Indians of North America — Civil rights.

  • Vernon Bellecourt interviewed by Lincoln Bergman

    Discussion of the Native American movement, specifically about the conditions at Wounded Knee. At the time of the interview, Vernon Bellecourt, representative to the United Nations of the Ojibwe (Chippewa) Nation, was founder and National Director of the American Indian Movement (AIM), on a tour of the U.S. to raise awareness and money for the…

  • Rape at Black Mesa

    This is a report on the Western Energy Supply and Transmission Associates (W.E.S.T.) plan to acquire development rights to Hopi and Navajo reservations. Includes an extended interview with David Monongye, elder of the Hopi Nation. Produced by Mitchell Harding.

  • A medical desert / Dr. Richard Fine and Shari Whitehead interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    Elsa Knight Thompson talks with Shari Whitehead of the International Liberation School and Dr. Richard Fine, co-chairman of the San Francisco Medical Committee for Human Rights, about a recent trip to northern New Mexico, their investigations into the appalling medical situation there, and the plans to correct it. Originally aired during KPFA’s open hour.

  • Conference on racism in the law ; no.4: Racism in civil court proceedings; Indian law, poverty and paternalism

    On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. In this fourth of five recordings from the conference, Edward A. Dawley introduces former president of the NAACP, attorney Richard A. Bancroft, who speaks on racism in civil court proceedings.…

  • Why Wounded Knee? (Part 1 of 2)

    Documentary on the occupation of Wounded Knee by American Indian Movement (AIM) activists in 1973. The program examines the lives, problems, and struggles facing Native Americans. Produced by Peggy Berryhill and Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi. Part one. |In addition to these two parts, there is a reel of raw clips that were used in the…