Here are a few radio plays and projects Rhiana’s written:

THE Best Place to Grow Pumpkins – 26 minutes (TYA)
A play for children and families set on the Navajo reservation about an 8 year old Navajo girl who plants a magical pumpkin patch, filled with hilarious characters this fun story also explores living with diabetes. It won the 2006 Native Radio Theatre contest and was produced by Native American Public Telecommunications. It won an Honorable Mention for Best Radio at the 2007 ImagiNative Film Festival in Toronto. Available for broadcast.

The Peach Seed – 24 minutes (TYA)
A fantastical journey into the Navajo story of the Long Walk told from the perspective of a peach seed who once was born in the peach orchards of Canyon de Chelly. It won the 2007 Native Radio Theatre contest and was produced by Native American Public Telecommunications. Available for broadcast.

Boozho and Waste’ Yahi from Minneapolis! A Native Radio Variety Show – 90 minutes
A variety show written and directed by Rhiana recorded live in the heart of Minneapolis in 2008. It features some of the most outstanding talent from the Twin Cities’ Native American community from writers and poets to singers and traditional storytellers. An exciting cross pollination of Native humor and the old variety show form, this show delivers a “wish you were here” postcard from Minnesota. Produced by Native American Public Telecommunications.

The show features:
Really Real News from Native America (2008 Native Radio Theatre contest winner) by Rhiana Yazzie & Clara NiiSka
North Spirit, a powwow drum group led by John Oakgrove
Traditional storytellers Faith Bad Moccasin and Gary Ten Bear
Singer/songwriter Raphael
Cochise Anderson’s monologue Billy Sky from his play The Only Good Poet is a Read Poet
Poems from Ardie Medina
Kohl Miner’s humorous and poignant story The Race, from his one man show Native Fruit
Shinob Jeopardy, a play by Ojibwe Humorist Jim Northrup
And Ojibwe Elvis impersonator Howie Atherton
Available for broadcast.