Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
June 12, 1997 - The only children's theatre in outstate Minnesota is taking its show on the road. The St. Cloud-based Central Minnesota Children's Theatre is without a home for the next year while the historic Paramount Theatre is being renovated. Theatre staff and supporters say they'll use this time to gauge the need for children's theatre in rural communities. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
June 12, 1997 - Attorneys for the Mille Lacs band of Chippewa Indians repeated their claim today a 160 year old treaty is still in effect, giving them the right free of state rules to hunt, fish and gather on land off their reservation in east central Minnesota. Attorneys for Minnesota and some landowners argued the treaty rights were revoked by President Zachary Taylor in 1850. Today's comments were before federal judges of the 8th circuit court of appeals in St. Paul. Minnesota appealed a federal judge's ruling three years ago upholding, for the most part, the claims of the Chippewa. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more.
June 12, 1997 - Governor Carlson has gained the support of some black and Latino leaders for his education tax credit and deduction program. In a joint news conference, representatives from the Council on Black Minnesotans, and the Chicano Latino Affairs Council along with other community leaders..spoke in favor of the governor's plan. But as MPR's Karen-Louise Boothe reports support isn't unanimous among all minorities.
June 12, 1997 - During this springs flooding in the Red River Valley, dotted through the coverage of the human drama were stories of deer and rabbits marooned on islands in the rising waters. Squirrels and raccoons were stranded in the treetops as the flood swirled around them. Its going to cost millions and take month if not years to rebuild the towns and the farms....but the flood is not expected to make a significant dent in wildlife populations. Most species are well adapted to survive natural disasters--- although human caused changes are another matter. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports.
June 12, 1997 - SPECIAL INTRO FOR MORNING EDITION As anyone in the Red River Valley can tell you, floodwaters dredge up an awful lot of junk you might never expect. And though the flooding wasn't as severe, when the waters of the Mississippi through the Twin Cities receded, tons of garbage was left along the banks. Dozens of volunteers boarded the Harriet Bishop Riverboat yesterday (THU) to help clean up some of that trash. Minnesota Public Radio's John Rabe was on the banks in Saint Paul riverboat stopped to drop off bags of garbage. That report from Minnesota Public Radio's John Rabe. Sun 28-MAY 19:10:01 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11
June 12, 1997 - A federal appeals court today hears arguments on one of Minnesota's most contentious legal questions--whether the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has the right to hunt and fish off its reservation free from state regulation. Federal Judge Diana Murphy ruled three years ago the Band did retain those rights. Now, eight landowners, nine counties and the state have taken the case to a higher court in hopes Murphy's ruling will be overturned. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports.
June 13, 1997 - In Arundhati Roy's best-selling first novel "The God of Small Things" a family is torn about by the turbulent forces at work in India in the late 1960's, not least of which was the caste system. The book has recieved rapturous reviews since its publication in America, and it has been touted as a strong candidiate for the Booker Prize. Roy, who has had her own run-ins with India's system of class, told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr the caste system is simply another form of racism, and is still hugely prevalent in her homeland.
June 13, 1997 - The University of Minnesota's Regents have closed what they hope is the final chapter in the dispute over tenure reform. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
June 13, 1997 - If you're looking for something to do on a Friday night how about squaredancing? It's a dance many Midwesterners learned in school but maybe forgot to try again. Fifteen hundred people are expected to attend the Minnesota State Square and Round Dance Convention in Moorhead this weekend. Minnesota Public Radio's Hope Deutscher reports they are hoping to entice others into trying the dance again.
June 13, 1997 - When President Clinton declared major portions of Minnesota and North Dakota disaster areas two months ago, hundreds of federal disaster assistance employees poured into the flood stricken areas from all over the country. Their job was to help the thousands of flood victims with everything from temporary housing to unemployment to small business loans. Almost a quarter of a billion dollars of federal assistance has already been funneled to flood relief in Minnesota and North Dakota. In addition to writing the checks, disaster assistance employees have served up reassurance and compassion to people who feel like they've lost everything. Rachel Reabe of our Mainstreet Radio team prepared this profile of a federal worker assigned to the flood relief effort in East Grand Forks.