[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About Next Gen: DO NOT EDIT” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ background_color=”#545480″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(56,6,6,0.56)” background_color_gradient_end=”#6d344b” background_color_gradient_type=”radial” background_color_gradient_start_position=”76%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/kuer2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/MountainSky_2.png” background_position=”bottom_center” background_blend=”hard-light” custom_padding=”2%|0px|2%|0px||” locked=”off” collapsed=”off”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”To be an American row: DO NOT EDIT” _builder_version=”4.7.7″ custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”15px|0px|22px|0px||” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||” custom_width_px=”1280px”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kuer2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/newnextgenlogo2018_transp.png” title_text=”newnextgenlogo2018_transp” admin_label=”Next Gen Image” _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Project Description” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”|700|on|on|||||” header_font_size=”25px” header_2_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#98bedb” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”29px|||||”]<\/p>\n
We are finding, coaching and training public media\u2019s next generation. This #nprnextgenradio<\/a> project is created in Utah, where four talented reporters are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.<\/span><\/p>\n In this project we are speaking to people from various walks of life\u2014whether they are Indigenous, native born, a naturalized citizen, a refugee or an immigrant without legal status\u2014to ask what it means to be an American.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/7p4DiMAXOY4″ admin_label=”YouTube Video” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text: Video Teaser” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#ffffff” text_font_size=”16px”]Heather Tanana is both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Her dad taught her that being a proud American and a proud citizen of the Navajo Nation means having a certain obligation to better both communities. And she\u2019s trying to pass the same lesson on to her kids.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Blank Space Section” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”6px||3px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px||6px|||”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”HERO IMAGE OPTION 1: Background image: DELETE IF NOT NEEDED” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”https:\/\/kuer2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Martha_Editorial_Animated_Yunyi.gif” background_blend=”multiply” custom_margin=”-2px|||||” custom_padding=”12%||39.4%|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.10″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”6px||3px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px||6px|||”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Illustrator credit” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Illustration by Yunyi Dai<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”7px||35px|||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_post_title date=”off” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h3″ title_font=”Oswald||||||||” title_font_size=”42px” title_letter_spacing=”2px” title_line_height=”1.2em” meta_text_color=”#04a3e3″ meta_font_size=”18px”][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||12px|||”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text 1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Heather Tanana said that the first thing her children will tell you is that they are Navajo. They know their heritage and are proud of it, she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n That pride in their heritage is reflected in their names.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The oldest is named Soryn Iina and she\u2019s 10 years old. The first name reflects Tanana\u2019s European heritage from her mother\u2019s side. While the middle name means \u2018life\u2019 in Navajo, which comes from Tanana\u2019s father\u2019s side.<\/span><\/p>\n Tanana\u2019s youngest is Reinhold, a 4-year-old blonde-haired boy full of energy. His middle name is \u2018<\/span>Haskeltsie,\u2019 which Tanana said is a family name.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSomething that I\u2019ve strived to teach them \u2026 is that they are also Navajo,\u201d Tanana said, adding that as her kids grow up, she wants them to know about their unique Navajo history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tanana said that she learned to be proud of both her Navajo and American heritage because she knows about all of the struggles that Native people endured throughout history.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_audio audio=”https:\/\/kuer2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/MarthaMaster.mp3″ title=”‘We have a real unique history'” artist_name=”MARTHA HARRIS” album_name=”Next Generation Radio | KUER Newsroom | August 2021″ admin_label=”Story Audio” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(0,174,239,0.84)”][\/et_pb_audio][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kuer2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Martha01.jpg” alt=”\u00d2The American dream is not my Indigenous dream. It’s so different than that,\u00d3 Jolie Varela said. \u00d2As an Indigenous woman, I would like to see our ceremonies restored, our traditions restored, our homelands restored, and our land back. When people come from other places and they come in the name of this American dream or in pursuit of this American dream, I don’t think they realize how that American dream erases Indigenous people, and further infringes upon our rights as Native people.\u00d3 (Photo by Jarrette Werk)” title_text=”Martha01″ align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image 1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Heather Tanana stands in the University of Utah\u2019s S.J. Quinney College of Law where she works as a research professor. Tanana is also an associate faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health. (Courtesy of Heather Tanana)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”3px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kuer2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Martha02.jpg” alt=”\u00d2The American dream is not my Indigenous dream. It’s so different than that,\u00d3 Jolie Varela said. \u00d2As an Indigenous woman, I would like to see our ceremonies restored, our traditions restored, our homelands restored, and our land back. When people come from other places and they come in the name of this American dream or in pursuit of this American dream, I don’t think they realize how that American dream erases Indigenous people, and further infringes upon our rights as Native people.\u00d3 (Photo by Jarrette Werk)” title_text=”Martha02″ align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image 1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Albert Smith (left) and George Smith (right), at a family gathering and sitting next to George\u2019s daughter, Julie Livingston (middle). Albert and George are Heather Tanana\u2019s uncles and were Navajo code talkers during World War II. (Courtesy of Heather Tanana)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n