MNN Extended Interview: Robert Rice
This week, an extended conversation from a past segment about the traditional methods of harvesting and processing wild rice. [Read Transcript...]
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Corey Medina & Brothers Play New Years Eve & Release New Music. Plus, an Extended Interview with Lisa Bellanger
This week, a conversation with Corey Medina of the Bemidji band, Corey Medina and Brothers, about their upcoming New Years Eve concert. Plus, an extended interview with American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council member Lisa Bellanger. [Read Transcript...]
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...]
A New Addition to This Year’s Remembrance of the Dakota 38 + 2; the Minnesota Wild Broadcasts Game in Ojibwe
This week, how community members involved in the annual ceremony remembering the Dakota men hung by the United States government in 1862 in Mankato will now honor the Dakota women present, too. Plus, a look at the first Ojibwe broadcast of a hockey game in the country – here in Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]