April 9, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele interviews performer Cassandra Shore and a musician about Southern Theater’s production of 1001 Nights (ALF LAYLA WA LAYLA). Segment includes singing performance with an oud.
April 8, 1992 - MPR’s reporter Joe Kelly presents the documentary “AIDS Lives Here.” The report looks at five Minnesota women who carry HIV. Kelly interviews the women, health officials, and advocates.
April 6, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries - Through Carib Eyes, The Columbus Encounter in the Caribbean, looks at the perceptions of Carib and Taino Indians whose ancestors encountered Columbus; and Responding to the Quincentennial, a mosaic of Indian views on the Columbus Quincentenary.
April 3, 1992 - As the 1992 presidential election year hits it’s stride, MPR’s Leif Enger reports on voter apathy within the Native American community in Minnesota. While interest in local politics is high for Native American voters, that of national elections is far from the forefront.
March 30, 1992 - A DFLer details the trends coming out of the ongoing presidential primary races and the focus of party members to decide on a strong candidate to go up against President Bush.
March 30, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries - Battle Lines, Pressures on the Land, which details modern-day struggles over issues of sovereignty and land ownership between Native Americans and the Euromerican peoples; and Sustaining Our Communities, Natural Resource Management, an examination of traditional Indian farming techniques for growing corn, natural resource management practices and the revitalization of the buffalo and salmon population within various tribal communities.
March 24, 1992 - An interview about State Capitol tax proposal and spending as the economy works through recession concerns.
March 20, 1992 - An interview with Lance Belville about his play, Olle from Laughtersville, which illustrates the Swedish American comedian/musician in Minnesota Hjalmar Peterson. His stage name was Olle i Skratthult (Olle from Laughtersville).
March 18, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries - Shared Visions: Art, Music and Literature, reflections on cultural continuity by Native American artists, writers, dancers, and musicians; and Traditional Caring: Non-traditional Health Issues, a look at how Native Americans confront contemporary health concerns such as diabetes, alcoholism and AIDS with traditional healing practices.
March 16, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries…Education: Learning to Fix Our World, about how Native Americans are taking control of their own educational systems through curriculum design to preservation of language; and A Visit to the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, Dan Olson's documentary on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation school in Northern Minnesota.