Summary: Talk Nation Radio: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: U.S. Was Always at War Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has taught in the Native American Studies Program at California State University, Hayward, and helped found the Departments of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies. Her 1977 book The Great Sioux Nation was the fundamental document at the first international conference on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, held at the United Nations’ headquarters in Geneva. Dunbar-Ortiz is the author or editor of seven other books, including Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, and including An Indigenous People's History of the United States. She discusses the idea that President Obama is the longest serving war president. Total run time: 29:00 Host: David Swanson.Producer: David Swanson.Music by Duke Ellington. Syndicated by Pacifica Network. Please encourage your local radio stations to carry this program every week!
