KKWE Niijii Radio

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We are a community based radio station, located in White Earth, Mn. Our mission is to revitalize native culture and traditions throughout the listening area.

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This series will take you through the Ojibwe year. It will be educational and you will learn about the culture of the Ojibwe in Minnesota.

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“Aabitoose” is a show featuring Winona LaDuke, author, speaker and activist, and her interviews with people that she meets.

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A virtual gathering place to learn about pregnancy, birth and early parenting from Anishinaabe community members, birth workers and keepers of First Nations traditional knowledge about birth.

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Recorded Live over April 26th & 27th of 2013 at the Historic Holmes Theater in Detroit Lakes Minnesota, with 40 Minnesota Artists & Performers. This Gala event was created to bring exposure to otherwise unknown and and unrecognized talent throughout the great State of Minnesota!

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Hosted by The White Earth Land Recovery Project Maplelag Resort, Callaway Mn March 2nd-5th 2017

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These shows were recorded LIVE from the Circle of LIfe Academy in White Earth, Mn. The COLA Student Council runs this show in total. Great work to the staff and students at Circle of LIfe Academy!!

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This series of programs covers The Blues genre in its entirety, starting with music from the early 20th century through today. Host, Mr. Jack has been studying the history of blues for well over 30 years and has a large collection of Blues Music that he will be sharing with listeners as he adds some interesting historical facts behind the music, the artists and the songs. This Project focuses on Blues in Minensota. This project is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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This series of programs covers The Blues genre in its entirety, starting with music from the early 20th century through today. Host, Mr. Jack has been studying the history of blues for well over 30 years and has a large collection of Blues Music that he will be sharing with listeners as he adds some interesting historical facts behind the music, the artists and the songs.

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DEBWE Youth and Family Center is in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. DEBWE and KKWE Niijii Radio have collaborated to bring the community cultural classes to people who are interested in learning Traditional Ways. Some of the classes include bead work, moccasin making and regalia making.

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"Dibaajimowin" is the Ojibwe word for "stories"


Latest Pieces

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Jontavious Willis is a young musician in his 20s who is a multi-instrumentalist on a mission to keep the blues alive by following in his mentors (T...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:22
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John Grimaldi has been performing music for over 40 years and has over 18 albums under his belt. Today we explore one of his earlier projects, The ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
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Time travel today back to a time when a person could experience the raw sound and feel of early Chicago Blues on a Sunday afternoon in 1964 at the ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:10
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This artist from Vienna, Austria has a better “feel” for American Blues than many so-called American artisits claiming Blues as their primary genre...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:38
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Delbert McClinton is still going as strong as ever after 60 years of performing and working in the music industry. His latest release is stellar in...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:17
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He was a member of both Jimmy Dawkins' and Jimmy Rogers' bands and has since made a name for himself as a blues musician in the arena of mainstream...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
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The innovator of the postwar (WWII) Chicago Blue sound!

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
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A great guitarist of the early electric blues sounds coming out of Chicago, Jody Williams tired of the corruption in the early music business being...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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Only the "true" Blues aficionados have probably heard of this slide guitar player from the 1930s. May I introduce to you, Casey Bill Weldon.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:29
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An artist who has not gotten the due recognition he should have in the "Blues" circles; probably because he has never been one seeking "fame" or re...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:58