Hearing Voices - Radio Stories / Native

Big Stone Heads 7:45 Jack Chance

A trip to Easter Island to gather recordings of local musicians and theories on who made and moved the "moai," the ilse’s famous stone heads. A mystery of aliens, archeologists; and arboreal emptiness: What happened to all the trees? (Accompanied by Chance’s Easter island photos.)
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Broadcast: Jul 23 2007 on HV PODCAST; Mar 14 2007 on HV Webwork; Mar 7 2007 on PRX Nature Stories Podcast; Nov 14 2004 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Music, Historical, International, Native

Canoe in water, with painted sides and paddles

Tribal Journey- Photos Jesse Boggs

A (Flash) photo-audio-essay on the annual aqueous outing of the Canoe Nations of the Northwest.

Broadcast: Nov 24 2006 on HV WebworkSeries: Tribal Journey Subjects: Native, Historical, Travel

Tribal Journey 2 7:12 Jesse Boggs

A two-part profile of the Canoe Nations of the Northwest. We travel with them in their annual boat trip along the Pacific coast, paddling and preserving their traditional culture.

Broadcast: Sep 24 2005 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Tribal Journey Subjects: Native, Travel, Historical

Tribal Journey 1 7:10 Jesse Boggs

A two-part profile of the Canoe Nations of the Northwest. We travel with them in their annual boat trip along the Pacific coast, paddling and preserving their traditional culture.

Broadcast: Sep 17 2005 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Tribal Journey Subjects: Travel, Native, Historical

Robbie Robertson’s Music for the Native Americans CD cover

Bonnie Jo Hunt 5:36 Gregg McVicar

Encore broadcast: From Earthsongs: Sioux singer Bonnie Jo Hunt layers opera over insects for Robbie Robertson’s "Twisted Hair", off the Music for the Native Americans album. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 14 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Earthsongs Subjects: Opera, Native, Music

Lewis & Clark: USA by Canoe 2:52 Barrett Golding

On the Trail of Lewis&Clark:Another in the series on the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark’s journey, featuring audio postcards on the people met along the trail, like this Penobscot Indian sitting on a bench in Chamberlain, South Dakota, arranging his dozen or so maps.

Broadcast: Aug 21 2004 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Environment, Native

Ayahuasca Tourism 17:00 John Rieger

Imagine a cross between electro-convulsive therapy and being kidnapped by a catholic religious cult and indoctrinated with prayer under the influence of powerful hallucinogens and Marlboro smoke on the edge of the Peruvian Amazon jungle. [transcript]

Broadcast: Feb 13 2004 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel, Health, International, Native

Pamyua’s Song of the Wild 3:57 Gregg McVicar

From Earthsongs: Alaskan singing and traditional dance group Pamyua (pronounced BOMB-yo-uh) is up for three trophies at the Native American Music Awards later this month. They blend Afro, Yupic and Inupiaq Eskimo influences into an Arctic soul stew, spiced with their mimicry of wild animal sounds they hear at home. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 5 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Earthsongs Subjects: Native, Music, Environment

Surfing instructors Miles Apuakehau and Daylne Vickery

Surf School 14:49 Scott Carrier

An uneasy transition from liking surf music to taking surf lessons, with no board, no place to stay, except a tent on the beach and a big, bad Hawaiian teacher -- part of a native culture that doesn’t trust white men as far as they can throw ’em. Begging the question: How far will the producer get thrown? [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 26 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Sports, Travel, Native

Lewis & Clark: Nez Perce Bones- Horace Axtell 3:30 Barrett Golding

Nez Perce elder and spiritual leader Horace Axtell, from Lewiston, Idaho, talks about water, a way of life, weddings, re-burials and language. [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 5 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Spoken Word, Historical, Native