richard Stahler-Sholk, a retired Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University, and community activist involved with the School of Chiapas which is an organization of grassroots activists and communities working to support the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Schools for Chiapas was created the mid-1990’s by individuals searching for ways to make the world a better place and working to create a world where all worlds fit.

American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Tuesdays 11am-12pm); and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org.

Part: 1

Kawisente McGregor and Melody Talcott joins us to discussing the demystification and deconstruction of the violent settler colonial holiday, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and what is means to give thanks from cultural perspectives.

Guests:

• Kawisente McGregor, Kanien’kehá:ka (People of the Spark or Flint), meaning ‘Icicle Melting’ is a long-time supporter of nature connection programs on the native reserve she calls home, Kahnawake (meaning – by the rapids), a mother of two and an avid supporter of social and native justice issues, the site director for Coyote Programs’ camp in Kahnawake, and a regular visitor to the youth and adult programs.

• Melody Talcott (Seneca, Cherokee and Patawomeck descent) graduated from Cambridge University and has worked to support Indigenous ceremonial leaders, such as Donna Augustine (Mik’maq), in repatriation and traditional ways of life. She is a member of an international effort on Indigenous repatriation and assisted with the organization of an international conference on ceremonial leaders at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 2018, with Diane Longboat (Mohawk). She is an author and runs a business with her family in Maine and dedicates her time to the continuance of traditional ways of life.

Part: 2

Donna Augustine (Mi’KMaq Nation) joins us in the second half of today’s program as part of our continuing conversation on the demystification and deconstruction of the violent settler colonial holiday, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and what is means to give thanks from a Mi'kmaq perspective.

Guest:

• Donna Augustine “Thunderbird Turtle Woman” is a Cultural Educator and a Ceremonial Leader. She has been involved with reclaiming the Traditional Ways of her people since the age of twenty-three. Her main work is on Repatriation; reclaiming and reburying ancestors, burial items and Sacred Objects from museums and institutions throughout Canada, the U.S. and now Internationally. Her current writings will be featured as a chapter in a book on International Repatriation that will be read internationally. She is acknowledged as a spiritual leader of her own People, but she is regularly invited by other tribes of Turtle Island (North America) to Opening Prayers and conduct Ceremony. Her spiritual ceremonial work has brought her to lead and be involved in ceremony with spiritual leaders throughout the world; including his holiness the Dalai Lama and others. Donna has seven children and nineteen grandchildren. Mi’kmaq is her first language and she speaks it fluently. She is a strong advocate for her culture and her people.

American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Tuesdays 11am-12pm); and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org.

Liko Martin and Laulani Teale (Hawaiian Nations). Liko Martin, Haku Mele, is one of Hawai’i’s renowned songwriters and activist; founder and co-founder of many Indigenous organizations; a farmer, fisherman, cultural practitioner, peacemaker, and veteran; a Kupuna Advisor for Ho’opae Pono Peace Project, plus more. Laulani Teale is a musician, artist, cultural practitioner, public health practitioner, web/social media developer, and coordinator for the Ho’opae Pono Peace Project, plus more.

Liko Martin and Laulani Teale join us for today’s program to discuss their travels through the state of California as part of broader strategy of coalition and solidarity development is exerting pressure the University of California to formerly withdraw from the Thirty Meter Telescope Project.

Mauna Kea, an Indigenous Hawaiian sacred site, is presently under threat from the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project – twenty stories high (below and above ground), which if constructed would be the largest telescope in the world adversely impacting the Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, land and waters.

The University of California along with the California Institute of Technology (Cal-Tech), the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Department of Science and Technology of India, and the National Research Council (Canada); the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy are members of The TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO), the non-profit organization responsible for the TMT Project threatening Mauna Kea.

