KKWE - Niijii's PowWow Trail

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$34,148

Project of

2013 Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (Ampers) Public Radio Competitive Grants

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

KKWE

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2012

End Date

November 2013

Project Overview

KKWE Niijii’s Pow-wow Trail allows Ojibwe drum groups, dancers and other artists from the communities in the listening area to attend, display and record their art at various pow-wows throughout Minnesota. The project goal is to increase exposure of Native American culture, dance and local art across the listening area and greater Minnesota.

Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$34,148

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.5

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

KKWE will track attendance at events, track the number of students involved through the school program, the number of Ampers stations that broadcast their program, track internet and social media statistics and conduct listener surveys

Measurable Outcome(s)

There are 14 Pow Wow Trails in production and 4 have been aired.

There have been 4 different drum participate, completing 7 pow-wows to date, travelling as far as Nett Lake Reservation to the North and Minneapolis to the South. 6 in school cultural drim and dance are scheduled as well.

Further project outcomes in progress

Recipient Board Members

Kathy Goodwin – Chair, (White Earth Tribal Member), Steve Larsen – Family are Tribal Members, Director of the Boys and Girls Thrift Store in Detroit Lakes, Audrey Thayer – (White Earth Tribal Member), Coordinator of the American Civil Liberties Union in Northern Minnesota, Dr. Sue Wika – Organic Farmer and Professor at Minnesota State Community and Technical College, as a Sociology Instructor and Program Director of Sustainable Food Production Shirley Nordrum – University of Minnesota Extension Coordinator, Leech Lake, MN Lisa Brunner – Executive Director, Sacred Spirits, Mahnomen, MN