American Indian Airwaves

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American Indian Airwaves (AIA), an Indigenous public affairs radio porgram and, perhaps, the longest running Native American radio program within both Indigenous and the United States broadcast communication histories. Also, AIA broadcast weekly every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles (http://www.kpfk.org). Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiacrAmerican Indian Airwaves is produced in Burntswamp Studios and started broadcasting on March 1st, 1973 on KPFK in order to give Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations a voice about the continuous struggles again...

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Wounded Knee Memorial and Anniversary Special Programming - December 27th, 2018 30.08.2019 58:02

Wounded Knee Memorial and Anniversary Special Programming

“25 Years Later: The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Colonial Refusal & Resistance” 30.08.2019 58:06

Thursday, 1/3/2018, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) Listen at: http://www.kpfk.org “25 Years Later: The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Colonial Refusal and Resistance in Chiapas” Richard Stahler-Sholk, Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University (https://www.emich.edu/polisci/instructors/sholk.php) joins us for an exclusive one-hour special program on the...

“Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Urbanity & Part 2: 25 Years Later: The EZLN 30.08.2019 59:30

Thursday, 1/17/2018, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) Listen at: http://www.kpfk.org “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Urbanity & Part 2: 25 Years Later: The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Colonial Refusal and Resistance in Chiapas” Part 1:____________________________ Annita Lucchesi (Southern Cheyenne Nation), researcher for the Urban Indian Health Instit...

"Chumash Nation Coastal Territories in Remembrance & Cultural Revitalization, The EZLN - (1/31/2019) 30.08.2019 59:35

Thursday, 1/31/2019, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) Listen at: http://www.kpfk.org "Chumash Nation Coastal Territories in Remembrance & Cultural Revitalization, and the Conclusion of: 25 Years Later: The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Colonial Refusal and Resistance in Chiapas” Part 1:_______________________________________ John Ruiz (Chumash Nation), elder, activist, and...

“In the of Heart of the Apache Nation: Protecting Oak Flat" - (2/7/2019) 30.08.2019 59:28

Thursday, 2/7/2019, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) Listen at: http://www.kpfk.org Exclusive Interview “In the of Heart of the Apache Nation: Protecting Chi’Chil’Ba’Goteel (The Oak Flat Area) from the Corporate Pathology of the Resolution Copper Mine & the 5th Annual Save Oak Flat March (2/7/2019-2/10/2019)” Part 1:_______________________________________ Wendsler Nosie Sr. (San Carlo...

Protecting Mauna Kea - (6/27/2019) 30.08.2019 1:03:11

Mauna Kea Update

" Protecting Mauna Kea from the $1.4 Billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project” - March 2nd, 2019 30.08.2019 58:31

“In the Heart of the Hawaiian Nation: Protecting Mauna Kea from the $1.4 Billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project” Liko Martin and Laulani Teale (Hawaiian Nation). Liko Martin, Haku Mele, is one of Hawai’i’s renowned songwriters and activist; founder or co-founder of many Indigenous organizations; a farmer, fisherman, general cultural practitioner, peacemaker and veteran; a Kupuna Advisor for...

State of Emergency in the Lakota Nation & the Poor Peoples Campaign in Pacoima, CA - (4/4/2019) 30.08.2019 59:07

“4-Week State of Emergency in the Oglala Lakota Nation & Highlights from the Poor Peoples Campaign in Pacoima, CA Public Hearing on Homelessness & Poverty” Parts 1:___________________________________ Helene Gaddie (Oglala Lakota Nation) is a community member, long time activist, and continues to work tirelessly, along with other Indigenous community members to provide basic human services to Pine...

Protecting Juristac, California Indigenous Histories, Traditional Knowledge, & more - (4/11/2019) 30.08.2019 59:38

“Protecting a Sacred Site: Juristac, California Indigenous Histories, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Historical Trauma & Healing” Part 1:___________________________________ 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...

Incendiary Homelands: Indigenous Peoples of the “Amazon Forest" and Sacred Sites - (8/28/2019) 30.08.2019 58:30

American Indian Airwaves Presents:“Incendiary Homelands: Indigenous Peoples of the “Amazon Forest” in Peril and the National Parks Service Potentially Places Indigenous Sacred Sites At-Risk for Future Development” Part 1:___________________________________ Leila Salazar-Lopez, Executive Director, Amazon Watch (https://amazonwatch.org/), joins for the first segment of today’s special program to pro...

"Exclusive: Chumash Nation Family Members Suffer Severe Loses from the Montecito, CA Mudslides” 23.01.2018 59:21

https://www.gofundme.com/d5pnsv-lopez-family-in-montecito-mudslide Marcus Lopez Sr. (Barbareno Band of the Chumash Nation) and Co-host and Executive Producer of American Indian Airwaves, joins us from ground zero of the recent Montecito, CA mudslides in the heart of the Chumash Nation. Marcus Lopez Sr. family’s land and homes were directly destroyed or damaged by the recent Montecito, CA -south of...

American Indian Airwaves November 24 2016 26.12.2016 1:02:34

Thursday, 11/24/2016, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) “Special Call-In Program for Standing Rock and Peltier Updates, Solutions? and More” Part 1:_______________ Chauncey Peltier, (Turtle Mountain Chippewa/Fort Totten Sioux Nations), http://www.peltierjustice.com/, eldest son of Leonard Peltier, joins us live for the segment of tonight’s live broadcast. Chauncey Peltier will be discu...

Defunding the DAPL Action at Kawee’nga (Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA) 23.12.2016 58:09

Thursday, 12/22/2016, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) “The 12/21/2016 Defunding the DAPL Action at Kawee’nga (Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA): An exclusive interview with Jane Fonda, Tokota Iron Eyes, Delores Huerta, and Frances Fisher” Part 1:_______________ Jane Fonda, activist, Indigenous supporter, and actress of Grace and Frankie (2015-17) (http://www.janefonda.com/); Tokota Iron Eye...