First Voices Radio

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) 

What is First Voices Radio?

“First Voices Radio,” now in its 32nd year on the air, is an internationally syndicated one-hour radio program originating from and heard weekly on Radio Kingston WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM in Kingston, New York. Hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), who is the show's Founder and Executive Producer, "First Voices Radio" explores global topics and issues of critical importance to the preservation and protection of Mother Earth presented in the voices and from the perspective of the original peoples of the world.