Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America - "Battle Lines, Pressures on the Land" & "Sustaining Our Communities, Natural Resource Management"

Programs & Series | Midday | Types | Interviews | Documentaries | Topics | Agriculture | Special Collections | Indigenous Peoples' Day | Native People: A Focus |
March 30, 1992
Tantoo Cardinal - Host, Steve Suagee - Interviewee, Dale Risling - Interviewee, Chief Randy Kapashesit - Interviewee, Unknown - Interviewee and Speaker, Winona LaDuke - Interviewee, Gaiashkibos - Interviewee, Billy Frank - Interviewee, Moses Featherman - Interviewee, Mark Heckard - Interviewee, Peggy Berryhill - Coordinating Producer, Rayna Green - Interviewee, Denise Masayesva - Interviewee, Emory Sekaquaptewa - Interviewee, Wesley Horner - Executive Producer, Buffy Sainte-Marie - Composer, John Tyler - Technical Director, Dick Brooks - Producer, Richard Two Elk - Producer, Winnie George - Interviewee, Bob Franklin - Interviewee
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Midday program presents two documentaries - Battle Lines, Pressures on the Land, which details modern-day struggles over issues of sovereignty and land ownership between Native Americans and the Euromerican peoples; and Sustaining Our Communities, Natural Resource Management, an examination of traditional Indian farming techniques for growing corn, natural resource management practices and the revitalization of the buffalo and salmon population within various tribal communities.

Battle Lines, Pressures on the Land was produced by by Dick Brooks.

Sustaining Our Communities, Natural Resource Management was produced by Richard Two Elk.

The documentaries are 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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