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Novelist and Poet Gerald Vizenor
From: New Letters on the Air
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We honor Native American Heritage Month with U.S. veteran and writer, Gerald Vizenor. Raised on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, Vizenor a...

Bought by KVNF, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Canada’s Fight for Truth and Reconciliation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we look at Canada’s journey towards truth and reconciliation with its native people.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Living History of the Boundary Waters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Swamp Canoe: Early season canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, Credit: Matthew Baxley
In wilderness settings, there are connections people can make to the land, regardless of their age, race or gender, by walking in the footsteps of ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
The Future of Energy is Indigenous (and it wont involve pipelines!)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As Canadian oil giant Enbridge defies orders to shut down their dangerous Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, indigenous environmental activists gain mome...

Bought by KMUN, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Elissa Washuta
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Essayist Elissa Washuta discusses her new collection of essays, "White Magic."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WCNY, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
03-11: Beloved Community: Hello My Other Self, 1/6/2021
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Ilarion "Larry" Merculieff
In today’s radically shifting world, the name of the game is resilience – the capacity of both human and ecological systems to absorb disturbance, ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
Navajo Poet Sherwin Bitsui
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue Native American Heritage Month with Sherwin Bitsui, who reads from FLOOD SONG, his collection of poetry that won the American Book Awar...

Bought by KMUN, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Thanksgiving in the Cosmos: The Next Enlightenment
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Specials
Caption: Chief Oren Lyons
A Special Earth Day offering from Bioneers - for this, our time. The world has entered a period of radical creative destruction — of breakdown and...

Bought by KKRN, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KNBA


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Searching for Devil's Club in the Tongass National Forest
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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In the Fall, I harvest a Devil's Club stalk from the woods. It serves as a protection, a reminder to be mindful.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Shonda Buchanan - 431
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Shonda Buchanan discusses her memoir, "Black Indian." She also reads a short passage from the book.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Edward Chamberlin - 385
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Canadian historian and author Edward Chamberlin discusses his book "The Baker and the Blackfoot: An Untold Story of Friendship, Trust, and Broken P...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - CMarie Fuhrman - 402
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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A conversation with CMarie Fuhrman about her nonfiction and work as co-editor of the anthology, Native Voices. She also reads two short passages.

Bought by Prairie Public, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
150 Years after the Navajo Long Walk
From: Alix Blair
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"You can't heal from something unless you really honor that it happened." This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of 1868, which relea...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:07:35
Native American Poets Visit the Middle East
From: New Letters on the Air
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This audio anthology features readings by six poets, including a few who are part of the book co-edited by Cherokee writers Diane Glancy and Linda ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KRZA, and WNJR


  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
In the Spirit of Medicine: what's in a name?
From: WDSE
Series: In the Spirit of Medicine
Caption: Dr. Arne Vainio, Credit: Lisa Johnson
This week, what's in a name?

Bought by WTIP and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 06, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Thompson Williams and Kiamichi-tet Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Thompson Williams (Left) and Kiamichi-tet Williams (Right)
Thompson Williams tells his son Kiamichi-tet about a difficult decision he had to make at the holidays.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 2
James Aunquoe
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I finally started connecting the dots about who I was inside.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
2017-06-18 Banking on Change at Standing Rock
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Artist/activist L. Frank Manriquez
On June 1, oil began flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline. But demonstrations at the Standing Rock reservation in 2016 made national headline...

Bought by KWIT, KCPW Salt Lake City, KZYX, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
Rocking the Boat: the Story of Changing Race Relations in Bemidji, Minnesota
From: Native Voice One
Caption: Paul Bunyan in Bemidji, MN
Predominantly white towns that border large American Indian reservations can be racially charged places. It is difficult for residents to face the ...

Bought by KSFR, WHRV, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 57:25
  • Purchases: 3
Responding to the Opioid Drug Crisis in MN American Indian Communities
From: Native Voice One
Caption: Drug Overdose Report for American Indians - May 2016
Addiction to opioid pain killers and heroin is a daunting challenge to many Natives. There's a call for a culturally specific response base on trad...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
310-Ethics and Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Should martian microbes be sacrificed to human space exploration.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, WLPR , KENW, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
309-Tiny Atira
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Atira, named for the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the Morning and Evening Star orbits the Sun inside of our path.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KENW, KUPR low power FM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Loki_Trauma Sparks Change
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front and how Trauma Sparks Change in America

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: :50
Stories of loss, love and remembrance from the Maple Hill Cemetery
From: WTIP
Series: The Lake Superior Project
Caption: The Lake Superior Project, Credit: Logo by Lauryl Loberg
The Maple Hill Cemetery is a small cemetery outside of Grand Marais, Minnesota. It's a lovely place, located high on a hill overlooking Lake Superi...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
Treaty Tribute (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Americans are preparing to celebrate that first feast shared between Native Americans and European Pilgri...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5