Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 10-10-23

12 AM

Creative Frontline:

Film-maker and journalist Robert Lundahl interviews Chemehuevi NuWu Elder and Leader. Also known as Matthew Leivas, Sr. Environmental Whistleblower and Protector of the Colorado River. Part 1 of 2. The interview can also be found on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8I9FN9a7g

The Indian Reservation he is describing, and where he protects the Colorado River, begins on the California side and continues for 30 miles on the California side to approximately one mile south of the

Havasu Palms Resort. We will air part 2 of this interview next week.

To round out the hour, we will rerun an interview with Mahlee Yellowfeather, an Apache descendant of Geronimo, about the struggle over Oak Flat, which an act of Congress “exchanged” to Resolution Copper for the exploitation of an enormous copper deposit.

According to an article in The Intercept, “The legislation in question — the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act — was the product of a proposal then-Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake added to a must-pass defense authorization bill late one night in 2014. The addendum, known as a rider, incurred no congressional debate. Described by the San Carlos Apache as a “midnight backroom deal,” the law transferred Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a British-Australian concern jointly owned by the extractive giants Rio Tinto and BHP, both of which had sought access to the wildly lucrative ore deposit for years.

“The project centers on a 2,200-acre area known as Oak Flat Campground, part of the Tonto National Forest, that has served as a centerpiece of Apache religious ceremony and cosmology since before settler expansion into the West. To access the ore underneath, Resolution Copper will use a technique known as block cave mining, which over several years will turn the sacred mountain into a two-mile-wide crater deep enough to hide a skyscraper.”



1 AM

Resistance Radio with John Kane from WPFW

Native broadcaster John Kane examines issues related to Indigenous Peoples Day. New York school districts are suing to keep their Native mascots right as we head into Indigenous Peoples Day.



2 AM

Project Censored:

https://www.projectcensored.org/unveiling-mauis-unheard-voices-indigenous-and-mutual-aid-activists-speak-out/

You’ve likely heard a lot about Maui in recent weeks, but chances are you haven’t heard a lot from Indigenous or frontline mutual aid activists working to protect and support their communities in the dearth of government support and protection.

In the first half of the show, Native Hawaiian Kamiki Carter joins the show to talk about the impact of the fires as well as the impact of widespread community organizing with Maui Rapid Response.

In the second half of the show, mutual aid and land stewardship organizer Summer Starr joins the show to discuss the censored sources of the fires, namely capitalism and colonialism. She explains the predatory push of disaster capitalists and how folks on the ground are instead pushing for decolonization and land back.

For more on community organized aid efforts in Maui, visit Maui Rapid Response: https://mauirapidresponse.org/



3 AM

Equal Rights and Justice – Radio Rally to Free Leonard Peltier, with Mimi Rosenberg

Join our radio/rally to Free, Free, Leonard Peltier, who just turned 79; Indigenous warrior for equal rights and justice, and the longest held political prisoner in the country, behind the walls for 48 years. Leonard Peltier and his long walk to freedom, a case of innocence!

SPEAKERS for EQUAL RIGHTS & JUSTICE RADIO/RALLY:

Paulette D’Auteuil-Robideau, thejerichomovement.com

Cousin of Leonard Peltier, Ad Hoc Committee, Jericho Movement to free all political prisoners

Dan Battaglia dpbattaglia@outlook.com

Assistant Director - Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee & Leonard's adopted nephew

Joelle Clark Kills Crow Indian joelle.clark@gmail.com

Director - Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee & Member of Lakota tribe

Dawn Lawson dawn@allfiredup.blue

Secretary - Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee, Leonard Peltier's Personal Assistant, writer and community advocate

Jenipher R. Jones jenipherj@dolawllc.com Counsel for Leonard Peltier