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Home > Archives for Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine

December 18, 2025
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Cole Redhorse Taylor: Creating Contemporary Work Through Connection to Traditional Art Forms

Today, we're excited to welcome Cole Redhorse Taylor to the Native Lights podcast. Cole is Mdewakanton Dakota and a member of the Prairie Island Indian Community. He's an artist, and has worked in many mediums: drawing, painting, beadwork, quill work, hockey helmets. He's created contemporary and traditional pieces heavily inspired by the artwork of his ancestors. And of course, if you're a sports fan, you may have seen his collaborations with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Minnesota Wild [Read Transcript...]

November 20, 2025
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Carl Gawboy: Remembering the Fur Trade Through Art

Today, we welcome Carl Gawboy to the Native Lights podcast. Carl, born to a Finnish mother and an Ojibwe father, was raised in Ely and is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Carl is an artist, whose primary medium is watercolors. But he turned to pen and ink for his recent graphic book, Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History. [Read Transcript...]

November 6, 2025
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Janis A. Fairbanks: Lessons Learned and Memories of Her Ojibwe Grandma

Today, we are excited to welcome Janis A. Fairbanks to Native Lights. Janis is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. She recently released a book called Sugar Bush Babies: Stories of My Ojibwe Grandmother, a memoir in lessons learned from her grandmother during the era of Indian Relocation. [Read Transcript...]

October 16, 2025
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Wookiye Win: Digging for Artistic Inspiration (And Watercolor Pigments) in Nature

Today, we're thrilled to speak with Wookiye Win. Wookiye Win, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, is an artist and educator. She teaches the Dakota language for the Dakota Language Nest Preschool program at the Institute of Child Development on the University of Minnesota campus. She's also the illustrator of Dakota language children's books. [Read Transcript...]

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