In the first half-hour: Steve Banegas, Kumeyaay, is from the Barona Band of Mission Indians (California). He is the spokesperson for the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee, which was founded in 1997 to work on repatriation issues for the 12 Bands of the Kumeyaay Nation. The committee has an excellent track record of repatriating cultural and Kumeyaay human remains; and its work has been a catalyst, which has helped to galvanize the Kumeyaay Nation.

In the second half-hour: Roshi Grover Genro Gauntt and Bennett “Tuffy” Sierra talk about the Zen Peacemakers’ Native American Bearing Witness Retreat, which will take place in July 25-29 in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Grover is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and a dharma successor of Zen Master Bernie Glassman. He is Co-Director of the Hudson River Peacemaker Center in Yonkers, New York. Bennet “Tuffy” Sierra, Oglala Lakota, has served many roles on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He's a former tribal councilman, current board member of the Oglala Lakota Tribal College, and co-founder of the "Takini Network" with Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, PhD. "Takini" means survivor in Lakota and Dr. Brave Heart, Tuffy, Josie Chase, Ph.D., Birgil Kills Straight and others created the Takini Network to disseminate information about the affects historical trauma have had on Indian people. For more information about the upcoming retreat, visit www.zenpeacemakers.org.

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