Native American

A conversation about what you need to know after Congress voted to claw back federal funds from public media. Also, how to make live theater more accessible for neurodiverse audiences. Plus, The Dish heads up North with a mother-daughter team serving up fry bread —a Native American flatbread with a complex history.

In today's episode, we discuss the recent passing of the Laken Riley Act by Congress, how a fisherman’s 1970s surrender to law enforcement has transformed fishing practices in the Great Lakes, and a conversation with an assistant professor about their new book on the history of redface in theatrical performances.

Today, a conversation with Michigan Anishinaabe artist Kelly Church about her new exhibition alongside her daughter, Cherish Parrish.

We check in on how the 2024 deer hunting season is going, and what it means to those who still find time in the woods to do it. Also, carving out a place for Detroit as design students to launch into fashion.We’ll remember Michigan’s first Native American state legislator. And sorting through the avalanche of unknown heritage apple varieties in Northwest Michigan.

A new handbook prepares Michigan legal practitioners for work with Tribes, and aims and to demarginalize Tribal communities in legal education.

Today, the climate of election disinformation about immigrants, and how people in different Michigan communities actually feel about immigrants. Also, helping Native voters get ready for elections — and getting Michigan’s election administrators ready for tribal citizens. Plus, a master of Anishinaabe Black Ash basketry talks about the people and stories that feed and inform her work.

We talk to Hadassah GreenSky about her work, Detroit's musical energy, and an upcoming event.

A state government study on Native American boarding schools could soon start taking applications for candidates to lead the research.

More flooding expected in Michigan as climate continues to warm, a new book centered in Detroit's former Chinatown, accessing resources for tribal businesses, and then Michigan voices from this past weekend's Middle East peace rallies.

Michigan's wild rice has dwindled due to dams, wetlands loss, industry, and climate change. Wild rice is important to Native American tribes.