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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
AICHO Powwow
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Powwow Trail
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1st Annual American Indian Community Housing Powwow in Duluth, MN November 2, 2013 1PM & 6PM

Bought by WGZS, KSRQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 19:41
  • Purchases: 3
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
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Three
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the third installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...

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


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 4
Roles of Ojibwe Men
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
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Elaine tells us about the roles of Ojibwe men with special emphasis on her uncle James Drouillard, Jr.

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 2
Dorothy Howard and Storytelling
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
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Elaine tells us what she learned from her mother, Dorothy Howard, about storytelling.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 1
Dorothy Howard
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
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Elaine tells us about her mother, Dorothy Howard.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
Ojibwe Women; Gender and Socio-Economic Changes with the Fur Trade
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
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Elaine talks about Ojibwe Women and the socio-economic changes that came along with the Fur Trade.

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 13:04
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People - Hour Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People
This is the second installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe...

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


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 6
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
Producer Profile: Wil Meya
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Wil Meya
Multimedia Intern Bekka Schlichting speaks with Wil Meya Director of The Language Conservancy about the upcoming documentary Rising Voices

  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 15:59
Idle No More
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Idle No More, Credit: Fist vector by Shane Thayer, editing and text by Jonathon Reed
In the winter of 2012, flash mob round dances, demonstrations, hunger strikes, and blockades swept Canada. What began as a protest against new law...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Torsten Kjellstrand and Jamie Francis
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Torsten Kjellstrand
Vision Maker Media Assistant Director George Lee speaks with filmmakers Torsten Kjellstrand and Jamie Francis.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 12:04
Producer Profile: Julianna Brannum
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Julianna Brannum
Interactive Media Specialist Eric Martin speaks with Comanche filmmaker Julianna Brannum about her new biopic about LaDonna Harris.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:29
Producer Profile: Suree Towfighnia and Debra White Plume
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
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Vision Maker Media Executive Director Shirley Sneve speaks with filmmaker Suree Towfighnia and consulting producer Debra White Plume.

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:17
Producer Profile: Tracy Rector
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Lou Karsen and Tracy Rector, Co-Directors of Clearwater
An interview with Seminole filmmaker Tracy Rector, Producer of March Point.

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Memorial Day in Poetry and Stories Narrated by Roy Trumbull
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A program of poems by Carl Sandburg on the mortality of things, civilizations, and men. A Native American story, and the tale of the last buffalos

Bought by KMUN and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Last Word
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Members of the Passamaquoddy tribe are working to prevent the imminent disappearance of their people's ancient language.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 2
356 Years Later
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Dam Shame: Rivers and Resistance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A Dam Nice View, The Hoover Dam, Credit: Amyn Kassam
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Queen Esther Montour
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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in 1790 the Yankees fully intended to turn this "New World" into their own nation. The Native Americans, on the other hand, indigenous to the conti...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
The Talking Drum (of the Diaspora)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Rhythms of the Diaspora
Caption: Ti-Roro, Master drummer from Haiti
THE TALKING DRUM, is a program which samples the rhythms of the descendants of African slaves brought to the new world of South America and the Car...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 51:29

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