Tilliucum Wawa Updates

Due to one technical difficulty after another as well as when I have time to make it to KBOO there aren't any computers available with Audio, I will no longer be podcasting "Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People." I apologize for any inconvenience. The frustration of one technical setback after another has finally gotten to me, and I have given up on the idea for now.



After a caller called in and told us of the occupation at Glen Cove in Northern California near Vallejo, Shusli did some leg work and got an interview with Corrina to discuss the situation. A group of people are blocking the construction of a park that will desecrate a shell midden and burial site.

Here is a link to the video of Arvol Looking Horse discussing the white buffalo calf prophecy. Arvol is the 19th generation keeper of the white buffalo calf pipe.

Here is a link to a Quese IMC video and his website. Quese is an award winning seminole hip-hop artist and activist.

Future shows we have lined up:

July 14th, Sara Libby will be with us to discuss the upcoming Housing Fair being offered by the Native American Youth and Family Center.

July 21st, Redwillow has arranged for us to have Joy Harjo live at KBOO. Joy Harjo is a Muskogee Creek musician, poet, and author of many amazing works.

July 28th, we will be having a diabetes special with two employees of the Native American Rehabilitation Association to discuss the health issues and services for diabetes. Diabetes is a rampant problem in Indian Country which is about 4 times higher than the national average. I read that 70% of one tribes members in the Southwest has diabetes.

Other shows we are working on with no set date yet:

We are working on an interview with Quese IMC.

We will sometime soon have a local activist and musician on, Tony Garcia.

We are trying to get Dr. Dale Walker and Michelle Singer from the One Sky Center to come down and talk about Native health conferences that are happening in the Portland area this summer and fall.

We are trying to get someone from the Yakama Nation to talk to us about their buffalo restoration program and other habitat restoration programs they are working on.

Gone Fishin'

On Thursday, March 24, Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People interviewed Umatilla tribal member Gabe Sheoships from the Streamnet Library, part of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, to discuss the library and native fishing along the Chewana (Columbia River) and the issues effecting it today.

"Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People," is Shusli, Redwillow, and Eugene Johnson. The show airs every Thursday from 6-7pm on KBOO 90.7fm.

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Celilo Falls and Red Lodge

On Thursday, March 10, Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People, will be interviewing Linda Meanus and Trish Jordan.

Linda Meanus is the granddaughter of Chief Tommy Thompson, the Fishing Chief of Celilo village at the time of the flooding by the United States Government on March 10, 1957. We will discuss the anniversary date and the upcoming fishing ceremony, and what this loss has meant to her and the people of Celilo.

Trish Jordan is of Red Lodge Transition Services and which helps service women in transition from prison back into society. We will be talking about the work she does and the services Red Lodge Transiti0n Services offers people as well as The Friends of Red Lodge.

Tune in from 6-7pm on Thursday, March 10, to hear this show live, or hear it eventually podcast on our Tillicum Wawa website.

KCUW

On Thursday, February 24, Tillicum Wawa interviewed Bill Young of KCUW. KCUW is the Umatilla Reservation community radio station, all of 100 watts...currently. Bill produces a program of story telling called "Good Night Rez." We plan on making continued connections with this radio station. To listen to the podcast, click on the here.

Tillicum Wawa, 2-17-11

On Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People, on Thursday, February 17, we interviewed Carol Sutterlict (st?) about the fires that happened in and around the town of White Swan on the Yakama Indian Reservation on February 12. It started with a chimney fire in one house and quickly spread with a wind storm that average 50 mph and up to 100 mph according to some reports. This fire destroyed 20 homes, but many homes were also damaged by the winds. About the only kind of donations they can't use are clothing. They are really looking for construction materials, paint, cleaning materials, and gas cards for the residents. You can send donations to:

White Swan Methodist Church
80 Curtis St.
White Swan, Washington 98952

We also interviewed Felix about the work he is doing to help with the Inca in Ecuador, of which he is a member. If you wish to help him out in his local organizing of benefits for this work, e-mail him at fdescultchaskis@yahoo.com. It is helpful if you speak Spanish.

Shusli made a updated our audience about John T. Williams, a Native carver shot by Seattle police officer, Ian Birk. Ian has resigned, but there is seemingly no justice in this case. John was told by Ian to drop his knife and within 10 seconds of the officer confronting John, who was walking down the street carving a piece of wood with said knife, the officer fired on him five times, killing him instantly. John Williams was deaf. It is said that the officer, Ian Birk, had numerous contact with John, knew who he was, and knew he was deaf. Sounds like murder to me, but then again, when cops commit murder, they often get away with it.

Hear the podcast here.

End:Civ

On Thursday, February 3, Shusli produced "Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People" around the new documentary film by Frank Lopez called "End Civ." "End:Civ" will be available for viewing in Portland on February 8 at Smith Memorial Center, PSU, 724 SW Harrison in Portland, room 327, at 3pm. It will also be airing on February 8 at the Hipbone Studios at 7pm, 1847 E Burnside, #104. "End:Civ" is based on the of the book "Endgame" by Derrick Jensen, a book that discusses the global effects of alleged civilization and asks the question, and I paraphrase, "how much are you going to take before you do something?" It features many voices, including indigenous voices such as Waziyata Win, Gord Hill, and Rhonda "Shusli" Baseler, discussing earth based cultures compared to alleged civilization. In Egypt, Yemen, and elsewhere, there are revolutions happening. People are tired of being oppressed for the wealth of the few. In this nation, peoples water is being polluted by hydraulic fracturing by energy corporations so much so that many American folk can set their tap water on fire (see the movie "Gasland"). Hanford Nuclear Reservation, just up the Chewana (Columbia River) leaks radiation that no doubt has health effects. The U.S. is leading two illegal wars in the Middle East and wants to start slaughtering Iranians as well. Industrial pollution has made parts of the U.S. unlivable. And much, much more. How much are we going to take before we do something about it? Indigenous values, as I have read and discussed with many indigenous types, have a way of encompassing all life and all life as having validity. Humans have life, plants and animals have life, water has life, etc., and all of us live in a common world where we benefit each other. Civilization sees the world (humans, plants, water, animals, etc.) as resources to be extracted and the wealth to go to the few (with gas prices going higher and higher, Shell oil is reporting record profits). And there is a catch to it. As much as we (my wife, Shusli, and I) don't like civilization and what it has done to our people, we have to use the tools of civilization for our survival. Don't criticize your fellow human beings for being human, let's all focus on changing the system instead of beating each other up for not being "pure." Read Derrick Jensen's book, "Endgame." See the movie, "End:Civ."

Shusli also played cuts from John Trudell, poet and musician and long time activist, and Aggie Pilgrim, one of the 13 indigenous grandmothers to further the discussion for vast systematic and global change.

At the end of the program Shusli played a memorial piece for Morales Singer. Several weeks ago, for those of you who remember, we had Dr. Dale Walker and Michelle Singer from the One Sky Center. On January 26, Morales Singer, Michelle Singer's brother, was killed by a hit and run driver (the driver subsequently turned himself in). He is survived by 3 children. Our condolences are sent out to Michelle Singer, the Morales children, Cody, Elijah, and Jaliene, the whole singer family, and to all those who loved Morales. If you are going to be in the Salem area on Saturday, February 5, click here for information on how you can participate in a fundraiser to benefit Morales Singer's three children.

Shusli did a great job of producing this show. The content was awesome and informative. A giant THANK YOU to Shusli!