Agnes Patak

KMUD - Heart of the Earth

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Heart of the Earth began when KMUD - Redwood Community Radio first went on air May 1987. Agnes Patak is producer and host. She shares the stories, pain, laughter, struggle and resiliency of Native Americans and other Indigenous people. Her powerful voice isn’t afraid to say what must be said. After more than 500 years of colonialism it’s time for the truth.

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Agnes Patak

Episodes

Catholic Church and Land Back 03.06.2026 58:34

The effect of the Catholic Church on Native People, personal Boarding School experience, Land back achievements.

Native People Know Better 27.05.2026 56:13

Surviving a country coming undone, Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Pe' Sla and MMIW 06.05.2026 58:07

The struggle to save Pe' Sla and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Native Issues in the Spotlight 29.04.2026 59:00

The United Nations permanent forum on Indigenous issues, Brandi Morin's documentary 'All These Things That Wounded You', Native actor sentenced for sexual assault.

Birthright Citizenship and Protecting Mother Earth 08.04.2026 57:26

What is natural Birthright and the Supreme Court? Water rights and Uranium extraction on sacred lands and Chaco Canyon drilling.

Oak Flat, Jim Page, Garry Farmer 01.04.2026 57:57

Update on Oak Flat, an interview with Jim Page and an analysis of Native actor and activist Garry Farmer's speech at Bioneers by Julie Frucella.

Native Food Sovereignty 25.03.2026 57:32

If Chavez's name comes down so should Columbus's. Crystal Wahpepah Indigenous food warrior.

The Meaning of Shared Repression, Love and Allyship 18.03.2026 58:27

The Choctaw Nation and the Irish. The forced sterilization of Native Women. Bios of Ada Deer and Agnes Ross.

Native Womens Stories and Poetry 11.03.2026 58:50

Native women speak the truth. Stories and Poems from Native Women from many nations from Turtle Island.

Womens Herstory Month 04.03.2026 58:01

Sterilization, Jody Potts-Joeseph Native woman musher, Stories and Poems from growing up Native in America.

Revisiting Leonard Taino Culture - Sterilization- Emily Pike 25.02.2026 59:05

Leonard one year after his release. Taino culture is alive and well. Sterilization of Native Women. One year after the murder of Emily Pike.

Remembering Jesse Jackson and Land Back 18.02.2026 58:58

Honoring Jesse Jackson, Washoe Tribe gets land back, conviction of Nathan Chasing Horse.

Removal of Native History and Protecting Native People and Communities 11.02.2026 58:10

The removal of Native history and climate change in National parks. The meaning of Fort Snelling to Native people. Native I.D.

Noone is Illegal on Stolen Land 04.02.2026 57:42

Broken Treaties, Personal Experiences of Native I.C.E Detainees.

Minneapolis and Native Presence 28.01.2026 58:28

Native ceremony at site of the murder of Alex Pretti by I.C.E. Native patrols, Native resistance.

The Revolution Will Not Be Livestreamed 21.01.2026 58:10

Stories from Native Peoples experiences with I.C.E. and what it means to be a Native Person during these times.

Dr. Martin Luther King Remembered 14.01.2026 1:00:05

Speeches from the march on Washington August 28, 1963. NACP, national Urnban Leauge, UAW, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

Remembering Wounded Knee 31.12.2025 59:15

Remembering the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 and words from Russel Means and Dennis Banks.

Stories of Indian Country 17.12.2025 58:15

Stories of I.C.E. and Tribal ID, Stereotypes of Indians and dolls, Land back and the Vatican gave back some items, Women and Buffalo.

Thanks-taking Day 26.11.2025 55:54

Statements from Native Americans and the Wabanoag Nation about being Native and the celebration of the so called Thanksgiving Day. Give Thanks.

Voting and Native American Heritage Month 05.11.2025 58:54

Stories on voting, interview with Clan Dyken about Big Mountain, Grandmothers and Native American Heritage Month, and a story about a childrens book on Standing Rock.

Who We Are 29.10.2025 57:28

Stories on Mackenzie Scott, Being an Anishinaabe, Lakota made poem, food sovereignty and award winning chef Crystal Wahpepah's Pumpkin Squash soup recipe.

March to Remember 22.10.2025 57:39

Stories on Typhoon Halong's devastation on Native Alaskan homes, the Rapid City march that took place on Indigenous People's Day, and information on the first large-scale boarding school memorial in the United States.

Remember Your History 01.10.2025 52:30

In this episode, the medals of honor of Wounded Knee refusal to resend, Erasing the placards for the Trail of Tears and Hate, Empathy and Extremism.

Conversation with Leonard Peltier Pt. 3 24.09.2025 36:35

The conclusion of the conversation with Leonard Pelier from his home in North Dakota on the Turtle Mountain reservation.