Things Cate has done High Country News Cate's Resume Cate Gilles OBJECTIVE To utilize my skills in communication, investigation, and computer-assisted journalism in a position that serves the public good, focussing on Native American issues and the environment. EDUCATION August, 1994 1994: MASTER OF ARTS, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, FLAGSTAFF, AZ Major: Political Science; Focus: Native American Studies and Community Development Honors: Graduated Summa Cum Laude; National Deans’ List Thesis: “Another Century of Dishonor: A Post-Positivist Critique of Uranium Production on Reservations” Graduate Assistantships: One position assisting graduate participants in developing an investigative book; One producing a Native American curriculum on the political economy of development December, 1980 1980: BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER, CO Major: Fine Arts; Minor: Japanese Language, History and Culture Honors: Graduated Cum Laude in General Honors Course; Phi Beta Kappa; National Deans’ List; Claribel Kendall Award PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1994 - PRESENT 1998 – 1999: SCRIPPS FELLOW IN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM University of Colorado, Boulder, CO One of five journalists nationally selected for program. Activities included teaching, preparing a book proposal, writing, and studying science, law, and environmental journalism. 1991 - 1993 1988 – 1998: EDITOR, JOURNALIST, ART DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER Held wide range of responsibilities at several newspapers, journals, and radio stations throughout the West, particularly Arizona. Positions included:  KNAU Radio, Flagstaff: Created features for regional Public Radio station that were broadcast nationally on American Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Coyote Radio Network.  Northern Arizona Environmental News: Editor and Art Director for publication of the group Citizens for Environmental Responsibility.  Navajo-Hopi Observer: Reporter and Acting Editor. Earned 1994 Bojack Humanitarian Award for “Reporter of the Year.”  Additional positions include: National Native News (American Public Radio); Navajo Times; High Country News; Cultural Survival; Indigenous Woman; Gallup Independent 1990 - 1992 1980 – 1988: FREELANCE EDITOR, WRITER, REPORTER, PHOTOGRAPHER, ARTIST Published photographs, articles, and artwork in numerous regional and national publications (see list page 2). Extensive experience in artistic and journalistic photography. Also active volunteer with Native American, environmental, arts, and women’s organizations throughout. MANAGER AND SALESPERSON, ANASAZI GALLERY OF ART Flagstaff, Arizona Responsibilities included sales, development of new artists, art matting and framing, and general gallery management. Cate Gilles, Page 2 INVITED PRESENTATIONS APRIL 20 - 23, 1994 WESTERN SOCIAL SCIENCE 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Albuquerque, New Mexico “Poisoning Native Lands and Native Lives: A Post-Positivist Analysis of Federal Uranium Policy” IMAGES OF THE ENVIRONMENT: EVOLVING PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT Flagstaff, Arizona “A Mirror of Poison: Native Lands / Native Lives / Federal Policy” OCTOBER 10, 1993 THE COLUMBUS LEGACY Flagstaff, Arizona “Contamination on the Plateau: Radioactive Colonialism and the Native Nations of the Southwest” APRIL 11 - 14, 1993 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT Irvine, California “Fueling the Bomb: 40 Years of Uranium Mining and Milling in the Southwest” This was the first joint conference of Soviet, American and Chinese scientists organized to examine the international environmental consequences of nuclear weapons development. JANUARY 4 - 6, 1991 UNITING NATIONS Las Vegas, Nevada “Uranium and the Native Nations of the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau” Conference included international indigenous researchers as well as Japanese, Russian and French governmental representatives and activists. PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARTWORK HAVE APPEARED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS: Akwesasne Notes Environment Magazine Navajo Times Amicus Journal L’Expresso New World Times Big Mama Rag Fellowship Magazine Prism magazine Big Mountain News The Guardian Redwood Records Calyx IITC Treaty Council Seventh Generation Report Capitol Reporter Indigenous Woman Southern Exposure Citizen Alert Issues in Radical Therapy The Syracuse Review Countervision Kopftrommel GbR The Tab Covert Action National Lawyers Guild News Technology Review Cultural Survival Native News Wheatberry Journal Crazy Horse Spirit Native American Almanac The Workbook The Double Standard Navajo-Hopi Observor EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS  Have shown artwork in eleven regional and national juried shows. List available on request.  In addition, my work is in the permanent collections of many prominent art collectors ADDITIONAL SKILLS Experienced teacher of English, English as a Second Language, Writing, and Reading.