I've been working on our original website Oyate Ta Olowan.We've been working on adding digital downloads to the site, but it's still a challenge. Oyate is a public radio series that we did on traditional Native American music. We did 52 half hour shows and traveled over 100,000 miles collecting music from all over the Americas. It was a while ago, but people still seem to love it, so we keep offering the shows for sale.
It's all a part of our little press Many Kites Press. Life is so amazing, and so full, but we keep on trucking. I hope things are going well for all of you, and that continue to create wonderful things. Later, Milt Lee
The American Experience segment - Wounded Knee is coming up soon, and I thought it might be a good time to listen to a documentary on WK that we did in 1993 - 20 years after the takeover.
This piece, A Song For Wounded Knee, won a Golden Reel from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. It was produced by Milt Lee and Jamie Lee for PRI, KILI Radio in Porcupine SD, and aired on AIROS. The hour long documentary looks at the background surrounding the takeover and goes deeply into the tribal politics that served as the stew that AIM ( the American Indian Movement) was brought into. Gerald One Feather, tribal Chairman from 1970 to 1972, remarked that in 20 years, we were the first people who had ever done an interview with him, which I found amazing since it was the actions of his administration that led to the 71 day siege at Wounded Knee.
Jamie and I went to Colorado Springs to celebrate our son-in-law’s graduation. Nate Walla got his masters degree from Colorado Technical University, and it was a blast. All of Jamie’s kids were there, although we missed Brian Millard, Lisa’s husband, but Lisa came with Kaiden-our newest grandson. Nicci, Nate’s wife, came with all 5 of her kids - Gavin, Jaaren, Kelsey, Korah, and the youngest of her brood, Adrien. Tom and his wife-Erica drove down from Denver. The next day we all gathered again in Denver and celebrated Christmas. But we would not have all gotten together if Nate hadn’t worked his butt off and gotten his Masters. It was a lot of fun, and I’m so proud of Nate. Father of five, working full time at the University of Nebraska, and still taking the time to work like a beaver for fifteen months and get an advanced degree-it’s beyond anything that I would want to do-that’s for sure! Congratulations Nate!
Jamie Lee has been busy again! She designed a pack of 64 cards that expand what the Bead People do and mean. Each card has a task that you can do. Every day, you draw one card, and that’s your task for the day - something to keep you connected with your self, your family, the earth, and the plants and animals. Each one is a way to help you look at the world around you, and make it a better place. You can get these wonderful little packs at The Bead People’s website.
I've been working on our original website 
