Scott C. Knudson

*Emmy Noninated

Common Ground 1311: Delina White

Owner of IAmAnishinaabe and Ojibwe fashion designer & artist Delina White of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa invites us to a Duluth area fashion show where she & her daughters’ work delights the Black Bear Casino audience and local media. Then, visit her Onigum studio where she creates a new look in traditional design for a Two-Spirit Fashion Show at the world-renowned Walker Art Center.

pbs.org/video/delina-white-jp06oh/

*Emmy Noninated

Building a Table for 7
Follow Amber Lynne Cooper of Bemidji, Minnesota as she begins work to open a Farm to Table restaurant in Bemidji, Minnesota. Watch her journey as an entrepreneur, grow as a chef, and adapt as a business owner as she opens her fine dining restaurant through the 2020 Pandemic.

pbs.org/video/building-a-table-for-7-hg9zyn/

Birchbark Canoe

Follow Grant Goltz and friends as they create a replica of an 1860’s Ojibwe birchbark canoe.

pbs.org/video/legacy-documentary-birchbark-canoe/

Rethinking Blackduck Pottery

Experimental archaeologist Grant Goltz (of LPTV’s documentary Birchbark Canoe) shares his theory of how pre-contact indigenous people of our area made durable, multi-functional Blackduck pottery, with a group of First Nations Women from Winnipeg, Canada. While Goltz’s hands-on discoveries often don’t gain acceptance with established academia in the U.S., his experience and knowledge is greatly respected across the border by our neighbors to the North.

pbs.org/video/grant-goltz-rethinking-blackduck-pottery-y3dlmt/

Shaynowishkung

Follow key people involved in Bemidji’s Shaynowishkung Statue committee as they collaborated with living relatives of the great leader and peacemaker Shaynowishkung, “He Who Rattles”. Hear from those who worked to create an aesthetically high quality, culturally sensitive, and historically accurate portrayal in bronze of the man who lived through a tumultuous time of war & colonization where the city of Bemidji would grow.

pbs.org/video/legacy-shaynowishkung/

Sculpting in Wood and Words: The Art of Kent Nerburn

Sculpting in Wood & Words: The Art of Kent Nerburn , details the author’s development from a wood sculptor to a writer of Native American and spiritual subjects. Nerburn reveals insights on his process and details the creation of his latest book in the Neither Wolf Nor Dog trilogy: The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo.

pbs.org/video/legacy-documentaries-sculpting-wood-and-words-art-kent-nerburn/

Regaining Food Sovereignty

Regaining Food Sovereignty explores the state of food systems in some Northern Minnesota Native communities; examining the relationship between history, health, tradition, culture and food.

Regaining Food Sovereignty

pbs.org/video/legacy-documentary-regaining-food-sovereignty/