The Dead Have Names- 07/2022
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Guitars-Greg Elliot Brandt
Keyboard- Greg Elliot Brandt
Vocals- Greg Elliot Brandt
Drums-Jeremiah Green
Sound Engineering-Jeremiah Green
Producer-Jeremiah Green

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The Dead Have Names

Mahlee Yellowfeather was raised in a back canyon, speaking only Apache. She was taught by the Elders.

Mahlee is the great granddaughter of Geronimo. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict.

Here she tells of the occurrences at Oak Flat, and the meaning of the area to the Apache people.

Oak Flat: The Story Behind the Story. Mahlee Yellowfeather,

I am fortunate to work with Pat Flanagan. We have a process together of writing and checking each other’s facts. Since she’s on the board of Morongo Basin Conservation Assn., and a scientist, she has a history with the Cadiz Inc. water marketing scheme and it’s new CEO, Susan Kennedy, former Chief of Staff to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and has followed it all since the beginning.
We recorded two episodes:
1. Water and Power
And
2. Sucking California Dry
The second is about Cadiz primarily but questions California’s commitment to and implementation of the 30X30 Biodiversity policy mandate in light of the water harvesting and marketing.
We compare Cadiz with the enlargement of Pacheco Reservoir by China in anticipation of having water rights and potentially water sales to China and/or elsewhere.
“Water and Power” tackles 10 years of solar development in the desert and its ever expanding water usage profile in addition to a compare and contrast with the Cadiz Inc. operation, examples of encroachment and settler disruption of Indigenous cultural norms and practices.

Water And Power, Why Utility Scale Solar is a Dumb Idea for the Mojave Desert

Awesome Program Lead In 1.

Awesome Program Lead In 2.

Last Chance for Freedom. 

Parole Hearing Leonard Peltier Part 2

Last Chance for Freedom. Leonard Peltier Part 2

From "Gangster Shoes," to a newly arrived Navajo Boy barely speaking English, championship football, and a newly accredited school, the '70's produced change and the people who produced that change.

The BIA Made A White Man Out Of Me

Special Program Launch features 1 hour on Lithium Mining, and Introduces how Hemp Bast may be Transformed into Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheet Supercapacitors as an Alternative to Destructive Lithium Energy systems.

Nations around the world rely on lithium based energy systems to power a transition to Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity (CFE).

Unfortunately, Lithium based systems pose significant risks, including water pollution and depletion, biodiversity loss, and carbon emissions.

The extraction process can lead to soil degradation, water scarcity, and air contamination, raising concerns about the sustainability of this critical resource.

Hard-rock mining involves extracting lithium-bearing minerals from rock through traditional mining techniques.

At Thacker Pass in Northern Nevada alone, 18,000 acres of old growth sagebrush forest, home to the declining population of sage grouse, a Native American village site, the location of two historic massacres, and archaeologically significant cultural resources, such as lithic toolmaking locations have been obliterated. At Ash Meadows, also in Nevada, 12 Endangered and 26 endemic species are threatened due to lithium extraction.

In our highlighted launch series Creative FRONTLINE embarks on a journey to tell the story of Native American development of an alternative which offers the potential to store and release energy much faster than traditional lithium-ion batteries. Scientists have discovered that the outer bark of the plant, or bask, can be transformed into graphene-like carbon nanosheets used in supercapacitors.

These sheets are highly effective at conducting electricity and could be used as supercapacitors. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, which store energy, chemically, supercapacitors store energy electrostatically, leading to faster charge and discharge cycles. Hemp is a renewable resource that grows faster and with fewer environmental impacts compared to the mining of lithium.

Join us on Creative FRONTLINE Mondays at 4:00 for smart, innovative stories on water, biodiversity, culture, environment, and a positive future for all.

https://CreativeFRONTLINE.com

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Water In The West Primetime Launch

The story of Celilo falls is the story of the Pacific Northwest. Pictures of Indian people dip netting for the giant salmon that once freely made their way up the Columbia to a Lower Snake river now clogged and obstructed by 14 dams, many with navigation locks, may be seen on-line, a remnant of a past destroyed for "progress," shipping, trade, getting wheat to market through a region once controlled by the KKK, to threaten and silence Indian people sometimes by killing them and impoverishing and ravaging whole communities.

Over time the power went to aluminum manufacturing, a beneficiary of this genocide, used for military purposes, airplanes, ships, and all kinds of hardware for death.

This, the unvarnished truth still covered up, denied and avoided at all costs, generations later. Either we have the courage to face it or we don't.

In this episode we speak with Lana Jack, the last of her people in a tragic and emotional story,  only she is left to tell. 

And now it's Google continuing the dark legacy of an "American Dream," with Data Centers springing up, diverting creeks and mining aquifers in yet another water grab. for a company whose motto is and was "Do no harm." It is a supreme mastery of hypocritical obliteration, of a river, its people and the truth.

Celilo Falls and the Culture of Death

Our topic today is dams including our own dams close to home. The Matilija dam on a tributary of the Ventura River, and the Devils Gate Dam along the Arroyo Seco, what it takes to course correct through transformation, regeneration and reconciliation taking into account all species, habitats and relationships to all life force.

Rewilding LA October 2024

Californias desert regions have a long history of get rich quick schemes development disasters and ceaseless promotional efforts. Poorly laid plans are often not founded on solid ground. Once the impermanent Salton Sea was touted as Americas latest and best vacation and lifestyle paradise. Today, lithium production captures the imagination of hungry investors. There’s no question intentions are good, But what about the downside?

 Professors, storytellers, historians, 1960's promotional films, environmental justice advocates, and Native American leaders tell the story of the Salton Sea, it's potential for Lithium extraction and the risks

Will Lithium Extraction Create Earthquakes on tne San Andreas Fault Alt. Open/Close

Emmy® Award winning Filmmaker, Producer, and Radio Show Host, Robert Lundahl, broadcasting weekly Primetime on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles.