Lakeland PBS
Minnesota Shell Prairies
Spirit Run: A Message of Healing
Premiere Date: March 22, 2025 Format: 1 x 30-minute documentary
Premiere Date: May 1, 2025 Format: 1 x 30-minute documentary
Description
Description
“I wanted to let you know that I thought you did a superb job on the Minnesota Shell Prairies TV show. So many have complimented the program and they found it to be so interesting! Thank you for doing this!” – Kathy T.
In the late 1800s, word got out about an untouched, treeless area near what is now Park Rapids open areas within the northern Minnesota woods called the Shell Prairies. This documentary looks at the history of those who first settled there, the development of the Wheat Trail and the story of a community that once flourished because of these prairies, that is now a ghost town.
The annual Anishinaabe Spirit Run is a multi-day running event that promotes health, wellness, and recovery by running from Red Lake to Mash-Ka-Wisen Pow Wow in Sawyer, MN. You don’t have to be Native American to participate in the run though, everyone is welcome.
Impact
This project fulfills the goals of Legacy funding by documenting an annual multi-day Native American running event from Red Lake Nation to the Fond du Lac Reservation, highlighting the run as a traditional form of healing within the Native American community and fostering cross- cultural understanding. We hear firsthand accounts from participants about what it symbolizes for addressing generational trauma, sobriety, and healing.
Impact
This Legacy-funded project preserves the historical experience and accounts of early European settlement into west central Minnesota from descendants and local experts. It also provides insight into the early conditions of the landscape and its transition and/or retainment since European settlement.
Distribution & Reach
Platform
Reach (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025)
Distribution & Reach
Broadcast
1 episode broadcast | 6 hours broadcast
Platform
Reach (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)
Streaming
1 episode available | 0.5 hour available | 422 streams
Broadcast
1 episode broadcast | 4 hours broadcast
Social Media
4 posts | 4,200 video views | 308 engagements
Streaming
1 episode available | 0.5 hours available | 22,402 streams
Social Media
4 posts | 42,533 video views | 179 engagements
Spirit Run participants
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