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This week on Minnesota Native News, we’re showcasing Isabella Callery, the Minnesota High School senior who recently won a national poetry recitation competition, Poetry Out Loud. She talks about the experience, shows off her poetry skills, and explains the importance of her connections to indigenous poets. Here’s reporter Cole Premo. [Read Transcript...]
Jill Fish is one of the only Native doctoral students in the psychology department at the University of Minnesota. But she doesn’t feel alone, because her work connects her to the Native community. Laurie Stern has more. [Read Transcript...]
Jack Pearson was a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and storyteller devoted to sharing his talents in schools, libraries, and churches all across Minnesota. As producer Daniel Zamzow learned, his earliest storytelling gigs stemmed from tales he spun in order to acquire those gigs in the first place. [Read Transcript...]
The accordion was a gift that kept on giving for Leonard “Skeets” Langley, who as a young adult, was crowned champion at the 1963 World Accordion Championships in Germany. Producer Daniel Zamzow sheds light on how Skeets chose to give back to Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]
