Native Americans.

  • With these your eyes you shall recover : the Navajo blanket

    Curators Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg discuss their exhibition of Navajo blankets at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on July 14, 1972, which traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe. They talk with Clare Spark about the technical and social relevance of Native textiles and raise important issues about utility, non-alienation…

  • Radio free Alcatraz – December 30, 1969

    This is an aircheck of one of the episodes of Radio Free Alcatraz, recorded during the Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island. This episode, as all episodes in the series, starts with a recording of Buffy Sainte-Marie singing “Now that the Buffalo’s Gone.” John Trudell, then talks of plans to start a university on the island.…

  • Radio free Alcatraz – January 13, 1970

    In this episode of Radio Free Alcatraz, John Trudell opens by sharing articles from the Native Alliance for Red Power newsletter from Vancouver, British Columbia, to show similarities between Native People in the United States and Canada. The article is entitled, “The art of stealing human rights,” taken from a speech given by Gerry Gambill…

  • 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.…

  • Of God, land, and nation : Native American land claims and the Bill of Rights (Episode 3 of 15)

    Third in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Produced by Anita Parlow. Contributions by Keith Stout, Smokey Bear, Mad Dog Singers, and Woman Sound. Narrated by Brenda Wilson. Adi Gevins, executive…