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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
The Dispossessed, Part 7; The Mountain People, Chapter 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Ida Valley, Credit: Charles McGuigan
It all started with the red wolves who now live, for the most part, in eastern North Carolina at Alligator River. These wolves had once numbered in...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 24:33
MN Native News: Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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“This week on Minnesota Native News, we visit the Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit, held in St. Paul, and hear how it...

Bought by KSRQ, KFAI Minneapolis, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Dispossessed, Part 6; The Mountain People, Chapter 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Katrina Powell, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Just as the red wolves were dispossessed of their homes so too were the people who had inhabited the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for many gene...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 25:06
AMOS 18.187: How Big Was the Founding Population of Native Americans?, 9/18/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Big Was the Founding Population of Native Americans?

  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
The Dispossessed, Part 5; The Mountain People, Chapter 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Blue Ridge Mountains, Credit: Charles McGuigan
The Mountain People had settled in the Blue Ridge long before the United State gained its independence. They followed the Great Wagon Road from Lan...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 26:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Dispossessed, Part 4; Red Wolves of the Alligator River Chapter 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Red wolf howling.
Encountering one of the last red wolves in the wild at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. And a run in with a black bear.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 24:57
The Dispossessed, Part 1; Red Wolves of the Alligator River Chapter 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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For the next four weeks we’ll be looking for a highly social animal called the red wolf, or rufus canis. Under the current administration, the red ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 24:59
Interacting with the land: historic and current land uses in the Southwest
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Humans have been using and modifying the ecosystems around on the Colorado Plateau for thousands of years. To understand human relationships with t...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: May 20, 2018
  • Length: 30:23
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 05/11/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: A journey to Africa - Rwanda’s mountain gorillas were once headed for extinction. Their numbers are now slowly recove...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
Makers Series 6: Cacao Hunters
From: Slow Melt Productions
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Cacao Hunters was founded in 2013 by Carlos Ignacio Velasco and Mayumi Ogata and is based in Popayán, Colombia. The company is dedicated to finding...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 39:06
Champions For Sacred Lands
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kandi Mossett
Was all the work to try to keep the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines from being built done in vain now that Donald Trump occupies the White ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Ancient Hawaiian Farmers Offer Lessons in Sustainability
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Limahuli Garden and Preserve is set in a verdant tropical valley on the north shore of the Hawaiian Island of Kaua`i, Credit: Courtesy National Tropical Botanical Garden
Explore Limahuli Garden and Preserve on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where scientists believe the legacy of ancient Hawaiian farmers can show the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
For Kindred Spirits
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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This is a beautiful audio production about the more profound nature of our relationships with animals and the natural world. Hosted by NY Times bes...

Bought by WCPN and WFSU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 47:22
  • Purchases: 2
Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 7 | Oh, Give Me A Home
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Bison on the Blackfeet Reservation, Credit: Amy Martin
In the final episode of season one of Threshold, listeners will encounter pearls of wisdom from youth who have grown up with bison in their midst, ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, Prairie Public, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 5
Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 6 | Territory Folks Should All Be Pals
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Phillips County, MT is the roughly the size of Connecticut, Credit: Amy Martin
Visit the American Prairie Reserve, a conservation project in the heart of Montana that could eventually be home to 10,000 bison. The vision is to ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 5 | Heirs to the Most Glorious Heritage
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Jane and Bob Heppel, Credit: Amy Martin
In 1908, the National Bison Range was created by carving 18,000 acres out of Montana's Flathead Reservation. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...

Bought by KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
"Moana" Making Waves Around the Globe
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Moana and Maui sail toward land in this concept drawing for the movie, Credit: Walt Disney Studios
Disney’s latest animated movie, “Moana,” is riding a wave of popularity around the globe. Nominated for two Academy Awards this year, Native Hawaii...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 4 | Tatanka Oyate
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Robbie Magnan of the Fort Peck Tribes, Credit: Amy Martin
In episode four of Threshold, we meet Robbie Magnan of the Fort Peck Tribes. He believes his community can prosper in the future by reconnecting wi...

Bought by KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 2 | The Red Man Was Pressed
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: The Apache Reaper, Credit: Edward Curtis
How did we go from more than 50 million wild bison to just 23 free-roaming animals? And how does the decimation of the herds relate to the oppressi...

Bought by KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 1 | For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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Yellowstone National Park is where we saved the American bison from extinction. But each year, we slaughter hundreds of animals from this prized he...

Bought by KVSC, KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
05-13: Betting Big on a Native Dream: Coming Home to a “We” Culture, 2/8/2017
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Greg Sarris
Given the extreme economic disenfranchisement of Native American tribes, being an Indian in modern times has given rise to Indian casinos. Chairman...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
Cool Concrete
From: KXCI
Series: The Weekly Green
Caption: Cool Concrete
Modern science and ancient culture meet over CO2-negative cement.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:42
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
Loki_We Do NOT want WAR
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 dealing with new arrivals and the prospect of Violence

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: :34