Native Career Profiles
How do we create a life worth living?
What does it mean to live...and work...in balance?
How do we walk this life in a good way?
How do we honor, revive, and maintain values and culture amid the pressure of modernity...
and find healthy, meaningful ways to sustain ourselves, our families, and our peoples? What is possible?
This humble project emerged out of these questions and offers a glimpse into the stories and journeys of others in hopes that we can learn from each other and that the sharing and the weaving will help us way-find, help our youth make good decisions, and help strengthen us all including our families, our communities, and our future generations.
Community Learning Network is honored to hold the space for this project as it evolves and to make room for what is possible when "real-life learning in real-life places with real-life people" is supported, encouraged, and even celebrated and stories are shared across generations. Native Career Profiles and Indigenous Voices offers an informal gathering of videos, stories, and insights which will grow slowly over time. We hope you come back to see what's new and share in the stories as they unfold...
and find healthy, meaningful ways to sustain ourselves, our families, and our peoples? What is possible?
This humble project emerged out of these questions and offers a glimpse into the stories and journeys of others in hopes that we can learn from each other and that the sharing and the weaving will help us way-find, help our youth make good decisions, and help strengthen us all including our families, our communities, and our future generations.
Community Learning Network is honored to hold the space for this project as it evolves and to make room for what is possible when "real-life learning in real-life places with real-life people" is supported, encouraged, and even celebrated and stories are shared across generations. Native Career Profiles and Indigenous Voices offers an informal gathering of videos, stories, and insights which will grow slowly over time. We hope you come back to see what's new and share in the stories as they unfold...
Vision
Strengthen future generations
by building the web of support for our youth
through real-life learning opportunities that
broaden awareness of and access to
rewarding educational and occupational opportunities
while engaging the question
of how to live a culturally-rooted, balanced, successful, and integrated life.
by building the web of support for our youth
through real-life learning opportunities that
broaden awareness of and access to
rewarding educational and occupational opportunities
while engaging the question
of how to live a culturally-rooted, balanced, successful, and integrated life.
Meet Dine Filmmakers
Interviews with three Dine' filmmakers who share their stories.
What inspired them to follow this path? Why is it important?
What is the nature and meaning of the work they do?
What inspired them to follow this path? Why is it important?
What is the nature and meaning of the work they do?
Ryan Begay founded of Sovereign Mind Productions.
With more than10 years of filmaking experience, he has worked on award winning films such as "Drunktown's Finest" and "The Indian Within". With expertise both behind and in front of the camera, he has also produced a number of community documentaries, as well as his own short films inspired by his cultural roots.
With more than10 years of filmaking experience, he has worked on award winning films such as "Drunktown's Finest" and "The Indian Within". With expertise both behind and in front of the camera, he has also produced a number of community documentaries, as well as his own short films inspired by his cultural roots.
Meet JoDonna...
Nestled in a valley of the sprawling Navajo Country in Arizona sits the tiny town of Kayenta where JoDonna Hall Ward is working to keep the Navajo spirit, and her mother’s legacy, alive as a small business owner. This mini-documentary offers a glimpse into her daily life and the values that shapes her work and is presented by the Small Business Revolution, championed by Deluxe.
Meet Loren...
"Wood for Grandpa" project, Iron Wars, and more...
a video interview by Sovereign Mind Productions
From interviews filmed as part of the "To Walk in Beauty...Again" documentary film project by Ryan Begay, Dine' filmmaker and veteran. Loren Anthony, of Gallup, New Mexico, shares stories of his work and service and insights on his life journey and how he has created a life worth living.
a video interview by Sovereign Mind Productions
From interviews filmed as part of the "To Walk in Beauty...Again" documentary film project by Ryan Begay, Dine' filmmaker and veteran. Loren Anthony, of Gallup, New Mexico, shares stories of his work and service and insights on his life journey and how he has created a life worth living.