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Fern Cloud, Joe Hauger of Granite Falls and Kyle Vos of Lake Wilson to be featured on Postcards

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GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — Pioneer PBS’s Postcards program will feature stories about Fern Cloud and Joe Hauger of Granite Falls and Kyle Vos of Lake Wilson on the season 13 Postcards premiere to be broadcast on Thursday, January 27 at 7 p.m. The episode will be rebroadcast on Sunday, January 30 at 7 p.m. and on Monday, January 31 at 1:30 p.m. The stories will also be available for online viewing through the station’s website: www.pioneer.org/postcards and YouTube Channel.

Fern Cloud is a Native American designer and Dakota hide painter who uses traditional paint pigments and bone brushes to convey symbolism and history on buffalo and deer hides. She has served as a pastor of the Upper Sioux Community Pejuhutazizi Presbyterian Church for the past 18 years. Cloud is also the great-great-granddaughter of Taoyateduta known as "Little Crow," who was Chief of the Dakota people in the 1860’s. She says her artwork “takes me back to connect with our people to bring that forward into today. It's a real connection that I feel that art is giving to me, to give back to the people. It's amazing."

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Download a photo of Kyle Vos is a fifth generation farmer in Murray County

Kyle Vos is a fifth generation farmer in Murray County who is also a family historian. He has built a shed on the family farm where he displays numerous artifacts Including an unusual pistol from 1870, a bark-woven chair from 1830 and a 45 star flag. He also has a number of photographs and written material by previous family historians, which he keeps in a safe from 1885, the year the farm was founded. “I just think that I got the best of both worlds here when I can farm with my family and I can have a little museum of family history on the side,” says Vos.

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Download a photo of Joe Hauger of Granite Falls who is a largely self taught woodworker

Joe Hauger of Granite Falls is a largely self taught woodworker with a passion for hand tools. He built his own foot pedal powered lathe and loves to produce a wide array of wood crafts including spoons, bowls, figurines and furniture. “I like to make lots of different things,” says Hauger, who is continually inspired by the beauty of wood. “For a lot of my pieces, the shape of what I make it into is secondary to the prettiness of the wood it's made from,” he added. This past fall, Hauger was a first time participant in the Meander Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl.

About Postcards 

The award-winning Postcards is produced by Dana Conroy with videography and editing by Kristofor Gieske and Ben Dempcy. The program is made possible by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Production sponsors for the program include Shalom Hill Farm, Explore Alexandria Tourism, the Lake Region Arts Council and KRAM 96.7.

About Pioneer PBS

Established in 1966, Pioneer PBS is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station dedicated to sharing local stories of the region with the world. For more information visit: www.pioneer.org.