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Dorothy Howard
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
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Elaine tells us about her mother, Dorothy Howard.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
Ojibwe Women; Gender and Socio-Economic Changes with the Fur Trade
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
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Elaine talks about Ojibwe Women and the socio-economic changes that came along with the Fur Trade.

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 13:04
  • Purchases: 2
1492: Columbus in American Memory
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Title page of History of the United States, Vol.1, showing Columbus with sword and banner (c1858). , Credit: Library of Congress
Columbus Day is here again – bringing both celebrations and strong criticisms of the man whose name the holiday bears. In this episode of BackStory...

Bought by WLPR , WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMXT, WUGA (part of GPB), WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
PROMO - 1492: Columbus in American Memory
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: Title page of "History of the United States," Vol. 1, showing Columbus with sword and banner., Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for "1492: Columbus in American Memory," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Logos: Then and Now (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After William the Conqueror defeated Harold, the Saxon king, William wisely combined the crests of the two forces into a new British logo—two winge...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Presence of the Past
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: Archeologist Michael Holt at work in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve., Credit: NPS photo by Andrea Willingham
Some of the earliest records of human occupation in North America are in northwest Alaska. Archeologists in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve te...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 4
Red Ink
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: The Book Culture, Languages and Arts of Indigenous Peoples
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Uncovering and interpreting age-old documents and written records--what do they tell us about the people who produced them?

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:53:22
The Mikie Show #58, Carolyn
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Woo boy another big show comes your way! This time we speak with historian, curator, author and lecturer, Carolyn O’Bagy Davis. Credited with virtu...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
Culturology: "Rez Salute: The Real Healer Dealer" - Jim Northrup Discusses his New Book
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Jim Northrup's "Rez Salute: The Real Healer Dealer"
Syndicated columnist and author, Jim Northrup, talks with Heidi Holtan on a whole range of topics from his column "Fond Du Lac Follies" to his expe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 19:02
  • Purchases: 3
Author David Treuer talks to Charlie Pulkrabek about his new book "Rez Life."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: "Rez Life" by David Treuer
Leech Lake Indian writer, David Treuer, has a new book, “Rez Life”. The author of three novels and one collection of essays, “Rez Life” is his firs...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 33:40
  • Purchases: 1
Witness to History: Richmond’s boxcar village
From: KALW
Caption: Emily DeCory’s family was one of many Laguna tribe families that moved to Richmond, California, to work on the railroad.
The Bay Area has historically been a population magnet, but few have arrived here to find that their new homes would be train boxcars – still on th...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 07:40
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
Massasoit's Peace Pact with the Pilgrims: Peace Talks Radio [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Massasoit, as depicted in PBS Series WE SHALL REMAIN, Credit: www.pbs.org
Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy who negotiated a truce with British settlers of Plymouth Colony that lasted for 40 years in t...

Bought by KVSC, WNCW, KVMR, WFHB, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 26
"We Come From"
From: Littleglobe
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Poem about origins performed by members of Santa Fe Indian School's spoken word team.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Barry Babcock on the Dakota War of 1862
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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Barry Babcock talks about the Dakota war of 1862, a tragic event for all sides.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 2
1st Annual Diversity Traditional Pow Wow
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Christina Bowstring Anderson talks about the pow wow, and what it's been like for her and her children in Grand Rapids.

Bought by KSRQ and WGDR


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Native Treaty Rights & Today
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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Federal Court rulings in 1988 and 1999 upheld the off-reservation fishing, hunting and gathering rights of many Ojibwe people in Wisconsin and Minn...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Reservation in the 1950s
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Growing up Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Reservation in the 1950s: Margaret Treuer’s story read by her son, Anton, from his new book, “Ojibwe In Minneso...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
Ojibwe Leader Hole-In-The-Day
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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Local historian, Barry Babcock, tells the story of how the young Ojibwe leader, Hole-In-The-Day, intervenes to save the Schoolcraft expedition in 1...

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 13:54
Ojibwe Life Today
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Dr. Anton Treuer has a new book on the history of the Ojibwe in Minnesota. It’s published by the MN Historical Society Press. Treuer is Professor...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Gender Roles in Native Culture
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Dr. Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University. Treuer is the author of “Ojibwe In Minnesota”, a new book published by the Min...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 2
Virginia Indians: The Nonexistant
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
The Termination of the Klamath Tribes
From: KLCC
Caption: Spring Creek, near Chiloquin, Oregon
The piece is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal governm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Settlement
From: Bruce Burnside
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Voices of past and present residents of an Ojibwe mixed blood community, near Lake Superior, tell of their survival for six generations in a valley...

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Mar 13, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1