Minnesota Native News

This week, we look back at Producer Travis Zimmerman’s interview with musician Corey Medina, as he talks about his family’s influence on his musical career and shares his history of musical production.-----Producer: Travis ZimmermanEditor: Travis ZimmermanAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Corey Median at Cedar Lounge and Earth Rider Fest Grounds [credit: Emma Leppala]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

This week, we look back at Producer Dan Niham's interview with Ashley Cornforth, about the Coaching Academy that was held in partnership with the Notah Begay III Foundation, goals of IndigeFit Kids and what are some other programs and events the campaign is focusing on this year.-----Producers: Dan NinhamEditor: Travis ZimmermanAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, Red Lake Nation's efforts to transfer back public portions of Upper Red Lake garners support at the Minnesota DFL Convention, and White Earth Nation expands the harvest from its bison herd. -----Producers: Chaz Wagner, CJ YoungerEditor: Chaz Wagner, CJ YoungerAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, an incident on a Minneapolis lacrosse field is raising questions about safety and respect in youth sports. And in Onamia, the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post is marking 30 years with a community celebration.-----Producers: Dan Ninham and Chaz WagnerEditor: CJ YoungerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Gino Charging Bear, High School lacrosse player, and his father, Luis. [credit: Luis Charging Bear]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

This week, we revisit producer Emma Needham's conversation with Charli Fool Bear about their work with New Native Theater, the importance of having a space for Indigenous stories, and the fifth annual Two Spirit Powwow on June 23rd at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. -----Producer: Emma NeedhamEditor: Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Charli Fool Bear [credit: Charli Fool Bear]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we revisit producer Emma Needham's conversation with Charli Fool Bear about their work with New Native Theater, the importance of having a space for Indigenous stories, and the fifth annual Two Spirit Powwow on June 23rd at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. -----Producer: Emma NeedhamEditor: Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we visit the restored secret wetlands and a new gathering place for the Indigenous community in the Twin Cities, and we look back at our conversation with artist Sarah Agaton Howes. -----Producer: Deanna StandingCloud, Chandra ColvinEditor: Deanna StandingCloud, Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie Rock, Britt Aamodt Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, producer Emma Needham’s extended interview with Shayla Budrow, the Indigenous Education Coordinator at Brainerd Schools, about how Native graduations represent a generational victory.-----Producer: Emma NeedhamEditor: Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: An Indigenous Graduate from Brainerd High School accepts their diploma. [credit: ISD 181 Indigenous Education Team, Class of 2024]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a look back at producer Dan Ninham’s conversation with Red Lake Nation artist Tashia Hart about her work in last year’s exhibition Once Upon a Shore, an all-Indigenous exhibit at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, the influence of tradition on her artistic process, and what it means to be an artist.—------Producer: Dan NinhamEditor: Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Tashia Hart [credit: Tashia Hart]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we look at how a federal decision on copper mining could affect Minnesota tribal treaty territory, and a recap of last week's American Indian Month kick-off celebration in Minneapolis.-----Producers: Chaz Wagner, Deanna StandingCloudEditor: Chaz Wagner, Deanna StandingCloudAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily Krumberger----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, Red Lake Nation mental health professional Lorissa White talks about brainspotting, an innovative approach to processing trauma and finding community healing. -----Producers: Deanna StandingCloudEditor: Victor Palomino Anchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Lorissa White [credit: Deanna StandingCloud]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a look at the future of The Circle, one of the longest-running independent Native American newspapers, and how the Duluth Zeitgeist Film Festival is highlighting Indigenous cinema this year.  ------Producers: Travis Zimmerman, Dan Ninham Editor: Xan Holston Anchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Film poster for Why We Dance [credit: poster image by Drew Arrieta]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a new state bill asks lawmakers to recognize the inherent right of wild rice to exist in Minnesota, and we visit the Red Lake Urban Cultural Wellness Center, a space for health and fitness.-----Producers: CJ Younger, Deanna StandingCloudEditor: CJ Younger, Deanna StandingCloudAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Manoomin beds [credit: Leanna Goose]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, producer Emma Needham's conversation with Chéri Smith and Matt Dannenberg about their work with the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy and the Tribal Energy Evolution Summit.-----Producer: Emma NeedhamEditors: Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage:  Solar panels on the Leech Lake Reservation (2019) [credit: KOJB Radio]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, the Minnesota Indian Education Association's 2026 Conference honored teacher Dr. Jane Harstad with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and a music shop co-owned by a Native woman, the only one of its kind in the country, helps musicians tune their instruments with the changing season.Producers: Travis Zimmerman, Deana StandingCloudEditors: Victor Palomino, Deana StandingCloud, & Emily KrumbergerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Emily KrumbergerEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerPhoto: Angela Vig of St. Paul's Vig Guitars [credit: Angela Vig]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week on Minnesota Native News: an extended conversation from producer Deanna StandingCloud with tattoo shop owner and father Willard Malebear, Jr.-----Producers: Deana StandingCloudEditors: Britt Aamodt, Emily KrumbergerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & Mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial Support: Emily KrumbergerImage: Willard Malebear at his business, Iktomi Tattoo in Minneapolis  [credit: Deanna StandingCloud]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, an extended conversation from producer Deanna StandingCloud with Gloria Iacono about the sugarbush and what it is like making maple syrup in urban environments.--------Producer:  Deana StandingCloud Editor:  Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: A traditional tap on a maple  [Credit: Deanna StandingCloud]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

