<br><br><font face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif" size="2"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"><strong>From</strong>: "indigenouspolitics@wesufm.org" <indigenouspolitics@wesufm.org><br><strong>Sent</strong>: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:55 PM<br><strong>To</strong>: indigenouspolitics@wesufm.org<br><strong>Subject</strong>: Tuesday on "Indigenous Politics" - 12th episode for Season Three</font><br><br><br><br>~~~<br>Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond<br>Tuesdays 4-5pm EDT/1-2pm PST/10-11amHST<br>88.1 fm, Middletown, CT<br>Listen online LIVE: www.wesufm.org<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">On Tuesday, April 22<sup>nd</sup>,
join your host Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, for an episode <br>examining Chamorro
Self-Determination in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
colony <st1:place w:st="on">Guam</st1:place> and throughout <br>the Chamorro
diaspora.<span style=""> </span><span style="">Guam</span> is an island that is part of the chain of the <br>Mariana Islands
in the <st1:place w:st="on">Western Pacific Ocean</st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>It is an organized unincorporated <br>territory
of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>-one of
five <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
colonial territories with established <br>civilian government.<span style=""> </span>Guam is listed on the UN list of
non-self-governing territories; <br>the island and her people are still eligible to
decolonize from the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>
under <br>international law.<span style=""> </span>This episode
will include interviews with three different Chamorro <br>activists: Julian Aguon
from <st1:City w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Hawai`i</st1:State>,
Michael Lujan Bevacqua in <st1:City w:st="on">San Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on"><br>CA</st1:State>, and Sabina Flores Perez from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>Julian <span class="ecapple-style-span">Aguon
is a writer, <br>human rights activist and speaker throughout the <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place> and the Pacific region. He is <br>the author of <em style="">Just Left of the Setting Sun</em> (2005), <em style="">The Fire This Time: Essays on Life <br>Under US
Occupation</em> (2006), and the just-released <em style="">What We Bury At Night: Disposable <br>Humanity</em> (2008). He is currently
a law student at the University of Hawaii-Manoa and <br>a fellow with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">West</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Michael Lujan </span>Bevacqua
is PhD student in Ethnic <br>Studies at the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Diego</st1:place></st1:City>, the editor of the Chamorro zine, <em><br>Minagåhet,
</em>and a co-founder of the Chamorro activist organization, <span style="">Famoksaiyan</span>. <br>Sabina Flores Perez is a
cultural activist in <st1:place w:st="on">Guam</st1:place> and in the Bay
Area.<span style=""> </span>She is another <br>key organizer of
Famoksaiyan who has helped organize several the trips of several <br>Chamorro
delegations to testify before the United Nations in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>. <strong style=""><o:p></o:p></strong><br>~~~</span><br>Seasons One & Two now archived online and ready for podcasting:<br>www.indigenouspolitics.com<br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>"Indigenous Politics" is now syndicated weekly on <st1:City w:st="on">Pacifica</st1:City>-affiliate station<br>105.3
FM--WETX-LP, "The independent voice of <st1:place w:st="on">Appalachia</st1:place>" each Thursday<br>at 8pm (EDT).<br><br><br><br>