Niijiinad/Friends, tune in to Lakeland Public TV, Channel 9 (over the air, cable and satellite) at 9:30 PM Sunday January 16th for the half hour broadcast of "Return of the Red Lake Walleye. A synopsis of the program follows.
Weweni,
Omakakii
THE STORY
Broadcast version running time: 28 minutes, 46 seconds
Broadcast "Return of the Red Lake Walleye": Fact Sheet
The Native Nations Institute film Return of the Red Lake Walleye chronicles the extraordinary effort of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians—working together with the State of Minnesota and the federal government—to bring back the culturally vital walleye from the brink of extinction and restore it to health in Red Lake. It examines how the Band and State overcame decades of bad blood to forge an innovative public policy solution that puts cooperation before conflict and science before politics, fueling an amazing recovery that has defied the odds.
A compelling example of tribal sovereignty in practice, Return of the Red Lake Walleye documents the significance of the walleye's return for the Red Lake community, its people, the tribe as a whole, and those generations yet to come.
Memorandum of Understanding (2010): The Red Lake Walleye Recovery Project
NARRATOR
Leah R. Sixkiller (née Leah R. Lussier) is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. She grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leah received an A.B. in Psychology from Harvard University in 2007 and a J.D. and Certificate from the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona College of Law in 2010.
Throughout her higher education, Leah has served as a leader in the American Indian community, for which she has received local and national recognition. Leah currently lives with her husband Jesse in Minneapolis. She works as an attorney specializing in Indian finance at the law firm of Faegre & Benson.
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
Ian W. Record is Manager of Educational Resources for the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI) at the University of Arizona, where he directs the development and maintenance of NNI's distance-learning and multimedia educational programs.
In 2006, he produced NNI's nationally aired "Native Nation Building" television/radio series, a 10-segment roundtable interview program dedicated to exploring contemporary indigenous governance and development issues. Among other projects, he currently is directing development of "Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development", a distance-learning course series designed for tribal leaders and tribal college students.
Ian earned M.A. (2000) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees in American Indian Studies (AIS) from the University of Arizona, and previously earned B.A. degrees (1993) in History and Mass Communications from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ian's first book, Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa and the Struggle for Place (University of Oklahoma Press, 2008), won the 2009 Southwest Book Award. He lives in Tucson with his wife Wendy and two children.
Attachment/Photos
Red Lake DNR Employee Herman Lussier
Red Lake member, and Narrator Leah (Lussier) Sixkiller)
Producer/Director, Ian W. Record
Weweni,
Omakakii
THE STORY
Broadcast version running time: 28 minutes, 46 seconds
Broadcast "Return of the Red Lake Walleye": Fact Sheet
The Native Nations Institute film Return of the Red Lake Walleye chronicles the extraordinary effort of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians—working together with the State of Minnesota and the federal government—to bring back the culturally vital walleye from the brink of extinction and restore it to health in Red Lake. It examines how the Band and State overcame decades of bad blood to forge an innovative public policy solution that puts cooperation before conflict and science before politics, fueling an amazing recovery that has defied the odds.
A compelling example of tribal sovereignty in practice, Return of the Red Lake Walleye documents the significance of the walleye's return for the Red Lake community, its people, the tribe as a whole, and those generations yet to come.
Memorandum of Understanding (2010): The Red Lake Walleye Recovery Project
NARRATOR
Leah R. Sixkiller (née Leah R. Lussier) is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. She grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leah received an A.B. in Psychology from Harvard University in 2007 and a J.D. and Certificate from the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona College of Law in 2010.
Throughout her higher education, Leah has served as a leader in the American Indian community, for which she has received local and national recognition. Leah currently lives with her husband Jesse in Minneapolis. She works as an attorney specializing in Indian finance at the law firm of Faegre & Benson.
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
Ian W. Record is Manager of Educational Resources for the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI) at the University of Arizona, where he directs the development and maintenance of NNI's distance-learning and multimedia educational programs.
In 2006, he produced NNI's nationally aired "Native Nation Building" television/radio series, a 10-segment roundtable interview program dedicated to exploring contemporary indigenous governance and development issues. Among other projects, he currently is directing development of "Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development", a distance-learning course series designed for tribal leaders and tribal college students.
Ian earned M.A. (2000) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees in American Indian Studies (AIS) from the University of Arizona, and previously earned B.A. degrees (1993) in History and Mass Communications from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ian's first book, Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa and the Struggle for Place (University of Oklahoma Press, 2008), won the 2009 Southwest Book Award. He lives in Tucson with his wife Wendy and two children.
Attachment/Photos
Red Lake DNR Employee Herman Lussier
Red Lake member, and Narrator Leah (Lussier) Sixkiller)
Producer/Director, Ian W. Record
