American Indian Airwaves (AIA), an Indigenous public affairs radio porgram and, perhaps, the longest running Native American radio program within both Indigenous and the United States broadcast communication histories. Also, AIA broadcast weekly every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles (http://www.kpfk.org). Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiacr American Indian Airwaves is produced in Burntswamp Studios and started broadcasting on March 1st, 1973 on KPFK in order to give Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations a voice about the continuous struggles against Settler Colonialism and imperialism by the occupying and settler societies often referred to as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Latin and South America countries located therein. American Indian Airwaves operates as an all-volunteer collective with no corporate sponsorship and no underwriters.
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Protecting Juristac, California Indigenous Histories, Traditional Knowledge, & more - (4/11/2019)
“Protecting a Sacred Site: Juristac, California Indigenous Histories, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Historical Trauma & Healing” Part 1:___________________________________ Valentin Lopez, Amah Mutsun Nation, is Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Nation, one of three historic California Indigenous Nations that are recognized as Ohlone. Valentin is Mutsun, Awaswas, Chumash and Yokuts (http://amahmutsun.org/governance/tribal-council) and he joins us for this exclusive interview regarding Amah Mutsun Nation history, culture, traditions, traditional ecological knowledge, California Indian histories, the ongoing work of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/) to heal Mother Earth within their traditional territories and protect the sacred site: Juristac (Huris-tak), which lies at the heart of the ancestral lands of the Amah Mutsun Nation. For thousands of years, our Mutsun ancestors lived and held sacred ceremonies at this location in the southern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, above the confluence of the Pajaro and San Benito rivers. Juristac, colonially known as the Sargent Ranch, is under threat from the proposed Sargent Quarry that will impact 320 acres of traditional lands. The plan includes a 14-acre processing plant, three 200-foot deep open pit quarry sites, a 1.6-mile long conveyor belt, and a 30-foot wide access road. An estimated 40 million tons of sand and gravel aggregate would be produced over the life of the mine, primarily for use in local road building and general construction. The cultural landscape encompassing Juristac is known today as the Sargent Ranch. An investor group, Debt Acquisition Company of America (DACA) (https://daca4.com/), based in San Diego, CA purchased the land at a bankruptcy auction and is currently seeking to develop a 320-acre open pit sand and gravel mining operation on the property. For Protect Juristic, visit here: http://www.protectjuristac.org/ To sign the petition opposing the Sargent Quarry Project, visit here: http://www.protectjuristac.org/petition/ American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Mondays 3pm-4pm); WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org. Archived American Indian Airwaves programs can be heard here: https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/american-indian-airwaves/