Trudell "Spoken Word" Tour -- March 97

amt@teleport.com
Tue, 25 Feb 97 13:15:01 -0800

Trudell "Spoken Word" West Coast Tour Schedule, March '97 Named "one of
the most challenging political performers of our time," Trudell will have
opportunity to present his powerful messages in two of the oldest oral
traditions: poetry and talk. Trudell, a Santee Sioux native raised on a
reservation, his early years were a case of living in America but outside
the "American Dream. The realities of poverty and racism instilled a heart
filled contempt for the notions of democracy and equality. The following
years were spent searching for his place and purpose. 1969.. the Indians
of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz. Their national spokesman and
national chairman of A.I.M., American Indian Movement, John Trudell
remained in the public eye and under constant FBI surveillance. 1979
Trudell burns the flag at a Washington demonstration citing American
"injustice and racism and classism" as a desecration of the flag and what
it stands for. Less then 24 hours after, his home was burned to the ground
killing wife Tina, her mother and their three children. "It was murder,
they were murdered as an act of war."

The black period which followed is when Trudell began to find his voice as
a poet, eventually merging his words with music in Graffiti Man, with
assistance from Jackson Browne. Bob Dylan proclaimed "AKA Graffiti Man is
the best album of 1986."

Trudell's insights into contemporary and ageless social problems, are now
gaining a broader audience. His poetic visions of respect for life, and
peace with earth pose critical examination of world environmental issues
and human rights; using communication to rise above the alienation and
isolation inherent in a materialistic society.

Tour Schedule

3/06
Olympia, WA
The Long House @ Evergreen State College
Thurs;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Native Student Alliance

3/07
Tacoma, WA.
Chief Leishi Indian School
12?1 p.m.

3/07
Portland, OR
North West Service Center, 1819 NW Everett
Fri;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Anpo, Tygh Conservatory Project

3/08
Eugene, OR
Univ. of Oregon, 150 Columbia
Sat;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Native American Student Union

3/09
Klamath Falls, OR
Unitarian Church Hall
Sun;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Coalition for Human Rights, Indigenous Community

3/10
Ashland, OR
SOSC, Britt Ballroom, 1250 Siskyou Blvd
Mon;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Planet Peace Indigenous Community Internet Project,
Native American Student Union, Headwaters Environmental Center

3/12
Garberville, CA
Mateel Community Center
Wed;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Round Valley Support Group

3/14
Laytonville, CA TBA Fri;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Round Valley Support Group

3/15
Mendocino, CA TBA
Thurs;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Round Valley Support Group

3/16
Berkeley, CA
First Unitarian Church
Sat;7:30 pm
Sponsored by: Norma Jean Croy Defense Committee,
Big Mountain Support Group, Institute of Global Communications