May 24, 2013
NPM PEOPLE
STAFF
Loris A. Taylor
President and CEO | NPM Staff
Joseph W. Begay
Director of Network Services & Finance | NPM Staff
Candice Mendez
Executive Assistant | NPM Staff
BOARD
Matthew Rantanen
Chair | Board of Directors
Roanne Robinson Shaddox
Secretary | Board of Directors
Eileen Egan
Treasurer | Board of Directors
Syd Beane
Member | Board of Directors
CONSULTANTS
Paul Beccio
Isleta Technologies, LLC
John Crigler
Garvey Schubert Barer Law Firm
Dr. Traci L. Morris
Homahota Consulting LLC
THE 4 PILLARS OF NPM
Native Public Media values forging tribal centric solutions to Native communications needs and over the past seven
years concentrated on four quadrants of service to Native media makers and communities:
Community Engagement
Providing Native Communities with the Access, Knowledge and Resources to Ensure that Native Americans Have a Voice to Fully Participate and Benefit From the Information Age.Digital Ecology
Creating A Digital Footprint For Media Growth In Indian Country.Storytelling
Providing Information, Technical Support and Training to Build a Solid National Communications System in Indian Country.Policy
Producing proactive programs of policy analysis, representation and education, NPM works to secure a voice for Native America among policy-making bodies and among the media democracy movement, promoting greater access and larger audiences for Native American voices.NPM News
KCNP Oklahoma demonstrates that terrestrial radio stations continue to be first responders in emergency situations.
NPM News
May 22, 2013
KCNP Chickasaw Community Radio has paved the way for noncommercial stations that would like to help victims of the Oklahoma tornados. KCNP’s request for a waiver of the prohibition on third-party fundraising was not only promptly granted, but resulted in the issuance of the attached Public Notice...
Fiscal Austerity and Indian-Treaty Termination--Twin Ideologies
NPM News
April 25, 2013
Mark Trahant of New America Media writes that calls for government austerity by conservatives like Rep. Paul Ryan use debunked arguments that echo mid-20th century proponents of terminating Indian treaties.
NAJA accepting Project Phoenix applications through May 6
NPM News
April 16, 2013
Native high school students exposed to media through annual Native American Journalists Association program July 14-20 in Tempe, Ariz.
NORMAN, Okla. - The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) is now accepting applications through May 6 for Project Phoenix, an annual program that aims...
NORMAN, Okla. - The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) is now accepting applications through May 6 for Project Phoenix, an annual program that aims...
Lessons from Neret-Minet About Cultural Considerations
NPM News
April 14, 2013
In 2012, Native Public Media hosted a Digital Journalism and Storytelling course on the campus of the American Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico that included “Cultural Considerations” as a major component of study. The course was based on a curriculum we wrote ourselves simply...
The Big Idea: The FCC Office of Native Affairs and Policy
NPM News
April 10, 2013
I was boxing up old files for storage the other day and came across a folder filled with documents regarding the establishment of a tribal office at the Federal Communications Commission. It is perfect timing to review the past and just in time when the nation is considering who will assume the...
NAU Accepting Applications For Broadcast Workshop
NPM News
April 2, 2013
The Native American High School Broadcast Workshop will be held from June 17- 22, 2013 on the Northern Arizona University campus. The workshop is offered by partners Native Public Media, Northern Arizona University, Arizona Broadcasters Association, Gannett Foundation and KTNN radio on the...
Broadband & Social Justice Names Native Public Media In Their Picks Of The Week
NPM News
April 1, 2013
BBSJ selects NPM as one of their “Picks of the Week,” recognizing noteworthy individuals in the telecommunications and technology industries and point out those who impede technological progress.
Udall Advocates for Telecom Infrastructure to Spur Economic Growth on Tribal Lands
NPM News
March 22, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) spoke the at the Federal Communications Commission today to highlight efforts to improve engagement with tribes and tackle the digital divide in Indian Country. Udall has worked closely with the FCC to expand their outreach and address the lack of...
Tribal Radio Priority
NPM News
March 5, 2013
The FCC recently posted a blog regarding its efforts to expand the number of radio stations owned by American Indian Tribes, orTribally owned or controlled entities, broadcasting to Tribal lands. The blog post explains two FCC Orders granting petitions from the Navajo Nation relating to a new FM...
