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Episode 138: Starlight Tours
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In January 2000, two bodies were found frozen in a remote area of Saskatoon, Canada. It was a place where nobody walked, especially in the winter. ...

  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 35:06
Monacan Voices:True History of First Contact & Paper the Genocide of Virginia Indians
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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Please join us for a rare journey through poetry and conversation with the Monacan Nation of Virginia regarding first contact, the birth of our nat...

Bought by WCPN, KWIS 88.3 FM, KWMR, WRNC-LP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:17
  • Purchases: 8
Chilkat & Ravenstail Weaver Lily Hope
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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One square inch of Chilkat weaving can be up to 3 hours in the making.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
Dewey Goodwin: Anishinaabe artist
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Producer Milt Lee introduces us to Dewey Goodwin, Anishinaabe artist, Dewey teaches art at Leech Lake Tribal College, and is currently painting mur...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WGZS


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 2
A Simple Life: Swinomish Story
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: At the Canoe Journey, Credit: Photos courtesy of Jack Storm, used with permission. Jack Storms/StormsPhoto.com
In the Pacific Northwest, Native Americans honor their cultural heritage by participating in an annual canoe journey. A Swinomish elder shares his ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
People Without A Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Assistant Chief Gene Adkins
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...

Bought by KVSC, Prairie Public, XRAY.fm, WRIR, KZYX and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 7
Virginia Indians: The Nonexistant
From: Charles McGuigan
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In Virginia, there are eight Indian tribes, some several thousand people in all. Yet the United States doesn’t believe they exist. The seeds of thi...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2009
  • Length: 15:16
Making the World Aware: The Longest Walk II Crosses the U.S.
From: Amy Marsh
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thirty years after the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,, activists walk across the United States, taking Native American and environmental c...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 29:39
Edge of the Rez, Hour One
From: Geoff Norcross
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A documentary exploring the lives of Native American and non-Native people who live in Northern Arizona towns neighboring the Hopi and Navajo Nations

Bought by KRZA, KVNF, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNJR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Tell Me WAI
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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To the sounds of Maori-influenced dance and techno music, musicians Mina Ripia and Maaka McGregor speak about their desire to move their culture fo...

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2006
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Pagans and Patriarchs
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The revival of ancient pre-Christian rites and rituals in post-communist Russia.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 30, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Worlds of Difference: Finding a Niche
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A sound-rich documentary about the efforts of traditional societies to find a niche in the global marketplace, with stories from Peru, Canada, Scot...

Bought by KUNM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 27
Forest Songs
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories
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Aural tour of Maori music sung in a forest.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Feb 06, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Hula Lesson
From: Outer Voices
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In “The Hula Lesson” we join Hawaiian Hula teacher Roselle Bailey and her halau of multicultural women to find out what hula is, what it means to H...

Bought by KZYX, KUER, WABE, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 09, 2004
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 20