Dr. Joely Proudfit
@nativeprof.bsky.social
Luiseño/Payomkawichum & Tongva, 3x tenured CSU Professor, Dir., California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center, CSUSM, Indigenous mother, scholar, activist, Education advocate, California Indian advocate, Indigenous film&arts, Student of Vine Deloria, Jr.
aquarium.ucsd.edu/newsroom/lan... to Lanise Luna, CICSC student researcher making waves at Birch Aquarium by connecting Indigenous ocean knowledge to visitor experience. Smart, dedicated to our ocean relatives, and an incredible artist. Going places!
Lanise Luna Brings Fresh Perspective to Birch Aquarium
This fall, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego welcomes Lanise Luna, a student from California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) for an internship focused on resear...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
aquarium.ucsd.edu/newsroom/lan... to Lanise Luna, CICSC student researcher making waves at Birch Aquarium by connecting Indigenous ocean knowledge to visitor experience. Smart, dedicated to our ocean relatives, and an incredible artist. Going places!
Beautifully written Joan. Robert Redford 1936-2025 open.substack.com/pub/petermag...
Robert Redford 1936-2025
By Joan Tewkesbury
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September 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Beautifully written Joan. Robert Redford 1936-2025 open.substack.com/pub/petermag...
Aust. Children’s Content Summit: “I assembled the Native Avengers of Hollywood” tvtonight.com.au/2025/09/aust...
Aust. Children's Content Summit: "I assembled the Native Avengers of Hollywood" | TV Tonight
Spirit Rangers creaator and showrunner Karissa Valencia reveals how she hired 100 Indigenous creatives and made a hit kids series for Netflix.
tvtonight.com.au
September 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Aust. Children’s Content Summit: “I assembled the Native Avengers of Hollywood” tvtonight.com.au/2025/09/aust...
So grateful everyone watched “Jim Thorpe: Path Lit By Lightning.” LeBron, Maverick & HISTORY believed in this story. Chris Eyre’s directing was incredible, Dukon Harris perfect as Jim. There’s so much more of his story to tell, pure resilience. Thanks for celebrating this legend with us.
July 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So grateful everyone watched “Jim Thorpe: Path Lit By Lightning.” LeBron, Maverick & HISTORY believed in this story. Chris Eyre’s directing was incredible, Dukon Harris perfect as Jim. There’s so much more of his story to tell, pure resilience. Thanks for celebrating this legend with us.
Reposted by Dr. Joely Proudfit
Reposted by Dr. Joely Proudfit
Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed
The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.
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July 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
It’s time. Zahn McClarnon is phenomenal in Dark Winds — Emmy voters, take note. He’s that good. #Emmys2025 #ZahnMcClarnon #DarkWindshttps://variety.com/2025/tv/features/zahn-mcclarnon-dark-winds-emmy-lead-actor-1236417083/
Emmy Voters: Don’t Forget About Zahn McClarnon and ‘Dark Winds’: He’s Your Next Leading Man
Emmy Voters -- don’t forget about Zahn McClarnon and "Dark Winds." He's your next leading man.
variety.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s time. Zahn McClarnon is phenomenal in Dark Winds — Emmy voters, take note. He’s that good. #Emmys2025 #ZahnMcClarnon #DarkWindshttps://variety.com/2025/tv/features/zahn-mcclarnon-dark-winds-emmy-lead-actor-1236417083/
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New York’s Education Department says if it is discriminatory under federal civil rights law to only ban Native American mascots, then it will ban mascots in the state related to any racial or cultural group — including whites.
New York Threatens To Ban White Mascots After Trump Administration Tells State To Stop Outlawing Ones Involving Native Americans
Massapequa, Long Island, parents spoke out when the school district was told to change its 'Chiefs' nickname and logo.
buff.ly
June 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New York’s Education Department says if it is discriminatory under federal civil rights law to only ban Native American mascots, then it will ban mascots in the state related to any racial or cultural group — including whites.
what the? nativenewsonline.net/currents/us-...
US Dept. of Education Declares New York Mascot Ban Discriminatory
In a decision with sweeping national implications, the U.S. Department of Education ruled Friday that New York’s ban on Native American-themed school mascots violates federal civil rights law. The ag...
nativenewsonline.net
June 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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❤️https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/chris-eyre-s-jim-thorpe-documentary-to-debut-on-the-history-channel-on-july-7
Chris Eyre's Jim Thorpe Documentary to Debut on The HISTORY Channel on July 7
The HISTORY Channel is set to premiere a new two-hour documentary on one of America’s most legendary athletes, Jim Thorpe .
nativenewsonline.net
May 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
❤️https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/chris-eyre-s-jim-thorpe-documentary-to-debut-on-the-history-channel-on-july-7
❤️https://collider.com/val-kilmer-thunderheart-streaming-success-pluto-may/
Val Kilmer’s 91% Rotten Tomatoes Western Scores Big on Streaming, and No, It's Not ‘Tombstone’
Val Kilmer's 91% Rotten Tomatoes western, which debuted in 1992, is a surprise streaming success on Pluto.
collider.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
❤️https://collider.com/val-kilmer-thunderheart-streaming-success-pluto-may/