Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine


Latest Episodes

A Special Extended Interview with McKnight Awardee Marcie Rendon
August 27, 2020

Anishinaabe writer Marcie Rendon has just been awarded the prestigious McKnight Distinguished Artist Award for 2020. Rendon is a citizen of the White Earth Nation who lives in south Minneapolis. She is a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, play write,

Rising to the Challenge of Keeping Tribal Communities Safe and Informed
August 19, 2020

  Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. On today’s show, Host Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) looks at how tribal leaders and health care providers are ensuring tribal

Supporting New Moms Through Pregnancy and Breastfeeding During the Pandemic
August 12, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. On this show, Host Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) continues her look at how parents of very young children and specifically how new

Doing Our Best for Our Children’s Education During the Pandemic
August 05, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis.   On this show, Host Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) looks at how parents and teachers are facing the challenges and opportunities o

Reflections on Rising to the Challenge of the Pandemic and Respecting the Virus
July 29, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. On this show, Host Leah Lemm reflects on the themes of rising to the challenge of the pandemic, respecting the virus, and coping with many

Keeping Track of COVID Testing and Treatment in Indian Country
July 22, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. On this show, we hear some nuts and bolts about COVID testing in Indian Country and current challenges our relatives face in getting treatme

Tribal Sovereignty and the Health of Native Communities
July 15, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. In this show, Leah welcomes Lyz Jaakola, an Anishinaabe mother, teacher, and musician living on her home Rez, Fond du Lac in Cloquet, MN. 

How Art Helps Us Rise and Heal in a Crisis
July 08, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. In this show Host Leah Lemm continues her conversation about art and health, with artist Isabella Star Leblanc (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota). 

How Artistic Gifts Help Inspire and Motivate Good Health
July 06, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. Today on the show, Leah looks at how our artistic gifts can be motivation to prioritize health, to get healthy, to stay healthy. Last week

Confronting Added Risk and Uncertainty During the Pandemic
June 24, 2020

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis. June is National Cancer Survivor Awareness Month, and in this show Host Leah Lemm explores how it's important to stay focused on health, ev