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The Grease Trails
From: Teresa Goff
Series: The Grease Trails
Caption: A string of ooligan fish.
The Grease Trails, a centuries-old network of trails through Northwestern Canada, described as the cultural arteries of First Nations peoples. Once...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:37
Minnesota Native News: Paintings & Powwows
From: Ampers
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This week's edition of Minnesota Native News features a movement to reconsider the art work at the state Capitol building in St. Paul and the Augsb...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 6
Powwow Trail Bois Forte Trad
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Powwow Trail Bois Forte Trad

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Native News: Helthcare, Harteau & Hoops
From: Ampers
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This week on Minnesota Native News: How will the state health insurance March deadline affect Native Americans? What motivates Minneapolis's first...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
Swimming from Alcatraz to heal body and soul
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The seven Pathstar swimmers from 2013, Credit: Angela Johnston
The sun is just beginning to rise over the glassy water at San Francisco’s aquatic park. Karen Wapato is beaming as she emerges from the Bay and pe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 1
California Native Drum Class Heals Old Wounds
From: Anne Hoffman
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California has the largest American Indian population of any state. Most of the Native Americans here moved from distant homelands like South Dakot...

Bought by WXDU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Four
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the fourth installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten prog...

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 3
Centerstage Minnesota: Julie Johnson & the No-Accounts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Julie Johnson & the No-Accounts, Credit: Peter Lee
If you want to play the flute professionally it will, almost without variation, means you will be the caretaker of revered tradition, and you will ...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:42
  • Purchases: 2
Plan B and Beyond: Local Struggles for Reproductive Freedom
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s not just about Roe v Wade and the Supreme Court. Local institutions can create restrictions that prevent women from exercising reproductive h...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Indigenous groups protest oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: The Bulkley River in British Columbia., Credit: Wikipedia user Heqs
In Canada, people are rallying to support an Indigenous community in northern British Columbia that is claiming its sovereignty over the land and m...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Culturology: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People - Hour One
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
In this installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People, the first of ten programs being produced for Northern Community...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, KKWE Niijii Radio, and Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 57:17
  • 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
Inuit throatsingers Lydia Etok & Nina Segalowitz demo traditional art
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Cathy Quinn welcomed Inuit throat singers Nina Segalowitz & Lydia Etok to Studio A Mar. 15 for conversation, laughter, and demos of the trad...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 18:50
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: Minnesota Crossroads series - Red Lake, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend during summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 2
Saving or Selling the Planet? REDD, Climate Change and Indigenous Lands
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dealing With Diabetes
From: Capital Public Radio
Caption: Carolyn Jackson in dialysis, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio
November is American Diabetes Month and this award-winning program tells first-person stories from the Type 2 diabetes epidemic. Health Care Report...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPVL, 90.5 WESA, WEZU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 8
Cannibals in Papua New Guinea
From: Jake Warga
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A sound-rich and thoughtful piece questioning who the actual cannibals in Papua New Guinea are: the locals or the tourists visiting them....

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: River Maria Urke - "Echoes"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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River Maria Urke is a Stillwater poet, author, and artist. She is the senior editor of the online art and literature journal "The River." Her poetr...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
Making The Old New Again
From: Rachel Hazlett
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Paradise of Bachelor's, a record company based in Chapel Hill, NC, re-releases old music that's become unavailable. The company's founder, Brendan ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
“Solveig”: MN filmmaker documents Duluth-based Arctic indigenous painter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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The indigenous people from the far north of Scandinavia have endured years of abuse. Governments in the region tried their best to eliminate their...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
Myaamia
From: Jessica Gould
Caption: Tim McCoy and his sons
A Virginia father teaches his children a rare Native American language.

Bought by WTJU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
Soundtracking "The Descendants" With "Real" Hawaiian Music
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Gabby Pahinui (center), playing music in his backyard with Leland “Atta” Isaacs (left), and his sons – Phillip, Cyril and Martin Pahinui (from left to right). , Credit: Photo courtesy of the Pahinui Ohana.
The groundbreaking soundtrack of "The Descendants," marks the first time a Hollywood movie has ever been scored entirely with Hawaiian music. It fe...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 07:17
The Live Feed Presents: Sneaky Pete Bauer
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Sneaky Pete Bauer
On this edition of "The Live Feed" we feature a Twin Cities based solo artist. This musician uses bare instrumentation and expresses and expresses ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 52:38
  • Purchases: 1

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