Our weekly Native American talk radio show will discuss national and local Native American news and events. Local and national guest will help us keep current with Mother Earth, Tribal and Twin Cities issues. Native American Issues are human Issues. We invite all people to walk hand in hand wi…

Joining Robert Pilot: Dr. Stately of NACC and Arvina Martin of Emerge Wisconsin

Joining Robert Pilot: Bob Blake, Solar Bear with the Solar News

Misko is joined by Guest Host Mary Kunesh with Maggie Lorez Shelley Buck

Raymond's artistic practice explores the many intersecting identities that make up our communities and individual selves. His queerness and traditional Lakota upbringing influence the themes and imagery found in his artwork. Alfred Walking Bull (Hoyekiyapi) is an enrolled citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and is based in Minneapolis, in the ancestral…

Joining Guest Host Christine McDonald today is Todd Barnette. Hear the latest updates from the City of Minneapolis Commissioner of Community Safety. Follow the “Minneapolis AIR” (American Indian Relations) on AM950 for important information from the City.

Joining guest host David Cournoyer, Michelle Fredericks DuBray is the co-founder of Buffalo First, a Native American nonprofit organization that advocates for the inherent rights of Buffalo. Also joining the conversation is Elsie DuBray, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe who holds two degrees from Stanford University, including a master's in community health…

Today, Robert Pilot is joined by Kjersti Duval, Project Advisor, and Barry Hand, Program Director, both from Owámniyomni Okhódayapi. Owámniyomni aims to transform five acres at the Upper Lock into a space dedicated to healing, restoration, education, and connection. Following this conversation, Arvina Martin, a political consultant, will join us to share updates.

Native Roots Radio 9.18.2026 Robert is joined today by State Senator Mary Kunesh and Producer Misko

Host Robert Pilot is live from the second annual Minneapolis Indian Center Gala for an extended edition of tonight’s show.

Host Robert Pilot is joined by members from North of North, then best of content with Gwen Carr and Wendy!

Joining Robert Pilot today are Maren Hardy, co-founder of Spirit Care Services, a company that provides home care and transportation for Native American elders, and Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation), professor of practice (literature) at Arizona State University's Department of English, award-winning writer/choreographer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction.

Joining Robert Pilot today are Producer Miiskogihmiiwan Wendy and Mary Kunesh with thoughts and memories of the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago

Joining Robert Pilot today are Producer Miiskogihmiiwan, Wendy Pilot for our Sacred Animal segment, and Jordan O. James, who holds an ABD/PhD. He is an Indigenous musician, songwriter, and bandleader with the Albuquerque-based band First Floor Highway.

Joining Guest Host Christine McDonald today are Heidi Johnston, Managing Attorney of the Criminal Division at the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office, and Monica Herrera, Project Coordinator for Neighborhood Safety. Follow the “Minneapolis AIR” (American Indian Relations) on AM950 for important information from the City.

Joining Robert Pilot today are Gwen Leaffe Carr, an Indigenous leader, strategist, speaker, and artist, and Wendy Pilot, who will present the sacred animals segment.

Robert and Missko kick things off with a rundown of the upcoming Ho-Chunk Nation Labor Day Powwow and share some highlights from the Minnesota State Fair. State Sen. Mary Kunesh then jumps on the mic to unpack a critical school trust fund ballot amendment and discuss her inclusion in a newly released book about Indigenous…

Joining Robert Pilot: Arvina Martin of Emerge Wisconsin

Joining Robert Pilot: MN State Rep. Heather Keeler and Bob Blake with the Solar News

Joining Robert Pilot: Dr. Stately of NACC and Wendy Pilot

Robert Pilot and crew all live from the Minnesota State fair!

Join Robert Pilot today, Nicole Matthews! She is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC). We will also converse with Zack Filipovich, an accountant from Duluth and a former City Council President. He is running to be your next State Auditor. We are live from the…

Joining Robert Pilot today are Holly Cook Maccaro, Tribal Affairs advisor, and Bob Blake, the Solar Bear with the solar news and sports!

Joining Robert Pilot today are Gwen Leaffe Carr, an Indigenous leader, strategist, and speaker, along with Arvina Martin, a political consultant. Arvina made history as the first Native person elected to Madison, Wisconsin’s Common Council and served as Vice President in 2020.

Joining Robert Pilot today: Dr. Anthony Stately, Executive Officer and President of the Native American Community Clinic in South Minneapolis. We’re also joined by Indi Prairie Chicken, Assistant Clinical Director at the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, and a second-year PhD student in the University of North Dakota’s Indigenous Health Program.

Joining Robert Pilot today is Tony (Chinoodin) Drews Founder & CEO of Nashke Native Games. We are also joined by Miisko, the show’s producer, and Wendy Pilot for our Sacred Animals segment.

Joining Robert Pilot today, Barb Fabre is the CEO of Indigenous Visioning and All Nations Rise. We’re also joined by Robert Blake, the Solar Bear, with solar news and sports.

Today, Robert Pilot is joined by Gary Farmer, a First Nations actor and musician from Ohsweken, Ontario, followed by Arvina Martin, political consultant.

Joining Robert Pilot: Wendy Pilot and Miisko

Robert and Miisko catch up on a packed schedule of local events, highlighting the massive Shakopee Powwow and the upcoming Indigenous Peoples Day at the Minnesota State Fair. Maren Hardy stops by to preview the third annual Native American Elders Day, sharing fun details about free haircuts, a Native Elvis impersonator, and her upcoming first…

Joining Robert Pilot today is Robert Lilligren, President and CEO of the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI). Robert is enrolled in the White Earth Ojibwe Nation. He served for 12 years as the Vice President of the Minneapolis City Council, the first Tribal member elected to public office in the City of Minneapolis.

Joining Guest Host Christine McDonald are Chaunte Boatman-Ford, Officer, MTPD; Joe Dotseth, Chief, MTPD; and Ariah Fine, Partnership Engagement Fund organizer. Learn about how Metro Transit is keeping riders safe. Then, hear about how you can use City funding for your community project in Minneapolis.

Joining Robert Pilot: Dr. Evan Adams and Sean Sherman

Joining Robert Pilot: Tom Weber and Bob Blake, Solar Bear with the Solar News

Robert and Miisko sit down with State Senator Mary Kunesh to catch up on essential updates ahead of the Minnesota primary elections. They cover the search for a new director of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office and break down the school trust lands constitutional amendment on the upcoming ballot.You’ll also get the details…

Joining Robert Pilot: Angie Vig, producer Miisko, and a best of Wendy Pilot.

Join Robert Pilot as he talks with Sheila Lamb, Cloquet City Council member and youth advocate, followed by Ruth Buffalo, CEO of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC). We’ll wrap up with Wendy for the Sacred Animal Segment, featuring special guest Aaron Zellhoefer, Minnesota State Director for Humane World for Animals.

Joining Robert Pilot: Bob Blake, Solar Bear with the Solar News, plus a special update from Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on her US Senate camapign

Joining Robert Pilot: Wendy Pilot, plus Dr. Antony Stately of NACC

Host Robert Pilot is joined by Tom Weber and Mary Kunesh

Host Robert Pilot is live at the Minneapolis Institute of Aet with exciting rotating guests today.

Joining Robert Pilot today is Bob Blake, Solar Bear with the Solar news and sports plus producer Miiskogihmiiwan!

Joining Robert Pilot: Holly Cook Macarro, Wendy Pilot, and Gwen Leaffe Carr

Joining Robert Pilot: Arvina Martin of Emerge Wisconsin