Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio

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  • Call Letters: KBFT
  • Frequency: 89.9 FM
  • Networks: AMPERS

Our call sign is going to be KBFT and you all can tune into our programming at 89.9 MHz on the FM dial. KBFT is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 1000 Watts (1kW) with our antenna located atop the Nett Lake water tower in the village of Nett Lake, MN. Our studios are located in the Nett Lake School campus building. KBFT is owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.

Series

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Native Writing Fest Series will share the interviews with the writers that shared their talents during live community events in 2021.

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23 Pieces

Nett Vets is a series about Bois Forte Veterans and was produced by the Nett Lake Radio Project and made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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16 Pieces

The goal of this project is to create historical discussion and provide a look into Minnesota Outdoor Heritage from a Bois Forte perspective.

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9 Pieces

KBFT Outdoor Series features stories of the wilderness from harvesting food, hunting, and survival skills from the Bois Forte Band Of Ojibwe in Minnesota.

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25 Pieces

Pow Wow the Dance, provides insight into the dances and regalia worn by dancers participating in today's pow wow gatherings.

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Pow Wow the Songs, explores pow wow songs and thier cultural significance

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11 Pieces

A series on the strange occurrences that have been witnessed or have happened on the Bois Forte Reservation.

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Donald Chosa shares Anishinaabemowin with Word of the Day.

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This project is will feature a weekly production that shares the experiences and activities of our younger community members in and around the village of Nett Lake.


Latest Pieces

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Jane describes the house, in sugarbush, as 'one big room'. Jane recalls her grandmother had a way of making things work out, from putting up a clo...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:46
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Anthony Nichols interviews Jane Villebrun about the history of Nett Lake. Jane begins with her recollections of being born in the village of Nett ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:43
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Leah feels that her job is that of a mediator in helping to work with tribes and returning sacred objects to those Tribes. Leah shares that some p...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
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Leah works for the Minnesota Historical Society as 'NAGPRA Coordinator'. Leah shares some history of 'The Crane Lake Cache' which is currently bei...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
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Bill Latady shares some of his historical knowledge regarding the activities of the people which lived in the northern Minnesota area until the ear...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:03
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Bill Latady is the curator for the Bois Forte Heritage Museum. Bill shares some of the history and the Treaty of 1854. In 1881 there was a Presid...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:35
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Jim gawboy shares a little about who he is and where he is from. Jim has lived in the Vermilion area for about the last 25 years. Jim shares that...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:12
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Billy continues with his stories about what he was told about Nett Lake. He talks about how the people used to have to be more self reliant on the...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:55
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Billy talks about how the Anishinabe came from the east many, many years ago. The Anishinabe were given dreams of wild rice which guided them east...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:08
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Donald Chosa tells about the Lac La Croix ponies that used to be in this area and how the ponies almost became extinct. The Bois Forte people used...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1