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Moken: People of the Water
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: A Moken fisherman of the Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Moken is a Thai word meaning sea people, people of water, sea nomads or sea gypsies. The Moken are a group of Austronesian people of an archipelago...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:32
Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Traditional ecological knowledge(s) are knowledge systems held by Indigenous peoples. They are long-held sets of knowledge and awarenesses about th...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Recognition: The Ohlone
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Corrina Gould, Credit: Sogorea Te Land Trust and Planting Justice
Our radio adaptation of the film Beyond Recognition by Underexposed films, "After decades struggling to protect her ancestors’ burial places, a Nat...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMPG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KALW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Three Arctic Roads and a Melting Sea Highway
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: From "The Sea Ice is Our Highway: An Inuit Perspective on Transportation in the Arctic" a contribution to the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, Credit: Inuit Circumpolar Council, CANADA
The first Arctic highway was the sea: a moving, shifting, frozen system that allowed its inhabitants to be sustained for generations. Since 1974, t...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 04:57
MN Native News: Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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“This week on Minnesota Native News, we visit the Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit, held in St. Paul, and hear how it...

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
AMOS 18.187: How Big Was the Founding Population of Native Americans?, 9/18/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Big Was the Founding Population of Native Americans?

  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Farmers and Fishers
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Humankind has for centuries been connected to the cycles of the year for sustenance from land and sea. We have built our communities and our spirit...

  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 05:41
Arctic Futures, Part Four
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Inukshuk in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. Inukshuk are stone structures constructed to communicate with humans throughout the Arctic. Traditionally constructed by the Inuit, the word means “to act in the capacity of a human.”
Health and Welfare of the Indigenous People of the Arctic. In this episode, host Peter Neill examines the rights of the indigenous peoples of the A...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 09:44
Epazote
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Well, the getting out of the growing business thing is not going well at all and I’ve had to come to grips with the fact that that I still need to ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1
Not in Anyone’s Backyard, pushing back on landfill expansion
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Penobscot Nation lives on the river that shares their name. Just upstream from their island reservation is Juniper Ridge, Maine’s largest landf...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2017
  • Length: 13:04
  • Purchases: 2
Walk the Talk: Stories of Indigenous-led resistance to oil and waste
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Refinery Healing Walk, Credit: Isabella Zizi
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll meet people challenging polluters in their own backyard, not to push hazardous industries into another nei...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
For Kindred Spirits
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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This is a beautiful audio production about the more profound nature of our relationships with animals and the natural world. Hosted by NY Times bes...

Bought by WCPN and WFSU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 47:22
  • Purchases: 2
Anemone Tuberosa
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Anxious for some early morning light and something green in the grassland, Petey remembers an early blooming wildflower to look for in the nearby h...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
Area Voices: Women Water Warriors.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Three women share their first hand perspective of the pipeline protest at Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 2
Galapagos Islands
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: The iconic blue footted booby, Credit: Rod Mast | Marine Photobank
W2O Director Peter Neill recently spent time in the Galãpagos Islands and is back to share his observations from a long-anticipated trip to the UNE...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 05:14
An Open Letter from Nunavut
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In October 2015 Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau overwhelmingly won the Canadian election for Prime Minister. In advance of the election, Premie...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 05:10
A New Arctic
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Declining Arctic sea ice is one factor affecting the region's changing ocean ecosystem. This image based on data from NASA's Aqua satellite shows the extent of sea ice in March 2008. , Credit: NASA
The conversation continues this week about the future of the Arctic. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill addresses a question he ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Xtra Tuf #6.75: Report From Uyak Bay
From: Erin Yanke
Caption: Bear from Uyak Bay, Credit: Alec Dunn
Moe Bowstern and Erin Yanke present a bear story from 1997 Alaska, with updates from the participants and observers, and from Alaska Fish and Game.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
An Interview with Scott Elliott
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Scott Elliott talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about his novel 'Temple Grove,' which includes environmental, mythological...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Importance of Wild Rice
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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Larry Amik Smallwood, a language instructor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, in both Ojibwe and English, talks about the harvesting of wild r...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 7
Food Sleuth Radio, Monica Nuvamsa Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Monica Nuvamsa, Executive Director of the Hopi ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Native Living: A Sacred Dance Between a River and It's People
From: Minnie Sagar
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A documentary that takes an in depth look at how natural resource management practices are impacting the Karuk tribal ancestral territory.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 48:38
THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND -- Filmmaker Briar March
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Briar March, San Francisco, CA 3/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Briar March talks climate change, human nature, and cultural survival.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 20:26
Conversations With the Earth
From: A World of Possibilities
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Global climate change is here. And only now, as our nation is ravaged by hurricanes, floods and droughts, is this new reality becoming all too obvi...

Bought by KVMR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, KPVL, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
Climate Change and Tribal Concerns: Part II
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Great Lakes Basin, Credit: NASA
Seventh Generation planning: preparing for the effects of climate change on Native American tribes. This is the second in two part discussion on cl...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3