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Indigenous Resistance Tour
From: Generation Justice Admin
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We hear from local activists who organized and marched in the Indigenous Peoples Tour of the University of New Mexico, which aimed to highlight the...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 07:22
Indigenous Voices at the Gathering of Nations
From: Generation Justice Admin
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This montage features Native voices from the 2014 Gathering of Nations. They discuss stereotypes they face on a daily basis and what they want non-...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:32
"You Want to See My Hunting License? I'm an Indian."
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, host Erik Redix has a conversation with Don Wedll, former Commissioner of Natural Resources for ...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Shirley Sneve on getting the voices of Native-Americans on the airwaves.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Shirley Sneve talks about Native American Public Telecommunications which shares stories of Native American people on television and radio.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 2
Unity and Healing After a School Shooting: A Native American Perspective
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting near Marysville, Wa, the Native American communities impacted by the shooting,...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
Minnesota Native News: Walking as Ceremony
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News Senator Al Franken plans to keep his spot on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, Dakota Women hold a 4-day cere...

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


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 8
Part 2: Freda and Toghestiy
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en
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Freda Huson and Toghestiy live full time at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade. The kind folks at radio-net.com lent me some audio to use for this p...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:23
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Five
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings at Turtle Island
This is the fifth installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 1
"We Are Still Here" by Laura Waterman Wittstock and photographer Dick Bancroft
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Laura Waterman Wittstock and photographer Dick Bancroft join KUMD's MN Reads this week to share their book "We Are Still Here," a powerful i...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KSRQ


  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 2
Living with wolves
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1974 the grey wolf population population declined to a level where the federal government placed it on the endangered species list. Two years ag...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSRQ, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 3
"We had passion and we had love for our language."
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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This episode of Ojibwe Stories - Gaganoonididaa features Leslie Harper's keynote address from the 2013 Minnesota Indigenous Languages Symposium las...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 6
Insult to Injury?: American Indian Sports Mascots
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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They may not have made it to the Superbowl- but the “Washington Football team” has gotten a lot of attention this season- not so much for their per...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The 10th Annual Great Dakota Gathering 2013
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we take you back to The Dakota Gathering 2013, held in Winona MN as the signing of the covenant of friendship be...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2014
  • Length: 14:09
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Four
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the fourth installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten prog...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 3
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Three
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the third installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 4
Laura Reagan: Columbus Day
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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This week on Interchange, host Louis Malone IV discusses Christopher Columbus and the Federal Holiday Columbus Day. Ms. Reagan is a local activist...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:01:48
Plan B and Beyond: Local Struggles for Reproductive Freedom
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s not just about Roe v Wade and the Supreme Court. Local institutions can create restrictions that prevent women from exercising reproductive h...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
What's in a Name? Ojibwe Naming Ceremonies
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
Caption: Larry Amik Smallwood
On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, Larry Amik Smallwood talks about the importance of naming in Ojibwe culture, and also explores ...

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


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
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
An Interivew with Mark Trahant
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Mark Trahant talks about and reads from his book 'The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars: Henry M. Jackson, Forrest J. Gerar...

Bought by KISU, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People - Hour Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People
This is the second installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 6
Indigenous groups protest oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: The Bulkley River in British Columbia., Credit: Wikipedia user Heqs
In Canada, people are rallying to support an Indigenous community in northern British Columbia that is claiming its sovereignty over the land and m...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Mountain Maidu Country: Tribal People and Land Stewardship
From: Lisa Morehouse
Series: After the Gold Rush: The Future of Small Town California
Caption: Danny Manning uses traditional ecological knowledge in fire fighting., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
Tribal people in California seek formal stewardship of their ancestral lands.

Bought by KWMR, Rhythm & News Service, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 3
Idle No More
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Idle No More, Credit: Fist vector by Shane Thayer, editing and text by Jonathon Reed
In the winter of 2012, flash mob round dances, demonstrations, hunger strikes, and blockades swept Canada. What began as a protest against new law...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Signs from Nature
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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Host Erik Redix, an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at UMD, talks with Larry Amik Smallwood, a language instructor at the University...

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


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6