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"THANKSGIVING DRUMSTICK 

           EXTRAVAGANZA"!

 Some things are timeless -- the world turns, and Israelis and Palestinians try to kill each other. As the latest iteration in this eternal folly heads into its second week, efforts to broker a cease-fire are intensifying.

All of this begs the question -- why are they fighting? Will it ever end? Abe and Joe look for an answer and take listener calls.

Russell Means speaks on "Knowing Who You Are: Lessons from Native America"

Russell Means, an Oglala Dakota and a prominent voice in the continuing struggle for indigenous rights, was a founding member of AIM and one of its leading spokespersons. He was Chief Executive Officer of the American Indian Anti-Defamation Council, an organization which monitors anti-Indian racism in the media and politics, and has organized and lectured throughout the world . Russell Means died on October 22nd at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was 72.

Dmae Roberts presents a half-hour version of Coming Home: Return of the Alutiiq Masks, a one-hour radio documentary that interweaves oral history interviews, Alutiiq music and soundscapes.This full-length documentary originally aired in 2008 on about 188 public radio stations around the country.

(Photo left: Alutiiq artist Helen Simeonoff w/masks discovered in France.)

Carol Benson, who has a show at Blackfish for the month of November, will be our guest.

Hi Dan Johnson here, If you've had a hard time finding quality Trans Literature in many of our local booksellers, I have a solution. Topside Press is a new publisher that has niched itself into being published by Trans owners, and as such have published their first work, titled, "The Collection" The Collection is filled with 28 talented Trans writers offering short stories and excerpts from longer works, and the great thing is this new work includes two writers from Oregon.