WXPR Native Voices

About WXPR Native Voices

The Northwoods is home to a number of Ojibwe and Potawatomi tribes, but stories from the area’s indigenous people – the Anishinaabe – often go unheard.Native Voices is an effort to share those stories, told by the people who live them.Each episode uses sound to paint a portrait of different indigenous people, casting light on local tribes’ history, culture and customs.

Publisher

WXPR Public Radio

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Sept 2021

Latest episode

10 Sept 2021

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Sept 2021

   From Seed to Soup: What it's Like to Harvest Wild Rice

   Tribal members from the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe are getting ready to harvest wild rice from the lakes of Northern Wisconsin. But this year, there's less rice to be found.

2. 

   10 Sept 2021

   "What's a Wigwam? This is a Wigwam."

   Wayne Valliere is an artist and award-winning birchbark canoe builder with the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe.

3. 

   10 Sept 2021

   To The Beat Of Their Own Drum

   Elliot Johnson, Ganebik Johnson and Trysten Mustache have been playing the drums since they were toddlers.