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Video News Production exceeded my expectations for professional growth with growing my White Turtle Rainbow Native American Media Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Orginally I expected to pick up some useful video making techniques. However, the experience I have gained is so much more!

Through my Responses To Indian Summer Festival No Longer At Summerfest video was the most challenging topic and video that I have ever created! This story involved conducting multiple hours of interviews on the local, state, national, and global levels. Involved me creating a professional 21 question survey, a petition, and involved 2 Native American Journalist Association Attorneys. I had to learn and exercise what my rights are as a Native American Journalist including standing up for myself when asked to have my survey taken off the Internet by Indian Summer Festival Inc. My Indian Summer Festival video was the most controversial on the latest hot topic. This video had the most delays and setbacks of any video I have ever made. Definitely learned about perserverance while investigating, filming, and interviewing for this video topic. Such an important topic I plan to do a follow up story on Indian Summer Festival for my next Multimedia News class.

Look forward to my Multimedia News Production class in April 2019.

Professionally, Video News Production made me feel much more like a real Professional Native American Journalist. This course encouraged me to take the next step and become a Professional Member of both Native American Journalist Association and the Internet's Creator's Guild. This course motivated me to upgrade my WenonaGardner.com Wordpress Account to a Premium Account which is now monetized to receive ad revenue. Video News Production encouraged me to acquire new technology and upgrade to Professional Survey Monkey, Guidestar, and SoundCloud accounts. This course inspired me to use my 17 page White Turtle Rainbow Business Plan and to begin to work on a step by step plan launching my Path of the Morning Star Podcast and Native American Music and News.

Wenona Gardner

White Turtle Rainbow

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Multimedia Development and Editing

March 5, 2019

Wenona Gardner

My goals for Multimedia Development and Editing were to grow in my skills in photography, audio, and video production for my White Turtle Rainbow Native American Media Company. I set the goal that by this time I will have established a Business Website which I did accomplish by setting up WenonaGardner.com Business Plan with Wordpress for two years which include 2 thirty minute Zoom consultations with Wordpress Happiness Engineers, 24/7 chat help all seven days a week, unlimited storage for all my photos, podcasts, and videos I will produce and a lot of extra support videos and articles so I can best grow and build my business. I scheduled my first consultation with a Wordpress Happiness Engineer and he helped explained how I can setup ads to generate ad revenue, how to setup PayPal buttons and how to setup a store.

Expectations of the Multimedia Development and Editing and course required me to create a 10 photo Adobe Spark Page, a Path of the Morning Star Podcast and a narrated 10 photograph Adobe Spark Video. I was especially fascinated by doing the Podcast. I always wanted to do one and I strongly believe that I want to continue doing a regular Podcast series for My White Turtle Rainbow business that wrote a 17 page business plan about producing a Podcast series.

This course prepared me for my career as a journalist career by helping me grow in audio, photo, and video journalism. Through this course I am building my portfolio and gaining journalism experience. As I completed my course work I gained more and more journalism experience helping me to take a step forward to realizing my White Turtle Rainbow dreams.

Wenona Gardner

White Turtle Rainbow

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Research and Investigative Skills Course

Research and Investigative Skills

February 3, 2019

Wenona Lee Gardner

For this assignment, you will reflect on your original three (3) goals for RIS. You will identify, in detail, your expectations for the course. My first goal was to identify my target audience for White Turtle Rainbow. My second goal is to search for sources for White Turtle Rainbow. My third goal is to research for White Turtle Rainbow. My expectations for the Research and Investigative Skills course was to grow in my detective skills in researching topics as a Native American Journalism.

In addition, you will identify – in detail – the three (3) most helpful pieces of Information that you learned during the course. I learned a lot from this Research and Investigative Skills course. First I learned how to come up with questions to conduct an interview. Second, I learned about the importance of using and creating infographics. Third, I learned how to search for expert interview subjects.

Plus, you will explain how the knowledge you acquired in this course prepared you for your journalistic career. My goal in my journalist career is to become a Native American Journalist under the name White Turtle Rainbow. I want to become a member of the Native American Journalist Association which will open me up to journalism scholarships and Journalism opportunities. I plan to contact other Native American Journalist Sites like Mohican Tribal News and Indian Country News. There is a Native American Journalist Scholarship for $10,000 being offered through Native American Journalist Association that is due in April 2019. The Native American Journalist scholarship requires 2 recommendation letters from 2 Professors. The scholarship also requires a portfolio of writing samples of Native American Journalism stories. I find the requirements for this scholarship is very thorough and I will use my research and investigative Skills from this course to build my portfolio.

