NAPT

About this original series

NAPT shares Native stories with the world through support of the creation, promotion and distribution of Native media. With funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Ford Foundation, NAPT provides project funding and distribution services to independent producers of video and audio content. See samples of what we've produced over the last 35 years as well as upcoming releases. Finished works are distributed to the public broadcasting system, on the internet, and through our on-line catalog.

  • # Episodes

    105 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-UN

Episodes of NAPT

    • Play Thank you Native Rhythms Festival 2011! - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Thank you Native Rhythms Festival 2011!

      The Native Rhythms Festival is a celebration of Native American culture during Native American Heritage Month, with an emphasis on the music of the Native American flute. The Festival is held annually each November in Melbourne, Florida, and offered free to the community thanks to the support of many wonderful sponsors. Recently, NAPT was selected as the 2011 Festival donor recipient.

      • Release date
        Apr 17, 2012
      • Runtime
        01:11
    • Play The Indian Children's Place - Hintil Kuu Ca - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      The Indian Children's Place - Hintil Kuu Ca

      Pomo for The Indian Children's Place, Hintil Kuu Ca is the only Native American child development center (CDC) in an urban area in California. Started in 1974, the idea originated from a school called Red Rock School created during the Alcatraz island occupation in the early 70's. It currently serves 119 children. Hintil is one of seven CDC's currently listed for closure at the end of August. Funding for early child education has been suspended due to the budget crisis in Sacramento.

      • Release date
        Aug 19, 2010
      • Runtime
        11:12
    • Play The Thick Dark Fog - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      The Thick Dark Fog

      Walter Littlemoon is a 69-year-old Lakota man born and raised in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. At the age of five, he was removed from his family to attend a Federal government boarding school where his culture, language and spirituality were suppressed. The Thick Dark Fog profiles Walter's journey to heal himself and his community while reclaiming his heritage. The film's title comes from Walter's own self-diagnosis of the state-of-mind that he lived in for so many years until he began to tell ...

      • Release date
        Jan 30, 2012
      • Runtime
        02:36
    • Play Return of the Red Lake Walleye - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Return of the Red Lake Walleye

      The Native Nations Institute film Return of the Red Lake Walleye chronicles the extraordinary effort of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians—working together with the State of Minnesota and the federal government—to bring back the culturally vital walleye from the brink of extinction and restore it to health in Red Lake.

      • Release date
        Jan 17, 2012
      • Runtime
        00:31
    • Play Creation of the Production Fund - Episode 4 - The Frank and Ron Show - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Creation of the Production Fund - Episode 4 - Th...

      http://www.nativetelecom.org - Former NAPT Executive Director Frank Blythe (Cherokee/Dakota) and NAPT Founding Board Member, Ron Hull, recall how and why NAPT's production fund was created - including early funded projects such as "In The White Man's Image". The Frank & Ron Show is a seven-part web series where NAPT Founding Executive Director, Frank Blythe (Cherokee/Dakota), and NAPT Founding Board Member, Ron Hull, talk about the history, as well as, the future of NAPT and public media in ge...

      • Release date
        Jan 13, 2012
      • Runtime
        08:09
    • Play Wounded Knee & The FBI - Episode 3 - The Frank & Ron Show - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Wounded Knee & The FBI - Episode 3 - The Frank &...

      http://www.nativetelecom.org - Former NAPT Executive Director Frank Blythe (Cherokee/Dakota) recalls a visit from the FBI in the 1970s as the trail for Wounded Knee was going on. The Frank & Ron Show is a seven-part web series where NAPT Founding Executive Director, Frank Blythe (Cherokee/Dakota), and NAPT Founding Board Member, Ron Hull, talk about the history, as well as, the future of NAPT and public media in general.

      • Release date
        Jan 13, 2012
      • Runtime
        02:15
    • Play Organizational Structure - Episode 2 - The Frank & Ron Show - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Organizational Structure - Episode 2 - The Frank...

      http://www.nativetelecom.org - The Frank & Ron Show is a seven-part web series where NAPT Founding Executive Director, Frank Blythe (Cherokee/Dakota), and NAPT Founding Board Member, Ron Hull, talk about the history, as well as, the future of NAPT and public media in general. In this second episode, Frank & Ron talk about the early days of the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium (NAPBC) including deciding where to be located as an organization. Find out how NAPBC (now NAPT) came to ...

      • Release date
        Jan 13, 2012
      • Runtime
        07:19
    • Play Formation of NAPT - Episode 1 - The Frank & Ron Show - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Formation of NAPT - Episode 1 - The Frank & Ron ...

      http://www.nativetelecom.org - The Frank & Ron Show is a seven-part web series where NAPT Founding Executive Director, Frank Blythe (Cherokee/Dakota), and NAPT Founding Board Member, Ron Hull, talk about the history, as well as, the future of NAPT and public media in general. In this first episode, Frank and Ron take a stroll down memory lane and discuss the formation of NAPT--including a meeting back in 1976 at Wingspread in Racine, Wisc., of Public Television general managers and Native Amer...

      • Release date
        Jan 13, 2012
      • Runtime
        11:18
    • Play Native Waters: A Chitimacha Recollection - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      Native Waters: A Chitimacha Recollection

      The Chitimacha Indians of the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana are known as "the People of many waters." This documentary film project emphasizes that there are different means of knowing and remembering--and they are not mutually exclusive. The small Chitimacha Indian Tribe will offer one an alternative way of recalling Native American history.

      • Release date
        Jan 3, 2012
      • Runtime
        01:50
    • Play NAPT's 2012 Production Reel - NAPT on Blip NAPT episodes on Blip

      NAPT's 2012 Production Reel

      Get a sneak-peek look at each of NAPT's films scheduled to be broadcasted on PBS in 2012. Trailers shown include Grab, Standing Bear's Footsteps, Smokin' Fish, Up Heartbreak Hill, and Racing the Rez.

      • Release date
        Dec 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        13:15
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