New Hosts for Native Sounds-Native Voices Radio Show
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AIROS' long-running Native Sounds-Native Voices radio show hits the airways this month with new hosts and new music.  Sina Bear Eagle (Oglala), a student worker at NAPT, and Aden Marshall (Rosebud Sioux), a student who recently joined the NAPT staff, will take over the Native American music radio show formerly hosted by John Gregg, who left NAPT after 12 years. Native Sounds-Native Voices was created in 1997 after AIROS was looking for a way to generate more Native American content for stations. The original, daily, one-hour show featured not only new and established musicians but shared cultural elements about the artists. Although the show continued to air on AIROS, Gregg revived the show by going live on NAPT's partner, KZUM in Lincoln, Neb., earlier this year. Bear Eagle, 23, who has already started hosting the show, said she's looking forward to changing people's perceptions of what Native music is. "The first thing I did when I found I was going to (host) I went back and talked to everyone I knew on the reservation and ask them what kind of music they listened to," she said. "Most of them said they didn't listen to Native music because they thought all Native music was powwow or flute music. But there is a lot of good music out there, and I'm hoping that other will people hear it." Marshall, 19, who will sit at the mic later this month, is also looking forward to mixing it up. "Native music plays through all types of genres," he said. "I like traditional music and contemporary music like reggae and rock, and I like how you can blend it together." The two also promise a twist to their shows, such as adding Native techno and rock. The two-hour Native Sounds-Native Voices show can be heard live at 8 a.m. (CST) Thursdays on KZUM.org. Encore presentations will be available after Sept. 25 on AIROS.org. Please check AIROS.org for the program schedule. Both hosts will also be taking listeners' requests at 402-474-5086. |
| NAPT Seeks Board Members |
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Native American Public Telecommunications is seeking nominations for up to three positions for its 11-member board of directors.
To nominate a candidate, send contact information, tribal affiliation (if applicable), and biographical background that address the strengths of a candidate's potential board service. Please contact the candidate to confirm his or her interest in the position prior to the nomination. Newly elected board members should attend the next board meeting Nov. 16-17 in Lincoln, Neb.
Contact Executive Director Shirley Sneve at 402-472-0208 or ssneve2@unl.edu for more information.
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VisionMaker Video September Special: Seven Council Fires
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Across the rolling plains of the Midwest, a great nation was created by a people who had their own system of government and a livelihood that was forever changed by settlers and trappers. The Oyate, the people, tell their story in this hour-long documentary, Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires.
Produced by South Dakota Public Broadcasting with a grant from the South Dakota Department of Education, Oceti Sakowin incorporates interviews from leading Lakota, Dakota and Nakota historians and tribal leaders to understand language and the origin of the Oyate, and how present-day things became to be. Interviews include:
- Clifford Canku, Dakota Studies instructor at Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sisseton, S.D.
- Dr. Craig Howe, graduate studies instructor, Oglala Lakota College, Pine Ridge Reservation
- Russell Eagle Bear, tribal councilman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Norris, S.D.
The two-disk educational package includes a bonus 24-minute DVD, Bridging the Gap: Native American Education. The bonus DVD can be used with an educational guide to aid K-12 teachers in instruction of Lakota, Dakota and Nakota, and other Native American children. The guide, developed by the South Dakota Department of Education, can be found at the SD Public Broadcasting Web site by clicking here.
Educators who reviewed the DVDs and guide said:
"I particularly like the layout of the guide with sections for video synopsis, key concepts, program interviewees, pre-viewing, post-viewing, general teaching issues, small group discussion, and content based questions.
"The questions in the guide were also well-written and align very well with the content of the programs. The variety of questions allows a facilitator to pick and choose between different topics to lead a discussion that does not overemphasize one area while leaving out other key issues."
-Becky Guffin
Director of Education Services
Aberdeen School District, Aberdeen, S.D.
"I am an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe located in central South Dakota. The workshop facilitator's guide can be broken down into sub-sections for teachers to do even more research in their classrooms. Bridging the Gap is also a great tool for teachers, students and administrators to learn more about the viewpoints and opinions of Native American students.
"Both programs and the workshop guide are greatly needed in our public, private and Native schools in South Dakota because they provide history, culture and factual information."
-Silas Blaine
K-8 Principal
Crow Creek Tribal School, Stephan, S.D.
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Special VisionMaker Video Update: Battling Diabetes
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Since Bad Sugar, episode four of the Unnatural Causes series appeared on PBS this spring, a community activist featured in the film, Terrol Drew Johnson, has started a 3,000-mile walk from Maine to Arizona to encourage Native people to return to a traditional, healthy diet.
 Johnson, co-founder and co-director of Tohono O'odham Community Action, has named his multi-state journey The Walk Home. Johnson, who aided Bad Sugar producer/director Jim Fortier (Metis/Ojibway) with interviews in the film, said a family member thought their diabetes problems were just "bad sugar."
Read the column by Anne T. Denogean in The Tucson Citizen about Johnson and The Walk Home by clicking here.
To read about the latest updates since the Unnatural Causes series aired, go to film's Web site at www.unnaturalcauses.org.
To watch a preview of Bad Sugar and other film clips about Native American health, click here. To watch other previews of the six-part Unnatural Causes series, click here.
November is Native American Heritage Month, as well as National Diabetes Month. To schedule a community screening of Bad Sugar, contact NAPT Marketing Director Kim Baca at 505-604-3517 or kimbaca@gmail.com.
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Producer Profile
J. Carlos Peinado
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He started a journey to search for answers about why his grandmother moved from the Forth Berthold Reservation in North Dakota in the 1950s. J. Carlos Peinado (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) not only learns about his family and his origins, he also discovers pieces of himself.
The journey is part of a new documentary, Waterbuster, debuting on PBS this fall.
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Download MP3 of the interview
Listen to the webcast of the interview on AIROS:
9/20/08: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 a.m.
9/21/08: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 a.m.
9/22/08: 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 a.m.
9/30/08: 8 a.m., 2 p.m., 8 p.m.
All times are eastern standard time. |
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