TobyJosephSr

BIO Toby Joseph Sr. - U.S Army Veteran –  (Apache, Navajo, Seneca and Ute) is an experienced Wisdom of the Elders Producer, Final cut pro editor, and Guerrilla Filmmaker! 2007 - Bates Technical School and studied Digital Media and Video Production 2008 - fulfilled internships with Full Focus, the Emmy award-winning program at KBTC Public Television, and as lead Program Director for the Tacoma Rainier Team at Cheney Stadium. Started work with WISDOM Productions, Wisdom of the elders and Discovering our Story Tv. Co -founded S.A.G.E UP Productions - Independent audio and video Micro-projects, production work that documents the stories of Native People. 2009 - Music video “Khange” SAVAGE FAMILY – HGS Savage Family Music Videos that won  the 2008 and 2009 best new artist and best new single awards  - WCIMA – West coast Indian music awards Northwest Indian storytellers Emerging Tellers Conference Indy Short film – Justice – Editor Canoe Journey@Jamestown skallem Landing Misc, Productions 2010 – Present  developed and co- created a 30-minute pilot and series for the Twulshootsed Language Program at the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. Wisdom of the elders and Discovering our Story TV project. 12 1 hour episodes of Discovering our Story TV. 24 Segments for DOS TV Curriculum Project Northwest Indian storytellers Emerging Tellers Conference Canoe Journey@Tulalip Landing 2011 - Native American Center for Excellence service to science participent 2012 - Native American Center for Excellence service to science co-presenter     Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (WISDOM) is collaborating with a team of nine partners that serve Native Americans to develop multi-media rehabilitation curriculum for Portland-area Native American therapists and clients. The Discovering Our Story Project is being developed to resolve five outcomes. One increases the skills of therapists serving Native American clients. Four outcomes resolve mental health, addictions, domestic violence prevention and diabetes issues which recent research demonstrates are frequently co-occurring within our community. Discovering Our Story shares the stories of our people. The sharing of stories is a traditional native practice, and is one that provides us with a vehicle for learning. It is our hope that by sharing the stories and accompanying lessons, we will help you to re-awaken and remember your own story.  During 2009-2010, our curriculum team of 12 will produce 16 sets of curricula for partners’ rehabilitation programs, each set including 5 treatment plans for a total of 80 treatment plans. Each set of material will include two or three 15-minute video or audio recordings for a total of 32-48 video clips. Archival audio and video recordings of exemplary Native American role models from WISDOM’s archives and some new recordings will be included in this curriculum.   Curriculum writers will use multi-media technology that supports traditional indigenous learning styles. This relies more heavily upon visual and auditory literacy which is frequently lacking in existing mainstream curricula. On a continent with more than 200 languages, Native Americans historically used visual and verbal intelligence for trade and communication between tribes. Therefore, we are using video production designed to transform clients’ learning experience.   Our goal is to provide culturally-competent multimedia curricula so partners’ clients can improve and maintain their mental health, overcome cycles of addiction and domestic violence, and accomplish T2Diabetes programs. Project evaluation and survey development is being completed by our partner, the Indigenous Ways of Knowing Program at Lewis and Clark College. This project, which has been projected in the WISDOM Board of Directors' Strategic Plan since 2004 as a future project, launched in July 2009 and will remain as a central focus through June 2012.   WISDOM’s website is being redesigned and upgraded and will provide the curriculum materials online to partners and service providers as a gift to the community, similar to the radio series and k-12 curriculum which we have produced and provided to the people. This will include short video productions, audio segments from our radio series, transcripts embellished with historical and contemporary photos, maps, and art, and web links.