"INDIGENOUS POLITICS: FROM NATIVE NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND"
Radio Program on WESU, Middletown, CT (88.1), USA
Airing on the 1st, 3rd, and (rare 5th Tuesday) each month
4-5 PM EST **Listen online while the show airs: www.wesufm.org
On Tuesday, February 15, 2011, we learn about the case of a sacred burial site in Los Angeles that has been disrupted to make way for the "LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes at El Pueblo" Historic Monument - a multi-million dollar museum dedicated to showcasing and preserving the history of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. The cemetery opened in 1822 and closed in 1844 when it was determined that the lot was too small. According to the Los Angeles Archdiocese and other documents, the remains were to have been removed and re-interred at Calvary Cemetery. But last October during construction for the new museum, dozens of indigenous human remains were unearthed. Three guests will join the program by telephone from Los Angeles - each of whom has been active in halting construction: Desireé Reneé Martinez (Gabrielino), Co-director of the Pimu Catalina Island Archaeological Field School; Wendy Giddens Teeter, Curator of Archaeology for the UCLA Fowler Museum; and Cindi Moar Alvitre (Tongva), a cultural/environmental educator.