American Indian Airwaves

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 stopping Miniconjou and Lakota Ghost Dancers and community members from returning home to Pine Ridge in what is presently known as South Dakota. The Wounded Knee Massacre took place near the Wounded Knee Creek during a time when the United States government essentially banned all Native American cultural traditions, ceremonies, and “religious” practices. Shortly thereafter the initial encounter, a scuffle ensued which resulted in the U.S. 7th Calvary open firing and killing over three hundred 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 (A.I.M.) and supporters occupying Wounded Knee (Lakota Nation) in response to a call to action from traditional Lakota residents who’s 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 (Sundays 11am-12pm); FM 90.7 FM in Oregon on KBOO; 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.

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

Part 1: With the County of Los Angeles in California home to the largest urban Indigenous population throughout the politically defined borders of the settler colonial United States, declining SARS-Cov-2 rates, and SARS-Cov-2 vaccinations slowly becoming available, a collaboration between LA Native COVID-19 Response, the California Native Vote Project, United American Indian Involvement Inc., the American Indian Counseling Center, the Los Angeles City/County American Indian Commission, and Kedren Vaccines organized the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous COVID-19 Vaccine Pop-up community outreach event for free SARS-Cov-2 vaccinations, PPE, and food boxes for in-need Los Angeles American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous populations. The American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous COVID-19 Vaccine Pop-up will take place this May 1st and May 29th, 2021 at the Los Angeles State Historic Park from 10am to 2pm. Vaccines will be provided regardless of the documentation status, and PPE and food boxes will be available for those community members in need. To RSVP, call 626-798-0505 or 626-398-6174 or email: [email protected]. For individuals requiring transportation within fifteen miles of the Los Angeles State Historic Park, please visit www.vaccinesrydes.com or call 1-887-VAC-RYDE (877-822-7933). Flyer information is below. Today’s guest provides important and detailed COVID-19 related information impacting the larger Los Angeles County Indigenous populations and logistics for the community outreach event, plus more. Guest: Dr. Andrea Garcia, M.D. (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara Nations) is an appointed commissioner with the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission, works with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health/American Indian Counseling Center, and is a board member for the United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (UAII). Part 2: Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations are on the frontlines of Mother Earth struggling and resisting against violent forms of colonialism including nefarious manifestations of ecocides, democides, genocides, and the full dominant spectrum of “cides”. Today’s guest was the keynote speaker on April 19th, 2021 at the Strengthening the Circle: A Native Non-profit Leadership Program which thematically focused on the Rights of Mother Earth. The event organizers are Generation Indigenous Ways, Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc., Artemisia Associates, Wolfstar Productions, and Hopa Mountain. Turn in for part one of a two-part key note speech on “The Rights of Mother Earth” by a preeminent Indigenous elder, scholar, activist and more on American Indian Airwaves. Guest: Dr. Henrietta Mann (Tsetsehestaestse [Cheyenne] Nation), elder, activist, scholar, founder of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Montana State University, and current Board Chair of the Board of Directors for the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc.

News from "Indian Country," spoken word, and music. Song List: Joy Harjo, “This America” Black Lodge Singers, “Keeping it Flowing,” Album: My Family Snotty Nose Rez Kids, “Boujee Natives,” Album: Trapline John Trudell, “The Earth was the Mother,” Descendant Now Ancestor Raye Zaragoza, "They Say,” Woman in Color Alexis Raeana, “Keep My Memory” ft.Charly Lowry (Single) A Tribe Called Red, “R.E.D.” (Single) Joanne Shenandoah, “We Will Rise Up,” Album: Joanne Shenandoah Buffy Saint-Marie, “Carry It On,” Album: Power in the Blood John Trudell, “Spectator” and “Of Many Realities,” Album: Descendant Now Ancestor

Part 1: NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen was among 20 Land Defenders arrested while protesting Donald Trump's visit to Mount Rushmore on July 3rd, 2020. Over 200 land defenders successfully mobilized to the defend the Ȟe Sápa and the Treaty of Fort Laramie by preventing ticket holders along Highway 244 from taking the Keystone entrance to the Independence Day fireworks celebration speech at Mount Rushmore with President Donald Trump. Subsequently, the American president, Donald Trump, was upstaged by the success of the land defenders ultimately preventing a larger than anticipated turnout for Donald Trump’s speech, garnishing media attention over Trump’s speech, and raising the critical consciousness and awareness of the sacredness of Ȟe Sápa, The Treaty of Fort Laramie, and fostering greater solidarity for a just transition. Over 20 people were arrested and charged on July 3rd, including Nick Tilsen who was charged with two felony accounts and three misdemeanors which if convicted on all charges could result in up to 15 years in prison. After being detained for three days, Nick Tilsen was released and he joins us to discuss the successes of the July 3rd, 2020 action, upstaging Donald Trump, his jail prison experience, the structural racism of the prison industrial complex system in South Dakota, the implications of being convicted for all felony and misdemeanor charges, honoring the Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851/1868, Donald Trump’s violations of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the establishment of the Black Hill Legal Fund for providing legal counsel for the July 3rd arrestees, the continuing work of the NDN Collective, plus a whole lot more. Guest: Nick Tilsen, (Oglala Lakota Nation), President and CEO of the NDN Collective, a Rapid City, S.D. non-profit organization dedicated to Indigenous power through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grant making, capacity-building and narrative change. Part 2: This past Thursday on July 9th, 2020, the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted on a new charter policy, LAUSD Policies and Procedures for Charter Schools, which threaten and possibly leads to the termination of charters schools such as the Anahuacalmecac International University, the only and oldest international Indigenous school located in Los Angeles County, California. Our guest provides detailed and insightful implications of the LAUSD recent actions, the Indigenous Education Now coalition’s submission of a formal complaint to the United States Department of Education against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and the Indigenous Education Now coalition demands that the LAUSD immediately address the Native student COVID-19 crises, and conduct Indigenous/tribal consultation with local Indigenous nations and organizations, plus a lot more. Guest: Marcos Aguilar, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Academia Semillas del Pueblo and Head of the School at Anahuacalmecac International University