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Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz for COINTELPRO 101 (2 of 3)
Long-time Native American activist, author, and educator.
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz for COINTELPRO 101 (3 of 3)
Long-time Native American activist, author, and educator.
Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls
Date: 3/23/1991Call Number: CE 484Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Ward Churchill, author, activist, and former professor, speaks about the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in which 200 or so Oglala Lakota and members of the AIM occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation responding to the failure of impeaching the tribal president and to expose inhumane and corrupt conditions on Pine Ridge by the US Federal government through the tribal government. Churchill gives a succinct history of Lakota/US relations, including details of treaties, and discusses the role of COINTELPRO in neutralizing the AIM.
Winona LaDuke - From Genocide to Resistance: The Next 500 Years
Date: 4/21/1992Call Number: CE 485Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist, environmentalist juxtaposes two concepts of Native American life (time is cyclical and reciprocity) with two concepts in industrial thinking (time as timeline and capitalism). She speaks in response to the quincentennial celebration of Columbus' arrival to the "new world." LaDuke calls for recognition of the "holocaust" of the Native American people and cites statistics relating to the mistreatment of indigenous populations, such as using their land as toxic waste dumps.
Russell Means - For the World to Live, Columbus Must Die
Date: 4/27/1992Call Number: CE 486Format: Cass A & BProducers: KALWProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Russell Means, Oglala Sioux activist, speaks in response to Andy Rooney's column on how it is "silly" for Native Americans to complain about professional sports team names.
Means discusses the image of Native Americans, as opposed to Blacks in America. He combats the claim that Native Americans have no great culture and complicates the idea of Native American contribution. He discusses the effects of nuclear waste on Indian Reservations, or what he calls "concentration camps." He puts responsibility on the white citizens of America to see to it that the US government follows its own laws, and to curb the waste it produces.
For things to change, people must "Kill Columbus - kill his legacy."
Puerto Rico and The U.S.: What's Next?
Call Number: JG/ 156Format: CassetteProducers: WBAI New YorkCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A broadcast of "Puerto Rico and The U.S.: What's Next?" a story by Mario Marrero, part of the continuing struggle for PR independence, including debate about U.S. policies.
Raiz Viva : Los Folkloristas
Date: 1/1/1979Call Number: Vin 059Format: VinylProducers: Discos PuebloCollection: General materials
Composed of 7 members, this folklore group uses traditional pre-Colombian central and south American instruments in an effort to keep alive their native cultures. Lyrics in some songs talk about unjust social reality of Latin America.
Ward Churchill COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: C 10 131Collection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Ward Churchill is a prolific American Indian scholar/activist, Ward Churchill is a founding member of the Rainbow Council of Elders, and longtime member of the leadership council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado.
In addition to his numerous works on Indigenous history, he has written extensively on U.S. foreign policy and the repression of political dissent, including the FBI’s COINTELPRO operations against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement.
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: C 10 132Collection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, daughter of a landless farmer and half-Indian mother. Her paternal grandfather, a white settler, farmer, and veterinarian, had been a labor activist and Socialist in Oklahoma with the Industrial Workers of the World in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The stories of her grandfather inspired her to lifelong social justice activism.
From 1967 to 1972, she was a full time activist living in various parts of the United States, traveling to Europe, Mexico, and Cuba.
In 1974, she became active in the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the International Indian Treaty Council, beginning a lifelong commitment to international human rights.
Venezuela: La Revolucion Del Siglo 21
Call Number: V 690Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This film focuses on the Venezuela revolution of the 21st century. It pays particular attention to the role and activities of indigenous peoples and women. This social transition was led by the Hugo Chavez and the film contains portions of interviews and speeches.
