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On A Knife Edge

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A coming-of-age story of George Dull Knife, a Lakota teenager growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

Continuing Native Education

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Whether you’ve been giving to Vision Maker Media for several years, or it’s your first time, your donation helps uplift the voices of Native communities, and we couldn’t do this without you.

I Choose All Sides

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A conversation with Cherokee filmmaker Joe Singh. Joe discusses his long and ongoing journey of finding himself through his Cherokee roots.

Modernizing Indigenous Stories

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Filmmaker Julianna Brannum (Comanche) believes in stories told from a modern Native American perspective. She said there is value sharing the tragedies that have happened over the years, but there’s so much more room for stories highlighting a positive and present-day outlook on Indigenous people.

An Advocate for Native Voices

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For over 44 years Vision Maker Media has empowered and engaged Native people to share stories. However, our mission would not be possible without the donations from our supporters. Since 2015, Sharie has been one of those supporters.

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Lynn Palmanteer-Holder, an Indigenous plateau woman of North Central Washington and member of eight of twelve Tribes of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Lynn recently retired as inaugural Director of Tribal Government Affairs for Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, the state’s oversight agency of 34 CTCs.  She is a highly accomplished professional that spans over 40 years. She is an experienced educator that has a demonstrated history across K12, post-secondary & higher education as a teacher, school counselor, superintendent, researcher, and professor. Also, she has diverse experience as an entrepreneur, Tribal leader and administrator. She is skilled in curriculum and program development, facilitating government to government relationships that led to formal partnerships between state institutions and Tribes developing custom programs. Lynn has served on many boards and has been recognized for various statewide, and national awards. She has several scholarly publications and has done various conference presentations and speaking engagements, at the local, national and international level. Lynn holds a Ph.C. (ABD) in Social Welfare Policy from University of Washington. She earned her M.Ed., with a concentration in counseling psychology from Washington State University and B.Ed., in K12 Education from Eastern Washington University. Lynn is a wife of 49 years, a mother of three adult professional children, granny of 10 and great granny to two. Lynn and her husband are high school sweethearts, and together enjoy time with their 15+ two-legged blessings.