Wednesday, 4-2-08, on American Indian Airwaves
"Killing the Sacred Buffalo and Mayan Struggles Against Paramilitaries"
Part 1:____________________________________________"Killing the Sacred Buffalo and Mayan Struggles Against Paramilitaries"
Matt Meese, Co-founder of the Buffalo Filed Campaign http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/, "and Rosalie Little Thunder (Lakota Nation), long-time indigenous activist with the Seven Generation Fund and the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center, discuss the recent slaughter of over 25% of the buffalo in "Yellowstone Park" this past winter by hunters and Nation Park Service employees, recent protest over the slaughter of the buffalo, and what people can do to help protect the "sacred."http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/index.html
Part 2:____________________________________________
Dr. Faviana Hirsch, Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, discusses the continued struggle of the Mayan peoples in Chiapas. In the Zapatista communities, land continues to be a critical issue as again paramilitary forces are active in Mayan communities TRYING TO RETAKE lands that were RECUPERATED in the 1994 uprising. ZAPATISTA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES are being threatened by PARAMILITARIES working for large land holders and multinational capital. Coyote Radio reporter Faviana Hirsch provides an in-depth look at the situation in our second segment.
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SPECIAL NOTICE: weekly shows can now be heard on the KPFK web site under "audio archives" located on the left. Scroll down and click on American Indian Airwaves.http://www.myspace.com/aiairwaves
