35 Years of Service to Native Media Makers and Public Broadcasting
| The Art Institute of Colorado is hosting the workshop, Saturday, October 16, 2010, from noon-2 p.m.
Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. (NAPT) supports Native media makers through funding and other resources. NAPT Executive Director Shirley K. Sneve (Sicangu Lakota) talks about what makes a successful program for Public Broadcasting. See examples of past programs and new projects. Learn how to navigate the NAPT Producer Handbook and find opportunities for funding.
To find out more, visit: www.artinstitutes.edu
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| Shirley Sneve (Sicangu Lakota) has been named to the Indian Center Board of Directors in Lincoln, Nebraska. | Since its beginning, the Indian Center has played a key role Lincoln's human service network serving not only Native Americans but non-Natives as well. From its Headquarter office in Lincoln, the Center provides a continuum of human services on a state-wide basis from its satellite offices in Omaha, Scottsbluff and South Sioux City.
Clyde Tyndall (Omaha) is the center's Executive Director, and Frank Blythe (Eastern Band of Cherokee/Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) is the Board Chairman.
To find out more, visit: www.indiancenterinc.org |
| South Dakota Public Broadcasting Honors Early Executive Director | South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) will be turning 50 in 2011 and SDPB Public Radio will be turning 90 in 2012. To celebrate, SDPB will honor Martin Busch, Executive Director of SDPB from 1960-1984. Under his guidance, public television came to South Dakota and SDPB came into being as a statewide multimedia network. Martin was also the host of The Bookshop from 1960-2002, one of the longest running programs in public radio.
To read the full press release, visit: www.sdpb.org |
Lost Sparrow Broadcasts November 16
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| NAPT's Assistant Director's Travelogue from the West Coast to the East Coast |
 NAPT's Assistant Director, Georgiana George Lee, attended the National Alliance for Media Art and Culture (NAMAC) board meeting September 20-21, where she wished farewell to Helen De Michiel, co-director for NAMAC. George wished her the best in her future endeavors. The opportunity to have dinner with NAPT Multimedia Fellow Gemma Givens arose, and joining them was Steve Michelson of Specialty Studios, previous NAPT producers Jed Riffe and Jack Kohler, and current NAPT producer Adrian Baker and NAPT Station Relations Consultant Regina Eisenberg. "The dinner was absolutely charming," said Lee. "It's always nice to see the NAPT family come together and get to know each other better, as well as for the opportunity to collaborate and network." Following her time in San Francisco, Lee flew to New York City for Independent Film Week. NAPT producer Luke Griswold-Tergis held a screening of his new film Smokin' Fish. "Keep an eye out for this film on PBS in 2011," said Lee. While in New York City, Lee also had the chance to meet with producers Sharon Hong of the film Under Water's Mercy, Gina Abatemarco of The Kivalina Project and Joseph Pierson of the film Prisoners of Whittier. Before leaving the Big Apple, Lee had dinner with the crew of Smokin' Fish and Up Heartbreak Hill. Once Lee arrived back at NAPT, she was eager to meet up with more producers who are becoming a part of the NAPT family so that we can continue to share Native stories with the world.
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| NAPT's Assistant Director heading out to imagineNATIVE in Toronto |
 October 20-24, 2010, NAPT's Assistant Director Georgianna Lee will be heading out to the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada. This will be the festival's 11th year. The event will be held at the Al Green Theatre and other various venues in downtown Toronto.
imagineNATIVE celebrates new works by Indigenous Peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media. They accept pitches for pilot episodes of a series drama (30 or 60 minutes), or a feature, short or series documentary. Acquisitions executives from the major Canadian broadcasters offer feedback and development advice.
While at the festival, Lee will present at the Funder/Buyer/Producer Micro Meetings: One-on-One Meetings for funding and film distribution, as well as Meet the Buyers: Finding Your Fit workshop.
To learn more about imagineNATIVe, visit: www.imagineNATIVE.org
To set up a separate meeting with Lee, please email glee3@unl.edu |
| Chief Standing Bear Presentation Given in Lincoln, Nebraska |  On September 20, 2010, OLLI Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) presented a lecture of the play Waaxe's Law at the Nebraska History Museum. Waaxe's Law is about the court case in which Chief Standing Bear successfully argued that Native Americans are persons with the meaning of the law and entitled to habeas corpus rights. The play has been performed locally in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts and read at the 2010 Annual Chief Standing Bear Celebration and 2010 Great Plains Theatre Conference.
The playwright, Mary Kathryn Nagle, was on hand to talk about that landmark legal case--both what it meant for Native Americans and for the rule of law in the United States. The presentation was open to the public free of charge. The presentation was also recorded for use in the OLLI classes on Chief Standing Bear. |
| Bundle of Joy | 
On September 25, 2010, NAPT Interactive Media Specialist Eric Martin and his wife welcomed into the world their first child.
Congratulations to the Martin family!
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Producer Profile:
Erica Scharf &
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Erica Scharf and Christina King (Seminole, Creek, Sac & Fox) are co-directors of the new documentary film Up Heartbreak Hill.
The film follows Thomas, Tamara and Gabby through their senior year of high school as they consider their post-graduation options. The teenagers attend high school in Navajo, New Mexico, a town of about 2,000 people on the Navajo Reservation with a per capita income of $4,600 and high school graduation rate of 56%. Up Heartbreak Hill explores the teenagers' intimate relationships with family, friends and the place they call home.
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Embark on an intimate journey of self-discovery and directly facing health risk issues in this documentary featuring physician and national health columnist, Dr. Arne Vainio, as he switches roles and becomes the patient during the most critical turning point of his life.
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In 1918, not yet citizens of the U.S., Choctaw members of the American Expeditionary Forces used their Native language as a powerful military weapon against the German forces in WWI--establishing them as America's original Code Talkers.
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