band’s existing businesses. He is also an avid runner, basketball player, and Ojibwe language learner.
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Historian Brenda J. Child Responds to the Federal Indian Boarding School System Report
On today’s show, we talk with Brenda J. Child Ph.D. (Red Lake Nation) about the U.S. Department of Interior’s recently released investigative report on the Federal Indian boarding school system.
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Binesikwe Means’ Gift for Nurturing the Next Generation of Storytellers
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
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)
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
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
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 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
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
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.
Lance Haavisto’s Gift for Sharing Native Stories on Television
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.
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Allison Waukau’s Gift for Raising Native Representation in Libraries
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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