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Native American Voices on the Stage: Revisiting Randy Reinholz (Choctaw)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Randy Reinholz, Credit: Maria Ventura
Producing Artistic Director and Founder of Native Voices Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) talks about theater produced by and for Native Americans.

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 7
We're Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month with author Cynthia Leitich Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Credit: Christopher T Assaf
YA and children’s author and curator Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) discusses the joys and responsibilities of writing and curating authentic Nat...

Bought by WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 6
Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag- Aquinnah)--Making Art Through Native Lifeways
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
Caption: Elizabeth James perry
Wampum & Fiber Artist and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, Aquinnah) discusses her artistic practi...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Chickweed and Swamp Tea
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
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Check weed is a ground coverage and swamp tea is a small shrub

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 09:50
Navajo/ Diné Weaving: Art that is a Way of Life
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
Caption: TahNibaa Naataanii,
Navajo/Diné Textile Artist and Weaver and 2022 National Heritage Fellow TahNibaa Naataanii talks about the way of life that is Navajo/Diné weaving

  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
The Ties That Bind: A Conversation with Novelist Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelli Jo Ford, Credit: Val Ford Hancock
Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee) discusses her novel Crooked Hallelujah which gives us the stories of four generations of Cherokee women and the love, supp...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMPG, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Meet Penobscot Basketmaker Theresa Secord
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Theresa Secord, Credit: Steve Wewerka
We are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and National Heritage Award by revisiting Penobscot Nation Ash/Sweetgrass Basketmaker and 2016 Na...

Bought by KZYX, KMUN, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Remembering Lakota Tradition-Bearer Kevin Locke
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Locke, Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Locke
The late Kevin Locke talks about learning, performing, and teaching Lakota culture and traditions around the world.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Revisiting Kelly Church NEA Heritage Fellow and basket maker
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelly Church (Ottawa and Pottawatomi), Credit: Richard Church (Ottawa and Pottawatomi)
Revisiting Kelly Church (Ottawa/Pottawatomi) 2018 National Heritage Fellow and Black Ash Basket Maker talks about sustaining and expanding an arti...

Bought by KZUM and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Meet multi-media artist Arlo Iron Cloud
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Arlo Iron CLoud, Credit: Greg Latza
Through multi-media, Arlo Iron Cloud seeks an accurate representation of Lakota people, culture, and traditions.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZUM, WMPG, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight - Joy Harjo- 801
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Born in Tul­sa, Okla­homa Joy is a mem­ber of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hick­o­ry Ground). She joined host John Floridis in conv...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Meet Karen Ann Hoffman--Iroquois raised bead worker and 2020 National Heritage Fellow
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Karen Anne Hoffman, Credit: James Kelly
We revisit my conversation with Karen Ann Hoffmann Iroquois raised bead worker and 2020 National Heritage Fellow. She takes traditional art and rei...

Bought by WMPG, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Meet 2021 National Heritage Fellow Osage Ribbon Worker Anita Fields
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Anita Fields, Credit: Tom Fields
Osage Ribbon worker, multi-media artists and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Anita Fields tells the stories of her nation through her art.

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet talks about the power of story
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Madeline Sayet, Credit: Bret Hartman
Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet brings communities together through stories.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Wayne Valliere
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Wayne Valliere, Credit: Tim Frandy
Culture-bearer and 2020 National Heritage Fellow Wayne Valliere (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe) is one of a handful of birch bark canoe builders left in t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 22:30
  • Purchases: 1
California Wildfires and the Importance of Cultural Fire Management
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Firefighter with drip can at prescribed burn, Credit: Photo Courtesy: Ken-ichi Ueda (CC BY-NC 2.0)
In this episode, we explore California’s history of and relationship to fire, in particular how native populations worked with fire, and how coloni...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
From the National Endowment for the Arts--Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Karen Anne Hoffman
A conversation with Karen Anne Hoffman (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) 2020 National Heritage Fellow and Iroquois Raised Beadworker

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:12
  • Purchases: 2
Blair Treuer, Textile Artist
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Mia by Blair Treuer
Blair Treuer's textile exhibit "Portraits" opens tomorrow night (Friday) at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji and will be on display thru March. ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 17:27
Evicted!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A sofa and mattresses on the street in front of an apartment building. "Sofa Free, and throw in 2 box springs", Credit: walknboston is licensed under CC by 2.0.
There’s an eviction crisis in the United States, and it’s disproportionately affecting communities of color.

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Evicted!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A sofa and mattresses on the street in front of an apartment building. "Sofa Free, and throw in 2 box springs", Credit: walknboston is licensed under CC by 2.0.
There's an eviction crisis in the United States, and it's disproportionately affecting communities of color.

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KRDP and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 13
Artist Interview: Kent Estey
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Kent Estey Art
Contemporary Native Artist Kent Estey grew up on the White Earth reservation. He's lived on the same land for 58 years, teaches art, technology an...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2019
  • Length: 20:50
Voices of Native American Theater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: They Don’t Talk Back by Frank Henry Kaash , Credit: Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography © 2016
Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) founder and artistic director of Native Voices gives Native playwrights support and a platform.

Bought by KZUM, New England Public Media, Harford Community Radio, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:59
  • Purchases: 4
Native-American Basketmaker Kelly Church--keeps tradition alive and vibrant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelly Church, Credit: Richard Church, Pottawatomi and Ottawa
2018 National Heritage Fellow Kelly Church is an Anishanabe basketmaker who combines a traditional craft with a contemporary eye.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:56
Bill Blackwell, Jr. Inspires American Indian Students at BSU
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Bill, Maggie & Katie
Bill Blackwell, Jr. received the State of Minnesota Martin Luther King, Jr. Commitment to Service Award. In this segment of Area Voices, he shares...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 1
Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Fenn, author of Encounters at the Heart of the World, tells the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as they rose to a...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCWP, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 9