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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18 Pieces

This Native Fest Music Series interviews the musicians that came to the Nett Lake Community for the public to enjoy their live performances.

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12 Pieces

This Native Fest Writer Series will share the interviews with the writers that shared their talents during live community events.

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15 Pieces

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

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8 Pieces

Interviews from attendees of our Native Film Festival 2018

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The Festival through using traditional foods used by local cooks in and around the Nett Lake community, provided an environment of sharing, camaraderie and good eating in a positive venue.

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KBFT 89.9FM Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio's Native Music Fest features musicians from Indian country performing here at Nett Lake, MN. Narrated by Allison Herrera.

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4 Pieces

This series contains talks on sobriety, aim, Strongville, MN Treaties, water and spirituality

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


Latest Pieces

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Lester in the first grade, did not know a word of english and never wore shoes but moccasins. Lester shares the racial tension between the local O...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
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Lorrainne worked most of her life on the reservation. She remembers the Beattles coming in with a bang, all the kids liked the music, the sound an...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:31
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Luanne was afraid during the Cuban missile crisis, she thought we might go to war with Russia. Luanne's grandpa Louie teased Luanne about the Beat...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:12
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Marybelle, recalls trading items for food during the Depression. She owed the second television in the village. Marybelle could not understand wh...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:49
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Maurice as a young boy won a dance contest to 'get rhythym'. Maurice joined the U.S Marines as soon as he turned 18, having felt a strong sense of...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:10
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Donald grew up in Vermilion and had no electricity or running water in a 3 room house with 5 kids. They built a waginagaan that stood next to the ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 08:49
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Geraldine has fond memories of the Friday night dances and pie socials of her youth. While she had electricity they had a small red wagon they use...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
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Virgil recalls as a pre-teen "a jet must have hit the speed of sound overhead. We heard a sonic boom and thought that was the end of the world. We...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:17
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Jerome has an interesting interpretation of where 'here' is. He also recalls as a boy how he and his brothers would rent a bike for the day. He l...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
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HeartWarrior tells how in the city they held bomb drills and when up in the Boundary Waters area, they would have 'bear drills'. It seemed to her ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:07