{"id":96,"date":"2017-10-31T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/manitoba-migration\/?p=96"},"modified":"2017-11-01T08:46:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T12:46:43","slug":"i-go-by-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/manitoba-migration\/2017\/10\/31\/i-go-by-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"I Go By Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Maddy Pauchet<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monitors inside APTN’s control room<\/p><\/div>\n

In the control room, the atmosphere is laid back. A dozen monitors blink in red and green light. Six-inch screens display the upcoming the news line-up: an indigenous cartoon, an interview of a tearful family, a cooking segment. Ten minutes before the show goes live, the camera pans close to the news anchor\u2019s face. She seems not to notice as she shuffles through her notes and combs back a stray lock of her straight black hair.<\/p>\n

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A production staffer putting together the news<\/p><\/div>\n

Five minutes to air. In the control room, production staff highlights the prompter\u2019s headlines. There\u2019s a lot to cover today in the APTN news segment. The channel, established nationally in 1999 and headquartered in Winnipeg, airs and produces programs made by, and for, Indigenous peoples in Canada\u2014and they are looking to penetrate the United States market, starting with Arizona. APTN was mandated into existence by the government in 1992, but aside from occasional purchases of ads, receives no federal funding. 95% of its revenue comes from cable subscriptions, while the remaining 5% is generated by ads.<\/p>\n

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Inside APTN’s news studio<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Karyn Pugliese, Executive Director of News and Current Affairs, ANTP finds a foothold in \u201cnews that others wouldn\u2019t cover.\u201d Indigenous people are slowly making their way into Canada\u2019s mainstream consciousness, but are still severely underrepresented. \u201cCher was the only indigenous person I saw on TV,\u201d says Pugliese. ANTP exists to promote indigenous voices, news and accomplishments. Some artists are becoming more popular, like the band \u2018A Tribe Called Red,\u2019 which Pugliese describes as \u201celectronic pow wow.\u201d Asked whether the network has a liberal bent, she laughs, \u201cWe have stock conservatives in the newsroom\u2014I keep telling them not to tweet!\u201d<\/p>\n

Back in the control room, the news show is live, and the four members of the production staff alternate countdowns to air, to switch screens, and drum their fingers on the hundreds of lit-up buttons of their keyboards. During three-minute breaks for ads, they take questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you give your children more traditional names?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of us do,\u201d says one man, who wears a beaded lanyard with the picture of his daughter\u2014who he named \u2018Spring\u2019 in his indigenous language.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of us get two names at birth. Both my sister and I did?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s your birth name?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCircling Thunderbird\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd your English name?”<\/p>\n

\u201cBill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill tends to go by Bill\u2014there are few occasions where his indigenous name applies.<\/p>\n

The news show wraps up. The channel picks up its regularly scheduled program, and the monitors go black. The anchor steps out of the studio.<\/p>\n

Bill exist the production room. The man with the lanyard waves him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cSee ya later, Circling Thunderbird!\u201d<\/p>\n

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JRN 449 poses inside APTN’s studio<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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