NAPT's Native Radio Theater Kicks off Third Season

LINCOLN, Neb.—Nov. 10, 2008— Native American Public Telecommunication's
Native Radio Theater project is kicking off its third season of audio plays with a story
of young love and a new variety show that includes music, poetry, comedy and more.

"This is Native entertainment and talent at its finest," NAPT Executive Director
Shirley K. Sneve (Rosebud Sioux) said of the show being billed as A Prairie Home
Companion for Native Americans. "This is the first time NAPT has done a variety
show with the Minneapolis community."

The 90-minute variety show features playwrights Jim Northrup (Ojibwe) and Rhiana
Yazzie (Navajo), who each take a slice of Indian life and bring it to the stage. Northrup
gives the game show world a spin with Shinob Jeopardy. Yazzie creates a spoof on
reporting on the reservation in the Really, Real News from Indian Country.

In addition to the variety show, a play by Robert Vestal (Cherokee) is included in this
year's mix of radio theater. Vestal re-creates an Eastern Band of Cherokee story of
young love with The Bullfrog Lover. Vestal's re-creation, which was taken from the
recordings by anthropologist James Mooney in the late 1800s, is performed by Eastern
Band of Cherokee high school students.