BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:American Indian journalist\, entrepreneur\, and political act ivist Paul DeMain of Hayward\, Wis.\, will discuss what he sees as Nati ve America&rsquo\;s growing impact on national and local politics and p ublic policy at a lecture organized by the Mitchell Museum of the Ameri can Indian\, to be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday\, November 10\, in the Petty Auditorium of the Skokie Public Library\, 5215 Oakton Street\, S kokie\, Ill.\nAn award-winning investigative reporter of Oneida and Ojib we descent\, DeMain will deliver the Mitchell Museum&rsquo\;s third ann ual Dr. Carlos Montezuma Honorary Lecture. The title of his talk is &ld quo\;American Indians and the Tipping Point: No Longer a Miner&rsquo\;s Canary.&rdquo\;\n&ldquo\;Native America has a bigger seat at all the ta bles now\,&rdquo\; DeMain said in a telephone interview with the Mitche ll Museum. &ldquo\;Tribes are something to be reckoned with.&rdquo\;\nI n some states\, counties\, and districts\, Native votes can determine th e outcome of close elections\, he said.\nDeMain said he can recall when political campaigns used to ignore Indian reservations. But as residen ts there have become better educated and more politically aware\, that& rsquo\;s changed. &ldquo\;Now\, Republicans and Democrats all come here \,&rdquo\; he said\, referring to the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reserv ation in northern Wisconsin\, where he lives and works.\nA citizen of th e Wisconsin Oneida Nation\, DeMain is chief executive and managing edit or of independent\, privately owned Indian Country Communications\, Inc .\, whose operations include the respected national newspaper News from Indian Country\, the online news site IndianCountryNews.net\, and other media properties.\nLooking back on nearly four decades of covering Ame rican Indian news\, DeMain will discuss the development of tribal resis tance to government &ldquo\;social engineering experiments&rdquo\; and industrial exploitation. He says tribes have created enviable policies for sustainable uses of their natural resources\, resisting the short-t erm lures of jobs and revenues offered by mining and timber conglomerat es.\nHe is an advocate for independent Native American news media protec ted from the censorship pressures faced by tribal-owned and operated me dia.\nAs an investigative journalist\, DeMain has been subjected to deat h threats for his nationally recognized\, critical reporting on the Ame rican Indian Movement&rsquo\;s armed uprising at Wounded Knee\, S.D\, i n the 1970s. DeMain published information implicating AIM leaders in th e murder of a female member suspected of being an FBI informant. He als o uncovered evidence suggesting that AIM hero Leonard Peltier killed tw o FBI agents in 1975\, a charge the imprisoned Peltier has long denied. \nFor his reporting\, DeMain received the Wassaja Award from the Native American Journalists Association in 2002. The award recognizes exceptio nal courage in the line of duty. \;He also holds a 2003 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism\, granted by the University of Oregon.& nbsp\;The program honors journalists &ldquo\;who demonstrate an extraor dinary commitment to ethical conduct\, even when faced with economic\, personal or political pressure\,&rdquo\; according to the university&rs quo\;s website.\nDeMain has been quoted in the New York Times\, USA Toda y\, and other mass-market publications.\nHe serves on the advisory boar d of the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansa s at Little Rock\, to which he has donated his collection of papers.\nI n the political sphere\, DeMain was campaign manager for Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe) in her 2000 quest for the vice presidency of the U.S. on the Gr een Party ticket with Ralph Nader. In the 1980s\, DeMain served as advi ser on Indian affairs policy to Wisconsin Gov. Anthony S. Earl.\nThe Mi tchell Museum&rsquo\;s Dr. Carlos Montezuma Honorary Lecture\, presented each fall\, is named for an early 20th-century Native American physici an and civil rights crusader who lived and worked in Chicago.\nAdmissio n to the lecture at the Skokie Public Library is $20 for the general pu blic\, $15 for students\, Mitchell Museum members\, and tribal members. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Mitchell Muse um.\nThe independent nonprofit Mitchell Museum is located at 3001 Centra l St.\, Evanston. For information\, phone (847) 475-1030 or email visi tor.services@mitchellmuseum.org. Website: http://www.mitchellmuseum.org .\nFunding for the 2012 Dr. Carlos Montezuma Honorary Lecture comes from BMO Harris Bank and Mitchell Museum board member Frances Hagemann. The museum is partially supported by a grant from the Evanston Arts Counci l\, a city agency supported by the City of Evanston\, and the Illinois Arts Council\, a state agency. URL:http://skokie.patch.com/events/lecture-by-trail-blazing-native-americ an-journalist-paul-demain SUMMARY:Lecture by trail-blazing Native American journalist Paul DeMain LOCATION:Skokie Public Library: 5215 Oakton St\, Skokie\, IL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR