And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Eric Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Award Given to Radio Program Featuring Peltier Book November 12, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION Tricia King, (907) 235-7299, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Award Given to Radio Program Featuring Peltier Book For the third year in a row, "Different Drums" has been honored with a "Goldie" award by the Alaska Broadcasters' Association. The 1999 "Goldie" honored an episode of the weekly show which featured readings from the prison writings of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier. The award-winning program will be repeated on the internet and uplinked by satellite for access by public radio stations several times during the week of November 16-23, 1999. The program features readings from the book "My Life is My Sundance - The Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier" and conversation about the Peltier case by editor Harvey Arden, former writer for National Geographic and author of several books documenting the wisdom of Native American traditional elders. Music composed by Native Americans and others in honor of Peltier is also included in the program. The Peltier issue is the subject of a current month-long demonstration capaign near the White House in Washington DC. Peltier's supporters, who include Amnesty International, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Danielle Mitterand and former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, are calling for President Clinton to grant executive clemency to Peltier. "Different Drums," a weekly one-hour program of contemporary Native American music and issues, which is distributed to public radio stations in the United States and Canada by the American Indian Radio on Satellite Network, is created in Homer, Alaska by producer Tricia King. "Different Drums" has garnered six state and national awards within its first three years of production, also having received, in addition to the two previous Goldies, a Silver Reel from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, the Communicator Crustal Award of Excellence, and a First Place Award from the Alaska Press Club. The internet feed can be accessed at http://www.airos.org/audio.html, at the following times, expressed in ET: Tuesday 11/16 - 10 AM, 4 PM, 10 PM; Wednesday 11/17 - 4 AM; Friday 11/19 - 10 AM, 4 PM, 10 PM; Saturday 11/20 - 4 AM, 5 PM; Sunday 11/21 - 6 AM, 5 PM; Monday 11/22 - 6 AM. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. <><<<<<>>>>><><<<<> Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ <><<<<<>>>>><><<<<>