Water In The West 2.0 First Hour Rough KPFK

From "Gangster Shoes," to a newly arrived Navajo Boy barely speaking English, championship football, and a newly accredited school, the '70's produced change and the people who produced that change.

On Creative FRONTLINE, we try to get our shows done for the upcoming **Monday Midnight** early... Experiencing Sherman Indian School.

Much consideration and appreciation were given to this show, and have been felt for Matthew Leivas Sr., and his family, his mother, and grandfather, Henry Hanks, the last recognized Chief of the Chemehuevi People.

This is a story about fortitude, care, concern, and ambition, and rolling with the punches, a return, and re-generatiion. Keep a tissue handy.

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This episode features commentary from Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinones."

Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF2rxd5ixbA

Creative FRONTLINE has focused on Ash Meadows as a biodiversity hot spot in the desert, and after learning of the Chemehuevi Peoples' history in the area we asked Hereditary Chief Matt Leivas to explain the meaning and importance to his people. We'll continue the series with commentary in upcoming episodes.

Today, Tracker and I are with Larry Merculieff (Unangan). in advance of the global Wild12 conference in the Black Hills, which places indigenous voices at the forefront for the first time.

Larry Merculieff Raw Interview Pt 1 08 10 by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

Larry Merculieff Raw Interview Pt 2 08 10 by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

This is a story of the early years of the oil industry, a burning river and a blowout, Earth Day, and the Environmental Protection Agency, and how it all intersects.

We’re back with David Pu’u, Indigenous Hawai’ian and lifelong surfer raised in Santa Barbara, and the incredulous story of the birth of the Environmental Movement in the United States during the 1970s–

and how that leads us to regenerative practices today.

David Pu'u is a llfelong surfer, an engineer and a military analyst with an indigenous perspective

We are discussing the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in Japan, as we seek to understand human systems, the ways we produce energy, and how we seek to avoid calamitous mistakes, and the dangers of the mind.

A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility."

Massive infrastructures are planned 20 to 60 miles offshore from the Pristine Beaches and natural environments of the Central Californiia Coast.

New industrial facilities plug in via huge cables.

Industrial construction:

Assembly in SF harbor, tow to Los Angeles, configure and tow to Morro Bay.

Industrial infrastructure planned on central coast includes lithium battery assembly at Morro Bay harbor. Does this Systemic development integrate sustainably?

As with concentrating solar in the desert, it's never been done before, here, in dark water, and the impacts to species of fish and mammals are unknown.

Is there any connection to East Coast whale strandings near wind farms?

Is this kind of “renewable” energy development good for the environment and for biodiversity?

Greetings from California where the marine environment says, “Wait a minute, hold my beer, watch this!”

Crazy, but after they mine your lithium at Thacker Pass, Pee Hee Mu’huh, they send it here to make batteries in our quiet little beach town.

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