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Native Nation Building Television/Radio Series
The Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy (NNI) at The University of Arizona has unveiled a ground-breaking new television/radio series called Native Nation Building. This series is designed to provide critical information to the leaders of Indian nations, students in tribal colleges and other educational institutions, and other interested individuals about what's working and what's not among Native nations as they engage in the difficult and daunting challenge of nation building.
Native Nation Building, available for purchase in audio (CD) or video (DVD) format, is a series of thematic interviews (each 30 minutes long) that presents the growing number of nation-building success stories and examines the roots of that success.
Each segment can stand alone, but taken together, the series provides a comprehensive overview of the ways Native nations are working to make sustainable, self-determined community and economic development a reality.
Interview guests appearing in the series include: Lance Morgan (Winnebago), CEO, Ho-Chunk, Inc.; Robert G. Yazzie (Navajo), Former Chief Justice, Navajo Nation Supreme Court; Elsie Meeks (Oglala Lakota), Executive Director, First Nations Oweesta Corporation; Urban Giff (Gila River), Community Manager, Gila River Indian Community; Dr. Manley Begay, Jr. (Navajo), Director, Native Nations Institute, The University of Arizona; Dr. Stephen Cornell, Director, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona; and Dr. Joseph P. Kalt, Director, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Harvard University. Mary Kim Titla (San Carlos Apache), television news reporter with KPNX in Phoenix, Arizona and author/tribal radio talk show host Mark St. Pierre from Pine Ridge, South Dakota serve as co-hosts of the series.
Jointly produced by NNI and KUAT MultiMedia at the University of Arizona, the program is being distributed to elected officials and staff of Native nations, students at tribal colleges and universities, and interested professionals working in and with Native communities throughout the U.S. and Canada. It also is being broadcast in markets with significant numbers of Native viewers. Through this widespread dissemination of Native Nation Building, NNI hopes to get the practical lessons it has learned in the hands of the people that need it the most.
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