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Minnesota Native News — 324 episodes
The Bush Foundation Funds Ojibwe Language Preservation, and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Invests in Grand Victoria Development
MNN Extended Interview: Bazile Minogiizhigabo Panek
The Navigating Dakota Legacy Cruise, and Safeguarding Native Youth in a Digital Age
History Behind the Cloquet Forestry Center Transfer & Changes to Dog Park at Coldwater Spring
MNN Extended Interview: Gordon Jourdain
Chef Sean Sherman Opens New Restaurant; Makoce Ikikcupi Hosts Arts Festival in Granite Falls
MNN Extended Interview: Corey Medina
MNN Extended Interview: Ashley Cornforth
An Update to Red Lake Nation's Push to Transfer Back Upper Red Lake Public Lands, and White Earth Nation Expands Its Bison Harvest
Alleged Harassment of Native Lacrosse Player Sparks a Look into Sports Culture; The Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post Celebrates 30 Years
MNN Extended Interview: Charli Fool Bear
MNN Extended Interview: Charli Fool Bear
Wakan Tipi, and an Extended Interview with Sarah Agaton Howes
MNN Extended Interview: Shayla Budrow
MNN Extended Interview: Tashia Hart
How the Boundary Waters Mining Ban Reversal Impacts Tribes, and This Year’s American Indian Month Kickoff in Minneapolis
MNN Extended Interview: Red Lake Nation Mental Health Professional Lorissa White
What's Next for The Circle News, and the Zeitgeist Film Festival
Recognizing the Inherent Right of Wild Rice to Exist in Minnesota; The Red Lake Urban Cultural Wellness Center
MNN Extended Interview: Matt Dannenberg & Chéri Smith of Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
MIEA Honors Dr. Jane Harstad & Native-Owned Shop Tunes Instruments With Changing Season
MNN Extended Interview: Willard Malebear, Jr.
MNN Extended Interview with Gloria Iacono
Ahead of Little Earth Mother's Day Powwow, Native-Owned Business Fills JoAnn Fabrics' Closing Void; Red Lake Nation Opens New Cannabis Dispensaries
Ely Film Festival and Native Youth Hockey
MNN Extended Interview with Comedian Trish Cook
Dark History of Land Near the Whipple Building, and the 7th Annual FDLTCC Language Symposium
ICE Casts a Shadow on This Year's MMIR March; Two Native College Stars to Watch this Basketball Season
MNN Extended Interview with Dr. Antony Stately (NACC)
Tribal Response to Operation Metro Surge and Rock Ridge Schools' Hockey Nights Broadcast in Ojibwe
MNN Extended Interview: Leanna Goose
Indigifit Kids Coaching Academy, and Watheca Records' Music Archiving Project
MNN Extended Interview: Heid E. Erdrich
MNN Extended Interview: Robert Rice
Corey Medina & Brothers Play New Years Eve & Release New Music. Plus, an Extended Interview with Lisa Bellanger
A New Addition to This Year's Remembrance of the Dakota 38 + 2; the Minnesota Wild Broadcasts Game in Ojibwe
Indigenous Contributions to Minnesota's New Foraging Guidelines, and How the Newly-Named Grand Casino Arena Will Showcase Ojibwe Culture
Minnesota's Presence at COP30, and the Impact of the CPB Elimination on Tribal Radio
A Red Lake Plane Landing and Native All-American High School Football
Queering Indigeneity, and Dan Ninham and the Lacrosse Hall of Fame
MNN Extended Interview: Sean Sherman
MNN Extended Interview: Marcie R. Rendon
Heid E. Erdrich Curates all-Indigenous Art Exhibit & Dallas Goldtooth Flexes Acting Muscles in New Role
The State Capitol Unveils Its Tribal Flag Plaza, and the Minnesota Historical Society Welcomes Its First Native American Museum Fellowship Cohort
Jonathan Thunder's Ish Meets a Mermaid; Federal Cuts Hit Tribal Colleges & Universities
MNN Extended Interview: Anne O’Keefe and Frankie Jackson of Wanna Wotapi
What a Recent Change to Minnesota’s Mascot Ban Means to Communities & How Indigenous Fire Stewardship Is Influencing the State’s Wildfire Response
MNN Extended Interview: Korina Barry & Holly Cook Macarro of NDN Collective
Dress Offers Healing to Hurting Community and Fond du Lac Indigenous Food Gathering Celebrates the Harvest
MNN Extended Interview: Amber Annis of Native Governance Center
Mille Lacs's Water Over Nickel Survey Results Are in, and Tribal Broadband Bootcamp Grows Internet Access
LaX 4 Life Camp at Fond Du Lac, and MN Artists win at 2025 Native American Music Awards.
Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators (NSSWE) Second Session for 2025, and Preventing Invasive Species in Tribal Nations
An Update on the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation (MIFPA) Act and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act
KOJB's Anishinaabe Arts & Culture Festival, and Afro-Indigenous Author Launches Memoir in Twin Cities
How the Birds Got Their Songs Book Tour & Federal Cuts to Tribal Colleges and Universities
Two Spirit Relatives Honored in Minneapolis, While Potential Medicaid Cuts Loom
Celebrating Indigenous Graduates and Preventing Invasive Species in Tribal Nations
Tribal Energy Evolution Summit Comes to St. Paul, MN Tribal Nations Call for Unity
MMIW Awareness Day is May 5th, and Pow Wow Season Guidance for Visitors
New Native Theatre's 15th Year & REAL ID
Ziigwan Biidaajimowin (Spring News): NACC Issues Call for Artists and Little Earth Kicks Off American Indian Month with a Parade
Indian Child Welfare Law Challenged at MN Supreme Court and Native Nations Impacted by Proposed SAVE Act
The Sugarbush Tradition Continues in Minnesota’s Urban Areas, and Khayman Goodsky’s New Film
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Faces Staffing Cuts; Headlines Affecting Indigenous Minnesotans
Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference & the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s Child Tax Credit
Leonard Peltier’s Homecoming
Indigenous state-wide climate justice
The Big Auntie Energy Comedy Show Does Valentine’s Day, and Iktomi Tattoo Hosts Arts Festival
The Native Community Approaches Mental Health in Innovative Ways, and February MMIWR Actions and Events
Leonard Peltier Granted Clemency, Native Governance Center Under New Leadership
Minneapolis Native Community’s Legacy of Protectors and Tribal-State Cannabis Compacts Underway
Mashkiki in Classrooms & College Bound Native Students
Revisiting Anangong Miigaading - “Star Wars: A New Hope” Released in the Ojibwe Language
AIM Leader Frank Paro Passes On & Minneapolis “Sioux Chef” Earns Pathfinder Award
Revisiting the Winter Art Market
License Plate Recognizes Missing Indigenous Relatives and Winter Storytelling Season Begins
Minnesota filmmakers bring author Tashia Hart’s 'Native Love Jams' to Life
Celebrating Strength and Spirit: Upcoming Events for 2024 Native American Heritage Month
Tradition and Taste: Teaching Minnesotans the Importance of Wild Rice
Remembering and Reconciling the Pain of Indian Boarding Schools
Celebrating Native Art and Culture this Fall
Honoring the Land: New Amphitheater Celebrates Indigenous Heritage at Sherburne Wildlife Refuge
Native Food Trucks are a Family Affair
Anangong Miigaading - “Star Wars: A New Hope” Released in Ojibwe Language
Mikwendaagoziwag & Dispensaries
Headlines 7/18/24
Owámniyomni Restoration
Upcoming Two-Spirit Powwow Celebrates Indigenous Culture and Identity
AICHO Indigenous Writers Series
Headlines 6/6/24
Native Student Drum Group Performance Removed from Graduation Commencement Program
Indian Center Re-Opens for the Community
Headlines 5/2/24
Headlines 4/18/2024
Headlines 4/11/24
New Proposed Legislation Would Transfer Land Back to the Red Lake Nation, a Persisting Issue Since 1889
Adrienne Benjamin Wins Shoe Design Contest
Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center Welcomes New CEO
Progress Marks Conclusion of 'Understand Native Minnesota' Campaign
Headlines 2/29/24
The MMIWR March in Minneapolis Calls on the Community to Spread Awareness, Healing, and Remembrance
Headlines 2/15/2024
Changes to NAGPRA go into Effect
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Welcomes Buffalo Nation Back to their Homelands to Revitalize Culture
First Seasonal Artisan Market Held in Collaboration of All My Relations Arts and Four Sisters Farmers Market
Revisiting Language Teaches Culture
Headlines 1/11/2024
