Chief Phil Lane Jr.

Biography Lane was born in Lawrence, Kansas at the Haskell Indian school where his parents met. During the past 44 years, he has worked with Indigenous peoples in North, Central and South America, Micronesia, Southeast Asia, India, Hawaii and Africa. He is the Founder and Coordinator of the Four Worlds International Institute, as well as the Chairman of Four Directions International, an Aboriginal company, which was incorporated in 1996 as Four Worlds' Economic Development Arm.

Lane is an author and film producer with film credits including the National Public Television series "Images of Indians" with the late Will Sampson, "Walking With Grandfather", "The Honor of All: The Story of Alkali Lake" and "Healing the Hurt"

Organizations founded Four Worlds International Institute (FWII). Four Worlds Foundation Panama

Awards and appointments Windstar Award The Year 2000 Award from the Foundation for Freedom and Human Rights in Berne, Switzerland

Films and publications "Walking With Grandfather", Producer The Four Worlds Development Project and Phil Lucas Productions (1988). "Sharing Innovations That Work", Executive Producer. Produced by The Alkali Lake Indian Band, The Four Worlds Development Project and Phil Lucas Productions (1986). "Honor of All, Parts I and II", Executive Producer. Produced by the Alkali Lake Indian Band, The Four Worlds Development Project and Phil Lucas Productions (1986). "Where We've Been and Where We're Going, Parts I and II", Executive Producer. Produced by the Four Worlds Development Project, The University of Lethbridge (1983). "The Great Wolf and Little Mouse Sister", Executive Producer. Produced by The Four Worlds Development Project, The University of Lethbridge (1983). "Images of Indians", Administrative Producer. Produced by KCTS Television and United Indians of All Tribes Foundations, Seattle, Washington (1978). Co-Author with Jon Ramer: "Deep Social Networks and the Digital Fourth Way" "The Fourth Way: An Indigenous Contribution to Building Sustainable and Harmonious Prosperity in the Americas"