MMIW2S+, Justice for Nicole Smith, & the State-Military-Cartel Carnage in Chiapas, Mexico

American Indian Airwaves

Part 1: In the United States, American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native American peoples experience higher rates of violence than any other demographic. In fact, Native American women and girls are disproportionately affected by the violence. For example, a 2016 study by the National Institute of Justice estimated that 84 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime. There are 23 locations determined to be “hot spots” for MMIW cases, five of which are identified as being of the highest priority for intervention due to their disproportionately high rates of MMIW cases. While numerous cases are related to the United States extractive industries, such as gas and oil, and “man camps,” our guest for today shares her family’s experiences regarding the murder of Nicole Smith (Coastal Pomo Nation), horizontal violence against MMIWS2+ peoples within the Coastal Pomo nation, and the complicities of the Mendocino County Sheriff and the United States federal government’s in failure to investigate and bring justice for Nicole Smith, Bernadette Antoinette Smith, the Smith family, and the Coastal Pomo nation located in what is known as Mendocino County, California. Guest: Bernadette Antoinette Smith (Coastal Pomo), Culture Resource Specialist of the Coastal Pomo nation), Board Member, Xa Kako Dile (https://www.xakakodile.org/), Indigenous women-led organization; Environmental-Social Justice Activist; Language-Culture Revivalist. Justice for Nicole Smith Hashtag #JusticeforNicole Smith Part 2: In Chiapas, Mexico, Indigenous peoples throughout the region continue experiencing escalated state-military-cartel violence within systemically and vehement capitalized world. Our guests for today provides an update on numerous critically important issues such Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) issuing executive orders greenlight major capitalistic megaprojects throughout the region (Maya Train Project, plus more), increased destruction of Mayan peoples’ traditional homelands, the Cartels, and the Mexican states collaborative violence, as well as Mexico’ judicial systems complicities in oppressing Indigenous land defenders, plus more. Guest: Richard Stahler-Sholk, a retired Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University, and community activist involved with the School of Chiapas which is an organization of grassroots activists and communities working to support the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Schools for Chiapas was created the mid-1990’s by individuals searching for ways to make the world a better place and working to create a world where all worlds fit. Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Tunein, YouTube, and more. American Indian Airwaves is an all-volunteer collective and Native American public affairs program that broadcast weekly on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles, CA, Thursdays, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.