Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - Last spring, the UND doctoral program in Indigenous Health graduated its first students. Now as the new school year is underway, we get an update on the program from Dr. Melanie Nadeau (nah-DOE), interim director of the Department of Indigenous Health. ~~~ Horticulturist Ron Smith is here with lawn and garden tips as we ease into fall.
Monday, August 7, 2023 - Shanda Poitra is one of this year's Bush Foundation Fellows. She works to teach Native women and girls that they deserve to be safe and to help them develop tools to protect, and advocate for, themselves. ~~~ Horticulturist Ron Smith joins us for some lawn and garden tips.
Monday, May 22, 2023 - The 37th annual Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering is coming up on May 27 and 28. It's a celebration of an art form that is both touching and hilarious. Besides the poetry, there's western songs and a western art and photo show. We visit with one of the emcees, Merrill Piepkorn, and poet and rancher D.W. Groethe of Bainville, MT. ~~~ Horticulturist Ron Smith stops in to offer some lawn and garden advice.
Monday, January 23, 2023 - The Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain works to preserve and share the history of Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center during World War II. The institute is named after the late Norman Mineta who served in Congress and also served in the cabinets for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and after former longtime Senator Al Simpson.~~~ Bobcats were hunted to near extinction in parts of the country, and states began putting them on protected species lists. But the bobcat has made a huge comeback, and now it’s hunted in nearly every state. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco of Harvest Public Media reports. ~~~ The days are getting longer! Horticulturist Ron Smith is here with some mid-winter tips as we look toward spring. ~~~ In another episode of TellTale, Dakota Folklife and Stories, we hear from folk singers as they discuss the emotional effect and purpose of Das Schicksal, a traditional Germans-from-Russia Catholi
Thursday, September 8, 2022 - Sugar-related illnesses continue to rise as Americans consume more sweets than ever. Here to discuss how sugar contributes to poor health and how we can ditch the habit is Julie Gatza, doctor of chiropractic and co-founder of the Florida Wellness Institute. ~~~ Horticulturist Ron Smith is here with early fall lawn and garden tips. ~~~ With colder weather on the way, Sue Balcom explains the difference between a frost and a freeze, and what those mean for your plants.