 |
|
|
KFAI's Indian Uprising for April
10th
Because the producer was not aware of the time change from Standard to Daylight Savings Time on April 3rd, this program is rescheduled to air on April 10th. This program is about eating nutritional food, healthy foods and self-determination. It's a mystery to many, it seems, that the junk food we eat is what we have become. In plain words, we are unhealthy and fat. Okay, if the word fat offends, use other terms like, obese, overweight, flabby, stout, portly, pursy, corpulent, chubby, tubby, pudgy, plump, round, fleshy, paunchy, potbellied, roundbellied, big-bellied, large-bellied, great-bellied, baywindowed, bulky, hulky, massive, gross, fatty, etc. There are a dozen or more synonyms too. Heck, with all these descriptions, we could create a poem or a rap song out of them. People in the United States, by and large (pun intended), according to health experts are the fattest people in the world. They eat and have too much. For the Dakota and Lakota, referring to the invading white people in their language is the term Wasichu, meaning "taking of the fat," in other words, taking the best. How ironic though, that today, we indigenous are physically taking in the bad fat. And just because we can't hide being fat we should not brag about it, as some do. All of us have been colonized and domesticated to one degree or another. This is a direct correlation to our being unhealthy, physically and emotionally. How we negatively see and what we believe about each other is one of the many unfortunate results. However, we can be healthy. We can break many of the shackles of colonization and domestication. Being healthy means actually feeling good about ourselves. Let's practice it. What have we got to lose. Aha... fat. Like it's been said, "you are what you eat." World's healthiest foods: Eating to Live (Leading degenerative diseases in Indian country can be fought with healthy diets) by Brenda Norrell for Indian Country, March 2, 2005 "Healthy diets feature whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes and fish, and slow down aging. Further, studies show that pesticides and other environmental toxins used to grow and manufacture conventional processed foods impact health negatively. " http://www.Indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096410430 Water, anyone? By Jean Johnson for Indian Country Today, March 2, 2005 "Everyone's hands, it seems, are permanently curled around soda pop cans. But before ossification sets completely in, we still have a chance and a choice. Perhaps it's time to give nature's elixir a second chance: time to take Mother Earth up on her bargain and dip into some cool, clear water." http://www.Indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096410431 Fry bread: the official bread of diabetes (Letters to the Editor) by Maurene Denzel to the Dakota Journal, March 11-18, 2005 "As I scanned the front page of the Dakota Journal, Feb. 18-25, I was struck by the irony in these two articles that were printed side by side. They were, Diabetes: What you should know and Fry bread voted state bread."
o E-mail: radio@spottedeagle.org o KFAI voice message: 612-341-3144 Ext. 818 o Regular mail: KFAI Fresh Air Radio, Box 61, 1808 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55454 KFAI Community Radio is a non-commercial non-profit community station operated by a full and part time staff with over 300 volunteers. |
