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PBS TV Sites & NDN Specials and NG Mag Videos
-  | | In a conversation with us several years ago, the Kiowa poet N. Scott Momaday remarked that the American West "is a place that has to be seen to be believed, and it may have to be believed in order to be seen." For five years we have travelled that landscape, photographed its vistas, talked to its people, sought out its history, all as part of our production of THE WEST, an eight-part documentary series for public television. Now -- 100,000 air-miles and 72 filmed interviews and 74 visits to archives and collections and more than 250 hours of film later -- we have begun to understand at least something of what Momaday meant. (continued....) | |  Native American Authors: N. Scott Momaday Kiowa. N. Scott Momaday was born in Lawton, but grew up on the Navajo Reservation. ... Momaday, N. Scott. The Complete Poems of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman ...www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A50 | |
- | | |  NAPT is proud to present A Blackfeet Encounter to public television stations in April. Distributed by American Public Television (APT), A Blackfeet Encounter uncovers the rich history and culture of the Blackfeet people of Montana, traces the consequences of the Lewis & Clark expedition's arrival and investigates the struggles and triumphs of the Blackfeet today. Co-Produced by Curly Bear Wagner (Blackfeet), founder of the Going-to-the-Sun Institute in Browning, Montana, and Dennis Neary, Native View Pictures in Indianapolis, Indiana, this program is the culmination of the producers' desire to preserve the Blackfeet culture and share it with the rest of America through the medium of television.
The program will be fed for record to stations on April 6, 2007, at 10 PM ET. Interested viewers can contact their local stations or check listings for air dates and times. Stations can access program feed information and publicity materials on the program page for A Blackfeet Encounter. | |
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- The long-running PBS program, POV, will be airing the documentary Arctic Son on August 21st. And lucky for us, most public television stations DO carry POV. Here's a trailer from the show's website. Def' worth a look-see, don't you think?
"...In "Arctic Son," the clash of tradition and modernity puts a Native father and son at odds in the village of Old Crow, 80 miles above the Arctic Circle. Stanley, Jr., raised in Seattle, is drifting deeper into drinking and partying. Stanley, Sr., a remote, philosophical figure to his son, keeps the ways of his Gwitchin ancestors alive by hunting, fishing and living by his wits in the harsh arctic environment. After a lifetime apart, the two are reunited in the raw, quiet beauty of the Canadian Yukon in a story that captures the dialogue between a father and son from vastly different worlds...."
Broadcast Date:
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 10PM (90 minutes)
"Arctic Son" Trailer
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- Way of the Warrior Coming to PBS November 1  The warrior has a special place in Native American communities. Those who protect are exalted throughout Indian Country. This one-hour documentary about the warrior ethic explores how Native communities have traditionally viewed their warriors and why, during the 20th century, Native men and women have signed up for military service at a rate three times higher than non-Indians. Produced by Patty Loew (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), Wisconsin Public Television, Way of the Warrior offers a Native perspective during this season when the new Ken Burns series The War brings this subject to the forefront of national attention.  Program Feed Info: PBS NPS, November 1, 10:00 ET. Check local listings. Look for a Producer Profile on Patty Loew in November. When Will this Program Be On In My Area?
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- The Creek Runs Red on Independent Lens, Nov. 20  "It gets in your blood," says a resident of Picher, Oklahoma about his sense of hometown pride. His words, however, take on a powerful irony in this documentary about the toxic legacy of Picher's lead mining industry. Since their town was declared a Superfund site in 1981, Picher's residents have been forced to choose between preserving their image of the American dream and preserving their health. The Creek Runs Red carries us into the heart of this sharply divided community to reveal with extraordinary intimacy and insight the full human tragedy of environmental catastrophe.  Co-produced and directed by Julianna Brannum (Comanche), Bradley Peesley, and James Payne, in association with KERA-TV. Check local listings. Co-presented by NAPT and ITVSThe Creek Runs Red Website: www.thecreekrunsred.comLook for a Producer Profile on Julianna Brannum in October. When Will this Program Be On In My Area?
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- | Yes, Native Specials It is November 2007 ! PBS TV | | | Just watching ...... right now ..... here in Missouri CST
Indian Pride at Sunday 2:30 - 4:30 PM
An overview of Native American history, with Dr. Duane Champagne, director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.
John Echohawk, the founding director of the Native American Rights Fund, is interviewed about the sovereignty of Indian nations and the many treaties signed by the nations and the U.S. government.