Valentin Lopez, Amah Mutsun Nation, is Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Nation, one of three historic California Indigenous Nations that are recognized as Ohlone. Valentin is Mutsun, Awaswas, Chumash and Yokuts (http://amahmutsun.org/governance/tribal-council) and he joins us for this exclusive interview regarding Amah Mutsun Nation history, culture, traditions, traditional ecological knowledge, California Indian histories, the ongoing work of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/) to heal Mother Earth within their traditional territories and protect the sacred site:

Today on American Indian Airwaves, we got to the traditional lands of the Amah Muston Nation in Santa Clara County, CA where since 2015, the Nation and community member continue fighting to protect Juristac, which lies at the heart of the ancestral lands of the Amah Mutsun Nation, which Amah Mutsun ancestors lived and held sacred ceremonies at this location in the southern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, above the confluence of the Pajaro and San Benito rivers. Moreover, Juristac is colonially known as the Sargent Ranch and is under threat from the proposed Sargent Quarry that will impact 320 acres of traditional lands. The plan includes a 14-acre processing plant, three 200-foot-deep open pit quarry sites, a 1.6-mile-long conveyor belt, and a 30-foot-wide access road. An estimated 40 million tons of sand and gravel aggregate would be produced over the life of the mine, primarily for use in local road building and general construction.

Sargent Ranch is owned by an investor group, Debt Acquisition Company of America (DACA) (https://daca4.com/), and based in San Diego, CA, is behind the proposed 320-acre open pit sand and gravel mining operation on the property. Presently, the Santa Clara County supports the project.

Our guest for today, in this two-part interview, is Valentin Lopez, from the Amah Mutsun Nation and he is the Chairperson of the Amah Mutsun Nation, one of three historic California Indigenous Nations that are recognized as Ohlone. He joins today to us today to discuss recent action by the Santa Clara County announcing a six-week extension of the public comment period on the draft Environmental Impact Report to comment deadline is November 7, 2022.

For Protect Juristic information, visit here: http://www.protectjuristac.org/

American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Tuesdays 11am-12pm); WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org.

One-hour special music of different Native American artist and musicians. Musical genres vary. Enjoy and listen for who the artist are.

“The 16th Many Winters Gathering of Elders: 530 Years of Spiritual Survival & Healing Through Traditional Teachings”

Part 1:_________________________________________________________

Stephanie Mushrush (Washoe Nation), Chair of the 16th Many Winters Gather of Elders, and George Funmaker (Ho-Chunk Nation), committee member of the 16th Many Winters Gather of Elders, both join us to discuss various exciting details about this year’s The 16th Many Winters Gather of Elders being held on October 6, 7, 8, and 9, 2022, being held at Chowingna (Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, CA 90731). Both guests share information on what participants will experience this year at the MWGOE such as Indigenous elders and Native Americans speakers sharing songs, stories, and struggles from throughout Turtle Island; the local and regional communities, the strong participation by California Native Americans in the area, plus a lot more. For more information regarding the MWGOE, people can visit the website: https://mwgoe.org/.

Part 2:_________________________________________________________

Sarah Moreno (Chumash Nation) and Louie Robles (Ajachemen/Juaneno Nation), join us for this segment regarding their roles and families histories in relationship to the first and second generations of the Many Winters Gathering of Elders (MWGOE). Moreover, our guest share several intergenerational family experiences in relationship to the MWGOE and growing up an living in the settler colonial Los Angeles and Orange Counties areas, how California Indigenous peoples along with the larger urban Indigenous Los Angeles population growing participation has led to expanding the circle of culture and community at MWGOE.

The MWGOE was created on October 12, 1992 - in opposition to the quincentennial celebrations of Columbus Day, as means to reclaim traditional spaces, dismantle the myth of Manifest Destiny, and to heal from historical and intergenerational trauma. The MWGOE location, Angels Gate Cultural Center, is a place that unites art, community and culture through creative discovery, exploration, and enlightenment. The Center is open to the public, Monday through Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 12-5pm. AGCC is located at 3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA, 90731, and admission is always free.

American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Mondays 4pm-5pm); WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org.

Part 1

On September 6, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded the public comment period for its proposed Clean Water Act determination (known as Section 404c) for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska from the proposed, massive Pebble Mine Project. More than 500,000 Americans weighed in on the proposed determination, bringing the total comments in support of protecting Bristol Bay from the Pebble Mine to nearly 4 million.

