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Minnesota Native News a weekly radio segment covering ideas and events relevant to Minnesota’s Native American communities since 2014. MNN is distributed by AMPERS and airs on tribal and community stations across Minnesota. MNN reaches more than 124,000 listeners each week. The team, that regularly works on the MNN newscast, includes both Native and non-native reporters/producers, all sharing in the editorial and story-telling duties.

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  • Revisiting the Four Sisters Market with MN Native News
    This week on Minnesota Native News, we revisit a trip Native Lights hosts and MN Native News reporters Cole Premo and Leah Lemm took to the Four Sisters Farmers Market …
  • LandBack for Upper Sioux, Nibi Walk Finishes, and Ada Deer Walks On
    This week, Dakota people in Minnesota celebrate a Land Back victory, the Lake Superior Nibi Walk wraps up, the school nurse for the Red Lake Nation School District receives an award for immunization efforts, and native nations all over mourn the passing of Ada Deer. MN Native News reporter Emma Needham has this week’s headlines.

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Minnesota Native News also produces the weekly radio show and podcast Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine. Native Lights is a weekly, podcast and radio program hosted by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members and siblings, Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Native Lights is a space for people in Native communities around Mni Sota Mkoce — a.k.a. Minnesota — to tell their stories about finding their gifts and sharing them with the community.

  • Tony Drews: Capturing Excitement for Native Culture and Language Through Games  
    Native Lights is a weekly, half-hour radio program hosted by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members and siblings, Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Native Lights is a space for people in Native communities around Mni Sota Mkoce — a.k.a. Minnesota — to tell their stories about finding their gifts and sharing them with the community. …
  • Shaun Chosa: Reimagining Indigenous Presence in Pop Culture
    Native Lights is a weekly, half-hour radio program hosted by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members and siblings, Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Native Lights is a space for people in Native communities around Mni Sota Mkoce — a.k.a. Minnesota — to tell their stories about finding their gifts and sharing them with the community. …

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Listen to MN Native News and Native Lights on your local station

Station Call LettersFrequencyLocationWhen to Hear MNNWhen to Hear Native Lights
KAXE/KBXE91.7 FM Grand Rapids –
90.5 FM Bemidji –
89.9 FM Brainerd
Northern Minnesota7:30 AM Monday9p Sunday
KBFT89.9 FM Bois Forte4 PM SundaySaturday and Sunday 10:30am
KFAI90.3 FMMinneapolis, MN7:40 AM FridayFridays at 1pm
KKWE89.9 FM White Earth, MN7:01 AM Friday7pm Friday
KOJB90.1 FMCass Lake, Leech Lake MNFridays @ 4P and Saturday morning @ 11AThursday @ 11:30A, and repeat Sunday night @ 6:30P
KQAL89.5 FMWinona, MN12:25 PM FridayWed 12:30pm
KSRQ90.1 FMThief River Falls, MN11:25 AM FridayWednesday 10:30 PM Pioneer 90.1
KVSC88.1 FMSt. Cloud, MN2 PM Sunday12:30 Tuesday
KMSU89.7 FMMankato, MN7 AM and 9 AM Saturday4pm Saturday
KRPR89.9 FMRochester, MNn/an/a
WDSE103.3 FMDuluth, MN7:00 AM Sunday and Mondayn/a
WTIP90.7 FMGrand Marais, MN8:30 AM Monday and 9:45 AM Friday“5pm/12:30p Thursday/Sunday”
WGZS89.1 FMFond Du Lac/Cloquet MN10:03 AM ThursdayFridays 11:30am
airtimes may vary and were last updated 2/1/23


If there’s someone you’d like to hear us catch up with or if you have comments about the show, please send us an email at nativelights@ampers.org

Native Lights and Minnesota Native News is produced by Ampers, diverse radio for Minnesota’s communities with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.

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