AIROS update

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Special Programs for July 4th:

Native America Calling on Monday, July 4: No Wasting Leftovers

If you're enjoying a cookout or picnic this weekend and preparing some huge feast don't think you have to eat it all today! Holiday cooking can be overdone and then you're left with piles of leftovers. Instead of just warming them up and eating them all week long, what other creative ways can you prepare leftovers? Some Native chefs are on hand to give you their best recipes for holiday leftovers. Guests include Loretta Barrett Oden (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) Chef, Corn Dance Enterprises, Inc. and Daniel Jojola (Isleta, Kiowa & Comanche) Harvest Café Cook, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Note that this program was pre-recorded and we will not be taking any phone calls.

Loretta Barrett Oden is also featured in a program funded by Native American Public Telecommunications that is coming soon to public television. The title of this program is Seasoned with Spirit and if you are interested in learning more about this program, click here.

Voices From The Circle for July 4th

This week, Voices from the Circle: Native American Radio producers Jim DeNomie & Barbara Jersey honor America on its birthday. We’ll include Kiowa/Ponca POW WOW songs and air White Buffalo's story about the importance of legends.

NS-NV Special: Native Veteran Honor Songs

In light of 4th of July, AIROS is proud to present a special edition of Native Sounds - Native Voices which honors our military men and women: past, present and future. For program dates and times, click here.

Enduring Freedom: Honoring Native American Women Veterans

On this program, producers Peggy Berryhill (Muscogee) and Cathy Chapman (Yaqui/Apache) share the stories of six Native women whose careers range from WWII to Desert Storm.

For program dates and times, click here.

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation Announces New National Native News Host Antonia Gonzales-McConkey

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, a Native owned and operated, not-for-profit media organization located in Anchorage, Alaska, is proud to announce the addition of Antonia Gonzales-McConkey as the new producer and anchor for “National Native News”.

The former host, Tina James-Tafoya, resigned her position, effective the end of June, in order to continue her education.

Antonia Gonzales-McConkey is a member of the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Edge Water and Hispanic. Her maternal and paternal grandparent clans are Salt and Many Goat. Antonia was born in Whiteriver, Arizona and grew-up in Lakeside, Arizona and Gallup, New Mexico.

Antonia joined Native America Calling as an Associate Producer in 2004. Before joining the NAC staff, she was a General Assignment Reporter for KBIM television News 10 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. As a one-person news operation/reporter, she shot, edited, produced and reported local news stories daily for the 5:30 and 10 nightly news.

Antonia received her B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of New Mexico. She majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Native American Studies.

“We’re so pleased to offer Antonia this promotion and are fortunate to have a skilled journalist to step into this position”, said Susan Braine, Chief Operating Officer for National Programs at Koahnic.

“National Native News” is a five-minute syndicated program, distributed by Public Radio International on the Public Radio Satellite System, and is heard on 195 public radio stations across the country. It can also be heard on the internet at www.nativenews.net. The only Native-produced news program of its kind, NNN is produced each weekday in the studios of KUNM on the University of New Mexico campus.

Native Radio Theatre (NRT) Calls For Scripts

The goal of NRT is to bring audio theater to AIROS, using works by Native authors, theater and recording artists. The first phase of this effort is a call for scripts. This is a project of Native American Public Telecommunications and Native Voices at the Autry with planning funds from the Ford Foundation. See http://www.airos.org/theatre/ for application procedure. The deadline for receiving scripts is November 15, 2005.