Melissa Eagleshield went missing 5 years ago: Thousands more Indigenous people have vanished since
By Natasha Rausch, Sarah Mearhoff and Dana Ferguson / Inforum Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the upper Plains. It’s been five years since Linda Anderson last saw her daughter. And she hasn’t stopped looking since. Her daughter Melissa Eagleshield, […]
Niijii Radio rises ‘out of the ashes’ to serve White Earth, nearby communities
By Natasha Rausch/Inforum A brick building off State Highway 59 that used to serve as the Callaway School is now home to the White Earth Nation’s sole independent radio station. Niijii Radio, on KKWE 89.9FM, ran its first show on Nov. 11, 2011, at 11:11 a.m. The time was intentional, a good luck charm. For the first three days, the station ran on a […]