It’s been 40 years since the Midwest’s first Native American radio station went on the air. KILI Radio on the Pine Ridge reservation serves as an inspiration for many Minnesotans, including Alfred Walking Bull of Minneapolis.
PHOENIX – In 1972, KYUK
radio in Bethel, Alaska, became
one of the first Native-owned
and operated radio stations in the
U.S. Fifty years later, over 65
radio and television stations are
broadcasting across fifteen states
in Indian Country.
KUYI Hopi Radio was on of five Native American radio broadcasters to complete a training program provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in partnership with Native Public Media.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and 12 colleagues in introducing a resolution that would designate April 2023 as “Preserving and Protecting Local News Month.” The resolution officially recognizes the role of local news as an essential function for democracy in the United States. “In Virginia and across the country,