{"id":29864,"date":"2022-11-29T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=29864"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:54:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:54:01","slug":"native-sun-news-today-tim-giago-joins-native-american-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/29\/native-sun-news-today-tim-giago-joins-native-american-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: Tim Giago joins Native American Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/769664318?h=104c2ae2b4&#038;title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">James Parker Shield: <a href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/769664318>National Native American Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Tim Giago \u2013 A \u201cShining Star\u201d inducted into National Hall of Fame<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, November 29, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Clara Caufield<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Northern Cheyenne Correspondent, Native Sun News Today<\/div>\r\n<div class=source-website><a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOKLAHOMA CITY \u2013 On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativehof\/videos\/1063855647617473\">November 5<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/famok.org\">First Americans Museum<\/a> auditorium was filled with the \u201cWho\u2019s Who\u201d of Indian Country for the 2022 Induction Ceremony of nine notable Native Americans into the <a href=https:\/\/nativehalloffame.org\/>National Native American Hall of Fame<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe purpose of that organization is to recognize and celebrate the contributions of contemporary Native Americans, both to their own people and the world, said James Parker Shield (Little Shell  \/ Chippewa Cree from Montana) founder and Executive Director. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMaster of Ceremonies Tim Tall Chief noted that the inductees are \u201cshining stars\u201d of Indian Country, nominated and vetted through rigorous selection for life-long contributions to their people.\r\nOne of them was the late Tim Giago, founder, owner, publisher, editor and journalist of Indian Country Today and Native Sun News Today. He was honored and recognized for more than forty years of service in journalism, a guardian of free speech in Indian Country.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativehof\/posts\/pfbid0suzN5QNGrWFhcSCYeaokod12EKFvtknABFsWRJahkuSE53s3ALfCHK413odkF6iXl\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nA member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, born in Kyle, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Giago spent many of his formative years in the community of Wounded Knee. Giago\u2019s tribal name \u201cNanwica Kciji\u201d translates to \u201cStands up for Them\u201d.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe did that.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJackie Giago, Tim\u2019s wife of 25 years and business manager of Native Sun News Today was on hand to accept the award, resplendent in black and silver. \u201cTim was so pleased to receive this recognition,\u201d she stated.  \u201cHe was looking forward to attending this event and renewing acquaintance with the other inductees, having known many of them for many years. Sadly, the Creator called him home before this was possible, after a long battle with diabetes, which afflicts so many tribal people.\u201d\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nativehalloffame.org\/national-native-american-hall-of-fameannounces-the-2022-class-of-inductees\/\">Other inductees included<\/a>: Governor Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation; Ryneldi Beneciti, Navajo Nation the first woman to play in the Women\u2019s National Basketball Association; John Echohawk, Pawnee Nation, Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund; Suzan Harjo, Cheyenne\/Hodulgee Muscogee Nation; Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter; Earl Old Person Sr. Blackfeet leader and Patricia Zell, Arapaho\/Navajo descent, former Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-7>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/29\/native-sun-news-today-tim-giago-joins-native-american-hall-of-fame\/timgiagonationalnativeamericanhalloffame\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29870\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2079\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"29870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/29\/native-sun-news-today-tim-giago-joins-native-american-hall-of-fame\/timgiagonationalnativeamericanhalloffame\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29\/TimGiagoNationalNativeAmericanHallofFame-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2079,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1667935818&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tim Giago &amp;#8211; National Native American Hall of Fame\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tim Giago &amp;#8211; National Native American Hall of Fame&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The award presented by the National Native American Hall of Fame to the late Tim Giago in recognition of his work in the field of journalism. Photo by Native Sun News Today&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29\/TimGiagoNationalNativeAmericanHallofFame-832x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29\/TimGiagoNationalNativeAmericanHallofFame-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Giago - National Native American Hall of Fame\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-29870\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\">\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The award presented by the National Native American Hall of Fame to the late Tim Giago in recognition of his work in the field of journalism. Photo by Native Sun News Today<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe NNIHAF was but one of many honors that Giago had received during his long tenure as a leading Native American journalist.  <P><\/P>\r\nHe was one of the first Native Americans to be accepted as a Nieman Fellow, Harvard University.  \r\nIn 1990, he prevailed upon the late South Dakota Governor George Mickleson to establish Native American Day, replacing Columbus Day, a movement which spread across the nation.  They also established a Year of Reconciliation in South Dakota, a state where much conflict between Natives and non-natives occurred.<P><\/P>\r\nIn association with other national tribal spokespersons such as Suzan Harjo, Tim led the campaign to get the Washington Redskins Football team to make a name change. \u201cWe are not mascots\u201d, he often wrote. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThat battle required decades of commitment and in the end, he and others won, showing that it is possible for poor Indians to challenge and defeat corporate America. If you have the guts to stick it out.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/tim-giago-social-media-is-killing-newspapers\/timgiago\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"5411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/tim-giago-social-media-is-killing-newspapers\/timgiago\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/timgiago.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1324125915&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tim Giago\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tim Giago&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tim Giago. Photo courtesy &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/&gt;Native Sun News Today&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/timgiago-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/timgiago.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Giago\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-5411\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Tim Giago. Photo courtesy <a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>Native Sun News Today<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAs a survivor of Indian Boarding Schools, Giago was one of the first to call attention to that matter, now a matter of international concern. He penned a book titled, \u201cChildren Left Behind: The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding Schools\u201d detailing his personal experience.<P><\/P>\r\nAs a founder of the Native American Journalism Association (NAJA), Giago made it his business to mentor and support other tribal \u201cvoices\u201d. He also supported non-Indian journalists friendly to the native cause. At first count, in the 1980\u2019s he estimated there was about 104 Native journalists in all of America.  Many of those were struggling in remote areas of Indian Country. He reached out to encourage and support nearly all of them.<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cYou live on the ground,\u201d he would say.  \u201cWrite it like you see it and know it. Write to your people. Others will read it too, but your people are your audience.\u201d<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"card mb-3\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">\r\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/12\/nativesunnewstoday.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native sun news today\"\/>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <h5 class=\"card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">NATIVE SUN NEWS TODAY<\/a><\/h5>\r\n        <p>\r\n           Support Native media!\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Read the rest of the story on Native Sun News Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/tim-giago-a-shining-star-inducted-into-national-hall-of-fame\/\">Tim Giago \u2013 A \u201cShining Star\u201d inducted into National Hall of Fame\r\n<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativesunnews.today<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nsweekly\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nsweekly<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/p>  \r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<HR><EM>Clara Caufield can be reached at acheyennevoice@gmail.com<\/em><HR>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<strong>Note: Copyright permission <A href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">Native Sun News Today<\/A><\/strong>\r\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/25\/TimGiago.jpeg\" alt=\"Tim Giago\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" class=\"invisible\" \/> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWrite to your people,\u201d the legendary Native journalist Tim Giago would say. \u201cOthers will read it too, but your people are your audience.\u201d","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[418,62,243,490,3637,2,97,127,61,98,108],"class_list":["post-29864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-boarding-schools","tag-mascots","tag-media","tag-museums","tag-native-american-hall-of-fame","tag-native-sun-news-today","tag-oglala-sioux","tag-oklahoma","tag-racism","tag-south-dakota","tag-tim-giago","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/25\/TimGiago.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-7LG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}