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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.Syd Beane
Member | Board of Directors
Enrolled Member: Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Dakota Name: Snaya Mani (Walks with Distinction)
Flandreau, South Dakota
Education:
Organizing Training/Industrial Areas Foundation/Chicago 1970-1971
MSW Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1967 - 1969
BA Yankton College S.D. 1965
AA North Dakota State School of Science, Wahpeton, N.D. 1962
Work Experience: High School History/Political Science Teacher in Minnesota 1965-1967
Assistant Director for Community Organizing/ Southwestern Indian Development in Phoenix AZ 1971-1974
Robert Kennedy Fellowship 1971
Executive Director/Phoenix Indian Center 1974-1978
Assistant to Executive Director/Intertribal Council of Arizona in Phoenix 1978
Acting Director/Affiliation of Arizona Indian Centers in Phoenix 1979
Director of American Indian Projects/ ASU School
Of Social Work/Instructor of Community Organizing & Community Development Classes 1980-1983
Executive Director/Lincoln Indian Center CDC 1983-1993/NE
Western Regional Director/Senior Community Development Specialist/ Center for Community Change/ San Francisco/Minneapolis 1993-2007
Instructor of Community Organizing/San Francisco State University 2004-2006
Senior Community Organizing & Community Development Consultant/Native American Community Development Institute of Minneapolis 2008 – 2010
Independent Film Producer 2008-2011
Program developer and adjunct faculty with Community Development Degree Program /Minneapolis Community and Technical College 2010-2011
National staff and Minnesota Coordinator, Community Learning Partnership, Washington DC 2011
Major community organizing and community development experience has been working with Native American and non-Native American communities in Arizona, Nebraska, California, and Minnesota. Special knowledge areas include; community organizing, community development, and documentary filmmaking. Former board memberships include, Nebraska State Indian Commission, Woods Charitable Fund (Chicago/Lincoln) and Center for Community Change in Washington DC, board chair of Community Development Technology Center in Los Angeles and Chair of Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Holding Company.
Media Experience:
8 years co-host of 21st Century Native Americans TV Show/Phoenix, AZ 1975-1983
6years National Coordinator/Native Media & Technology Network including Co-sponsored American Indian Summer Institute Immersion in Film/TV with Fox Entertainment Group in LA 2004-2010
Board President/Migizi Communications/Minneapolis, MN based youth media education & training organization
Board Treasurer/Native American Public Telecommunications/Lincoln, NE
Executive Committee Board Member/Native Public Media/Flagstaff, AZWorked on several media projects with Native actor/activist Floyd Red Crow
Westerman involving both non-profit (Eyapaha Institute) and for-profit (Red Crow Creations) companies.
Senior Partner B&B Productions writer/co-producer/ Native Nations: Standing Together for Civil Rights Documentary Film for Evangelical Lutheran Church of America with distribution by ABC, NBC, and Hallmark Channel
Currently pitching Native Explorer TV Series with Thunder Mountain Media & Banner/Caswell Productions
Developing a documentary film on Great Uncle, Charles Alexander Eastman, Dakota Sioux Medical Doctor/Activist/ and Internationally Published Author
Other current community activities currently:
Board Chair: American Indian CDC, Minneapolis, MN
Board Vice-Chair: Little Earth United Tribes Housing Board, Minneapolis, MN
Committee Chair: Cloudman Village Recognition Committee established by Mayor’s Office, City of Minneapolis
Co-Chair Steering Committee/ Community Leadership Partnership, Washington DC
Dakota Name: Snaya Mani (Walks with Distinction)
Flandreau, South Dakota
Education:
Organizing Training/Industrial Areas Foundation/Chicago 1970-1971
MSW Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1967 - 1969
BA Yankton College S.D. 1965
AA North Dakota State School of Science, Wahpeton, N.D. 1962
Work Experience: High School History/Political Science Teacher in Minnesota 1965-1967
Assistant Director for Community Organizing/ Southwestern Indian Development in Phoenix AZ 1971-1974
Robert Kennedy Fellowship 1971
Executive Director/Phoenix Indian Center 1974-1978
Assistant to Executive Director/Intertribal Council of Arizona in Phoenix 1978
Acting Director/Affiliation of Arizona Indian Centers in Phoenix 1979
Director of American Indian Projects/ ASU School
Of Social Work/Instructor of Community Organizing & Community Development Classes 1980-1983
Executive Director/Lincoln Indian Center CDC 1983-1993/NE
Western Regional Director/Senior Community Development Specialist/ Center for Community Change/ San Francisco/Minneapolis 1993-2007
Instructor of Community Organizing/San Francisco State University 2004-2006
Senior Community Organizing & Community Development Consultant/Native American Community Development Institute of Minneapolis 2008 – 2010
Independent Film Producer 2008-2011
Program developer and adjunct faculty with Community Development Degree Program /Minneapolis Community and Technical College 2010-2011
National staff and Minnesota Coordinator, Community Learning Partnership, Washington DC 2011
Major community organizing and community development experience has been working with Native American and non-Native American communities in Arizona, Nebraska, California, and Minnesota. Special knowledge areas include; community organizing, community development, and documentary filmmaking. Former board memberships include, Nebraska State Indian Commission, Woods Charitable Fund (Chicago/Lincoln) and Center for Community Change in Washington DC, board chair of Community Development Technology Center in Los Angeles and Chair of Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Holding Company.
Media Experience:
8 years co-host of 21st Century Native Americans TV Show/Phoenix, AZ 1975-1983
6years National Coordinator/Native Media & Technology Network including Co-sponsored American Indian Summer Institute Immersion in Film/TV with Fox Entertainment Group in LA 2004-2010
Board President/Migizi Communications/Minneapolis, MN based youth media education & training organization
Board Treasurer/Native American Public Telecommunications/Lincoln, NE
Executive Committee Board Member/Native Public Media/Flagstaff, AZWorked on several media projects with Native actor/activist Floyd Red Crow
Westerman involving both non-profit (Eyapaha Institute) and for-profit (Red Crow Creations) companies.
Senior Partner B&B Productions writer/co-producer/ Native Nations: Standing Together for Civil Rights Documentary Film for Evangelical Lutheran Church of America with distribution by ABC, NBC, and Hallmark Channel
Currently pitching Native Explorer TV Series with Thunder Mountain Media & Banner/Caswell Productions
Developing a documentary film on Great Uncle, Charles Alexander Eastman, Dakota Sioux Medical Doctor/Activist/ and Internationally Published Author
Other current community activities currently:
Board Chair: American Indian CDC, Minneapolis, MN
Board Vice-Chair: Little Earth United Tribes Housing Board, Minneapolis, MN
Committee Chair: Cloudman Village Recognition Committee established by Mayor’s Office, City of Minneapolis
Co-Chair Steering Committee/ Community Leadership Partnership, Washington DC