Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities

What We’re Reading Producer & Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with MN children’s book writer Elizabeth Barrett (Red Lake Ojibwe). Her book is called Mashkiki Road. The story follows three children who journey into the woods for medicine for their grandmother and meet animals representing the Seven Grandfather Teachings. It is vividly illustrated by Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Ojibwe) (Bowwow Powwow). Elizabeth tells us how the Seven Grandfather Teachings was a good way to help the children in Red Lake focus on rebuilding their personal communities after being in isolation during the pandemic.

This episode of Community Conversations is dedicated to Holocaust education and commemoration. 75 years after Kristalnacht, there are still so many lessons for all people today. Be inspired to learn more about the Holocaust, with recommended books, new documentary films and commemorative events in Minnesota. Guests include: Film Producer Sandra Schulberg who resored her fathers film “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, UMD Professors Deborah Peterson-Pearlman and Cindy Christian who recently traveled to concentration camps together and are both involved in the UMD Buemler Kaplan Foundation.

This week on Minnesota Native News, reducing recidivism among American Indians involved in the corrections system, and a new report examines best practices for community driven education for urban Native youth.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been thinking about the concept of common good versus individual good and wanted to learn more.

Jeremy Nevilles-Sorell is an Ojibwe man making a difference. He travels the country facilitating workshops and trainings on domestic and sexual violence among native communities. In this segment of Area Voices, he talks about the many facets of domestic abuse and the impact it has.