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Contrary Warrior Tells The Story of Adam Fortunate Eagle, A Contemporary Activist, Artist

KRCB Public Television will air two final programs about Native American heritage month focusing on issues facing urban native people. The first program profiles Adam Fortunate Eagle, a contemporary native activist who advocated for urban indian rights after being sent to boarding school as a child. The second program looks at the increasing number of native americans leaving reservations for cities and the challenges of maintaining cultural identity while living away from tribal lands. Both programs examine important issues around community, health care, education and identity for urban native populations.

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Contrary Warrior Tells The Story of Adam Fortunate Eagle, A Contemporary Activist, Artist

KRCB Public Television will air two final programs about Native American heritage month focusing on issues facing urban native people. The first program profiles Adam Fortunate Eagle, a contemporary native activist who advocated for urban indian rights after being sent to boarding school as a child. The second program looks at the increasing number of native americans leaving reservations for cities and the challenges of maintaining cultural identity while living away from tribal lands. Both programs examine important issues around community, health care, education and identity for urban native populations.

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For Immediate Release: November 17, 2011 Continuing Native American Heritage Month on KRCB Public Television 22,

two final programs focus on issues facing native people in urban settings, including the Bay Area. Tuesday, November 22 at 9:00 pm - Contrary Warrior: The Life and Times of Adam Fortunate Eagle Contrary Warrior tells the story of Adam Fortunate Eagle, a contemporary activist, artist, author, and ceremonial leader. At the age of five, his father dead and his mother unable to provide for eight children, Adam and his siblings are sent to an Indian boarding school where he spends his childhood. After graduating from Haskell Institute in Kansas he moves to San Francisco and becomes a successful businessman and the "perfect" urban Indian - a poster child for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Injustices met by urban Indians motivate him to become an advocate for the rights of urban Indians. Eventually he becomes one of the principle architects of the American Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969an action that brings about social change. Because of this the government declares him an "enemy of the state" and he loses his business and virtually everything he owns. Vine Deloria, Jr., author of Custer Died for Your Sins wrote, "Fortunate Eagle is one of the most outstanding Indian leaders of this generation." http://www.lillimar.com/LILLIMAR_WEBSITE/Contrary_Warrior_Home_Page.html Monday, November 28 at 9:00 pm - Looking Toward Home Looking Toward Home is a one hour documentary profiling the increasing number of Native Americans leaving the reservation for life in citiesareas such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The life and times of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals as they attempt to maintain their cultural identity while living away from the culturally nurturing climate of the tribal reservation. Narrator Conroy Chino begins the urban Indian journey from relocation to current issues facing native people in urban environments. He describes the importance of community building, health care, education, and cultural identity while addressing the issue of overcoming community invisibility. http://www.nativetelecom.org/looking_toward_home KRCB Public Television broadcasts from studios in Rohnert Park, California on digital channels 22.1, 22.2 & 22.3 and is seen over-the-air throughout much of the San Francisco Bay Area. KRCB is also seen on Channel 22 via Comcast Cable, AT&T U-verse, DISH and DirecTV satellite services across the entire San Francisco Bay Area. If you enjoy this quality programming, please support KRCB at http://www.krcb.org/ To view KRCB press releases, go to http://krcb.org/pressroom Contact Information: Stan Marvin Phone Number: (707) 584-2010 Email Address: [email protected] #END#

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