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Keith Secola talks Music Festival and performs at the High School in Cook MN for a KBFT Native Music Festival.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:19
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Matthew Tooni: Taking the Lead in Preserving Cherokee Traditions

  • Added: Feb 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Picture 3: Photo taken during the parade at my tribe's annual celebration, Crow Fair, in 2019. (PC: Tony Manolis Photography).
My Apsáalooke name is Iichiinmaaáatchilash - Fortunate with Horses and my English name is JoRee LaFrance. I come from the Apsáalooke (Crow) nation ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:39
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I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described by a G...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:43
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In this music special we celebrate contemporary Native American artists with rare live recordings of Ulali and Bill Miller. Also, interviews with B...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSUT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
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On this weekly radio program, you'll hear an eclectic mix of contemporary, traditional, and roots music from around the globe. This special episode...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Cliffrose is the star of this show. It also goes by the common name quinine bush or the scientific name of Purshia mexicana. If you look at a map o...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 10:12
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You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants, but I’l...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:13
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This the start of my “mud dauber research” as I have much to learn about these wasps that fly around the Mesquitey collection of cool stuff (the ki...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:12
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I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as they are the gateway...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 05:10
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Adam talks about his work with The Hopi Environmental Project. A collaboration with the Hopi Tribe and University of Arizona.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
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I know that being in the moment or being here now is important, but I confess to spending a lot of time wanting to be there now and I’ll be happy t...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:03
Caption: The photo is mine and that’s Ms. Mesquitey along the San Pedro River. The bird song along that riparian corridor is unbelievable and we spent some time trying to identify certain calls and songs.
I guess I don’t have a whole lot more to add about this show. Well, I have been known to sing a little better than this.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:37
Caption: The photos of Penstemon fendleri are mine and taken at our little homestead.
Well, I was a little worried, but I was pretty close on the number of Penstemon species in Arizona. There are close to forty. Arizona Flora lists t...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Steven Toya and family , Credit: Vanessa Vassar
Explore the Pueblo people and their ancestors who have called New Mexico home for thousands of years

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, and WCNY


  • Added: May 06, 2019
  • Length: 59:19
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Darius Willard
On May 5 The James Beard Foundation will present one of only five 2019 leadership awards to Minneapolis-based chef Sean Sherman. In making the awar...

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


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Jill Fish
Jill Fish is one of the only Native doctoral students in the psychology department at the University of Minnesota. But she doesn’t feel alone, beca...

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


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Dawn Avery, Credit: Deborah Martin
Dawn Avery - Cellist, Composer, Vocalist, Educator - Mohawk and Sufi - Our Fire, Crane/Ajijaak, and Beloved

  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 26:30
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Last November Deb Haaland from New Mexico was elected to the US House. One of the first Native American women to serve, her vision is “to move our ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: 07:08
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In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ / Native American Day, this special episode of the program features a broad spectrum of musical styles from America...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Anisacanthus thurberi or desert honeysuckle is in the Acanthus family, Acanthaceae. I do like the common name cola de gallo, because it captures th...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
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Wesley is a 20 year Native American artist from Red Lake Reservation.

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:52
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Thomas X is a Native American rapper from Red Lake Reservation.

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 06:30
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Darren is a Native American flute player from Lac Du Flambeau

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:57
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House finches are pretty darned cute and that’s why pet stores back in New York City in 1939 were selling them as “Hollywood Finches”. The Migrator...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:43