Finn Ryan
Finn Ryan is an independent producer and director. His work can be viewed at finnryan.com.
Latest Contributed Stories
July 12, 2019
The Power Of The Healing Circle Run
The Anishinaabe Solidarity Relay began in 1989. It was a response to racism and hatred directed towards Ojibwe people at boat landings and elsewhere after hunting and fishing treaty rights ...
March 8, 2019
Waadookodaading: The Ojibwe Language Immersion School
The Ojibwe language was nearly lost due to forced assimilation through federally-run boarding schools and policies. Today, communities around the central Great Lakes are working to revitalize language and culture. To ...
January 22, 2016
Doctor Provides Care And Healing To Her Community
Amy Delong works within and for her tribal community at the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness in Baraboo. She pursued medicine as a way to find more fulfilling work for herself ...
September 23, 2015
Native American Doctor Encourages Other Young Healers
Bret Benally Thompson dreamed of being a doctor from a young age but gave up his dream after his grandpa discouraged him. Thompson thinks his grandpa may have responded that way ...
March 27, 2015
Warriors Boxing
Mark Antonio Daniels, Jr., has competed in amateur boxing competitions, including the Golden Gloves, since he was eleven years old. An enrolled member of the Forest County Potawatomi, he lives in Crandon ...
September 15, 2014
Rice Harvest
Wild rice isn’t actually a rice at all. It’s an aquatic grass that has been an important food for native people for centuries. Fred Ackley, Jr., from the Mole Lake ...
May 14, 2014
Spear Fishing
The Ojibwe have spearfished for centuries, traditionally at night. Jason Bisonette of the Lac Courte Orielles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe learned to spearfish as a child. He continues to ...
February 12, 2014
Lady Thunderhawks
Last year, the Lady Thunderhawks varsity basketball team became the first team to win a regional championship in the history of the Oneida Nation High School. The team combines standard ...
January 22, 2014
Clan Mother
Molly Miller is a clan mother among the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. Historically, clan mothers were decision makers in their communities. Today, Miller works to revitalize her culture and community, ...
January 22, 2014
“Clan Mother” from The Ways
Molly Miller is a clan mother among the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. Historically, clan mothers were decision makers in their communities. Today, Miller works to revitalize her culture and community, ...
November 22, 2013
Hunting Deer
The statewide gun deer season opens tomorrow in Wisconsin. Greg Johnson of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been hunting his whole life. He lives as ...
August 30, 2013
Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language
Members of the Ho-Chunk Nation work hard to sustain their culture and beliefs, dedicating an entire branch of government to preserving Ho-Chunk as a living language.Apprentice Arlene Thunder Blackdeer is ...
August 30, 2013
The Language Apprentice
Watch the “Language Apprentice” from the The Ways, an ongoing series on language and culture from Native communities in the Great Lakes from the Wisconsin Media Lab.
May 31, 2013
Powwow Trail
Contemporary powwows provide communities a chance to gather and celebrate. Each of Wisconsin's 11 federally recognized American Indian Nations hosts powwows. College student Dylan Jennings from the Bad River Band ...
May 31, 2013
Powwow Trail – Keeping the Beat
This video “Powwow Trail” is from the Wisconsin Media Lab series "The Ways."
February 20, 2013
Living Language: Menominee
There are less than 20 fluent speakers of the Menominee language, and throughout his life, Ron Corn has taught the language to others. Ron’s devotion to saving the language is so strong ...
February 20, 2013
Living Language
Fewer than 20 people speak the Menominee language fluently. Ron Corn, Jr. has devoted his life to saving his language from extinction through the community-based Menominee Language Institute. He’s also ...
February 25, 2011