This week on Minnesota Native News: community efforts to keep sewing and craft traditions alive, and Red Lake Tribal Nation continues its expansion into Minnesota’s off-reservation cannabis market. -----Producers:  Deana StandingCloud, Chaz Wagner Editors:  Deana StandingCloud, Chaz Wagner, Emily KrumbergerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerImage: Fire Mountain Fabric Store [credit: Deanna StandingCloud]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, the annual Ely Film Festival and two young Indigenous athletes to watch on the hockey rinks.-----Producer: Chaz Wagner, Dan NinhamEditor: Chaz Wagner, CJ YoungerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood Image: Daimon Gardner playing hockey for St. Cloud State University [credit: Kayden Kircher, SCSU Athletics]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, an extended interview from producer Travis Zimmerman with comedian Trish Cook, one-half of the comedy duo Big Auntie Energy. -----Producer: Travis ZimmermanEditor: Britt AamodtAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Comedian Trish Cook [Credit: Trish Cook]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, the use of federal buildings for immigration operations echoes past abuses on Indigenous lands in Minnesota, and the 7th Annual Ojibwe Language Symposium brings together hundreds of learners and speakers.-----Producer: Deanna StandingCloud, Chaz WagnerEditor: Deanna StandingCloud, Chaz WagnerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Emily Krumberger, Victor PalominoImage: Individuals outside the Bishop H. Whipple Federal Building (Credit: Rebecca Smith BFRESH Productions)----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a report on this year's march honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous relatives, and Native college athletes making their mark on the basketball court. -----Producer:  Xan Holston, Dan NinhamEditors: CJ Younger, Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerImage Credit: Emma Needham-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, an extended conversation with Antony Stately, President and Executive Office of the Native American Community Clinic in South Minneapolis, about providing care amidst federal budget cuts.-----Producer: Emma Needham Anchor: Marie RockEditor: Britt Aamodt, Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerImage Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Antony Stately----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, how Tribes and the state's Indigenous community are responding to the increased federal presence from Operation Metro Surge, and how a youth Hockey Night series is uplifting the Ojibwe language.-----Producers: Xan Holston, Deanna StandingCloud, Chaz WagnerEditor: Victor PalominoEditorial support: Emily Krumberger Anchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, an extended interview with Leanna Goose, an environmental activist from Leech Lake, about her work to protect land, air, and water for the next seven generations. ----Producer: Deanna StandingCloudEditing: Britt Aamodt, Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerAnchor: Marie RockMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerPhoto credit: Deanna StandingCloud----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's campaign to boost Native youth wellness is expanding its reach across Minnesota, and an archival project is preserving Indigenous music for future generations.-----Producers: Dan Ninham, Deanna StandingCloud & Travis Zimmerman Editing: CJ Younger, Deanna StandingCloudAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage Credit: Watecha RecordsMusic Credit (in story 2): Buddy Red Bow, "Indian Love Song" from BRB, (First American records, 1980)-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we look back with an extended conversation between producer Dan Ninham and art curator, writer, and educator Heid E. Erdrich about creativity, collaboration, and the connections that shape her work.-----Producer: Dan NinhamAnchor: Marie Rock Editing: Britt Aamodt, Chris HarwoodEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, an extended conversation from a past segment about the traditional methods of harvesting and processing wild rice. -----Producer: Chandra ColvinEditing: Britt Aamodt Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodPhoto: Courtesy of Robert Rice for Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

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.-----Producers: Travis Zimmerman and Emma Needham Editing: Britt Aamodt, Emily KrumbergerEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerAnchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodPhoto courtesy of Corey Medina & Brothers, Sage Davis.-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

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.-----Producers: Chaz WagnerEditing: Chaz Wagner, Emily Krumberger Editorial support: Emily KrumbergerAnchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodPhoto Credit: Dan Ninham----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, how the newly established Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force is making decisions about state-wide foraging rules, plus a conversation with Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe representatives about the newly named Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.----- Producers: Xan Holston & Travis Zimmerman Editing: Britt AamodtEditorial support: Emily Krumberger Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, Bemidji's Tom BK Goldtooth's reflection after attending this year's Climate Change Conference (COP30), and how federal cuts to public broadcasting are affecting tribal radio stations.-----Producers: Dan Ninham, CJ YoungerEditing: CJ Younger, Emily Krumberger, Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodPhoto Credit: Indigenous Environmental Network-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a small plane's emergency landing on the Red Lake Reservation is raising questions about tribal sovereignty, and a Native All-American football game returns to the Twin Cities.-----Producers: Chaz Wagner and Dan NinhamEditing: CJ Younger, Emily Krumberger, Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Native American Athletic Foundation-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a new art exhibit honoring Two-Spirit individuals, and a new inductee to the Minnesota Lacrosse Hall of Fame.-----Producers: Deanna StandingCloud, Travis ZimmermanEditing: Xan Holston, Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodPhoto credit: Deanna StandingCloud ----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/  Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/  This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a special extended interview from a past segment. Travis Zimmerman interviews award-winning author, activist, and Chef Sean Sherman.----- Producer: Travis Zimmerman Editing: Britt Aamodt Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodPhoto Credit: NATIFS-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a special extended interview from a past segment. CJ Younger interviews writer Marcie R. Rendon about her 2024 released poetry book, Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium.-----Producer: CJ YoungerEditing: Britt Aamodt, Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Emily KrumbergerPhoto credit: Marcie RendonFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we feature Once Upon a Shore, an all-Indigenous art exhibit at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum curated by Heid E. Erdrich, and actor Dallas Goldtooth shares details about his new role.   Producers: Dan Ninham, and Deanna StandingCloud Anchor: Marie Rock  Script review: Emily Krumberger  Additional editing: CJ Younger, Victor Palomino Mixing & mastering: Emily Krumberger Photo: Dallas Goldtooth plays "Hutch" in New Series, "The Last Frontier" (Courtesy of Apple TV).Audio credit: The Last Frontier clip, Courtesy of Apple TV For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a look at the recent Tribal Flag Plaza Flag-Raising Ceremony at the State Capitol, and a conversation with two members of the Minnesota Historical Society's Native American Museum Fellowship program. -----Producers: Deanna StandingCloud and Dan NinhamAnchor: Marie Rock  Script editing: Emily Krumberger Additional editing: Xan Holston, Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, how Tribal Colleges and Universities are responding to federal funding cuts, plus, details on Red Lake Nation artist Jonathan Thunder's new film project. -----Producers: Xan Holston and Travis ZimmermanEditing: Victor PalominoAnchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a special extended interview from a past segment. Travis Zimmerman interviews Wanna Wotapi food truck owners Anne O’Keefe and Frankie Jackson. -----Producer: Travis ZimmermanEditing: Britt Aamodt Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week on Minnesota Native News, how Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe officials' recent approval of the Grand Rapids School District request for an exemption from the state's mascot ban impacts communities. Plus, a look at how Indigenous fire stewardship is influencing Minnesota's response to wildfires ----- Script editing: Emily Krumberger, Emma Needham Anchor: Marie Rock Producer: Chaz Wagner, CJ YoungerInterviewing support: Emma Needham Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a special extended interview from a past segment. Emma Needham interviews NDN Collective’s Korina Barry and Holly Cook Macarro about Leonard Peltier’s release back in February.-----Producer: Emma Needham Editing: Britt Aamodt Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week on Minnesota Native News, the story behind Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe citizen Anita Lovelace's MMIR jingle dress, which took home the 2025 People's Choice Award at the State Fair's Fine Arts Competition. Plus, how Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College recently celebrated the harvest and food sovereignty. -----Executive Producer: Emma Needham Script editing: Emily Krumberger Anchor: Marie Rock Producer: Deanna StandingCloud, Chaz WagnerMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, a special extended interview from a past segment. Travis Zimmerman interviews the Native Governance Center’s new Executive Director, Amber Annis.-----Executive Producer: Emma Needham Script editing: Emily Krumberger Anchor: Marie Rock Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love.ampers.org/fund

This week, results from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe's Water Over Nickel survey. Plus, how Tribal Broadband Bootcamp is supporting Minnesotan tribal internet access.-----Executive Producer: Emma Needham Script editing: Emily Krumberger Anchor: Marie Rock Producers: Emma Needham and CJ Younger Mixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodFor the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love.ampers.org/fund

This week, a summer sports camp brings Lacrosse to life in Fond Du Lac. And Minnesota musicians win at the 2025 Native American Music Awards.-----Executive Producer: Emma Needham  Script editing: Emily Krumberger  Anchor: Marie Rock  Producer: Xan Holston, Chaz Wagner  Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love.ampers.org/fund

On this week’s episode of Minnesota Native News, the upcoming Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators Conference and a recap of the prevention & impacts of invasive species on Tribal Nations.

This spring, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments challenging the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act. And, the proposed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act passed in the US House in April. Now awaiting Senate hearings, it is raising concerns about voting rights across the country.

This week on Minnesota Native News, a recap of the 2nd Annual Anishinaabe Music & Art Festival hosted by Leech Lake Nation's KOJB radio station. Plus, the upcoming launch party for the new book, Sweetgrass and Soul Food, by Minneapolis author and educator Marique Moss.

This week, Minnesota Native News covers how cousins Sam and Travis Zimmerman brought a family story to life in "How the Birds Got Their Songs." Plus, how some Minnesota Indigenous leaders and educators are bracing for federal cuts to Tribal Colleges and Universities.