Wenona Lee Gardner

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Legal Aspects of Media

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Legal Aspects of Media

December 16, 2018

Wenona Lee Gardner

White Turtle Rainbow

Please consider how this course met your expectations, what you learned, and how you might apply what you learned professionally.

• What was your favorite assignment in this course? Please explain.

My favorite assignment was the Publication assignment for an event in the community. I went to the Alverno College website and registered for the Senior Week Cocktail Party. I am always overjoyed to any event at my beloved alma mater at Alverno College.

• Of the course topics covered this month, which one(s) do you think will be most helpful to you as a communications professional?

I think learning about the defamation laws would make me a better Communications Professional so that I am aware about how to follow the law. Reviewing copyright laws are also very important to me as an artist and content creator.

• How will the knowledge you acquired this month prepare you to handle potential legal issues in the communications industry?

Actually I was hoping to learn more about how to incorporate my White Turtle Rainbow business because I hope to be self employed as Media company. I am still not sure how to do this. This course seemed to be targeted more for communication professionals employed by another company versus entrepreneurs who aspire to be their own boss. I find this disappointing and wonder how I can acquire the necessary legal information to realize my entrepreneurial goals. As an artist and a content creator this knowledge I acquired from this course has definitely empowered me in the knowledge of legal issues in media. There were some very compelling cases in court cases throughout the course that I was not aware about before. These cases were not only unfamiliar to me but also gave me a lot of food for thought.

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Text of post My goal for Writing for Interactive Media was to grow my writing for my White Turtle Rainbow business. I explored relevant topics of the Indian Child Welfare Act and National Native American Heritage Month. I was able to share my experiences in foster care and as a foster mother. I was able to interview people I admired such as Tom Ecks of Saint A whose Native American Foster Father and over sees the 30 Native American Foster Children at Saint A and Danny Preston (Apache/Ojibwe) Spiritual Advisor and AODA counselor at Gerald L Ignace Indian Health Center. I felt challenged in this Writing for Interactive Media Course. Native American culture is very important in my career.

My Goal is to grow my White Turtle Rainbow business through my Full Sail classes including New Media Journalism Master’s of Arts. During this course I was able to narrow down my target audience to Social Workers in order to help the 30 Native American Foster Kids at Saint A. I was able to narrow down my niche to include not just articles about Lost Birds that are Native American Adopted and Foster Children but also relevant topics like the Wiping Away the Tears Ceremony performed by Chief Arvol Looking Horse and the issue with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 being declared unconstitutional in a Federal Court in Texas. (ICWA) The current legal status for Indian Child Welfare Act is a HUGE issue My life got so much better when the Indian Child Welfare Agent placed me in a Native American foster home with my distant Native American cousin Eleanor Monteen Soto whose Indian name was Wambli Wasu Winyan Hail Eagle Woman! Hail Eagle Woman was a Medicine Woman and a Pipe Carrier and she taught me how to run Native American ceremonies as her Ashkebawaish also known as a Medicine Helper. Hail Eagle Woman formed the Great Lakes Intertribal Dancers and taught me how to teach Native American dancing in Women’s Traditional Dancing to school children at Milwaukee Public Schools, Shorewood Schools, and Boys and Girls Club. Together Hail Eagle Woman had me become the Lead Singer for the Oneida Intertribal Singers. Hail Eagle Woman also helped me by giving me my Indian name Wabun Anung which means Morning Star. I was blessed to be in a Native American Foster Home thanks to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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Photos Taken by Wenona Lee Gardner. Mohican Tribe. At Hunting Moon Ppw Wow in Milwaukee, WI Saturday October 20, 2018.

