First Voices Radio 11/4/20 - Max Nesterak, Oqwilowgwa
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Max Nesterak, reporter and producer of "Uprooted: The 1950s Plan to Erase Indian Country" (Nov. 1, 2019, Minnesota Public Radio and APM Reports). Max is a reporter for Minnesota Reformer, a news outlet in Minnesota, which is part of the States Newsroom Network. Previously, he was at Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio.
Tiokasin talks with Oqwilowgwa, Kim Recalma-Clutesi of the Qualicum First Nation, British Columbia, Canada. Oqwilowgwa is a cross-cultural interpreter, teacher, researcher and writer on topics of ethnobiology and tribal history. She is also a nonprofit director, political organizer, and award-winning videographer and film producer. Oqwilowgwa is a co-author of "Indigenous song keepers reveal traditional ecological knowledge in music" (The Conversation, Jan. 2, 2020).
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Studio Engineer and Audio Editor, WIOX 91.3 FM, Roxbury, NY
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
CD: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
(00:00:44)
2. Song Title: Lay Laya (Kurdish Lullaby)
Artist: Lay Laya (feat. Mina Deris and Mehdi Abbasi)
CD: Lay Laya (2019)
Label: Hesam Naseri, Mina Deris, Mehdi
(00:28:00)
3. Song Title: Single World
Artist: Lay Laya (feat. Mina Deris and Mehdi Abbasi)
CD: Lay Laya (2019)
Label: Hesam Naseri, Mina Deris, Mehdi Abbasi
(00:57:44)