Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine

 
Greetings!  Today we’re happy to speak with Vanessa Goodthunder (Lower Sioux) who is the Director of Cansayapi Wakanyeza Owayawa Oti (Early Head Start and Preschool). Vanessa shares how she and her fellow teachers are staying connected to their students, from a distance.  And, we laugh about all the TV binging we’re doing in these times. Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin)
 

Show Notes

 
Greetings!  Today we’re happy to speak with Vanessa Goodthunder (Lower Sioux) who is the Director of Cansayapi Wakanyeza Owayawa Oti (Early Head Start and Preschool). Vanessa shares how she and her fellow teachers are staying connected to their students, from a distance.  And, we laugh about all the TV binging we’re doing in these times. Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin)
 

What is Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine?

In Native Lights, people in Native communities around Mni Sota Mkoce - a.k.a. Minnesota - tell their stories about finding their gifts and sharing them with the community. These are stories of joy, strength, history, and change from Native people who are shaping the future and honoring those who came before them.

Native Lights is also a weekly, half-hour radio program hosted by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members and siblings, Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Native Lights is a space for people in Native communities.

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine is produced by Minnesota Native News and Ampers, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. Online at https://minnesotanativenews.org/