The State of Alaska is using taxpayer dollars to sue a federal agency for granting the Organized Village of Kake (OVK) a life-saving emergency subsistence hunt during a time of global food chain supply issues and intense food scarcity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. OVK holds nation-to-nation status with the U.S. federal government and has existed for thousands of years prior to the formation of the State of Alaska. For millennia, the Tlingit people of Kake have hunted, fished, and gathered food from the seas and lands surrounding their island home in what we now call southeast Alaska.
Los Angeles-based Native American Media Alliance (NAMA) has announced a call for applications for the 3rd annual Native American Unscripted Workshop, which takes place October 16-20th. The workshop will be virtual, and it is not mandatory that you are within the Los Angeles area to attend. It will highlight Native American creators focused on nonfiction content. The week-long curriculum will have daily creative discussions with experienced producers, creative executives, and veteran filmmakers. The meetings will provide additional insight into professional development, exploring career opportunities and developing a project for pitching. NAMA is a new initiative designed to advocate for Native American representation in the entertainment industry. The initiative functions as a resource for industry personnel to work with Native Americans who have an authentic voice for film, television, and new media.
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
