Behind The Scenes

The Urban Indian Health Institute  and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center curated an hour of drag performance, storytelling, and discussions that amplify voices on Indigenous sexual health and trauma informed discussion. Learn from artivists (artists + activists) Bill Hall (Tlingit) as he shares his story about his lived experiences with HIV with photos captured […]

Protect yourself and others Get a vaccine Wear a mask Physical distance We at Daybreak Star Radio want all our relatives to be able to find and get a vaccine in their area. United States Canada For other countries please check your governmental or local websites or clinics. For up to date info, check out the […]

United Indians of All Tribes Foundation has a grant for reimbursement of school supplies, clothes, or after school programs for NATIVE Foster Youth who are enrolled in K through 12. All you need to know about reimbursements: Students must be Native American, Pacific Islander, or Alaskan Native Students must be enrolled in K-12 Students must […]

Crosscut, a service of Cascade Public Media, sent reporter Margo Vansynghel to out location to look over our set-up and hear our story.  We so enjoyed getting to spend some time discussing our station and goals.  Getting the word out about the wide range of indigenous music from all genres and making NDN voices heard is […]

We are pleased to announce that Yup’ik Jen will being the Sacred Circle Gallery for her opening on Saturday the 24th from 1pm to 4pm.  The Sacred Circle Gallery is in the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center (5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA 98199), inside Discovery Park. Jennifer Angaiak Wood an artist of Yup’ik, Irish and […]

Daybreak Star Radio was on site for the combined grand opening of the Sacred Circle Gallery Ballard and DaybreakStarRadio.com on July 10th.  We had a great time meeting people, opening ears to a variety of types and genres of NDN music, and eating some amazing sliders created by United Indians’ Chef Andre Laranang. To find […]

Equipment day!  We have a team of radio professionals and newbies volunteering to set up our gear!  We have mics, speakers, headphones, a console, monitors, computers, and so many cables.  We got the table set-up and chairs inplace.  Harris is busy learning the ins and outs of al the items and our new software.  We […]

The Daybreak Star staff are all in this build.  Including hanging the ceiling and vacuuming the floors.  Harris and Sherry, our Program Director and Station Manager, hung the sound deadening ceiling tiles.  This was quite a task as the amount of fiberglass filtering off the panels was more than expected.  Harris had the honor of […]

We are so very excited to be bringing NDN music to the Internet AirWaves!  There is SO MUCH TO DO!!!  First, clear out room that has been used for storage and inventory for 10 years.  Dust everywhere.  Second, clean and paint.  Third, get sprinklers up to code.  Fourth, hang drop ceiling as the noise from […]