Arigon Starr's RED ROAD this week in Lincoln, Nebraska
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 Verna Yahola's All Nation's Café in Sapulpa, Okla., is where the all magic-and mayhem-happens. Legendary Choctaw country music star Patty Jones has asked Verna if she can do her 10th anniversary TV special at the eatery. Add a punk rock star from England, mix in a Navajo fry cook, stir in an Indian activist and fold in six more characters to let one of the most energetic productions from actress/singer/ songwriter Arigon Starr set and you'll have the makings of a smorgasbord filled with laughter, original music and fun.
NAPT's Native Radio Theater project presents a live recording of Native Voices at the Autry's The Red Road July 17-18 at the Terry M. Carpenter Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Center in Lincoln. The show is being presented in association with NET and the UNL's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
For tickets, click here. For more information about the show, click here.
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Indian Telecommunications Initiative Workshop July 27-29
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The Federal Communications Commission will have its eighth regional workshop and roundtable July 27-29 in Rapid City and Pine Ridge, S.D.
The event, sponsored by several groups including the National Tribal Telecommunications Association, NAPT, the National Congress of American Indians and Native Public Media, is part of the FCC's Indian Telecommunications Initiatives program and national outreach for developing a broadband plan. The meeting will focus on ways to expand the deployment of new broadband technologies in Indian Country.
To register for the roundtable, contact Kamala Hart of the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-1765 or kamala.hart@fcc.gov.
For more information about the FCC's ITI program, contact Shana Barehand, senior attorney and liaison to tribal governments, at 202-418-0385 or shana.barehand@fcc.gov. Updates and more information about ITI South Dakota will also be made available on the FCC's Tribal Initiatives website at www.fcc.gov/indians.
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Broadband Federal Grant Application Workshops
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The USDA and National Telecommunications and Information Administration are sponsoring a series of workshops to aid applicants in the rural and underserved broadband grant initiative.
Under the economic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $4.7 billion is available to cities, states, tribes and other entities to develop and expand broadband services to rural and underserved areas.
The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program has $250 million available for projects that encourage sustainable adoption of broadband services, and of that $200 million has been earmarked to upgrade technology and capacity in public computing centers, including community colleges and public libraries.
Applications are being accepted from July 14 to Aug. 14. Grant workshops are being held throughout the country, including:
For more information about the federal broadband initiative, grant workshops or to download a grant application, go to broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov.
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Accepting Entries for VisionMaker Video Youth Contest
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VisionMaker Video, a product of NAPT, is accepting online entries for the youth VisionMaker Video Contest. VisionMaker Video/NAPT seeks to engage today's youth by aiding in the development of their
storytelling abilities through video. Contestants will produce a short
video that relates to this year's theme: Youth Choices, Elder
Voices. The contest is open to legal residents of the U.S. and its
territories who are 14-21 years of age at the time of entry. There is
no entry fee. The top five videos will be screened at the biennial VisionMaker Film Festival Oct. 30-Nov. 5 in Lincoln, Neb. The VisionMaker Film Festival is a showcase of Native American documentaries and feature films. Deadline to enter is Sept. 1. Check www.nativetelecom.org/visionmakervideocontest for more details.
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VisionMaker Video July
Special: Weaving Two Worlds
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 Weaving Worlds
Through untold stories of the intricate creation and often political sales of Navajo rugs, Weaving Worlds discloses the intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art. Viewers will discover the delicate balance between cultural continuity, increased globalization, and artistic motivation of this traditional form.
See the preview trailer.
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Producer Profile
Stephen Most
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Jack Kohler
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Author Stephen Most and Actor Jack Kohler (Yurok/Karuk) team up to bring a personal and tribal prospective about the struggle of tribal fishing and water rights along the Klamath River in River of Renewal.
Read the article.
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Listen to the webcast of the interview on AIROS:
7/17: 9 a.m., 3 p.m., 9 p.m.
7/18: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.
7/19: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.
7/20: 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m.
7/28: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.
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