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Joanelle Romero was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1957.
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In 2007 she was designated a Women"s History Month Honoree by the National Women"s History Project. She was raised in Los Angeles, California. In 1991 Romero founded Spirit World Productions, a Native American television, film and music production company.
She was inspired to create Spirit World Productions due to the lack of Native voice in the entertainment industry.
Spirit World released American Holocaust: When lieutenant’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian, a documentary film narrated by Editor Asner. Romero directed, produced, wrote and scored the music for the film that compares the Holocaust with the United States governments treatment of American Indians and the lasting effects on contemporary culture.
Romero would found the non-profit organization Red Nation Celebration (Radio Network Controller) in 1995 with the goal of exploring, presenting and promoting contemporary and traditional Native American performing arts internationally.In 2006 Romero founded Red Nation Media Internet and Television Channel with all Native American programming. In 2005 she was the recipient of the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award for "the vision to see the truth…and the courage to speak lieutenant" She started the first Native American Heritage Month in Los Angeles in November 2005, garnering her the title "The First Lady" of American Indian Heritage Month.
