‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Remembering Laura Waterman Wittstock:
Sept. 11, 1937 ”“ January 16, 2021 Woman of Wisdom Via Words and Voice: The Cosmos has Grown by One More Star By HARVEY WINJE “The birthright of every Indian born is that her or his ancestors paid a price beyond imagining that their descendants would live as Indians.” LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK  Laura”™s compassionate eyes closed, her judicious intellect chronicled, her indigenous wisdom relayed, her corrections of errant history revealed, her gracious smile remembered, and her dedication to family of five children, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and three honorary children fulfilled; Laura Waterman Wittstock”™s indelible impact lives on after passing to the Spirit world January 16th 2021. Laura was an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, Heron Clan, and was born at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in New York; moved to Honolulu in 1945, to San Francisco in 1954, [...]
“Laura Waterman Wittstock, Still the Superb Journalist: First Person Radio Signs Off the Air”
Laura Waterman Wittstock BY ELAINE SALINAS, THE ALLEY, MARCH 2018 Excerpt from a longer history of First Person Radio and the beginning of Migizi Communications. “The final segment of First Person Radio (FPR) aired on KFAI Radio in Minneapolis on February 14th, 2018, forty years after it originated as The Native American Program on KUOM-AM, the University of Minnesota”™s radio station. First Person Radio can best be described as a labor of love coupled with a commitment to produce timely and accurate news and information about the American Indian community to counter the many misrepresentations and inaccuracies perpetuated about Native people in the major media. “When First Person Radio was forced to sunset in 1992 due to rising production and distribution costs and declining support for public radio across the country, its legacy continued. Laura Waterman Wittstock, founder of MIGIZI Communications, took advantage of the large [...]
East Phillips Neighborhood Community and Press Conference a Major Success
By EAST PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE  “I can”™t in good conscience continue to support unsustainable unimaginable policies that continue to disrupt our communities. I really support this effort to create a more sustainable future for our communities, for our City.” ”“ Minneapolis City Council Vice President and Ward 8 Council Member Andrea Jenkins On January 16, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) hosted a virtual press and community conference to discuss the future of the Roof Depot building. Community members and elected officials joined together in solidarity for the fight towards environmental, racial, and economic justice. Dean Dovolis, EPNI President, began the conference by introducing EPNI”™s diverse board of directors and their tenacious commitment in making the community”™s vision of the East Phillips Urban Farm a reality. They hope that the 230,000 square foot Roof Depot building at 1860 E [...]
