For Immediate Release - July 3, 2009

Contacts:
Loris Taylor (928) 853-2430
Brad Bernthal (303) 492-0610

Meeting Indian Country’s Communications Needs
Native Public Media and Colorado Law School Address
Spectrum Issues in Indian Country

Native Public Media and the University of Colorado School of Law’s Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic propose changes in federal spectrum policy to address the needs of Native Americans in a new Paper entitled Spectrum Access in Indian Country.

“Spectrum, like land and water, is a finite resource that is vital and critical to the nation-building efforts of Indian Tribes,” says Loris Taylor (Hopi), Executive Director of Native Public Media.  “Ubiquitous broadband access is essential to communications, health care, education, political engagement and economic stimulation on tribal homelands.  In an increasingly digitalized world, we cannot afford to live without it.”

For Immediate Release: March 16, 2009
Contact:  Camille Lacapa, 602-810-8193
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NATIVE PUBLIC MEDIA TO HOST ANNUAL NATIVE RADIO SUMMIT

Native Public Media will host the annual Native Radio Summit on April 1, 2009 at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters 34^th annual conference in Portland, Oregon.

Since 2001, Native Public Media has sponsored a one-day meeting specifically for the 33 Native-owned public radio stations in the country to discuss changes in the broadcast industry and public radio, hear reports on special projects, and exchange information about programming, fundraising, station management, engineering and community engagement in a peer setting. This year, the meeting will welcome representatives from 30 new Native licensees awarded construction permits since the FCC’s October 2007 non-commercial education filing.