First Nations Author shares about his life and writing
Author Sherman Alexie (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) talks to Enrique Cerna about Spokane, Washington, life on the reservation, and his life.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
BBC -Native American News
Northwest Indian News - groundbreaking television
Listen to this BBC documentary about the establishing of a Native run and themed television show in Washington State.
"Lita Sheldon of the Tulalip Tribe in Washington State grew up in an age when Tonto – sidekick to The Lone Ranger – was the only Native American she had seen on television. News bulletins about Native Americans were endlessly negative, alcohol-related or concerning 'trouble on the reservations'. Traditional communication – the languages, longhouses and potlatches – had long been brutally abolished, but Lita had an idea of how to change things. It was time, she thought, for tribal people to make their own news and get it on the national networks. It was from this initial idea that Northwest Indian News began, covering everything from whaling rituals to canoe journeys and watched, at its height, by 50 million people."
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