July
2006
Original
Audio Plays Broadcast Live
on AIROS
The
Native Radio
Theater (NRT)
Project brought
33 Native writers,
directors,
actors, musicians
and producers
to the National
Audio Theater
Festival Workshop
in West Plains,
MO, June 18-23.
The weeklong
production
resulted in
the live broadcast
of three original
audio plays
on the AIROS
Native Radio
Network through
the Public
Radio Satellite
System and
locally on
KKDY in Missouri.
On-line listeners
were as far
away as Italy,
India and
Canada on nativeradio.org.
Melba’s
Medicine, written
by Rose-Yvonne
Colletta (Lipan-Mescalero
Apache) and
directed by
Ian Skorodin
(Choctaw), is a
story about
native talk
show host Melba
Walker who
uses her radio
show to provide
advice to listeners
who call in
with questions
on health and
social issues
using traditional
healing practices
with a cultural "twist".
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Patty
Gomes (Purepeche)
and "Melba’s
Medicine" writer
Rose-Yvonne Colletta (Lipan-Mescalero
Apache)
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Super
Indian, written
by recording
artist, actor
and writer
Arigon Starr
(Kickapoo)
and directed
by Carolyn
Dunn, (Cherokee/Creek/Seminole) is
a "comic
book comes
alive" tale
about an Indian
who has super
powers aided
by his side
kick rez dog "Diogi" Super
Indian uses
his powers
to bring justice
to the rez!
The Best
Place To Grow
Pumpkins is
a wonderful
story for
kids of all
ages. Written
by Navajo
playwright
Rhiana Yazzie,
and directed
by Merritt
Youngdeer
Jr, (Cherokee/Choctaw) "Pumpkins" is
about a young
girl who discovers
that life
with "ShiCheii" (grandfather)
on the Navajo
Reservation
can be very
strange…as
well as the
best place
to grow pumpkins!
The three
plays will
be offered
again to Public
Radio listeners
through Native
Voice One
in the Fall.
Native
Radio Theater
is a project
of NAPT and Native
Voices at
the Autry
National Center
in Los Angeles,
CA. The Native
Radio Theater
Project is
funded by
the Ford Foundation.
For more information, http://www.nativeradio.org/theatre/ |
Indian
Country Diaries Screens
at the Autry Museum
The Indian
Country Diaries series
is screening
at the Griffin
Park campus
of Autry Museum
in Los Angeles on
Sunday, July
30. A
Seat at the
Drum will
be shown at
2:00 p.m. followed
by Spiral
of Fire at
4 p.m. Additional
information
about the Autry
Museum is available
at: http://www.autrynationalcenter.org
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Coming
to Public Television
this Fall
Check local
listings or contact
your public television
station for dates
and times: http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/
Seasoned
With Spirit |
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Five
new shows in
culinary celebration
of America's
bounty combine
Native American
history and
culture with
delicious,
healthy recipes
inspired by
indigenous
foods. Co-Produced
by Connecticut
Public Television
and Native
American Public
Telecommunications,
in association
with Resolution
Pictures. |
Indian
Country Diaries |
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A
new two-part
series told
with wonder,
humor, and
insight. A
provocative
must-see "State
of the Nations" report
from modern
Native America.
Co-Produced
of Native American
Public Telecommunications
and Adanvdo
Vision. Visit
the Indian
Country Diaries website
http://indiancountrydiaries.org or
read the press
release http://www.nativetelecom.org/presskits/icd/pressrelease.pdf. |
Silent
Thunder |
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A timely message of universal acceptance, Silent Thunder is the heartwarming story of Stanford Addison: a Native American elder, spiritual leader, horse tamer and quadriplegic. By means of his unique method of gentling wild horses, Stanford irrevocably teaches us that life is greater than it appears and our problems are not as big as they seem. |
Aboriginal Architecture |
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Native structures reflect the diversity of Aboriginal cultures. Their architecture evolved in response to different natural environments of North America. See the past carried forward in the design and use of contemporary buildings in Indigenous communities. |
Teachings
of the Tree People |
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Through
his interpretations
of sacred teachings
about the natural
world, nationally
acclaimed Skokomish
artist, Gerald
Bruce Miller
(subiyay) became
a bearer of
language, oral
history, art
and spirituality
of the tuwaduq
(Twana) and
Southern Coast
Salish people. |
Native American Public Telecommunications is funded
in part by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
.
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