Legacy Report 2023 Final

Dakota Wicohan PREMIERE: September 19, 2022

Report on Grants to Public Television in SFY23 FOR PERIOD: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

DESCRIPTION Dakota Wicohan is a cultural resource center promoting a wide range of Dakota language, leadership, and lifeways programs and outreach efforts. Supporters, as well as those who have benefited from Dakota Wicohan, speak about the positive impact the programs and mentors have had on their lives.

129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION Article 4 Sec. 7 Subd. 4. Reporting. A public station receiving funds appropriated under this section must report annually by January 15 to the commissioner, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over arts and cultural heritage policy and finance regarding how the previous year’s grant funds were expended. In addition to all information required of each recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund under section 3.303, subdivision 10, the report must contain specific information for each program produced and broadcast, including the cost of production, the number of stations broadcasting the program, estimated viewership, the number of hours of legacy program content available for streaming on websites, and other related measures. If the programs produced include educational material, the public station must report on these efforts.

To celebrate the 20th year of Dakota Wicohan, Pioneer PBS producer Tanner Peterson, of the Upper Sioux Community, did a series of 21 videos that were released digitally and promoted on social media.

SEGMENTS

Mary Erler Peters, Teresa Peterson & Gabrielle Strong (7:00) | September 19, 2022 Mary Erler Peters, Teresa Peterson, and Gabrielle Strong speak about the early days of Dakota Wicohan, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. They met around kitchen tables and in each other’s homes to discuss ways they could raise healthy families that were reconnected to the land, the spiritual traditions, language, and lifeways of the Dakota people. Today, Dakota Wicohan is a cultural resource center promoting a wide range of Dakota language, leadership, and lifeways programs and outreach efforts.

Hours available for web streaming

Raine Cloud (2:04) | September 15, 2022 Rainelle Miller (2:07) | September 15, 2022 Priscilla Gruendemann (1:48) | September 15, 2022 Mat Pendleton (1:11) | September 15, 2022 Mariah Heffner (1:12) | September 15, 2022 Kateri O’Keefe (1:21) | September 15, 2022 Josephine LaRose (:59) | September 15, 2022 Leah Mckee (1:14) | September 15, 2022 Joe Erler (1:55) | September 15, 2022 Grace Goldtooth (1:47) | September 15, 2022 Gianna Larocque (1:46) | September 15, 2022 Gianna Eastman (1:53) | September 15, 2022 Dory Sands (:52) | September 15, 2022 Alianna Vargas (1:30) | November 22, 2022 Denton Jackson (1:08) | November 22, 2022 Vincent Vargas (1:21) | November 22, 2022 Vanessa Goodthunder (1:21) | November 22, 2022 Tanner Peterson (1:50) | November 22, 2022 Evelyn Luna (1:29) | November 22, 2022 Eileen O’Keefe (1:42) | November 22, 2022

Educational materials created

# of stations broadcasting program

Estimated viewership

Project

Format

13 30-min episodes of Postcards plus 2 extended veteran interviews (60mn+) and several digital extras 1 30-min episode of Prairie Yard & Garden 1 60-min Landmarks 1 30-min Vietnam Brotherhood 1 30-min State of Polka 1 30-min Remembering WWII: Heroes & History 1 60-mn Wheels 21 1-8 min Dakota Wicohan

2 additional PBS Learning Media uploads to PBS. Plus all the hours on Postcards’ website available to teachers.

Postcards & Prairie Yard & Garden episode

6

1,685,518

11

Mary Erler Peters, Teresa Peterson and Gabrielle Strong discuss the beginnings of Dakota Wicohan.

growing videos available in the popular veterans page for use by teachers of the region.

Docs & Digital

1

65,613

4.75

DISTRIBUTION & REACH

Platform Reach (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023)

21 videos posted | 40 min of content available | 951 video views

YouTube

21 posts | 6,636 video views | 374 engagements

Facebook

65

MPTA | PIONEER PBS

66

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