Midday rebroadcasts award-winning MPR documentary “Song Catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing” about Frances Densmore, a Minnesota anthropologist who recorded the songs and traditions of Native Americans. Following documentary, MPR’s Gary Eichten holds a discussion with guests Marcia Anderson, chief curator and head of the Museum Collections Department at the Minnesota Historical Society; and Faith Bad Bear, assistant curator of Ethnology at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Densmore, a Minnesota music teacher, set out to capture disappearing Indian songs. She is said to be a pioneering anthropologist in preserving American Indian music.