Minnesota Native News Special Editions

Series produced by Ampers

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Documentaries and features from Minnesota Native News.

Documentaries and features from Minnesota Native News.


12 Pieces

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Minnesota Native News: A Special Extended Interview with McKnight Awardee Marcie Rendon
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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Anishinaabe writer Marcie Rendon has just been awarded the prestigious McKnight Distinguished Artist Award for 2020. Rendon is a citizen of the Whi...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 23:14
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Native News Special Report: U.S. Senator Tina Smith talks about federal assistance for tribes during the Coronavirus pandemic
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: Minnesota's U.S. Senator Tina Smith sits on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Tribes across the U.S. have been expecting their share of 8-billion dollars from the federal CARES Act that was passed at the end of March to suppo...

Bought by WDSE, KSRQ, and WGZS


  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota Native News: A Special Conversation with Lakota Elder Nancy Bordeaux
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: Lakota Elder Nancy Bordeaux
This time during the Covid-19 pandemic is a time of illness and loss, but it’s also a time of healing - for many people and the earth - physically ...

Bought by WDSE and WGZS


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 2
SMSC's Rebecca Crooks-Stratton Announces Narrative Change Initiative Understand Native Minnesota
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Understand Native Minnesota is a new multi-million dollar philanthropic campaign to improve the Native A...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 13:19
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Native News: Little Earth Shootings & Police Response
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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This week on Minnesota Native News, we hear the latest after a shooting injured 6 in Minneapolis’ Little Earth community.

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Turning the Ship Around: Two Native Physicians Talk about Improving Native Health in Minnesota
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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Reporter Melissa Townsend sits down with Dr. Arne Vainio and Dr. Mary Owen to talk about the rising rates of diabetes in Native communities and oth...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP, and WGZS


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota Native News Special Edition: A Native Youth Theater Group Creates a Play “We will Do it for the Water”
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This is a special edition of Minnesota Native News, a radio documentary about young people learning new and ancient respect for water. In this one-...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:17
Minnesota Native News Special Edition: A Native Youth Theater Group Creates a Play “We will Do it for the Water”
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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This is a special edition of Minnesota Native News, a radio documentary about young people learning new and ancient respect for water. In this one-...

Bought by KQAL, WTIP, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 7
Special Edition of Minnesota Native News: Bemidji, Rocking the Boat Part 2
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: The new bronze statue of Chief Bemidji or Shaynowishkong will be dedicated on 6-6-15., Credit: Shaynowishkong Statue Project, Facebook.com
This is the second in a two part series about the small city of Bemidji and the work people there are doing to show that Native Lives Matter. Bemi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WGZS, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WDSE and more


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Special Edition of Minnesota Native News: Bemidji, Rocking the Boat Part 1
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: Pow wow dancers were on the big screen at Bemidji's Sanford Center Arena., Credit: Melissa Townsend
Across the U.S. age-old racism and inequities are once again gaining the public’s attention, with movements like Black Lives Matter. In Minnesota, ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMSU, WGZS, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Responding to the Opioid Crisis in MN Native Communities
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: In 2015 More American Indians in MN Died of Drug Poisoning than in Any Other State. , Credit: MN Department of Human Services, May 2016
For over a decade, the prescription pain killer and heroin abuse crisis has had a hold on communities across the U-S. Opioid overdoses tripled betw...

Bought by KMSU, WDSE, WGZS, KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 14
*Standing Rock Update #1
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Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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***Beta test for website this is an old segment and not to be downloaded by stations and needs to be deleted from website once test is complete***

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1