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People all over the world will be able to listen to the Third Annual Native American Music Awards (Nammys), live online. The Nammys will be broadcast live on Earthsongs. a weekly, hour-long music program that highlights and examines contemporary music being produced by Native American artists. The host is Gregg McVicar, of Tlingit (Alaska Native) heritage. McVicar is an award-winning producer who has worked for nearly three decades in the public radio industry. The event will be broadcast live over American Indian Radio on Satellite (AIROS) on November 11, 2000 at 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

Earthsongs' live coverage of the Nammys will feature an outstanding lineup of live performances by some of today's most talented artists including; Indigenous, Robert Mirabal, Medicine Dream, Mary Youngblood, Bill Miller and Joanne Shenandoah.

Rita Coolidge will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, Jim Pepper will be inducted into the NAMMY Hall of Fame. Other special guests presenters include; John Densmore of The Doors, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, and Peter Buffet. Navajo, Notah Begay III, the only full blooded American Indian on the PGA circuit, will also be there to mark this important occasion. Begay will be presented with a Jim Thorpe Sports Award.

Visit the Native American Music web site to learn more about the Nammys, Native American Music Awards, and visit Earthsongs for more information the on coverage of the Nammys, including how, when and where to hear the program, on both your radio dial and online. The Earthsongs program can be heard in both the RealMedia format, by way of AIROS, American Indian Radio on Satellite and in the Windows Media format, by way of KUNM and KNBA radio stations.

The month of November, by presidential proclamations, has been designated as Native American Heritage Month. In honor of Native American Heritage Month PBS will be airing "The Return of Navajo Boy", on November 13, 2000. For information concerning this program, as well as new and past television programing for November, visit Native American Public Telecommunications. While visiting the NAPT web site watch clips of "The Return of Navajo Boy". To find out broadcast times in your area, contact your local PBS station for air times.

To keep up with news concerning American Indian Radio and Television programing, subscribe to the AIROS' electronic program guide. To subscribe directly send an e-mail message to airos@unl.edu, with the word subscribe in the subject heading. For more information contact NAPT Web Communications Specialist, Eric Martin, by phone: 402-472-3287 or by email: emartin2@unl.edu.