University of Minnesota faculty to serve in White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and United States Global Change Research Program umn.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from umn.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In partnership with KFAI's MinneCulture and Migizi Communications, First Person Plural illuminates the Indigenous history of Minnesota using newly digitized radio archives of the nationally syndicated Native American radio program, First Person Radio. In this series, KFAI's Dixie Treichel and Britta Greene complimented this historic audio with modern interviews, sharing stories about boxing, film, FBI harassment and more. Listen below.
2021 tempted us to "get back to normal," but the Twin Cities arts scene largely resisted and innovated by staging events outside, charging bouncers with the task of checking vaccination statuses, producing virtual art exhibits and fusing art forms to continue healing. Through it all, MinneCulture producers brought you timely arts stories as well as Minnesota history stories, told with modern and progressive voices. Here are some of the most memorable stories from 2021, as selected by the MinneCuture editorial team.
Charlie Hill was the first Native American stand-up comic to appear on a late night talk show. Richard Pryor first hosted Hill on his show in 1977. David Letterman and Jay Leno would go on to do the same later in Hill's career. Beyond stand-up comedy, Hill broke into to movie business as an actor, refusing to be typecasted.
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