Minneapolis American Indian Center Undergoes Transformation
MN Native News: Red Wing Closes Dog Park to Preserve Dakota Burial Mounds
Headlines 12/14/2023
“In Our Hands” Exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Focuses on Indigenous Photography
Eagle and Condor Native Wellness Center Opens in East Saint Paul
A Flag That Unites Us – MN Redesigns State Flag
“For the People” A Groundbreaking Native-led play Tackles Culture Clashes through Urban Native Community Lens
Community Health Conversation: Sasheen Goslin: Public Health Advocate & Scholar
Leech Lake Survey Hopes to Help Unhoused Tribal Members
Headlines 10/26/23
Headlines 10/19/2023
Running to Keep a Healthy Mind and Body
Sweetgrass Planting with Indigenous Learning Community
Migizi’s New Home
COVID-19 Updates (from Community Health Conversations with Leah Lemm and Dr. Antony Stately)
Community Health Conversation: Creativity During the Pandemic with Reuben Kitto Stately
Fast Break - New Novel "Rez Ball" Runs the Court
Revisiting the Four Sisters Market with MN Native News
Indigenous Author Publishes Book of Anishinaabe Poem-Songs
Unhoused Relatives Return to 'Wall of Forgotten Natives', Wildfire Smoke Suffocates Northern MN, and Upcoming Community Events
Community Health Conversation: Charmaine Branchaud's Success in Boosting Student Vaccination Rates
Native American Community Clinic Announces Plans for New Clinic and Housing
Recreational Cannabis, Indigenous Milk Medicine Week, and Tashia Hart's New Book
NATIFS' New Market
Community Health Conversation: Navigating Community Health Beyond COVID-19
Water & Law - Indigenous Groups and Allies Work for Change
Walking Shield IRT Brings Extra Health Care Opportunities to Leech Lake
The Four Sisters Farmers Market Brings More Than Food to the Phillips Community
Documentary Preview: Decoded, Untold Stories of Ojibwe and Dakota Veterans
Documentary: DeCoded, Native Veterans in Minnesota who Helped Win World War II
Open Houses for American Indian Month
May is American Indian Month In Minnesota
MN Native News: TRUTH Report Narrates U of M's Historic Exploitation, Outlines Path To Healing
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Takes Stand with Water Over Nickel Initiative
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Welcomes New Executive Director, Beth Drost
AICHO Hosting April Concert to Expand Dabinoo'Igan Domestic Violence Shelter
MN House Proposes Budget Boost For Some Tribal Colleges
Family, Community Rally to Protect Little Earth and East Phillips
MN House Approves $20 Million for East Phillips Urban Farm
People of East Phillips & Little Earth Organize to Stop Roof Depot Site; Plus A Trip To Red Lake Chemical Health's Annual Gathering
Young Indigenous Creatives Carve Their Path & Notes From MMIWR Rally
Will AI Replace Native Artists? MN Native Artists say No
Keeping Stories Alive: Native Knowledge, Culture, and Language are Alive
Minnesota Launches COVID19 Telehealth Program
Grand Portage Band Receives Off Reservation Land From State
After Justice Walk, Community Hopes President Biden Releases Leonard Peltier
Getting the COVID Vaccine to Protect Family and Community
Supreme Court Case Challenges Indian Child Welfare Act
New Round of Free At Home COVID Tests Available
Bivalent Vaccine The Best Tool to Fight Fall COVID Surge
On the Ballot 2022: Minnesota Natives Run for Office
Bivalent COVID Booster Approved For Ages 5 to 11
Sculpture Unveiled in Grand Rapids for Indigenous Peoples' Day
New COVID Booster Updated Similarly to Seasonal Flu Vaccine
After infection, 1 in 5 American Adults Develop Long COVID
Bivalent Booster & Testing: Tools To Push Back on a Fall COVID Surge
Updated COVID Booster Available in Minnesota
AIM Begins 11-Week Walk to Washington DC for Leonard Peltier
Indigenous Futures: Decolonizing Teaching in Minnesota
COVID Boosters Still Recommended By CDC
