Minnesota Native News is a weekly radio segment covering ideas and events relevant to Minnesota’s Native American communities since 2014. MNN is produced and distributed by AMPERS and airs on tribal and community stations across Minnesota. MNN reaches more than 124,000 listeners each week. The team includes a majority of Native reporters/producers all sharing in the editorial and story-telling duties.
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- Headlines 4/18/2024This is Minnesota Native News. I’m Marie Rock. This week, Minnesota Lynx draft part Samoan, part Alaska Native Alissa Pili, the Red Lake Nation College opens its new urban site …
- Headlines 4/11/24This week: The University of Minnesota is considering a new policy for how it conducts research with Indigenous communities, The Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging plans to establish new …
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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.
- Brandon Baity: Executive Director of the Indigenous AssociationBrandon Baity is Anishinaabe and a descendant of the White Earth Nation. He grew up in Brooklyn Park, MN and currently lives in Moorhead, MN with his 3 children, partner, and mother-in-law. He graduated with a degree in social work from the College of Saint Scholastica in 2013. After graduation he worked as a youth …
- Bryce Premo: Exploring Social Work FrontiersBryce Premo is a Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe citizen and brother of Native Lights hosts Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Bryce on the cusp of an exciting transition in his career. With a bachelor’s degree in social work almost under his belt and poised to pursue a master’s degree in the same field, Bryce …
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Listen to MN Native News and Native Lights on your local station
Station Call Letters | Frequency | Location | When to Hear MNN | When to Hear Native Lights |
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KAXE/KBXE | 91.7 FM Grand Rapids – 90.5 FM Bemidji – 89.9 FM Brainerd | Northern Minnesota | 7:30 AM Monday | 9p Sunday |
KBFT | 89.9 FM | Bois Forte | 4 PM Sunday | Saturday and Sunday 10:30am |
KFAI | 90.3 FM | Minneapolis, MN | 7:40 AM Friday | Fridays at 1pm |
KKWE | 89.9 FM | White Earth, MN | 7:01 AM Friday | 7pm Friday |
KOJB | 90.1 FM | Cass Lake, Leech Lake MN | Fridays @ 4P and Saturday morning @ 11A | Thursday @ 11:30A, and repeat Sunday night @ 6:30P |
KQAL | 89.5 FM | Winona, MN | 12:25 PM Friday | Wed 12:30pm |
KSRQ | 90.1 FM | Thief River Falls, MN | 11:25 AM Friday | Wednesday 10:30 PM Pioneer 90.1 |
KVSC | 88.1 FM | St. Cloud, MN | 2 PM Sunday | 12:30 Tuesday |
KMSU | 89.7 FM | Mankato, MN | 7 AM and 9 AM Saturday | 4pm Saturday |
KRPR | 89.9 FM | Rochester, MN | n/a | n/a |
WDSE | 103.3 FM | Duluth, MN | 7:00 AM Sunday and Monday | n/a |
WTIP | 90.7 FM | Grand Marais, MN | 8:30 AM Monday and 9:45 AM Friday | “5pm/12:30p Thursday/Sunday” |
WGZS | 89.1 FM | Fond Du Lac/Cloquet MN | 10:03 AM Thursday | Fridays 11:30am |
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.