A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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August 17, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Heistad presents commentary from historian Gary Clayton Anderson, author of Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux. Anderson shares the tragic story of the Dakota leader.
August 17, 1987 - David Larsen, tribal chairman at the Lower Sioux Agency Reservation near Morton, Minnesota, answers questions about Minnesota's four Dakota reservations and other Indian issues on the 125th anniversary of the start of the Dakota conflict.
August 19, 1987 - Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III answers listener questions about his office's recent activities, and about his future political plans.
August 20, 1987 - The 10th annual Summer Conference on Theology and the Church, held at Concordia College in Moorhead, presenting a debate on religious fundamentalism. Erling Jorstad, professor of history and American studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, shares his views on fundamentalism and the religious right. Jorstad has studied and written extensively about fundamentalism. Countering Jorstod, Reverend Edward Dobson, editor of "The Fundamentalist Journal" and board member of the Moral Majority, presents his viewpoint on the Religious Right. Dobson is also co-author of a book with the Reverend Jerry Falwell, former vice president for student affairs at Liberty Baptist University at Lynchburg, Virginia.
August 21, 1987 - MPR's Perry Finelli interviews a U.S. Department of Interior Department wild horse specialist and burro purchaser at St. Cloud’s Sales Barn, where wild horses and burros have a chance at finding a new home.
August 22, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Ron Willis, deputy meteorologist-in-charge of the Twin Cities National Weather Service office discusses late summer weather, thunderstorms, and possible outlook for the fall. Willis also answers listener questions.
August 22, 1987 - A profile and interview with Minneapolis composer Herb Pilhofer. Once a part of a trio at Herb’s in the 1950’s and musical director at the Guthrie Theater in the 1960’s, Pilhofer now scores for advertisements.
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August 26, 1987 - MPR’s Euan Kerr profiles the Letterpress Museum located at Hertitage Square on the Minnesota State Fairgounds. Kerr interviews numerous Minnesota printmakers about the print machines within museum.