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.
Writer and scholar Gerald Vizenor, of the White Earth Nation, wrote the screenplay for the film Harold of Orange in 1983 while teaching at the University of Minnesota. It’s a playful film about a modern day trickster played by Native American actor/comedian Charlie Hill (Oneida). Set in Minnesota and filled with comedy and irony, the film explores the interaction between Native Americans and philanthropic foundations. It premiered in Minneapolis in 1984 at the Uptown Theater. KFAI's Dixie Treichel has the story.