On this week's show...
* We take a special look at the holiday celebrated this past week in the U.S., Thanksgiving. Rustbelt Radio will bring you stories from Alcatraz Island and Southern California where the histories and struggles of indigenous people are often hidden from the public eye.
Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media.
On today's show...
We take a special look at the holiday celebrated this past week in the U.S., Thanksgiving. Rustbelt Radio will bring you stories from Alcatraz Island and Southern California where the histories and struggles of indigenous people are often hidden from the public eye.
Rustbelt Radio airs live every Monday from 6-7 PM on WRCT 88.3 FM in Pittsburgh, PA, and again on Tuesday mornings 9-10 AM. We're also on Pacifica affiliate WVJW Benwood, 94.1 FM in the Wheeling, West Virginia area, on Thursdays from 6-7 PM. And we can be heard on WPTS, 92.1 FM from the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, Saturday mornings from 9-10 AM.
We're also available on the internet, both on WRCT's live webstream at W-R-C-T dot ORG and for download, stream or podcast at radio dot I-N-D-Y-P-G-H dot org.
We turn now to our first feature story.
[37:30] Alcatraz Unthanksgiving
Alcatraz Island, located in the San Francisco Bay, is a former military fortification turned federal prison and subsequently reshaped into a recreation area.
The romanticized tales fed to visiting tourists obscure both the history of indigenous peoples on the island and the effects of US colonialism and the prison industrial complex on North America's indigenous peoples. Likewise the histories and struggles of Native American people are concealed by the mainstream myths of Thanksgiving.
With that in mind, we bring you Unthanksgiving: Indigenous People's Thanksgiving, a collection of interviews about the island of Alcatraz and the relationship of indigenous people to Thanksgiving. The program was produced by Pedro Reyes for Free Radio Alcatraz at KPFA and was recorded on November 23, 2005.
You are listening to Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news overlooked by the corporate media.
[21:30] Wennemen Wintu Struggles
The Wennemen Wintu are a Native Tribe in Southern California who have been struggling to preserve their traditions and cultures in the face of modernization. One setback to the tribe came in the early 1940's with the construction of the Shasta Dam. Sixty years later, plans to increase the size of the dam will cause further destruction of the Wennemen Wintu's tribal lands and also threaten the survival of their cultural practices. Alan Stahler of KMVR in Nevada City, California brings us this story:
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You have been listening to a special Thanksgiving edition of Rustbelt Radio.
Calendar of Events
And now we present the Indymedia Calendar of Events:
The Africa Project has organized a taste of African foods dinner on Friday December 01, 2006 at the Iron City Brewery located at 3440 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15201. The dinner will last from 6:00 to 10:00pm. The event will also feature entertainment from music bands, and African dance groups. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information call Peter at (412) 657-8513 or email info@ africaproject.net.
December 1st is World AIDS DAY. In honor of this day, several local student groups and organizations are gathering together to present an international educational, informational, and entertainment event, at the University of Pittsburgh. The event will feature many local artists including bands, DJs, and spoken word poets. There will also be HIV-positive speakers sharing their personal stories. This event will take place at the William Pitt Union in Oakland from 6 to 10 pm.
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Thanks for tuning in to Rustbelt Radio here on WRCT Pittsburgh, WVJW Benwood and WPTS Pittsburgh.
Our host this week is Matt Toups with contributions from Carlin Christy, Vani Natarajan, Pedro Reyes and Alan Stahler. This week's show was produced by Donald Deeley. Special thanks to all of our hosts, producers, and contributors.
You can get involved with Rustbelt Radio! To contact us, or to send us your comments, email RADIO at I-N-D-Y-P-G-H dot ORG. All of our shows are available for download or podcast on our website at RADIO dot INDY-P-G-H dot ORG and this show can be heard again Tuesday morning on WRCT at 9 AM after Democracy Now!
Tune in next week at this time for another edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots.
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