Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio

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  • Call Letters: KBFT
  • Frequency: 89.9 FM
  • Networks: AMPERS

Our call sign is going to be KBFT and you all can tune into our programming at 89.9 MHz on the FM dial. KBFT is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 1000 Watts (1kW) with our antenna located atop the Nett Lake water tower in the village of Nett Lake, MN. Our studios are located in the Nett Lake School campus building. KBFT is owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.

Series

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4 Pieces

This Native Fest Art Series shares the interviews provided by the artists that shared their talents and background with the community of Nett Lake, Minnesota.

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KBFT Native Music Fest 2021 includes performances featuring different Native American musicians and local Minnesota musicians contracted for their live performances and in-studio interviews.

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Listen to a sample from each series from Pow Wow The Dance to Anishinaabe Word of The Day.

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1 Piece

KBFT Virtual Language Camps

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7 Pieces

KBFT Virtual Music Fest Series is a (two part) Live Virtual Interview & Live Virtual Music Performance from the area's most top acts!

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16 Pieces

The Boarding Schools of early America is a sad story of the U.S. Government's attempts to assimilate the American Indian inhabiting this land before them, into the mainstream society. The coin phrase of the first Boarding School program was to 'kill the Indian, save the child'. This series about the Lake Vermilion Boarding School: Stories of survival and resilience was produced by the Nett Lake Radio Project and made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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24 Pieces

Lost River is a radio project about the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and their rich heritage, a production of the Nett Lake radio project and is brought to you by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota.

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13 Pieces

MN Artist Profiles - A series featuring artists and musicians of Minnesota.

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33 Pieces

Local and regional artist showcase their work and performances.

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Native Fest


Latest Pieces

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Jane describes the house, in sugarbush, as 'one big room'. Jane recalls her grandmother had a way of making things work out, from putting up a clo...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
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Anthony Nichols interviews Jane Villebrun about the history of Nett Lake. Jane begins with her recollections of being born in the village of Nett ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:43
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Leah feels that her job is that of a mediator in helping to work with tribes and returning sacred objects to those Tribes. Leah shares that some p...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
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Leah works for the Minnesota Historical Society as 'NAGPRA Coordinator'. Leah shares some history of 'The Crane Lake Cache' which is currently bei...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
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Bill Latady shares some of his historical knowledge regarding the activities of the people which lived in the northern Minnesota area until the ear...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:03
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Bill Latady is the curator for the Bois Forte Heritage Museum. Bill shares some of the history and the Treaty of 1854. In 1881 there was a Presid...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:35
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Jim gawboy shares a little about who he is and where he is from. Jim has lived in the Vermilion area for about the last 25 years. Jim shares that...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:12
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Billy continues with his stories about what he was told about Nett Lake. He talks about how the people used to have to be more self reliant on the...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:55
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Billy talks about how the Anishinabe came from the east many, many years ago. The Anishinabe were given dreams of wild rice which guided them east...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:08
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Donald Chosa tells about the Lac La Croix ponies that used to be in this area and how the ponies almost became extinct. The Bois Forte people used...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:17
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