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Job Opportunity
Director of Programming and Production - Iowa Public Television
April 26, 2013 - May 27, 201312:01am - 2:00am PDTJob Title: Director of Programming and ProductionCompany: Iowa Public Television
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Native American New Mexico Filmmakers Panel
May 19, 201311:00am - 1:00pm MDTNative American New Mexico Filmmakers- get the unique perspective of Native American filmmakers in New Mexico. What does that mean and what are their experiences? ...
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Screening
"Standing Bear's Footsteps" screening in Nebraska
May 19, 20131:30pm - 2:30pm EDT"Standing Bear's Footsteps" will be screened at the Pawnee Arts Center in Dannebrog, Nebraska on Sunday, May 19 at 1:30PM.
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Broadcast
"Good Meat" airing in California
May 19, 201311:00am - 12:00pm PDTGood Meat follows an Oglala Lakota man's struggles and triumphs as he attempts to reclaim his health.
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Broadcast
"Apache 8" airing in Texas
May 19, 20136:00pm - 7:00pm EDTApache 8 tells the story of an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who have been fighting fires in Arizona and throughout the U.S., for over 30 years. The film delves into the challenging lives of these Native firefighters.
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Broadcast
"Smokin' Fish" airing in Oregon
May 19, 20138:00pm - 9:00pm PDTSmokin' Fish tells the story of Cory Mann, a quirky Alaskan businessman trying to make a living. -
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"Hand Game" airing in California
May 19, 2013 - May 20, 201311:00pm - 12:00am PDTThis documentary explores the mythic and historic roots of contemporary gambling in the Northwest Native Society through a look at the traditional hand game (also called "stick game" or "bone game").
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Broadcast
"Hand Game" airing in California
May 20, 20134:00pm - 5:00pm EDTThis documentary explores the mythic and historic roots of contemporary gambling in the Northwest Native Society through a look at the traditional hand game (also called "stick game" or "bone game").
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Other
PUMA Impact Award
May 20, 20135:00pm EDTApplications for the PUMA Impact Award are now open!
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Funding Opportunity
2013 NAM Fellowship Program on Energy and the Environment for Northern California Ethnic Media
May 20, 20135:00pm PDTThe fellowship will support ethnic media and community media journalists based in Northern California to research and write at least one in-depth, reported story on energy or energy policy issues (e.g. the state's resource challenge; the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy; the water and energy nexus; the household...
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Broadcast
"For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska" airing in California
May 20, 20136:30pm - 7:30pm PDTIn the Alaska Purchase of 1867 the United States took on more than just the land. There were indigenous people living everywhere in Alaska. Like Native Americans in the lower 48, Alaska Natives struggled to keep their basic human rights as well as protect their ancient ties to the land. The Bill of Rights did not apply to them...
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Broadcast
"Video Letters from Prison" airing in California
May 20, 2013 - May 21, 201311:00pm - 12:00am PDTVideo Letters From Prison embarks on a journey of transformation as one family from the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota finds healing through the path of the heart.
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Broadcast
"For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska" airing in California
May 21, 201312:30am - 1:30am PDTIn the Alaska Purchase of 1867 the United States took on more than just the land. There were indigenous people living everywhere in Alaska. Like Native Americans in the lower 48, Alaska Natives struggled to keep their basic human rights as well as protect their ancient ties to the land. The Bill of Rights did not apply to them...
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Broadcast
"Video Letters from Prison" airing in California
May 21, 20134:00pm - 5:00pm PDTVideo Letters From Prison embarks on a journey of transformation as one family from the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota finds healing through the path of the heart.
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Broadcast
"For the Generations: Native Story and Performance" airing in California
May 21, 20136:30pm - 7:30pm PDTTold through original performance footage and the artists' own words, For the Generations: Native Stories and Performance, explores health and fitness issues that plague Native youth on and off the reservations.
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Broadcast
"Racing the Rez" airing in California
May 21, 20139:00pm - 10:00pm PDTIn the rugged canyon lands of Northern Arizona, Racing the Rez documents Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools put it all on the line for Tribal pride, triumph over adversity and state championship glory. Win or lose, what they learn in the course of their seasons will have a dramatic effect...
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Broadcast
"Weaving Worlds" airing in California
May 21, 2013 - May 22, 201311:00pm - 12:00am PDTIn this compelling and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art, Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain takes viewers into the world of contemporary Navajo weavers and their struggles for self-sufficiency.
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Broadcast
"Standing Bear's Footsteps" airing in Indiana
May 22, 20131:30pm - 2:30pm EDTIn 1877, the Ponca people were exiled from their Nebraska homeland to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. To honor his dying son's last wish to be buried in his homeland, Chief Standing Bear set off on a grueling, six-hundred-mile journey home. Captured en-route, Standing Bear sued a famous U.S. army general for his...
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Broadcast
"Weaving Worlds" airing in California
May 22, 20134:00pm - 5:00pm PDTIn this compelling and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art, Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain takes viewers into the world of contemporary Navajo weavers and their struggles for self-sufficiency.
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Broadcast
"Apache 8" airing in California
May 22, 20136:30pm - 7:30pm PDTApache 8 tells the story of an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who have been fighting fires in Arizona and throughout the U.S., for over 30 years. The film delves into the challenging lives of these Native firefighters.

