Native America Calling

Native America Calling is a live call-in program linking public radio stations, the Internet and listeners together in a thought-provoking national conversation about issues specific to Native communities. Each program engages noted guests and experts with callers throughout the United States and is designed to improve the quality of life for Native Americans. Native America Calling is heard on 52 stations in the United States and Canada by approximately 500,000 listeners each week.

About the Host and Producer:
Harlan McKosato is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma and grew up on the Iowa reservation in north central Oklahoma. He began as an associate producer for NAC in June 1995, and was promoted to producer/director in August 1996. He took over hosting duties in September 1997.

He has been a columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican, the oldest newspaper in the West, since 1999. He served as an adjunct professor of journalism at the Institute of American Indian Arts for the spring semester 2006. In 2005, he was recognized by his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, as a “Distinguished Alumnus of the Gaylord College of Journalism” where he received his degree in Journalism & Mass Communications in 1988.

He was the 2003 reader’s choice for “Best Radio Personality in New Mexico” by the statewide-circulated Crosswinds Weekly magazine. In 2002, he was appointed as Chairman of the Albuquerque Mayor’s Commission on Indian Affairs.

Just for fun, in 2005 he appeared in his first film role in a short movie titled Sympathy for the Devil. He also appeared in the 2004 PBS documentary Looking Towards Home and in 2003 he served as head of the “McKosato family” on three episodes of TV’s The Family Feud.