The Drunken Taoist Podcast #30

Episode 30 – Gloria Mattioni, a Tribute to the Epic Life of James R. Weddell

The Drunken Taoist Podcast #30

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  • My own sweet mom joins us to celebrate the 10 years of freedom, the birthday, and the life of Dakota warrior James Weddell
  • “Ista”: the man’s eyes could see through everything
  • Daniele about funerals and weddings
  • The significance of eagle feathers
  • A crazy mix of bravery and generosity
  • The power of dreaming
  • The Yankton Reservation
  • Becoming an outlaw because of stepping up to defend people
  • How a deer helped him escape from juvenile detention
  • The Pork Plant Takeover
  • A gunfight among friends: Jim’s complex relationship with Russell Means
  • A story of the war for the Black Hills: from Crazy Horse and the Little Bighorn to the day when some of the poorest people in the U.S. rejected millions of dollars awarded to them by the Supreme Court. James and the Black Hills
  • Jim in his own words
  • A yuwipi with Crow Dog
  • The legal case and the insane sentence
  • South Dakota Great Escape
  • America’s Most Wanted vs. the United Red Brotherhood
  • A fugitive on Pine Ridge
  • Dodging assassins in prison
  • Missing court reporters and attempted robberies don’t stop the fight for Jim’s freedom: a ten year war
  • Poetic justice: William Janklow charged with manslaughter
  • if you can understand Italian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUMfslsETcc&feature=share
  • When I first met Jim, he was whiter than me
  • Always think of what’s best for the people
  • The White Swan Singers
  • We are preparing a private edition of a book written by Gloria Mattioni about Jim’s life. Please email me at bodhi1974@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Gloria Mattioni, a Tribute to the Epic Life of James R. Weddell Dec. 12 , 2013 / 2:03:46

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Jeffrey D. Hendricks is a two-time graduate from California State University at Long Beach with a Master of Arts in United States History. His main areas of historical interest are the cultural and intellectual aspects of Environmental history, Native American history, and the history of social and environmental justice movements in the United States. His Masters Thesis, "Constructing the Panopticon: Perceptions of Wilderness, Methods of Domination and the Colonization of Native America," was published in December, 2006, and it deals with how perceptions of wilderness influenced the colonization of North America. Other topics he has researched include the effects of colonization on the Tohono O'odham Nation of Southern Arizona, witchcraft persecutions in the Colonial US, and the Weather Underground - an anti-war organization active during the Vietnam War period. Jeffrey has worked with many organizations including the Save Ward Valley Coalition, Los Angeles and Long Beach Food Not Bombs, the O'odham Solidarity Project, and many others. He currently maintains this website - www.danielebolelli.com

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