It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore

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WTIP is taking a deeper look at who we are as a community. Part of the effort is our commitment to learn more about the history of where we live here on the North Shore—from a time long before the first towns were established and the first European settlers arrived.

WTIP is taking a deeper look at who we are as a community. Part of the effort is our commitment to learn more about the history of where we live here on the North Shore—from a time long before the first towns were established and the first European settlers arrived. We’ll be digging into land history, the background of our early school systems and talking to a number of people who can help us answer some of the many questions we have about how we fit into the “big” picture when it comes to the various forms of racism and the roots of racial inequity. And so, we’re excited to introduce a new, ongoing series called, It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore. Your hosts are Leah Lemm, member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and host of the Native Lights podcast, and Staci Drouillard a Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe tribal descendant and WTIP producer.

WTIP would like to thank the project Advisory Board--John Morrin, Tyler Howell, Ramona Marozas, Marisa Anywaush, and Amira Anderson. Miigwech to all of you for your help with the series.

It Happens Here is supported in part by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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WTIP is taking a deeper look at who we are as a community. Part of the effort is our commitment to learn more about the history of where we live here on the North Shore—from a time long before the first towns were established and the first European settlers arrived. We’ll be digging into land history, the background of our early school systems and talking to a number of people who can help us answer some of the many questions we have about how we fit into the “big” picture when it comes to the various forms of racism and the roots of racial inequity. And so, we’re excited to introduce a new, ongoing series called, It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore. Your hosts are Leah Lemm, member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and host of the Native Lights podcast,... Show full description


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It Happens Here Episode 14 – Backlash
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This episode takes a look at how curriculum in our public schools has been shaped over many years and the current controversy over “Critical Race T...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 10:05
It Happens Here – Episode 13 – Invisible Borders
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This episode of It Happens Here focuses on the history of the U.S./Canada border and how the physical border upended the social boundaries of Ojibw...

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
It Happens Here Episode 12 – Ownership
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This segment explores the Ojibwe world views about traditional territory and adds historical perspective about the two traditional classifications ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 08:30
It Happens Here – Episode 11 – 90 Million Acres
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In this episode of “It Happens Here,” U of MN Professor Brenda Child discusses the role that the Federal Boarding School system played in the dispo...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 08:32
It Happens Here – Episode 10 – Taken
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This episode features the recollections of Grand Portage elder John Morrin, whose parents were taken to boarding schools at Pipestone and Red Lake,...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 08:31
It Happens Here Episode 9 – Day One
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Featuring the insights of John Morrin and Anton Treuer, this episode explores how “day one” of colonization took shape for the people of Omiimii Zi...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
It Happens Here Episode 8 – Meso
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In this episode of It Happens Here WTIP continues to take a hard look at the three levels of racism: Micro (individual acts), Meso (institutionally...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
It Happens Here Episode 7 – Micro and Macro
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It Happens Here is an ongoing series that explores the roots of racial inequity on the North Shore of Minnesota. In this episode, Bemidji State Uni...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 08:55
It Happens Here Episode 6 – Conversion
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Series: It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore
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In this episode, Tim Cochrane, Christina Woods and John Morrin contribute to the history of religious conversion on the North Shore, as it relates ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 10:58
It Happens Here Episode 5 – S@vages
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It Happens Here is an ongoing series that explores the roots of racial inequity on the North Shore. In this segment, John Morrin and Christina Wood...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 07:10
It Happens Here Episode 4 – Asterisks
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It Happens Here Ep. 4 – Asterisks. This segment looks at the history and modern implications of checking boxes and what Christina Woods calls the “...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 08:10
It Happens Here Episode 3 – Other People’s Rules
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It Happens Here is an ongoing series that explores the history of racial inequality in the communities that live in far, northeastern Minnesota. In...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 10:00
Forever
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Episode 2: Forever is about historical connection that the Grand Portage Ojibwe have to Minong--Isle Royale. We learn about the ancient history of ...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 07:49
Insulated
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WTIP asks, "who are WE, anyway?" In the first episode of this ongoing series, hosts Leah Lemm and Staci Drouillard explore how Cook County fits int...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 07:31