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Explore the history and present of over 27,000 acres of park land inside Minnesota's Hennepin County and surrounding areas. Hosts Ellen (interpretive naturalist) and Brandon (interpretive naturalist) guide you through this suburban wilderness managed by the Three Rivers Park District.
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- 2 days ago18 min
Episode 296: Native American Games in Minnesota - Reimagined Ojibwe Games
Tony Drews taught Native students in the Anoka-Hennepin school district about Ojibwe culture and language for years. He discovered how teaching students with Traditional Ojibwe games created a unique connection and excitement in the students. He went on to found Nashke Native Games which works to teach Ojibwe language through games and joy. Tony shares the work he did with Elders to find ways to teach games in the modern day, while still honoring the cultural practices of the original games, and why teaching these games is so important to him.
- 2 days ago27 min
Episode 295: Native American Games in Minnesota - Dakota Games
Jeremy Red Eagle, Dakota and Nakoda, wanders with us to discuss his almost two decades of work teaching Dakota games to youth. He shares his story of what led him to travelling the country to learn Native American games, why it is so difficult to learn about these games, and why he thinks these games make a difference in his students' lives.
- 2 days ago34 min
Episode 294: Native American Games in Minnesota - Lacrosse
Lacrosse is an Indigenous game with different versions played throughout North America. John Hunter joins us to discuss the history of lacrosse and what he hopes for the future of the sport. He is a Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska descendant and White Earth Nation descendant living in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. He is a Muscogee Creek Nation citizen through his paternal grandmother's (Alexander) family. After playing modern lacrosse in high school and college, he founded Twin Cities Native Lacrosse, a non-profit dedicated to teaching youth how to play traditional lacrosse.
- Oct 7, 202629 min
Episode 293: Assorted Corvids - Crows and... Swans?
In this episode, artist Missy Dunaway discusses her work on The Birds of Shakespeare, a series of paintings and essays that will cover every bird mentioned in Shakespeare's works! This episode looks at how birds are used symbolically by Shakespeare, and the reputation corvids had back in the Bard's day.
- Oct 7, 202622 min
Episode 292: Assorted Corvids - Generational Grudges
We are thrilled to have Dr. John Marzluff, author and professor of wildlife biology at the University of Washington join us on the podcast. Dr. Marzluff shares stories of grudge holding crows, people's strange stories of interacting with corvids, and, best of all, how you can befriend your backyard corvids!
- Oct 7, 202632 min
Episode 291: Assorted Corvids - A Battle for the Crown
Everyone has been wondering: "What's the best corvid in Minnesota?" Well, we are going to try and answer that question in this episode! Ellen has assigned teams and we are going to bring out the best facts we have about blue jays, Canada (gray) jays, crows, and ravens. Which bird will win? Natural sounds provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
- Sep 3, 202617 min
Episode 290: Life is a Flyway - Local Impacts
For the final episode on the Mississippi Flyway, it's time to zoom in with John Lindstrom from Ducks Unlimited. The flyway is thousands of miles of habitat, but here in the park district, Ducks Unlimited has partnered with Three Rivers to improve Lake 2 in Carver Park Reserve. We cover the many steps a restoration project like this takes, and how it's helping our local migrants.
- Sep 2, 202623 min
Episode 289: Life is a Flyway - The Economics of Birds
Dr. Wayne Thogmartin from the US Geological Survey joins us in this episode to discuss the economic impacts of birds along the flyway. We cover the prairie pothole region and what threatens it, as well as the many different ways migrating birds impact people.
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