American Indian Airwaves Rundown 11/19/08

Wednesday, 11/19/08, on American Indian Airwaves

"Rhetorical Nonsense or Truth: What President-elect Barak Obama means for Indigenous Peoples"

Part 1:_____________________
Ellen Bello, founder and Director of the Native American Music Association (NAMA) (http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com) joins us for the first segment of the show to discuss NAMA's relief efforts for the Rosebud and Pine Ridge indigenous communities still devastated by the recent blizzard that swept through the Lakota Nation two weeks ago. For those interested, you can visit the NAMA web site for further information on blizzard relief donations needed for these indigenous communities. Other organizations soliciting blizzard relief donations, that we are aware of but have not vetted, for these communities are the following:

Evergreen Ministries, Attn: Gus Craven, 210 Wasaba Ave., Wanblee, SD, 57577 (605)462-6002;
He Dog School, Attn: Blizzard Relife, He Dog School Road, Parmelee, SD, 57566; and
St. Agnes Church, Attn: Jeanne Young, 1st. St. N., Parmelee, SD, 57566 (605)747-5696

Part 2:_____________________
Ron Andrade (La Jolla Nation), Director at Indian Commission for Los Angeles County, joins us for the second segment of today's show to discuss what democratic, presidential-elect Barak Obama means for indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations for either the next four or eight years.

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