Southern Ute Tribal Radio Comes to Farmington
NPM News
February 22, 2013
Farmington, NM – A new Native American radio voice is coming to NW New Mexico. KSUT Southern Ute Tribal Radio is now broadcasting from the south bluff in Farmington at FM 89.7 with a unique blend of local and national programming geared to Native Americans. The new Tribal Radio signal will reach...
The Growing Digital Divide in Indian Country
NPM News
February 14, 2013
Loris Taylor, President & CEO of Native Public Media, writes this week for the#NotLovinIt campaign -- a week of creative, online action during Valentines Day Week to highlight the relationship between public broadband access and health indicators in communities of color, low-income communities,...
Happy World Radio Day
NPM News
February 13, 2013
Every city and town in the U.S. has an amazing community radio station in its future, but only if an amazing local group learns about the chance to apply for a license in time. We need your help to find these groups this spring.
Prometheus is asking our allies for outreach help to connect with...
Prometheus is asking our allies for outreach help to connect with...
The FCC's deadline to apply for a local community radio or LPFM is set for October 15, 2013
External News
February 5, 2013
That may seem like a long time from now, but much is involved in the preparation. Find out how community groups can apply at www.PrometheusRadio.org.
NAJA, NPM announce partnership for 2013 Conference
NPM News
January 24, 2013
Native Public Media will join the Native American Journalists Association this summer in hosting a media conference that will give special focus to the latest innovations in the media industry and news developments in Indian Country.
NAJA and NPM are two of the most prominent Native media...
NAJA and NPM are two of the most prominent Native media...
KNBA News Reporter Elected to Native Public Media Board of Directors
NPM News
January 17, 2013
Flagstaff, Arizona - Joaqlin Estus, Tlingit and a news reporter for KNBA Anchorage, Alaska, was elected to join the prestigious Native Public Media Board of Directors.
Estus in her acceptance said, “It’s an honor to serve on the Native Public Media board. This is an opportunity for me to...
Estus in her acceptance said, “It’s an honor to serve on the Native Public Media board. This is an opportunity for me to...
Resource Cloud: CPB Documents Added
NPM News
January 15, 2013
Members can now view important documents and reports in NPM's CSG Review and Application folder.
Ambassador Charles Blackwell Leaves Behind Strong Legacy
NPM News
January 3, 2013
Update:
Charles Blackwell Oklahoma & New Mexico Memorial Services Announcement (PDF)
Washington DC – On Capitol hill in Washington DC, the strong voice of Indian Country can be attributed to one man – Ambassador Charles Blackwell from the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Ambassador Blackwell...
Charles Blackwell Oklahoma & New Mexico Memorial Services Announcement (PDF)
Washington DC – On Capitol hill in Washington DC, the strong voice of Indian Country can be attributed to one man – Ambassador Charles Blackwell from the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Ambassador Blackwell...
Senator Inouye, A Voice for Native Media
External News
December 18, 2012
Flagstaff, AZ-- It is with great sadness that Native Public Media learned of the passing of Senator Inouye. Inouye was a statesman who represented the interests of Native Americans honorably.
“Senator Inouye was a champion of Native Broadcast Media. He was specifically concerned that Native...
“Senator Inouye was a champion of Native Broadcast Media. He was specifically concerned that Native...
Protect Native Money - Cobell Settlement Awareness
External News
December 17, 2012
NCAI has launched the Protect Native Money campaign to provide tribal leaders & Native people information about the Cobell & other settlements to raise awareness. We know from past large settlements that people are aware of these payments & may target Native people for scams.
This...
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National Conference for Media Reform (Denver, April 5-7, 2013)
External News
December 14, 2012
Delve into the most pressing issues facing the future of the media by checking out the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver on April 5–7, 2013. Our conference is a three-day whirlwind that brings together the nation's leading thinkers and innovators to discuss the policies and politics...
NCAI's 2012 White House Tribal Nations Summit Recap
External News
December 12, 2012
The 4th Annual White House Tribal Nations Summit convened the President, eight members of his Cabinet, numerous high-level Administration officials, and hundreds of tribal leaders from across the country in our nation's capital to discuss key issues facing tribal nations.
This American Life: Little War on the Prairie
External News
November 23, 2012
Growing up in Mankato, Minnesota, John Biewen says, nobody ever talked about the most important historical event ever to happen there: in 1862, it was the site of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged after a war with white settlers. John went back to...
Pala Rez Radio Wins San Diego Press Club award
External News
October 24, 2012
Pala’s non-commercial, community radio station, Rez Radio 91.3 (KOPA FM) has received its first-ever award for journalism. "Pala Today" hosted by station manager John Fox took 2nd place for Radio Newscasts in the 39th annual Excellence in Journalism Awards presented by the San Diego Press Club....