My Goal is to grow my White Turtle Rainbow business through my Full Sail classes including New Media Journalism Master’s of Fine Arts New Media and Communications course. During this course I was able to narrow down my target audience to Social Workers in order to help the 30 Native American Foster Kids at Saint A. I was able to narrow down my niche to include not just articles about Lost Birds that are Native American Adopted and Foster Children but also relevant topics like the Wiping Away the Tears Ceremony performed by Chief Arvol Looking Horse and the issue with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 being declared unconstitutional in a Federal Court in Texas. (ICWA) The current legal status for Indian Child Welfare Act is a HUGE issue for Native American Adopted and Foster Children Lost Birds. (Nagle 2018) (Schilling 2018) I know personally as a Native American Lost Bird of the Foster Child I was personally greatly harmed in a Polish foster home where a 26 year old Polish Foster Brother repeatedly sexually assaulted me. I ended up in suicide watch at DePaul Hospital because of the severe abuse I received in that Polish foster home. My life got so much better when the Indian Child Welfare Agent placed me in a Native American foster home with my distant Native American cousin Eleanor Monteen Soto whose Indian name was Wambli Wasu Winyan Hail Eagle Woman! Hail Eagle Woman was a Medicine Woman and a Pipe Carrier and she taught me how to run Native American ceremonies as her Ashkebawaish also known as a Medicine Helper. Hail Eagle Woman formed the Great Lakes Intertribal Dancers and taught me how to teach Native American dancing in Women’s Traditional Dancing to school children at Milwaukee Public Schools, Shorewood Schools, and Boys and Girls Club. Together Hail Eagle Woman had me become the Lead Singer for the Oneida Intertribal Singers. Hail Eagle Woman also helped me by giving me my Indian name Wabun Anung which means Morning Star. I was blessed to be in a Native American Foster Home thanks to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Nagle, Rebecca. October 8, 2018. Texas Judge rules Indian Child Welfare Act as unconstitutional. The Indian Country Today. https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/texas-judge-rules-indian-child-welfare-act-as-unconstitutional-X_4Gx2-IkEKVEYCEdGxSFg/ Schilling, Vincent. 10-13-18. ICWA Unconstitutional? The Indian Country Today Weekly Video News Report by Vincent Schilling: https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/the-indian-country-today-weekly-video-news-report-by-vincent-schilling-10-13-18–4QahlqsekiCznwrkEsv_w/

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Today Saturday September 29, 2018 at 4pm CDT at 9901 W Calumet St in Milwaukee, Wisconsin I was baptized. Elder McConkie on the left performed his first baptismal. Me in the center in my barefootness. lol On the right is Elder Strader who performed a beautiful piano piece for me, presented a great story about the Holy Ghost. He shared about a camping trip with the church a few years ago where they blind folded everybody and they had to reach a destination. He said most people followed the loud noise. But Elder Strader said he heard a softer tone and he went the other way to a rope where he heard the whisper “Take the rope.” So he followed the rope and someone hugged him. And then they said “Welcome Home!” Other people chased the noise but finally everybody eventually found their way back home.

Tomorrow Elder Strader is performing the Confirmation with the Holy Ghost Blessing!

On my way to the church I discovered a gas station off on 16th Street selling juice for a dollar and gum for 35 cents. I was so happy to make the discovery!

On the 23 bus I ran into my favorite Milwaukee African American Artist Della Wells. I was able to give her my Artist Business Card with the name White Turtle Rainbow. She asked me when I was doing a show and I told her I am working on it.

I got to the church early. The Elders had to call me to find me cause I was at the last door they checked. I cried because none of my family or friends came. I missed my bio family John and Catherine and baby sis Lisa. I filled out the geneaology in the book and vowed to look into developing my pedigree chart.

The water was hot like a hot tub. Very comforting! I heard the blessing and went under the water and when I came up I said “Oh Woah! and giggled. There were 10 little children pressed up at the glass watching my baptismal. There was also an 8 year old girl who was getting baptized by her father and afterwards she was confirmed by her grandfather she gave me a bouquet of flowers. I gave her my White Turtle Rainbow business card with my artwork on it. What a blessed day! Refreshments were corn dogs, veggie dip, carrots & cherry tomatoes, cupcakes with butter cream frosting, and chocolate chip cookie bars.

#baptism #jesus christ of latter day saints #della wells #elder strader #elder mcconkie #wenona mcmasters

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During the ceremony white wreaths were laid to represent the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks. 412 of those people were emergency workers including 343 firefighters. And even after 17 years, Wenona Lee Gardner, a Milwaukeean said remembering the horrific events of 9-11 never gets easier. “As a Mohican Indian, this is our Turtle Island, and to know such terrorism has happened on our mother earth makes me sad," Wenona said https://www.wtmj.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-county-leaders-gather-to-remember-september-11th-17-years-later I am in the video of this link.

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My September 11, 2001 story

I was in Waukesha talking to a writer from New York that morning when he told me the tower was hit by a plane and he asked me to remember him. I never heard from him again.

I then went to see Mark Shultz the first boy who loved me in high school when he was a junior and I was a sophomore. He was afraid what his coworkers would think of me showing up at his work when his wife did not come but I did. I tried to see him because he was the only person I did not want to leave this world and not see for the last time. He took me to McDonald's and bought me a fish sandwich.

I then went to the 5 corners an old Indian Trail in Milwaukee at the gazebo and God revealed his Angel's to me. They were flying all over the sky.

This is my September 11, 2001 story.

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