This week, we look back at Dan Ninham's interview with Indigenous Environmental Network Executive Director Tom B.K. Goldtooth as he discusses rights for Indigenous communities advocating for a transition away from a fossil fuel economy.-----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducer: Dan NinhamAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Tom Goldtooth at COP-30 (The UN Climate Change Conference) in November 2025. [Image credit: Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we revisit reporter Deanna StandingCloud's interview with Cayuga tribal member Gary Farmer, a First Nations actor and musician best known for his roles in Powwow Highway, Dead Man, and Smoke Signals to hear his thoughts on acting.-----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducer: Deanna StandingCloudAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund  

This week, a Native clinic gets ready to move into its new building, and running clubs are promoting health and healing. -----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducers: Laurie Stern and Deanna StandingCloudAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: An early-2025 rendering for the planned Native American Community Clinic (NACC) in South Minneapolis. [photo credit: NACC]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund  

This week, we revisit reporter C.J. Younger's interview with Minnesota State Senator Mary Kunesh about why she is trying to pass legislation to protect the Minnesota state grain, wild rice.-----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducer: CJ YoungerAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage caption: Lake Landscape in Minnesota [Image Credit: Adobe Stock]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

This week, an uptick of Native political candidates in Minnesota and a pipeline that is planned to cut across an important sacred site.-----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducers: Deanna StandingCloud and Chaz WagnerAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Winnewissa Falls, is in Pipestone National Monument, located in southwestern Minnesota. [photo Credit: Adobe Stock]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

A grant is helping revitalize the Ojibwe language and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is part of a new development in St. Paul.-----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducers: Travis Zimmerman, Laurie SternAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

This week, we revisit Producer Emma Needham's interview with Bazile Panek to learn more about his relationship to fire and what he thinks are the causes behind Minnesota's increasing risk for devastating wildfires.-----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducer: Emma NeedhamAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Bazile Minogiizhigabo Panek [credit: Bazile Minogiizhigabo Panek]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

This week, we learn more about a Mississippi River cruise that educates guests about Dakota history, and we hear from a concerned parent about the impact that screen time is having on Native children. -----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducers: Laurie Stern and Deanna StandingCloudAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily KrumbergerMixing & mastering: Chris Harwood ----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we learn more about the history behind the unprecedented land transfer and the decision to close a popular Minneapolis park to off-leash dogs.  ----- Executive Producer: Travis Zimmerman Producers: Chaz Wagner and Laurie Stern Anchor: Marie Rock Editorial support: Victor Palomino, Emily Krumberger Photo: sign at the entrance to Mní Ówe Sní (Credit: Laurie Stern)-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we look back at Producer Chaz Wagner's interview with first-language speaker Gordon Jourdain, and how his love for the game of hockey led to his historic Ojibwe language broadcast of a Minnesota Wild game. -----Executive Producer: Travis ZimmermanProducer: Chaz WagnerAnchor: Marie RockEditorial support: Victor PalominoMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Announcers for the country's first broadcast of a National Hockey League game in Ojibwemowin at Grand Casino Arena on 11/28/25: James "Ginoonde" Buckholtz, Lac du Flambeau Band of Ojibwe; Gordon "Maajiigoneyaash" Jourdain, Ph.D., Lac La Croix First Nation; and Chato "Ombishkebines" Gonzalez, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe [credit: Dan Ninham]----- For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/mnnativenews/ Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund