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We are happy to announce our final (5) five Public Media Fund Award Recipients for 2024 funding.

public media fund award recipients

FILMMAKER

Mary Katzke

justice delayed

The American justice system promises a timely resolution for crimes but is failing our Alaska Native families who wait years, and even decades for resolution within our system.

Supporting POST-PRODUCTION/COMPLETION

FILMMAKER

Cindi Finneran

More than water

The Kiamichi River has sustained local communities, including the Caddo and the Choctaw, since time immemorial. Uncertainty lingers as the State of Oklahoma threatens to divert its life-giving waters to other communities. 

Supporting PRODUCTION

FILMMAKER

Kami Horton

Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience

Present-day efforts by Klamath tribal members to uncover the difficult and often hidden history of Indigenous children forced into government-sanctioned boarding schools.

Supporting PRODUCTION

FILMMAKER

Michael J. Kirk

red power: the clyde warrior story

The influential life of Clyde Warrior, a trailblazer in reawakening the Indigenous mind and American Indian activism who founded RED POWER.

Supporting POST-PRODUCTION/COMPLETION

FILMMAKER

Ivan MacDonald (Blackfeet)

when they were here

A documentary about the missing and murdered Indigenous women, and girls’ crisis within the Blackfeet Reservation in the state of Montana.

Supporting POST-PRODUCTION/COMPLETION

FILMMAKER

Ivy MacDonald (Blackfeet)

Empowering Native Storytellers 

Vision Maker Media. The Premiere Source of Indigenous Knowledge through film and media.  

We work with VMM funded producers to develop, produce, and distribute programs for public media. VMM supports training to increase the number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives producing films.
 
Learn more at, https://visionmakermedia.org/about-us/ 
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Walt Pourier

Vice Chair

Walt is Oglala Lakota and created the logo for Urban Rez. He is Creative Director, owner of Nakota Designs Advertising Designs and Graphics. Executive Director of the Stronghold Society nonprofit dedicated to instilling hope and supporting youth movements through Live Life Call To Action Campaigns.

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lynn palmanteer-holder

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.