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  • When I wrote some weeks ago about drummers--traveling sales representatives--in the prairie communities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, I was also reporting on the currency in those days of a folklore genre — the fraternal prayer, you might call it. By which I mean, a declarative sort of prayer, recited publicly, on behalf of some self-conscious group, often one that felt itself misunderstood, and thus called on the Almighty for understanding and relief.
  • Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - Humanities North Dakota has loads of interesting events and classes coming up. One of them is a workshop called Little Mo Writers. It’s designed to help writers, scholars, and historians hone and improve their writing while bringing their projects to fruition. We visit with instructor Deb Marquart. ~~~ The USDA and ND agriculture leaders are getting together for a good cause, and it includes getting tomatoes thrown at them. The unusual celebration takes place at the next farmers market in Bismarck this Saturday. It's called LaTomatina. Alicia Hegland-Thorpe visits with Mary Podoll, with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
  • Monday, August 22, 2022 - Community Options helps people with developmental disabilities establish goals, overcome barriers, and become self-sufficient. We visit with Shannon Rolandson, outreach officer in Minot. ~~~ Saturday was National Radio Day. We take the occasion to visit with Bill Thomas, our director of radio. ~~~ Parents across North Dakota have been struggling to find day-care slots for their children. Part of that is caused by staff turnover amid low wages. The state is trying to address the issue by providing incentives for workers. Comments from Kay Larson, director, North Dakota Department of Human Services Early Childhood Division. ~~~ In another episode of TellTale, Dakota Folklife and Stories, we hear from a Fargo resident who experienced the Florence, South Dakota, tornado of 1944.
  • Doug Hamilton, who hosted Main Street from 2012-2021, passed away on August 5 following his battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
  • In early August, 1908, citizens of Cranbrook, British Columbia, were fighting a fire that threatened their city when news came over the wire that the Fernie-Fort Steele Brewery in nearby Fernie was on fire. Then the lines of communication went dead. Several hours later, when Cranbrook’s fire scare had mainly passed, communication was reestablish—only to learn that the fire in Fernie had spread, destroying most of the town.
  • Frank LaFayette Anders was born in 1875 at Fort Abraham Lincoln where his father was stationed. When his father died in 1890, Frank, age 15, quit school to help support the family. In 1894 he enlisted in the National Guard and served as a member of the Young’s Scouts in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and the Philippine American War.
  • Thursday, August 25, 2022 - The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program is statewide, done by different organizations in different zones, having taken over from Lutheran Social services. These organizations partner with the Department of Human Services to provide support for refugees who have come to the country without an adult to care for them. We visit with Briana Miller and Shanda Hakk. They help manage the program for the Agassiz Valley Human Service Zone. ~~~ Tom Isern shares this week’s Plains Folk essay. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats.
  • Dr. Gilbert Wilson, a University of Minnesota anthropologist, journeyed to North Dakota around 1912 to interview Buffalobird-Woman, who was in her 70s.
  • Friday, August 26, 2022 - Today friends and family paid respects to the late Doug Hamilton, who hosted Main Street for nearly ten years. We begin with a tribute, hearing from some of his many friends and colleagues. ~~~ Two North Dakota state agencies will be merging, effective Sept first. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health will combine as the "Department of Health and Human Services." Prairie Public's Dave Thompson talks with Human Services executive director Chris Jones, who begins with an update on how the merger is going. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Fire of Love.” ~~~ In another episode of Telltale Dakota Folklife and Stories, we hear about mail order brides.
  • Most all of you old-timers can probably recall that monarch butterflies dancing in the breeze was a common sight across North Dakota in your childhood. They are not so common these days. The western population is down over 90% since the 1980s while the eastern population is down 84% from 1996-2014.
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