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Coming to Public Television for Native American Heritage Month.
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Indian Country Diaries  A new two-part series told with wonder, humor, and insight. A provocative must-see "State of the Nations" report from modern Native America. Co-Produced of Native American Public Telecommunications and Adanvdo Vision. Visit the Indian Country Diaries website http://indiancountrydiaries.org. |
CHEROKEE — Casino money brought pride and prosperity to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, but it hasn’t erased racism, greed or the threat of diabetes,which threatens 40 percent of the population.
A documentary airing at 9 tonight on UNC-TV and other PBS stations nationwide explores the tension faced by the modern Cherokee to balance identity and culture with financial empowerment.
The first part looks at journalist Mark Anthony Rolo, a Bad River Ojibwe, as he uncovers how Indians in Los Angeles preserve their cultural identity, survive economically and cope with the pressure of a federal relocation program and assimilation in a multicultural metropolis.
Part two takes author LeAnne Howe to Cherokee. Howe is the illegitimate daughter of a Choctaw woman, was fathered by a Cherokee man and raised by an adopted Cherokee family in Oklahoma.
Howe looks at how diabetes has ravished the tribe. She also questions the glitz of Cherokee, including the practice of “chiefing.” For decades, some Cherokee have dressed in headdresses and other clothing used by Plains Indians to attract tourists. Some critics have accused the “chiefs” of demeaning Cherokee culture.
“When they first came, they thought it was funny,” said Lynne Harlan, public relations coordinator for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who helped coordinate the filming and puts in a couple of appearances on the documentary. “We watched as their opinions turned around as they came to realize that it is about economics.”
Film co-executive producer Carol Cornsilk of Lincoln, Neb., agreed that her crew’s attitude changed as they learned how the tribe was forced to cater to tourists before Harrah’s Cherokee Casino opened in 1997.
Cornsilk, a western Cherokee from Oklahoma who has vacationed and worked in this region before, said filming the documentary, which started in 2002, helped increase her understanding of the Eastern Band.
“It really did deepen my knowledge of how their community is different from other Indian communities,” she said. “It’s because of their still being on their original area. The geography of the land gives them a sense of community.”
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661107090
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   Indian Country Diaries is a co-production of NAPT and Adanvdo Vision Funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, ITVS and public television viewers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Country Diaries premieres November 2006 on PBS. Go behind the stereotypes to the reality of life for urban and reservation Native Americans today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Five new shows in culinary celebration of America's bounty combine Native American history and culture with delicious, healthy recipes inspired by indigenous foods. Co-Produced by Connecticut Public Television and Native American Public Telecommunications, in association with Resolution Pictures.Debut: The culinary traditions of Native Americans across the U.S. are examined. First up: a visit to the Gulf Coast to see the Native American influence on Cajun dishes. Included: sassafras shrimp gumbo and spicy alligator-sauce piquant are prepared."Gulf Coast Originals" -- More than 6,000 years before the Acadian French (today's Cajuns) arrived in Louisiana, there were native peoples living and fishing in Louisiana's bayou country. A historical tour of this Gulf Coast region provides a lesson about native influences on Cajun cooking. Loretta cooks sassafras shrimp gumbo and spicy alligator sauce piquant.
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