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 NewsThis 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 OnThis 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 CultureNative 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 Letters | Frequency | Location | When to Hear MNN | When to Hear Native Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.