Ampers

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Ampers is an association of 18 independent community radio stations in Minnesota.  Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local communities they serve.  Ampers is the largest network of community radio stations in the state of Minnesota and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. From Grand Marais, and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, we’ve got Minnesota covered. Our combined audience is about 250,000 devoted listeners.  Ampers has no affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and receives no financial support from MPR. 

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36 Pieces

In an effort to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States recruited, trained and financed the Hmong and Loas to serve as surrogate soldiers in the American armed forces. Today, there are over 350,000 Hmong living in the United States, with over 81,000 individuals in Minnesota, the largest urbanized Hmong population in the US. Veterans Voices': The Secret War is a program featuring the stories of some of these veterans. To learn more, visit MinnesotaVets.org

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 02, 2023
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30 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 12, 2023
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22 Pieces

Native American veterans explain why protecting our land and resources is an important part of Native culture and traditions.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016
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8 Pieces

Extended podcast versions of Kevyn Burger's interviews with some of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans featured in the Ampers radio series

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Aug 24, 2017
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3 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota's WWII Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Oct 21, 2019
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34 Pieces

Family conversations exploring the question “what matters most?” to those involved in providing or receiving care in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016

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This week on Minnesota Native News, Native vets in Bemidji get a little help landing a job, law enforcement reaches out to Hennepin County Native c...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMSU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Peggy Flanagan was elected to the MN House on 11/3/15., Credit: NeighborsforPeggy.org
This week on Minnesota Native News, Peggy Flanagan becomes the second Native American woman (White Earth Ojibwe) serving in the Minnesota State Leg...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KVSC, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Bde Maka Ska a.k.a. Lake Calhoun is located in Minneapolis. , Credit: Passaj, flicker/creative commons
This Week on Minnesota Native News - The Minneapolis Park Board recently recognized the original Dakota name for Lake Calhoun. Signs around the la...

Bought by KMSU, KFAI Minneapolis, WDSE, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 8
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This week on Minnesota Native News, state health officials reach out for community input on addictions services and White Earth continues its work ...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KVSC, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: A dancer celebrates Indigenous People's Day in Grand Rapids, MN on October 12, 2015., Credit: Grant Frashier
Communities around Minnesota celebrated Indigenous People’s Day on Monday, October 12th. Reporter Melissa Townsend looks at the reasons some Minne...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KQAL, KVSC, KMSU, WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 15
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This week on Minnesota Native News: the Sandpiper oil pipeline proposal is on hold, new data on Native owned businesses may surprise you, tribal co...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Cecelia Martinez stars in her award winning video "Amazing"., Credit: Cecelia Martinez and In Progress
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about efforts to further develop the tribal economy in Northern Minnesota, an upcoming gathering to incr...

Bought by WGZS, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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The United States dispensed with monarchs in 1776. But the Minnesota legislature appointed a new one in 2000 and it has wings.

Bought by WTIP, KVSC, KSRQ, WDSE, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 22
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Lex Porter was Ojibwe. He enlisted in World War II. He had a secret, and his family only found out when he received a posthumous Congressional Meda...

Bought by WTIP, WDSE, KVSC, KSRQ, KVSC and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 24
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This week on Minnesota Native News, questions over how American Indians are portrayed in the state capitol building and a group explores the potent...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KVSC, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9