Indigenous Contributions to Minnesota’s New Foraging Guidelines, and How the Newly-Named Grand Casino Arena Will Showcase Ojibwe Culture
This week, how the newly established Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force is making decisions about state-wide foraging rules, plus a conversation with Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe representatives about the newly named Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.
Minnesota’s Presence at COP30, and the Impact of the CPB Elimination on Tribal Radio
This week, how federal cuts to public broadcasting are affecting tribal radio stations and Bemidji’s Tom BK Goldtooth’s reflection after attending this year’s Climate Change Conference (COP30).
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Carl Gawboy: Remembering the Fur Trade Through Art
Today, we welcome Carl Gawboy to the Native Lights podcast. Carl, born to a Finnish mother and an Ojibwe father, was raised in Ely and is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Carl is an artist, whose primary medium is watercolors. But he turned to pen and ink for his recent graphic book Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History.
A Red Lake Plane Landing and Native All-American High School Football
This week, a small plane’s emergency landing on the Red Lake Reservation is raising questions about trifle sovereignty, and a Native All-American football game returns to the Twin Cities.
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Queering Indigeneity, and Dan Ninham and the Minnesota Lacrosse Hall of Fame
This week, a new art exhibit honoring Two-Spirit individuals, and Dan Ninham is a new inductee to the Minnesota Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
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