WXPR Native Voices: Recent Episodes
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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.
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.
Wayne Valliere is an artist and award-winning birchbark canoe builder with the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe.
Elliot Johnson, Ganebik Johnson and Trysten Mustache have been playing the drums since they were toddlers.