Jim Northrup

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• Matthew Northrup remembers his father, Jim Northrup

  Ojibwe author, poet, playwright Jim Northrup died at 73, due to complications from cancer. As part of a wake, a traditional fire is being started at his residence in Sawyer. Matthew Northrup, joins MPR’s Tom Crann to talk about his father and what it was like being raised by Jim, who was known and quoted as being a tough man.

  Aug. 4, 20165 minSave
• Remembering Jim Northrup

  MPR’s Tom Crann reports on the death of Ojibwe author, poet, and playwright Jim Northrup. Report includes audio clip of Northrup reading from his poem, Grandma’s Hair.

  Aug. 2, 20162 minSave
• Jim Northrup settles down and contemplates mortality

  MPR’s Euan Kerr talks with Ojibwe author, poet, and playwright Jim Northrup. Northrup is dying, but he's OK with it. The author of the popular Fond du Lac Follies and several other books, plays, and TV shows, says he's helped by his traditional life style on the Fond du Lac Reservation…and his sense of humor.

  Jul. 19, 20168 minSave
• Fates of wild rice, mining intertwined in Northern Minnesota

  MPR’s Dan Kraker reports on wild rice, the iconic grain that grows across much of the northern half of the state, being at the center of a contentious debate over mining and the environment. Kraker conducts interviews with individuals from both sides of the debate.

  Jan. 6, 20144 minSave
• Ojibwe columnist Jim Northrup looks back on "Follies"

  MPR’s Euan Kerr talks with Ojibwe writer Jim Northrup. For almost 22 years, Northrup has entertained and chastened readers of his syndicated “Fond Du Lacs Follies” newspaper column. He's covered everything from the rise of casinos and treaty rights, to his love of tapping trees for syrup, and harvesting wild rice…and he always included lots of jokes.

  Mar. 14, 20114 minSave
• Saving the Ojibwe language

  MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki presents report on attempts to save the Ojibwe language. Report includes various interviews, including Jim Northrup. At one time more than 300 American Indian languages were spoken in the U.S. But with each passing generation, many of the indigenous languages have died; others are on the verge of disappearing. With that in mind, tribes from northern Wisconsin and Minnesota are trying to keep their Ojibwe language from going silent and along the way gain new insight into how their ancestors viewed the world.

  Jul. 9, 20016 minSave
• Bill Holm, Michael Dregni, and Jim Northrup on stories that make up "Minnesota Days"

  MPR’s Katherine Lanpher talks with Minnesota writer Bill Holm and editor Michael Dregni of the book, "Minnesota Days: Our Heritage in Stories, Art and Photos." This Midmorning program includes call-in from listeners.

  Nov. 10, 1999Save
• A Minnesota Century: The Battle of Sugar Point

  To close out the millennium, Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered presents a look back at Minnesota life in 1900 via a 12-part series, entitled “A Minnesota Century.” In this segment, a look back at the Battle of Sugar Point…a fight between the U.S. Government and Chippewa Tribe over timber.

  Jan. 25, 199912 minSave
• Fond du Lac Treaty on hunting and fishing rights

  Public and private landholders are challenging Chippewa Indian's plans to take fish and other game in eastern Minnesota, under terms of an 1837 treaty. But miles north of the region under contention, Chippewa Indians have been harvesting fish and wild rice and hunting moose and deer on public lands with little fanfare, and no public protests.

  May. 20, 19975 minSave
• Jim Northrup talks about film, writing, and family

  MPR’s Marianne Combs interviews Native American author Jim Northrup about writing, his film projects, and family.

  Nov. 20, 1995Save