Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America - "Education, Learning to Fix Our World" / "A Visit to the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School"

Programs & Series | Midday | Topics | Education | Types | Interviews | Documentaries | Social Issues | Special Collections | Indigenous Peoples' Day | Native People: A Focus |
March 16, 1992
Bob Potter - Host, Pat Jackson - Interviewee, Unknown - Interviewee, Performer, and Speaker, Lutie Hillaire - Interviewee, Bill James - Interviewee, Barbara Tinhorn - Interviewee, Lucille C. Watahomigie - Interviewee, Ramona Wilson - Interviewee, Tim Grant - Interviewee, Philbert Watahomigie - Interviewee, Dan Olson - Producer, Patty Cornelius - Interviewee, Leroy Fairbanks - Interviewee, PJ Ford Slack - Interviewee, Patti Rai Rudolph - Technical Director, Tantoo Cardinal - Host, Peggy Berryhill - Coordinating Producer, Wesley Horner - Executive Producer, Karen Michel - Producer, John Tyler - Technical Director, Buffy Sainte-Marie - Composer
Listen: Education: Becoming a Whole Person / A Visit to the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School (Dan Olson)
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Midday program presents two documentaries…Education: Learning to Fix Our World, about how Native Americans are taking control of their own educational systems through curriculum design to preservation of language; and A Visit to the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, Dan Olson's documentary on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation school in Northern Minnesota.

Education: Learning to Fix Our World was produced by Karen Michel and part of Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America, a documentary series from field recordings which examines the diverse cultures of Native America. They examine the life of today's Indians; their wisdom and humor, art and music, economics, education, religion, and politics. The 13 half-hour programs are a co-production of Radio Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is distributed nationwide by American Public Radio (APR).

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