December 2009
In This Issue
Happy Holidays from NAPT
NAPT's 33rd Annual Winter Count
Gifts of Native Knowledge
AIROS Holiday Programming
Producer Profile: Gary Robinson (12 Days of Christmas, A Native Night Before Christmas, Tribal Sovereignty)
Seasons Greetings from NAPT!

NAPT Happy Holidays

From all of us at NAPT, we'd like to wish you all a very happy holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in 2010! Click here to watch the NAPT Holiday video.
NAPT's 2009 Winter Count

Shirley K. SneveSeasons greetings from NAPT! It's a time of reflection and preparation for the new year. Lakota people record their reflections through the winter count. Waniyeta wowapi, in our language.

Winter counts are histories or calendars in which events are recorded by pictures, with one picture for each year.

This is our 33rd year of bringing listeners and viewers excellent TV and radio programming through public broadcasting and the Internet.

This year, the picture on the winter count is a TV transmission tower to mark the end of analog broadcasting and the digital conversion.  We bought boxes for our old TV sets or bought a new flat screen HD TV. It already seems like a long time ago...Read on>>

Click here to listen to NAPT's 2009 Winter Count.

Give the Gift of Knowledge

Give the Gift of KnowledgeWhat better time than Christmas to give the gift of Native American media?  NAPT is a great source to find movies and documentaries that express the Native American experience through the mouths of those who have lived it.

If you're looking for the perfect stocking stuffer this year, visit our home catalog and browse our stunning collection of Native entertainment. Order your video by December 11th and have it delivered to your doorstep by Christmas.

AIROS Holiday Programming

AIROS Holiday Programming ScheduleEnjoy the sounds of the season by tuning into AIROS.

This year we will be playing holiday music ranging from Christmas carols in Cherokee to a round dance version of Little Drummer Boy. Check out our schedule for dates and times.

We'll also be sharing stories from Native storytellers. We've already set aside a few days that will be dedicated to stories (December 13, 21 and 26), but will also be sharing them as part of our regular mix of music during the winter months. Check our schedule for dates and times.

Producer Profile

12 Days Interview
Gary Robinson

12 Days Interview
Jesse Hummingbird

Interview with 12 Days of Native Christmas
Producer Gary Robinson and Cherokee Artist Jesse Hummingbird
 
Producer Gary Robinson discusses his collaboration with Jesse Hummingbird to create the 12 Days of Native Christmas, an adaptation of the timeless Christmas classic with a Native twist.

Read the article.
Download a MP3 of the interview.

Listen to the webcast of the interview on AIROS. Check our schedule for feedtimes
Fall 2009 Public Television Titles
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete

Power Paths

River of Renewal

To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey

The Twelve Days of Native Christmas
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