Northern Dynasty, a junior Canadian company, is the company behind the Pebble Project. The Pebble deposit contains the largest undeveloped copper and gold resource, plus other minerals - estimated volume is over 6.5 billion tons. The proposed Pebble mine in Bristol Bay, AK is home to the Yup’ik, Dena’ina, and Alutiiq peoples and 15 Native American Nations and the Pebble mine threatens their traditional ways of life in Southwest Alaska that depend on the pristine Bristol Bay Watershed and all it sustains. The region is roughly the size of the state of Ohio and the EPA decision determining whether to protect Bristol Bay or not is expected to happen by end of the 2022.

Our guest for the first segment of today’s program provides listeners an update, a history of the two-decade struggle, and how people can help stop the Pebble Mine project and protect the Yup’ik, Dena’ina, and Alutiiq peoples, their traditional ways of life, and the homelands of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay members include: Togiak Traditional Council, Twin Hills Village Council, Manokotak Village Council, Curyung Tribal Council, Ekuk Village Council, Clark’s Point Village Council, Aleknagik Traditional Council, Portage Creek Village Council, New Stuyahok Traditional Council, New Koliganek Village Council, Levelock Village Council, Nondalton Village Council, Pilot Point Tribal Council, Pedro Bay Village Council and Chignik Lake Tribal Council.

Guest:

Delores Larson (Aluiiq Nation), Deputy Director of United Tribes of Bristol Bay (https://www.utbb.org/).

Part 2:

Los Angeles County has the largest urban Indigenous population compared to any other county throughout the settler-colonial United States. Today, as part of our Urban Indigenous Los Angeles we interview a long-time Indigenous activist, organizer, spoon keeper, life-giver, great-grandmother, mother, and so much more. Our guest has been instrumental and a bedrock within the urban Indigenous Los Angeles area for several generation. Tune in to hear her story, who she is, what her contributions are, and more.

Guest:

Helen Herrera (Apache Nation), Indigenous activist, organizer, spoon keeper, life-giver, great-grandmother, mother, and so much more.

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On September 8th, 2022, Indigenous peoples and allies from Appalachia and elsewhere protested in Washington DC against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The protest – No Sacrifice Zones – was against the concessions demanded by WV Senator Joe Manchin in the $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act, which the concessions if granted will expedite the permitting process by gutting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) for the benefit of oil and natural gas pipeline projects including the construction of the MVP.

The $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline is a 303-mile fracked gas pipeline spanning from West Virginia to southern Virginia and potentially into North Carolina, in the heart of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi nation. It is estimated once fully operational, the MVP would transport 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day and generate GHG emissions equivalent to 37 coal plants annually. The MVP pipeline is owned by the MPV, LLC which is joint venture consisting of several oil and gas companies including EQM Midstream Partners and NextEra Capital Holdings, Inc.; Con Edison Transmission, Inc.; WGL Midstream; and RGC Midstream, LLC.

To date, the MVP’s developers have amassed more than 300 violations of environmental laws, and they continue working to pressure Indigenous, POC, and poor whites out of their homes and lands for the constructing the pipeline. If development continues, Indigenous sacred sites, lands, ancestors, and more are at risk for permanent destruction. Despite the MVP, LLC difficulties, legal hurdles, and setbacks over the past decade, on August 23rd, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted the MVP, LLC a four-year extension to complete the MVP.

Our guest joins us for the entire hour to discuss the implications of the MVP project including WV Senator Joe Manchin and New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s accepting political donations from one of the MVP LLC joint venture owners, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) throughout the Virginia and North Carolina regions, the potential destruction of sacred sites, land losses by Indigenous families, POC, and poor white communities; protecting Mother Earth, plus more.

Guest:

Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck (Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation), co-founder of Seven Directions of Service, chair of the NAACP Environmental Justice Committee, and former Indigenous council person.