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Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes

Documents

A Native Voice - Bringing Life to hawaii’s Forgotten Past A Native Voice - Bringing Life to hawaii’s Forgotten Past
Date: 4/1/2005Call Number: CD 329Format: CDProducers: Samson Reiny, Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A narrative about Indigenous land rights in Hawaii.
The Road to Wounded Knee III The Road to Wounded Knee III
Date: 7/18/1974Call Number: CD 443Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Carter Camp, One of the founders of AIM talks about the oppression of the Native American and the civil rights struggle that has developed. SAME AS KP112
Nothing is More Precious Than (8/16/75) Nothing is More Precious Than (8/16/75)
Call Number: CD 579Program: NIMPTCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
20th Anniversary of the Takeover of Alcatraz 20th Anniversary of the Takeover of Alcatraz
Call Number: CD 597Format: CDProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This is a recording from the 20th Anniversary of the Native American takeover of Alcatraz. Chuy Varela interviews various people at this event on their perspectives of this non-traditional Thanksgiving event and the continued Native American struggle. Also includes Native American prayers, chants and flute music.
Zapatistas-Subcomandante Marcos (side A) Zapatistas-Subcomandante Marcos (side A)
Call Number: CD 607Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Press conference held by Zapatista leaders between Jan 1, 1994 and March 23rd, 1994 (before assassination of Colosio). Subcomandante Marcos and Comandanta Ramona, as well as other soldiers in the campaign answer questions from Mexican and North American radio journalists about the Zapatista demands, ideology, role of women, feelings towards US.
Zapatistas-Subcomandante Marcos (side B) Zapatistas-Subcomandante Marcos (side B)
Call Number: CD 608Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Press conference held by Zapatista leaders between Jan 1, 1994 and March 23rd, 1994 (before assassination of Colosio). Subcomandante Marcos and Comandanta Ramona, as well as other soldiers in the campaign answer questions from Mexican and North American radio journalists about the Zapatista demands, ideology, role of women, feelings towards US.
Cecilia Rodriquez on EZLN Cecilia Rodriquez on EZLN
Date: 2/14/1995Call Number: CD 609Format: CDProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Zapatista solidarity event put on by the Peralta Latino Association and the Raza Student Union at Laney College. Cecilia Rodriquez, the US spokesperson for the Zapatistas, talks about repression against the Zapatistas after the 94 uprising, democracy in Mexico and NAFTA, globalization, peso devaluation.
El Enemigo Común (The Common Enemy) El Enemigo Común (The Common Enemy)
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 614Format: DVDProducers: Simón Sedillo, Austin IndymediaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
An exposé of repression and resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico which documents paramilitary activity against indigenous communities in Oaxaca from 2002 through 2005. Also provides historical context for the expansion of capitalism and empire in Oaxaca. It is a call to action for international civil society to stand in solidarity against state sponsored repression and for human peace, dignity and justice, in Oaxaca.
The Flickering Flame The Flickering Flame
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: CD 623Format: DVDProducers: Jason Corwin, Janet CavalloCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The Life and Legacy of Chief Turkey Tayac Family members recall Chief Turkey Tayac, 27th hereditary sagamore (chief) of the Piscataway Indian Nation, who fought for protection of an ancestral burial ground, now Maryland's Piscataway National Park.
Native American Stories from 1975 Native American Stories from 1975
Call Number: CD 638Format: CDProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real Dragon, Nothing is More...Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Richard Oakes shot and killed by Michael Morgan. He was active in the native American Resistance whereby the "Proclamation of Alcatraz" reads that the Indians will purchase Alcatraz for $24- the same price whites paid when they bought Manhattan. Dino Butler, Bob Robideau, James Eagle, and Leonard Peltier indicted in death of FBI agents. Alcatraz occupation anniversary tribute, with Richard Oakes, John Trudell. Shooting death of Richard Oakes. Great Native American actuality!