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Source: Indian Country Today
Title: "NATIVE REPORT FOCUSES ON THE POSITIVE" |
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Stacey Thunder, Red Lake Band of Ojibwe, is the anchor of ''Native Report'' and conducts many of the interviews for the half-hour public television program.
"Native Report'' started with four episodes during 2004 and grew into a full 15-episode schedule by 2006. Now the half-hour program has been requested by public stations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, California, North and South Dakota, Michigan, Wyoming, Florida and Virginia.
By: Konnie LeMay
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Source: South Dakota Broadcasting
Title: "NATIVE REPORT TO AIR ON SDB"
Photo: Series Host Stacey Thunder with Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills |
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With so much of the media's focus on tragic and negative events in tribal communities, this new series aims to bring attention to positive stories of Native American life. Native Report will highlight challenges and successes of Native Americans, and educate viewers about the heritage and culture of tribal people in Minnesota and the nation. The series will interview some of today's most prominent Indian Country leaders, feature influential tribal elders, and cover matters relevant to Native American culture.
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Source: Lakota Language Consortium Inc.
Title: "ROBBY ROMERO OF RED THUNDER TO HELP LAKOTA LANGUAGE" |
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April 23, 2006 - Robby Romero, one of Native America's leading rock musicians, joined Peter Maffay in performing a song dedicated to the survival of the Lakota language on the forthcoming Peter Maffay "Encounters 2" album. The duet with Maffay of Romero's hit song "Heart Beat" represents the Lakota language project on the benefit album. Maffay and Romero are using the power of music to spread the word about the language crisis. The Album will be released in October 2006. Romero is well-known for his charity work across Indian country, particularly through Native Children's Survival, and is honored to be part of this worthwhile effort.
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Source:
Mediachannel.org
Title: "ROBBY ROMERO & RED THUNDER
WITH A CAUSE TO FIGHT AND A STRUGGLE TO DANCE
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Can
music still stir the spirit of dissent, still
motivate us to think more deeply and care more
openly? There was a time when it did and that
time may be back with Robby Romero as one of its
best known and respected voices. Robby and his
band RED THUNDER are already superstars on America's
Native American reservations or "Indian
country" as its known. And, now, his music
is erupting in mainstream America. He's coming
to get ya. For most Americans and that includes
the millions who gamble in what are supposed to
be tribal casinos, Indian country is still a nation
a part, a land of America's original people struggling
in some cases to survive and others to be heard.
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