The Lighthouse Lecture Series continues on Saturday, May 17 at 4 p.m. with “Born Talking” presented by Anchor Bay resident Peggy Berryhill, a member of the Mvskoke nation of Oklahoma, who will focus her talk on her Tribe, her family background and her path to California. Berryhill, best known locally as the host of Peggy’s Place on local radio station KGUA 88.3 FM, will share maps, photos and stories about her Tribal history with the personal touch she is known for on her radio show. Admission to the lecture is $5 per person, payable in the Fog Signal Building where the lecture will be presented. The Lighthouse is located at 45500 Lighthouse Road in Point Arena. The founder and President of the Native Media Resource Center (NMRC), Peggy Berryhill founded the 501 ( c )( 3 ) in 1996 to produce content about Native Americans and promote racial understanding and cross-cultural harmony. She has been instrumental in building the Native radio network and training independent producers in broadcast journalism. From producing radio show Living on Indian Time at KPFA in Berkeley 1978 to producing the series Spirits of the Present: The Legacy From Native America at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History in 1992 Washington, DC , to producing the innovative comedy series Club Red with Charlie Hill in 2006, and many other productions in places in between, Peggy is known for her vision and groundbreaking work as a Media Architect, designing media and technology opportunities and solutions by collaborating with numerous public broadcasting and community organizations. Other accolades she has garnered from 1978 to the present are Unity Award, the Cindy, the New York Festival, and recognitions from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Native American Journalists Association and the Local Heroes award from KQED-FM in San Francisco. Peggy’s media expertise and commitment to community has earned her several lifetime achievement awards including the 2011 Bader Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for her lifetime of commitment to Native Radio, Community radio and the inclusion of the voices of women and Indigenous communities in broadcasting. In 2014 she was inducted into the Mvskoke Hall of Fame by her Tribe, and in April 2025 was elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences for Leadership, Policy and Communications. In 2011 the NMRC constructed a full power community radio station in Gualala, California, KGUA 88.3 FM. Berryhill and the station volunteers continue to serve the Mendonoma communities in Northern California to this day.