Hopi High School Wins Seven Media Awards from The Arizona Interscholastic Press Association.
External News
October 18, 2012
Hopi High School won seven media awards from the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association (AIPA) with five awards for broadcast radio and two for print journalism. AIPA rates the state winners as superior, excellent or honorable mention. The entries were from last school year, but were announced...
NPM Editorial: Native Stations Will Be First To Go Dark Without CPB Funding
NPM News
October 4, 2012
Loris Taylor, President & CEO of Native Public Media outlines the consequences of ending government funding to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) and how this would affect Native stations and communities. On tribal lands radio really does matter.
In the October 3rd, 2012 presidential...
In the October 3rd, 2012 presidential...
NPM's Resource Cloud is now Live
NPM News
September 27, 2012
Do you represent a Native station and need to sign up? Be one of the first 10 stations to register and receive a Native Public Media bag and water bottle!
Passing Thoreau: Navajo teen suicides spur new attention, support for the tiny reservation town of Thoreau, NM
External News
September 26, 2012
Marilyn Berlin Snell spent a year speaking with people on and off the reservation for this report, which is being co-published with New America Media.
Santee Sioux Station KZYK 88.9 FM Goes Live
NPM News
September 6, 2012
KZYK of Niobrara, Nebraska is the newest Native station to go on-air this year. A long time dream for James Hallum from the Santee Sioux Nation and the Nebraska Indian Community College, KZYK was able to go on-air three hours before its construction permit expired. At the moment the station is...
Native Vote Launches National Grassroots Media Campaign "Every Native Vote Counts"
External News
September 4, 2012
Native American media steps up to partner with Native Vote to promote voter registration and engagement message.
Loris Taylor on community radio to keep native languages alive.
NPM News
August 27, 2012
From Village Halls to a New Network of Knowledge Growing the Native American Audience
NPM News
August 27, 2012
Station Resource Group (SRG) asked NPM's Loris Ann Taylor to outline her conceptual framework as she builds radio services for Native American audiences in 2020.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Native Affairs and Policy will be holding two Telecom 101 training sessions in September in Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
External News
August 22, 2012
These are free trainings for tribal leaders, technical experts, or other individuals interested in improving broadband and telecommunications services for tribal communities and institutions. The Telecom 101 training sessions are intended for Tribal leaders and decision-makers, including tribal...
Lost Languages Find a New Voice in Radio
External News
August 17, 2012
Our own Loris Taylor discusses how Tribal radio is helping to preserve endangered Native languages.
Radio Free Cherokee: Endangered Languages Take to the Airwaves
External News
August 15, 2012
How indigenous tongues facing extinction are finding new life on community radio stations.
UN highlights vital role of media in empowering world’s indigenous people
External News
August 9, 2012
Indigenous voices are recounting compelling stories of how they are combating centuries of injustice and discrimination, and advocating for the resources and rights that will preserve their cultures, languages, spirituality and traditions.
Jaclyn Sallee was honored with an award for Media Excellence at the 8th Annual Native Media Summit on July 13th in Santa Fe, NM
NPM News
August 7, 2012
Jaclyn Sallee is the President and CEO of Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, the nation’s leading producer of Native public radio programs, including National Native News, Native America Calling and Earthsongs. Koahnic also operates the national Native radio distribution service, Native Voice One...
NYT: For Native American Women, Scourge of Rape, Rare Justice
External News
July 23, 2012
Timothy Williams of the NYTimes writes, "Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault in remote Alaskan villages like Emmonak, women’s advocates say."
Kristian Bailey writes and tweets about his experiences at the Native Media Summit
NPM News
July 15, 2012
My summer internship with the Media Policy Initiative of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. (I know, lots of names) brought me to Native Public Media's eighth annual Native Media Summit in Santa Fe, NM.
Tim Giago writes, "From 'Talking Leaves' to Native Media Summit in Santa Fe"
External News
July 10, 2012
If ever you see one of the giant sequoia trees in California you may wonder where they got their name. Well, they were named after a Cherokee warrior, silversmith, painter and linguist named Sequoia.
Native Youth Broadcast Workshop
NPM News
June 25, 2012
NPM partners with Northern Arizona University, the Arizona Broadcasters Association and KTTN voice of the Navajo Nation to create a broadcast workshop for Native American High School Students.
