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Making the World Aware: The Longest Walk II Crosses the U.S.

From: Amy Marsh
Length: 00:29:39

Thirty years after the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,, activists walk across the United States, taking Native American and environmental concerns to Congress. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 In Spring of 2008, reporter, Amy Hadden Marsh, caught up with both routes of the Longest Walk II as they traveled through the US Southwest on their way to Washington DC. Marsh brings the listener out on the road and into Native America by weaving current issues facing Native nations in the Western United States with traditional songs, and interviews with walkers and a member of the Yavapai Apache community. Walk organizers, Dennis Banks and Jimbo Simmons, weigh in on Leonard Peltier and the February, 2008 US Senate apology to Native Americans.

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Piece Description

In Spring of 2008, reporter, Amy Hadden Marsh, caught up with both routes of the Longest Walk II as they traveled through the US Southwest on their way to Washington DC. Marsh brings the listener out on the road and into Native America by weaving current issues facing Native nations in the Western United States with traditional songs, and interviews with walkers and a member of the Yavapai Apache community. Walk organizers, Dennis Banks and Jimbo Simmons, weigh in on Leonard Peltier and the February, 2008 US Senate apology to Native Americans.

Broadcast History

Debut 6/20/2008 KDNK Community Radio, Carbondale, CO, www.kdnk.org; simulcast at www.earthcycles.net

Timing and Cues

Running time: 29:38
Ends with tag: For KDNK news, I'm Amy Hadden Marsh.

Related Website

http://www.kdnk.org