Spirituality is discussed with Henrietta Mann, professor emeritus of Native American Studies at Montana State. Also: a performance by Joseph Fire Crow of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana.
Indian Pride : Tribal Relations With United States of America
U.S.-tribal relations; storyteller Billy Daniels Jr.
Indian Pride : Culture, Traditions and Celebrations
Sunday, November 11, 2:30pm
Richard West.
Indian Pride : American Indian Advocacy
Sunday, November 11, 3:00pm
Joe Garcia.
Indian Pride : Myths and Real Truths
Sunday, November 11, 3:30pm
Native American life: fact and fiction.
Indian Pride : Economic Development
Sunday, November 11, 4:00pm
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- http:// www.pbs.org/independentlens/1. This Week: MISS NAVAJO
Tuesday 13th., 2007 at 10:00pm in Missouri
How many beauty contestants can say, "I competed in a pageant where I
butchered a sheep?" Crystal Frazier can. Follow this introverted,
self-proclaimed tomboy as she makes bread, weaves a rug, sweats her
way through a language quiz -- and that's just the first day -- on
her quest to be the new Miss Navajo.
Visit the Web site for broadcast information and more >>
2. Online: Navajo Culture and The Making Of...
Experience MISS NAVAJO online at PBS.org.
Read and listen to the Navajo language, find traditional Navajo
recipes and learn about the tribe's religion, clothing, music and
sacred lands.
Explore Navajo culture >>
Find out what it takes to enter and win the Miss Navajo competition.
Compare the differences between Miss Navajo Nation and Miss America.
Enter the virtual Miss Navajo pageant >>
"I decided to make MISS NAVAJO because growing up as a Native
American in a very westernized way, I felt ambivalent about my
heritage," says first-time director Billy Luther. Read Luther's
thoughts on working with an introverted subject, keeping Navajo
traditions alive and the controversial sheep slaughter depicted in
the film.
Go behind the scenes with the filmmaker interview >>
5. Independent Lens in the News
MISS NAVAJO
Arizona Daily Star: "Insightful Look at Navajo Culture"
MISS NAVAJO
KERA FM: "Think, with Krys Boyd"(podcast available)
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- “In craft we see the essence of the American Experience in all its amazing, wide-screen variety: from Eastern shipwrights to Navajo weavers; from those who work with needles to those who work with sledgehammers, from saddlemakers and banjo-builders to the potter who’s ‘always praying over the kiln’.” – Gilbert Grosvenor, chairman, National Geographic Society We have always had a deep sense of longing for the handmade. Perhaps because each of us, in our own way, has had a craft experience. Sometimes it’s an object passed down to us, or one that crosses our path, and connects us to others in traditions, heritage and rituals. You’ve begun your understanding and appreciation with our tv series. Now go further with the other elements of this comprehensive journey. Welcome.
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-  How do we recall our history? Through words? Images? Events? The true link to our collective past – and keeping it alive – is through our objects, drawing power from their influences. Sometimes humble, sometimes extravagant, objects stay with us. They are the ties that bind us to our past, no matter how distant that past may be. Learn about the events, legends, and stories. Ancestral spirits of the past also speak through the story-telling basketry of Wasco Indian Pat Courtney Gold, from the south side of Oregon's Columbia River. Here is a woman who grew up in a culture that had been removed from its home and its traditions but who has, through her craft of basketry, re-established that history. Expanding the concept of memory, a Wasco basket holds a place high in our national consciousness – our national memory, if you will – having been given to the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a peace offering when they completed their journey to the Northwest Passage. 
Pat Courtney Gold, Sturgeon Basket Video to watch her http://www.pbs.org/craftinamerica/memory_2.html Craft in America Memory Thursday, December 20, 9:00pm CHANNEL 21 (KOZK) basketmakers Mary Jackson and Pat Courtney Gold. |
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- Film Clip This film airing on PBS uses personal stories of Native American heroes and soldiers ... Way of the Warrior is a production of Wisconsin Public Television. ...
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- Experts Choose 7 Wonders of America Panelists Debated Which American Landmarks Should Be on 7 Wonders List Will try to get more info on 'Native Village' where everything has to be flown in, one truck and some snow mobiles an Elder there said the rest of US uses too much gasoline they need to learn how to live with less and the other little NDN town 150 miles away that ABC visited it is where Prez. Bush plans to drill for gas/oil ....... They are fighting pro and con among themselves about taking Bushes money deal for drilling. Yep, always taking over Tribal land! Film that was on KANU TV 99 American Indian Homeland brought that all out!
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