Native Storytellers-Pueblo Stories: A Day at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
NPM News
June 4, 2012
The NPM 2012 Digital Journalism and Storytelling Students spent an inspiring day interviewing tribal elders, leaders & youth from the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo.
Week Two of the 2012 Digital Journalism and Storytelling Course Is Underway
NPM News
May 29, 2012
The 2012 inaugural group of students for NPM's annual summer course has started!
FCC and SCTCA "TDV" To Host Tribal Training in Broadband and Telecom May 23rd and 24th
NPM News
May 15, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is partnering with the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association to conduct Tribal Broadband and Telecom 101 – a Tribal broadband and telecommunications training program to be conducted at the Pala Casino and Resort on May...
Charles Fox of Public Television to Keynote Native Media Summit
Press Release
May 14, 2012
Charles Fox of the First Nations Experience (FNX) and KVCR Public Television will be the second keynote speaker for the Native Media Summit in Santa Fe, NM July 13-‐14, 2012.
Fox plans to share his thoughts about the future of Native Americans in television and share stories about building...
Tim Giago to Keynote 8th Annual Native Media Summit
NPM News
April 25, 2012
Native Public Media is honored to have Tim Giago, member of the Ogala Lakota Tribe as our keynote at the 8th Annual Native Media Summit in Santa Fe, NM, July 13, 2012. Founder of the Native American Journalist Association and Indian Country Today, Giago currently writes for the McClatchey News...
On Tribal Lands, Digital Divide Brings New Form Of Isolation
External News
April 20, 2012
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Like many college students, Wilhelmina Tsosie must go online to complete her assignments. But unlike the vast majority of Americans, she finds that the biggest challenge in her coursework is merely getting connected.
First Class for Native Digital Journalism Course Announced
Press Release
April 10, 2012
The first class of students representing 12 Native radio stations have been announced for the Digital Journalism and Storytelling Course at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 28 through June 9 2012.
“This is an exciting time,” states...
KUYI Hopi Radio Informs Community During Crisis
NPM News
March 20, 2012
While the Southwestern landscape is majestic, it, like all regions, is subject to bouts of dangerous weather. KUYI, a small radio station based on the Hopi reservation in northeast Arizona, has provided critical information to its community during a year that has been especially...
The FCC takes additional steps to implement the Local Community Radio Act.
External News
March 19, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted a Fourth Report and Order and a companion Fifth Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to further implement the Local Community Radio Act (LCRA). The items help promote community radio through the licensing of...
Pew Center for Excellence in Journalism releases the State of the News Media 2012 Report on Innovating News in Native Communities
External News
March 19, 2012
American Indians and Alaska Natives typically live in more rural and isolated locations of the United States, areas that generally have waited longer for internet broadband access. Many tribal lands still have only very limited connectivity.
2012 Native Media Summit
Press Release
March 1, 2012
This year, NPM will host an intense two-day summit with training, education, engagement and celebration; registration will take place online and will open on March 21st; One of the best things of the Native Media Summit is bringing together media makers that serve Indian Country. The goals of...
Radio Essential To Tribes
External News
February 24, 2012
Social networking has taken over many of our traditional ways of connecting with people far away - no more letters, no more faxes, even phone conversations may be outdated soon. But on the vast Indian reservations in rural America, few have phones and even fewer have broadband access. So American...
Native Public Media and Prometheus Announce Low Power FM Opportunity
Press Release
February 11, 2012
As early as Fall 2012, community groups will be able to apply for new Low Power FM radio stations for their communities. Organizers from the Prometheus Radio Project are coming to Arizona to share information and strategies for starting stations. With many open LPFM frequencies available, these...
Native Public Media Creates First Branded Digital Journalism Curriculum for Native Americans
January 26, 2012
Native Public Media, an organization dedicated to serving Native radio broadcasters and media makers, announced it will launch its Digital Journalism and Storytelling Intensive on May 28, 2012.
Tribal Telecom 2012
External News
January 3, 2012
Tribal Telecom 2012 brings together tribal leaders, administrators, enterprise executives, government agencies, and professionals to share information, explore options, and pursue solutions to bring Digital Opportunity to Indian Country. This is one event in 2012 you can't afford to miss!...
Houma Indian station hits airwaves
External News
November 25, 2011
Tribal leaders see it as a way to communicate with members, especially during hurricanes. United Houma Nation members can now turn their radio dials to a station of their own. The American Indian tribe has launched a project years in the making, going on-air with its first radio station aimed at...