Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities

18 Unique Stations from Border to Border

Coldwater Spring/Mini Owe Sni

Some people believe that Coldwater Spring has been flowing for more than 10,000 years. Located south of Minnehaha Park on the former Bureau of Mines Campus, and formerly known as Camp Coldwater, the spring provided fresh drinking water to the soldiers who built Fort Snelling. A civilian settlement sprang up, and fur traders, blacksmiths and the state’s first Indian agent all settled and lived among military personnel. Coldwater Spring sits near some of the most sacred Dakota sites: Wita Tanka, Pike Island, where Dakota buried there dead; Taku Wakan Tipi, Carvers Cave near the VA hospital, the dwelling place of Native American gods and spirits; and B'dote, the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, where the first Dakota emerged. In 2010 the National Park Service took over the land at Coldwater Spring with the intention of making it a public park. Controversy ensued among Dakota people and environmental activists, who believe the site is sacred and worthy of protection under the National Register of Historic Places. KFAI producer Allison Herrera explores the complicated history of Coldwater Spring in this exclusive MinneCulture documentary.

RECENT STORIES

Exploring a Transformative Lens

Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP’s North Shore Weekend titled “The Best of Ourselves,” which explores how we can be resilient and creative in these turbulent times.


Feel to Heal

Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP’s North Shore Weekend titled “The Best of Ourselves,” which explores how we can be resilient and creative in these turbulent times.


What Are You Hiding?

Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP’s North Shore Weekend titled “The Best of Ourselves,” which explores how we can be resilient and creative in these turbulent times.


End of Summer

It’s a damp quiet day on the Gunflint Trail. We’re approaching the end of busy summer and the beginning of the quiet of autumn.


Composite Flowers

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist and she joins us periodically to report on what she’s seeing in our woods and waters right now.


MHB – NEW ARTISTS

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! NEW ARTISTS on this episode including songs by Kaylee Kitzman, Tyler Herwig, New Seven, Grand Holler . . . and more! Plus we report on what’s happening at TRF’s RIVERS & RAILS BREWING–all on MHB!

(Aired 9/28/2023)


Going to The Movies!

This episode of Real College Podcast, we’re going to the movies! With pieces about independent movie theaters and SAG/Writers strike, we’re learning more about the film industry. We also feature pieces about being sober and punk, and the wildfires that have been hurting Minnesota’s air quality.

Timestamps:
1:20 – Independent Movies – Brandon Wetterlin
11:15 – Wildfires and Air Quality – Matt Sullivan
15:35 – Sobriety and Punk – Quinn McClurg
25:20 – SAG and Writers Guild Strike – Andrew Kicmol


MN Reads: “Ferns and Lycophytes of Minnesota” by Welby R. Smith

Welby R. Smith talks about the new book “Ferns and Lycophytes of Minnesota”


Supported by...

McKnight FoundationPohlad family foundationThe Minneapolis FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation