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Women of the Fur Trade

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs

The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...

In Good Faith - Chaplain Douglas Carver & Larry Cesspooch-Suhspuech

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith

Perspectives of faith from two men who have seen and experienced much in their lives. From war, to politics, these two men of God talk of their liv...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Searching for Devil's Club in the Tongass National Forest

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

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

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

James Aunquoe

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I finally started connecting the dots about who I was inside.

Bought by PRX Remix

Treaty Tribute (feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

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

StoryCorps: Jay Hollingsworth and Rick Williams

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Jay Hollingsworth (left) and Rick Williams (right)

John T. Williams, an accomplished Native American carver wrongly killed by a Seattle police officer in August 2010, is remembered by his brother.

Bought by WMUU-LP

Episode 10: The Moon And The Possum

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature

Where do we come from? And where do we go when we die? Paul Taylor shares one of the oldest answers to those questions.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and PRX Remix

Anishinaabenaajimon: Bemidji's Tribal Boycott

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices

Bemidji’s grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group has been meeting for months to talk about race. Anton Treuer is one of the founding members of ...

Anishinaabenaajimon: Disparities in Justice

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices

Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation group faces tough problems, head on. In this week’s episode of Anishinaabenaajimon: Minnesota’s Tribal Voice, An...

Bought by WGZS

Tongvan woman reconnects with the homeland she never left

From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America

Caption: A Ti’at Society member paints a red ocher detail onto Moomat Ahiko’s side., Credit: Stephanie Case

Native Tongvan woman Cindi Alvitre lives on her ancestors' land in the Los Angeles basin, but in a completely different world. So she follows a viv...

Native American Identity

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

A mother and daughter embrace their heritage

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, KRUA, WXLV-FM and more

356 Years Later

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...

Bought by KUER

The Spirit of John Beargrease

From: WDSE

Caption: John Beargrease, circa 1890, Credit: courtesy Ron Boshey

Ron Boshey offers the prayers and performs the pipe ceremony to start the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon every year ... and he's also honoring h...

Bought by KSRQ

Clever Apes: Nature and human nature

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Megan Bang helped incorporate systems-level thinking into the design of an early education classroom., Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)

We go back to one of the first lessons kids learn about science, and what it says about how human minds develop. As children discover the natural w...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, PRX Remix, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh