KAXE Audio Highlights
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 Jim
Jones,
Cultural
Resources Director of the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
talks with
Scott Hall about
the closing of the Pamida store in
Bemidji and what he thinks she be
done with that site, which is a
sacred burial ground of at least 22
Dakota people. You can also
read Megan
Treuer's letter to the editor in the
Bemidji Pioneer for more
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Minnesota
assumes management of the Wolf:
This Friday the wolf goes off the
Federal Endangered Species List. DNR
Wildlife Biologist Dan Stark talks
about how the state will manage the
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Culturology:
Stipple artist Rob Christensen
talks about his progression toward
settling on such a precise and time
consuming style of drawing. Rob also
discusses his process for choosing
the subject matter in his current
exhibition at the
Lyric Center for the Arts
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Steve
Downing examines the things he
appreciates in his life,
on this week's
Between You and Me. Our
topic was
5 Things We Appreciate, from the
Facebook page started by Sarah
MacRostie.
Mary
Finch SINGS!
Ever have
that problem of not being able to
get a song out of your head?
When
Mary Finch set to writing
her essay for
Between You and Me she
couldn't get Julie Andrews singing
"My Favorite Things" out of her
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Iris
Jensen on What's For Breakfast:
Iris was the feel-good hit in
KAXE-land last week when she joined
John and Heidi on the Friday morning
show for What's for Breakfast.
You can hear the whole interview
here, including her beautiful
rendition of "Hark The Herald Angels
Sing". Grab a hanky before you
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Oliver
and Gertie Juntenen and the History
of Suomi: It's not a town
or township, but when
Finnish-American families moved
there 95 years ago it became a
vibrant community that exists to
this day. Oliver and Gertie were
born and raised there. They met in
grade school and still live on their
family's original homestead |
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Paul
Metsa's "Blue Guitar Highway"
Paul Metsa joins Charlie
Pulkrabek on
Centerstage Minnesota to talk
about Minnesota music and his new
book titled
Blue Guitar Highway. |
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Gil
Quaal on Winter Art
Today would have been Gil Quaal's
90th birthday. We are so
grateful for the time he spent on
KAXE sharing his knowledge about
wild foods. Listen here for
Gil's commentary on the beauty of
winter. |
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Project
Care Free Clinics
Free clinics in Hibbing, Ely, and
Grand rapids are now seeing people
without insurance or underinsured.
Most are employed but can't afford
basic health care or insurance.
In this interview, the Executive
Director of
Project Care Free, Carrie
Estey-Dix, Nurse-Practioner Sue
Koprowski, and Paramedic Tim George
talk about how the clinics got
started and the people who use them. |
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Marty
Cobenais from the Indigenous
Enviornmental Nework on the Morning
Show. Tribal
leaders from all over the U.S.
recently attended the White House
Tribal Leaders Summit in Washington
D.C. At the Top of their
agenda was to present President
Obama with the "Mother Earth Accord"
and urge him to oppose the Keystone
Pipeline Project that proposes to
build a 1700 mile pipeline from
Alberta to the western plains to
Gulf of Mexico. Marty talked
with KAXE's Scott Hall this week
about the Keystone Pipeline Project. |
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Travis
Ryder talks about doing his part as
an honest carnivore
outside New Ulm on Thanksgiving
weekend. This commentary comes
from the December 1 edition of
Culturology.
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A
Converation with Patrick Desjarlait
about new Red Lake welcome signs
Scott Hall and Maggie Montgomery
speak with artist Patrick Desjarlait
about the new welcome signs for the
Red Lake Nation. The artwork is
entitled "The Council of Clans" and
features the symbols of the Seven
Clans at Red Lake. |
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Elaine
Fleming from the Leech Lake Tribal
College talks about
"de-colonizing your diet" during
Native American Heritage Month at
Leech
Lake Tribal College with Maggie
Montgomery on the Wednesday Morning
Show.
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They're finally here - the
higher-fidelity recordings of the
inaugural Great Northern Radio Show
with Aaron Brown, broadcast live
from Hibbing October 15, 2011.
Great Northern Radio Show #1101,
hour 1
Great Northern Radio Show #1101,
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Jackie
Blue from Leech Lake Tribal College
Mika
Pacheco-Northbird from Leech Lake
Tribal College
Miikinaa is the Ojibwe word for
path. Listen to this conversation,
"Miikinaa": First-generation Leech
Lake Tribal College students share
their stories.
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From
Chelsea Annette's Discovering Ojibwe
We've got the tracks to Place Names
and 11 Teachings from Discovering
the Little Brothers. On our
Ojibwemowin page. |
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