July 2005AnnouncementsLong-time journalist/producer Sararesa Begay is the new project coordinator at the Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) for Native Radio Theatre. Begay (Navajo) will develop radio theatre productions with NAPT partner Native Voices at the Autry National Center. Based in Los Angeles, Princess Lucaj, (Gwit'chin Athabascan) will coordinate their participation in nation distribution on the American Indian Radio on Satellite (AIROS). Before joining the NAPT organization, Begay worked at the Smithsonian's Nation Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. For information about the Native Radio Theatre project, visit http://www.airos.org Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, a Native owned and operated, not-for-profit media organization located in Anchorage, Alaska, is proud to announce the addition of Antonia Gonzales-McConkey as the new producer and anchor for “National Native News”. “National Native News” is a five-minute syndicated program, distributed by Public Radio International on the Public Radio Satellite System, and is heard on 195 public radio stations across the country. It can also be heard on the internet at http://www.nativenews.net and preceding Native America Calling on http://www.airos.org, at 1 p.m. EDT. Congress voted to restore forward funding through 2007 for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Thanks to all who wrote and called on behalf of Public Television. If you still want your voice to be heard, there is still time to contact your local senator before the Senate begins work on the Labor-HHS-Education legislation (which includes funding for CPB) on July 14th, 2005. For more information on this issue, go to http://www.apts.org/news/restoration.cfm. NAPT’s National Minority Consortia partner, the National Black Programming Consortium, has hired Jacquie Jones as their new executive director. She was the series producer on the PBS national series Africans in America, and Matters of Race. Jacquie takes over leadership from retiring director Mabel Haddock. http://www.digitaldrum.tv Program UpdatesOn http://www.airos.org. Dying for Water. In the Fall of 2002, disease raged through the warm and shallow water of the once-mighty Klamath River. Within days, 68,000 adult Chinook Salmon perished as they tried to return home to spawn. “Dying for Water” is a Native documentary on the impact and aftermath of the 2002 Klamath River fish kill. The story of this event flows through past and present, through the hearts, the voices and the songs of Tribal people who consider the fish their relatives, to the highest levels of government and corporate power. “Dying for Water” is a co-production of Northern California Cultural Communications (NC3) and KIDE-FM in Hoopa, California. Broadcast Dates and Times (All Times are EDT): Tuesday - 7/26/05: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Wednesday - 7/27/05: 4am Saturday - 7/30/05: 5pm Sunday - 7/31/05: 6am, 5pm Monday - 8/01/05: 6am Walela Live in Concert will be available for Public TV stations from PBS Plus later this month. NAPT is proud to present this program, produced by Rich-Heape Films of Dallas, Texas. Comprised of pop-singer Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Coolidge, and Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield, Walela blends gospel, folk, and pop influences into the traditional songs of their Cherokee heritage for a contemporary take on Native American music. Walela Live in Concert won the Award for Best Short or Long-Form Video at the 7th Annual Native American Music Awards, in February 2005. Available in HD and SD. Contact your local Public Television station for airtimes. http://www.nativetelecom.org/presskits_walela.html OpportunitiesTAAC The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is co-sponsoring with The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) Open Dialogue X (meaning "10") in Pittsburgh from August 18-21, 2005. The theme of this year's conference is The Arts as a Catalyst for Change. Travel grants are available to Native Americans in media arts related fields. Contact ssneve2@unl.edu for more information. TAAC has a 20 year history of providing a forum for discussions of issues of diversity and the arts. Sample sessions include: New Revenue Streams, Global Issues Discussion, Stop Self-Marginalization, and many others, including peer sessions. http://www.taac.com. Speakers scheduled to appear include:
Native Radio Theatre (NRT) Calls for Scripts The goal of NRT is to bring audio theatre to AIROS, using works by Native authors, theater, and recording artists. The first phase of this effort is a call for scripts. This a project of Native American Public Telecommunications and Native Voices at the Autry with planning funds from the Ford Foundation. See http://www.airos.org/theatre for application procedure. The deadline for receiving scripts is November 15, 2005. The Labriola National American Indian Data Center, part of the Arizona State University Libraries, is a research collection international in scope that brings together in one location current and historic information on government, culture, religion and world view, social life and customs, tribal history, and information on individuals from the United States, Canada, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Mexico. It disseminates this information through the use of the Internet, computer databases, and CD-ROM. To learn more: http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/labriola.htm Social Change Organizers of Color Invited to Apply for Alston/Bannerman Fellowship. Deadline: December 1, 2005. The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program is committed to advancing progressive social change by helping to sustain long-time activists of color. The program is designed to give these activists the financial support and freedom to "take a break and recharge." Fellows receive $15,000 to take sabbaticals of three months or more. Previous fellows have worked on issues from environmental justice to fair wages, from immigrant rights to native sovereignty, from political empowerment to economic revitalization. Fellows have the freedom to use their sabbaticals however they think will best re-energize them for the work ahead. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/2820/alston Film Festivals and ScreeningsNative American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) and the Mary Reipma Ross Media Arts Center (The Ross) present the Flatwater Native Film Festival, August 6-18 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Featured films include Trudell, a documentary about Nebraska native John Trudell, a poet and activist from the Santee Sioux Tribe; Aleut Story, which tells the little known story of the Aleuts of Alaska, U.S. citizens all, who were forceably removed from their Aleutian Island homes to internment camps in World War II; and A Thousand Roads by filmmaker Chris Eyre, whose previous credits include Smoke Signals, Skins, and Skinwalkers on PBS. The World Premiere of Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum features Native journalist Mark Anthony Rolo as he explores the Los Angeles urban Indian community. For additional schedule and ticket information, contact the Ross Theater at 402-472-5353 or on the web at http://www.theross.org and on NAPT’s website, http://www.nativetelecom.org. Funding for the festival comes from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Promotional support is also provided by the Lincoln Journal Star and Native Voice Newspaper. The International Cherokee Film Festival (ICFF) warmly welcomes Native American and multi-cultural filmmaker entries for the 2005 International Cherokee Film Festival scheduled for October 12 - 15, 2005 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Entry Deadline is August 15, 2005. Please visit the ICFF website for full details and a downloadable entry form at: http://www.internationalcherokeefilmfestival.com Native American Public Telecommunications is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. |
