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Darek DeLille’s Gift for Building Up Community & Audio Arts

Native Lights June 30, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Darek Delille (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), Artistic Producer at New Native Theatre, community organizer, musician and audio artist. Darek now lives in Southeast Minneapolis after living on Fond du Lac for many years.

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Filmmaker Khayman Goodsky’s Gift for Visual Storytelling and Collaboration

Native Lights June 23, 2022

Today, a lively conversation with Khayman Goodsky (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa) a Duluth filmmaker. Khayman tells about how she first found her path, her love of comic books and cosplay, and how she enjoys the whole collaboration process.

Filmmaker Khayman Goodsky’s Gift for Visual Storytelling and CollaborationRead More

Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons’ Gift for Sharing Indigenous Traditions & Spiritual Guidance

Native Lights June 16, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) a spiritual advisor, storyteller, activist, wisdom keeper, and revered elder. Mary Lyons is the founder of the Minnesota Coalition on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and serves as a counselor for the women’s sobriety group, which she also co-founded, called Women of Wellbriety International.

Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons’ Gift for Sharing Indigenous Traditions & Spiritual GuidanceRead More

Joe Rainey’s Gift for Pow Wow Singing and Collaborative Music Making

Native Lights June 9, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Joe Rainey (Red Lake Nation), an Ojibwe Pow Wow singer, music archivist, and collaborative music maker. Joe grew up in south Minneapolis and now lives in Wisconsin with his wife and five children.

Joe Rainey’s Gift for Pow Wow Singing and Collaborative Music MakingRead More

Sequoia Hauck’s Gift for Decolonizing the Process of Art-Making

Native Lights June 2, 2022

On today’s show, we talk with Sequoia Hauck (they/them), a Native (Anishinaabe/Hupa) queer multidisciplinary artist based in the Twin Cities. Sequoia’s art-making includes theater, filmmaking, poetry, and performance art, with all of it centered on a decolonized creative process.

Sequoia Hauck’s Gift for Decolonizing the Process of Art-MakingRead More

Joseph Nayquonabe Jr.’s Gift for Strengthening Tribal Economies

Native Lights May 26, 2022

band’s existing businesses.  He is also an avid runner, basketball player, and Ojibwe language learner.

Joseph Nayquonabe Jr.’s Gift for Strengthening Tribal EconomiesRead More

Historian Brenda J. Child Responds to the Federal Indian Boarding School System Report

Native Lights May 20, 2022

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.

Historian Brenda J. Child Responds to the Federal Indian Boarding School System ReportRead More

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.

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

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.

Wayne Ducheneaux’s Gift for Leadership and Native Nation RebuildingRead More

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.

Linsey McMurrin’s Gift for Healing in Community and Remembering ResilienceRead More

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