cheyenne river youth media project

SeventhGenerationFundMediaDepartmentProducesOrganizationalVideo

OveradecadeagoPresident&CEOChrisPetersstartedtheradioshow“NativePulse”atKHSU90.5ontheHumboldtStateUniversitycampusinArcata,CA.Nowyearslater,theradioshowhastransferredtoastudiointheSGFMediaDepartmentandtransformedintoamulti‐mediaapproachfeaturingnewsandcurrenteventsofSeventhGenerationFund’swork,it’sProjectsandAfQiliates.Itnowincludesavarietyofmediaformssuchaspublications,shortvideomessagesandradiospots.SeventhGenerationFund’sMediaDepartmenthasbeenactivelyproducingvideo’s,radiospotsandleadingmediatraining'sinmanyIndigenouscommunities.

Themostrecentvideo,producedundercontract,waswiththeCheyenneRiverYouthProjectoftheCheyenneRiverTribeinMontana.“TheSGFMediaDepartmenthasproducedagoodamountofpositivemediaonsometoughissuesinIndianCountry,challengingissueslikedomesticviolenceanddiabetesprevention.Nextmonth,wearestartingamethawarenessmediacampaignvideoproductionwiththeCheyenneRiverLakotaTribe,”saidSeventhGenerationFundMediaDirector,Christopher(Mo)Hollis,aftertravelingtotheCheyenneRiverIndianReservationforaweekofQilminganddialogue.TheSeventhGenerationFundforIndianDevelopmentisanIndigenousidentity‐basednon‐

proQitorganizationwhosemissionisdedicatedtotheself‐determinationofIndigenousPeoplesandthesovereigntyofourdistinctNations.Foundedin1977byNativeAmericanchiefs,clan‐mothers,scholars,youth,activistsandtribalphilosophers,SeventhGenerationFundistheQirstIndigenousPeoples’initiatedandledpublicfoundation.Asanintermediaryinternationalnon‐proQitorganizationweareuniquelysituatedtoserveNativecommunityinitiativesandasabridgeandtranslatorbetweentheIndigenousWorld,thepublicsector,andphilanthropy.

SeventhGenerationFundMediaDepartmentoffersawideverityofmulti‐mediaservices

AUDIO/VIDEOPRODUCTIONSERVICES

• NativeLanguageInstructionalVideo

• OrganizationalPromotionalVideos

MEDIATRAINING

• IntroductiontoVideoProduction

• AudioFieldEngineeringTraining

• NativeLanguageDocumentation,DigitalizationandMulti‐MediaEducationalResourcesDevelopment

• AudioSoftwareandFIleManagementTraining

• AnalogDigitizationTraining

• YouthVideoProductionTraining

OTHERSERVICES

• LanguageMediaAssessment

• Conference/EventDocumentationandEngineering

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“The Seventh Generation Fund Media Department has provided media services to Hopa Mountain for over three years. From training our Native youth on media, to documenting our

conferences, they have done an exceptionally hight quality job”

Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer Executive Director, Hopa Mountain