Tuesday, 02/05/13, on American Indian Airwaves
8pm to 9pm

"HIV/AIDS: Rates Rising And Indigenous Urban in Los Angeles County Series: Part II"

Part 1 • Elton Naswood, (Dine' Nation), Capacity Building Assistance Specialist at the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (http://www.nnaapc.org/), joins us for our first featured segment to discuss the rise of HIV/AIDs rates, Indigenous and western treatment and prevention methods, Indigenous health care (or lack thereof) as well as the Center for Disease Control January 2013 report Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives by Using HIV Surveillance Data—United States and 6 U.S. Dependent Areas—2010 that raises awareness of the need to close the gap in treatment disparity, specifically among Native people. The report can be found here: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010supp_vol17no3/index.htm

Part 2 • Cindi Alvitre, (Tongva Nation), co-founder of the Ti'at Society and the Traditional Council of Pimu, joins us for the second featured segment of today's show as part of our on-going series titled "Indigenous Urban in Los Angeles County" to discuss Indigenous urban peoples in Los Angeles County from a Tongva perspective. Generations of Indigenous peoples now consider Los Angeles County their home, yet what is the understanding of the development of colonial urbanism as it pertains to the First Peoples of the land, the Tongva, and other Indigenous peoples who now consider Los Angeles County "Home"? This is Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Cindi Alvitre. Join us for this insightful series as we transition over the weeks from Indigenous peoples from all over what is now referred to as the Los Angeles County area and Indigenous urbanism.

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