Experience one of the highest-energy live concert specials to emerge from the American Indian music scene in this week's Vision Maker Media film, "XIT: Without Reservation." Indian rock-and-roll band XIT launched in its current form in 1970, with lyrics that brought to the surface the injustice that had been and continues to be inflicted upon … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – XIT: Without Reservation
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Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Trudell
This week's featured Vision Maker Media film, "Trudell," presents Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist John Trudell. Trudell's life and impact -- from his role as the voice of Radio Free Alcatraz during the United Indians' of All Tribes takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, to his work in the American Indian … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Trudell
Webinar Recording Roundup
Every other Thursday, AAPB NDSR staff have invited a guest speaker to join us for a webinar for the AAPB NDSR community. We're taking a break in December before the residents take the reigns to schedule webinars of their own, starting in January -- but before signing off, we wanted to share the live recordings … Continue reading Webinar Recording Roundup
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks- Vis à Vis: Native Tongues
Experience the dialogue between two indigenous artists in this week's featured Vision Maker Media Film, "Vis à Vis: Native Tongues." In this film, Australian Aboriginal actress/playwright Ningali Lawford and American Indian performance artist James Luna compare perspectives on life and society through the medium of digital video. The artists share scenes from their performances and … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks- Vis à Vis: Native Tongues
40 Years, 40 Films, 40 Weeks: Music From a Painted Cave
This week's featured Vision Maker Media film is "Robert Mirabal: Music From a Painted Cave" -- the PBS special that brought Pueblo flutist Mirabal to national attention and cemented his musical reputation as a leading figure in tribal rock. The film features live performance footage of Mirabal's trademark blend of traditional and popular music, influenced … Continue reading 40 Years, 40 Films, 40 Weeks: Music From a Painted Cave
Is there something that does it all?: Choosing a metadata management system
Early in our NDSR cohort chats, each resident agreed that our host site’s current metadata collecting and organizing practices could be improved. Many of us sought to find a database tool that could help our staff manage their data effectively. KBOO is like many other organizations that keeps its archives information in multiple spreadsheets. Tapes … Continue reading Is there something that does it all?: Choosing a metadata management system
Inside the WHUT video library clean-up – part 1: SpaceSaver
Resident log, NDSR date 20161121.1 We are definitely making headway with the WHUT video library! While I’ll continue updating the progress of WHUT’s video library clean up, I first wanted to outline some of the steps and accomplishments we’ve done thus far. Consider this a flashback post since we fixed the shelf back in September. … Continue reading Inside the WHUT video library clean-up – part 1: SpaceSaver
Catch up on the AAPB NDSR session at AMIA!
Last Saturday, six of our seven AAPB NDSR residents presented a panel at the Association of Moving Image Archivists conference on their experiences preserving media at public broadcasting organizations across the country. If you couldn’t attend the session, we invite you to catch up virtually with this summary of questions and Tweets around the panel! … Continue reading Catch up on the AAPB NDSR session at AMIA!
40 Years, 40 Films, 40 Weeks: Surviving Columbus
This week we feature "Surviving Columbus: The Story of the Pueblo People," a Vision Maker Media program that tells the story of the first encounter between the Spaniards and the native people of the Americas from the perspective and the voices of Pueblos. The program explores the history of the Pueblo people, from their lives … Continue reading 40 Years, 40 Films, 40 Weeks: Surviving Columbus
Archives in Conversation (A Glimpse into the Minnesota Archives Symposium, 2016)
Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to AMIA due to a family commitment, and I very much missed the cohort, and a very popular conference! In a rush of guilt, I instead agreed to speak on a different panel here in the Twin Cities. I’ve been a member of the Twin Cities Archives Round … Continue reading Archives in Conversation (A Glimpse into the Minnesota Archives Symposium, 2016)
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