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Native Lights

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.

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Binesikwe Means’ Gift for Nurturing the Next Generation of Storytellers

Native Lights May 13, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Binesikwe Means who is an enrolled citizen of the Oglala Lakota Tribe in Pine Ridge South Dakota, and a descendant of the White Earth Nation. Binesikwe is the lead instructor for Migizi’s First Person Productions, a youth-led social enterprise that produces videos, design work, and social media campaigns for businesses and non-profits.

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Documentary Filmmaker Leya Hale’s Gift for Powerful Storytelling 

Native Lights April 28, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Leya Hale (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Diné Nations), a producer for Twin Cities PBS, who is known for her feature documentary, The People’s Protectors, a Vision Maker Media grant production, and winner of the 2019 Upper Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Documentary.

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Honoring the Life and Legacy AIM Co-Founder Clyde Bellecourt (1938-2022)

Native Lights April 21, 2022

Today, the first of two special editions of our show, honoring the life and legacy of NeeGawNwayWeeDun, The Thunder Before the Storm, who was known by his colonial name Clyde Bellecourt. Bellecourt passed away in his Minneapolis home on January 11th, 2022. He was 85.

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Wayne Ducheneaux’s Gift for Leadership and Native Nation Rebuilding

Native Lights April 14, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Wayne L. Ducheneaux, II (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) who is the Executive Director of the Native Governance Center, an organization dedicated to strengthening Tribal sovereignty and Indigenous leadership, through its Native Nation Rebuilders program.

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Linsey McMurrin’s Gift for Healing in Community and Remembering Resilience

Native Lights March 31, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Linsey McMurrin (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) who is the Director of Prevention Initiatives and Tribal Projects at FamilyWiseServices, where she leads programs aimed at supporting stronger, healthier, families and communities.

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Brook LaFloe’s Gift for Creating Equity in Early Childhood Programs

Native Lights March 24, 2022

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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Baabiitaw Boyd’s Gift for Sharing the Beautiful and Complex Ojibwe Language

Native Lights March 17, 2022

Her work includes the Anjibimaadizing program, which has developed a partnership with Rosetta Stone and published five Ojibwemowin books of stories collected from first speakers. Baabiitaw Boyd was also awarded a Bush Leadership Fellowship in 2017.

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Leslie Harper’s Gift for Preserving Ojibwemowin by Inspiring Students and Empowering Teachers

Native Lights March 3, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Leslie Harper, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and a passionate advocate for language preservation and revitalization. Growing up, Leslie Harper loved hearing her Grandparents and relatives telling stories in their Native language. This sparked her own path as a language learner, eventually leading her to co-found an Ojibwe language immersion school in Leech Lake.

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Lance Haavisto’s Gift for Sharing Native Stories on Television

Native Lights February 24, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Lance Haavisto, a direct decedent of M’Chigeeng First Nation, and the Lead Videographer/Editor for Native Report at WDSE-TV.

Lance Haavisto’s Gift for Sharing Native Stories on TelevisionRead More

Allison Waukau’s Gift for Raising Native Representation in Libraries

Native Lights February 17, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Allison Waukau (Menominee/Navajo) a community builder who works in library programs, raising Native representation on the shelves and behind the scenes, making libraries more welcoming to Native community members.

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Bradley Harrington’s Gift for Transforming through Cultural Connection

Native Lights February 10, 2022

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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Beth Ann Dodds’ Passion for Helping Parents to Powerfully Claim their Voices

Native Lights January 27, 2022

Beth Ann is the Project Coordinator for the Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative, a training program from the Native-led organization, Indigenous Visioning. The program guides parents from White Earth Nation and Red Lake Nation to become leading advocates for children using a cultural lens

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