Juliet Rudie Named Director Of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office
Indigenous Owned, Makwa Coffee Opens in Twin Cities
Help Finding COVID Vaccines for Young Children and Infants
AIM Co-Director Frank Paro Reflects On The Pandemic
New COVID-19 Vaccine, Same Pandemic
COVID Vaccine Check-in With Leech Lake IHS
A Market and Much More
Minneapolis Pow Wow Celebrates Two Spirit Indigenous Identity
COVID Vaccines for Young Children and Infants Approved
Vaccines for Young Children and Infants Close to Being Available
Free At-Home COVID Tests Available Through State
Complicating Boarding School History
Minnesota Native News: Boarding Schools
Racial Justice Mini Grants
Powwows Present Challenges, Opportunities for COVID Precautions
Renowned Anishinaabe Artist George Morrison Honored By US Postal Service
Talking About Vaccines with Three Expectant Moms
Reflecting on Pandemic Adversity and Staying on Guard Against Covid Mutations
MN Native News: New Paintings, Old Stories
Minnesota Offers Free At-Home COVID Tests
Reflecting on the Pandemic as We Cross the Two Year Mark
A Conversation on Hope
Registration for the Vaccine Incentive Scholarship Program for Kids Ages 5 to 11 is Now Open
Contending with the University of Minnesota's Founding Sins
Two Opportunities to Get Inspired
Celebrating “Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers” with an Online Book Launch
New Initiative Empowers Parent Voices
An Update on Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Task Force Initiative
Remembering NeeGawNwayWeeDun, Clyde Bellecourt (1938-2022), Co-Founder of AIM
New Year, New COVID Clarity
New Alliance for Native Arts
Indigenous Bowl
Minnesotans Support More K-12 Lessons on Native American Culture & History
Science Museum Seeks Native Voices
New Native Theatre Releases Audio Plays
Stamps to Feature Art by George Morrison
A New Kind of Pipeline
New Free Tuition Program, and Healing Trauma Through Doll-making
Sober Squad Receives Peer Recovery Award
The Fight Against Line 3 has Reached the United Nations
Owamni Falling Water Festival and Indigenous People's Day
Breast Cancer Awareness with Indigenous Pink
MMIW Media Coverage Disparities
A Special COVID-19 Report: Decision-Making and Being a Good Relative
Food For Thought- Bringing Back Indigenous Foods
New MN Poet Laureate, Publishing Celebration, and Wise Words for Changing Times
Reservation Dogs Review: "I Feel Represented"
A Protest and a Play
Leadership Program Opens Applications
In My Shoes
Up to Bench and Back to the Land
New Initiative Hires Director and Artists Selected for Residency
Fond Du Lac Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa’s Proposal To Expand Elk Population
Podcasts and Big Conversations
Taking a Stand: Water and Sculpture
Karen Diver Appointed To Senior-Level Tribal Affairs Role At U Of M & Line 3 Pipeline Update
The Impact of Illegally Killing a Red Lake Bear and Water Protectors Continue their Work
Braiding Our Stories Together at Northern Spark
New Productions for Spring
Language Teaches Culture
Opportunities for Sharing and Learning
More Protection for Water and Burial Grounds
7 Generation Games Expands Platform
Flanagan Addresses Grief, White Earth Deals with Homelessness and a New Exhibit About Canoes Opens at the U
Virtual Indigenous Film Series
State Law and Land Recovery
Community Through Conversation
The Time to Rebuild is Now
Indian Country in MN Reacts to Deb Haaland’s Confirmation as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Books Books Books
Toward an Inclusive K12 Education
Lower Sioux Indian Community Reclaims Land and More
The Color Red for MMIWR
Line 3 Protests Continue
COVID News from Indian Health Services and Honors for a Past Mentor
A Special Report from MN Native News: Decision-Making and the COVID-19 Vaccine
Dr. Mary Owen On Importance Of Native Community Accepting COVID Vaccine
Vaccination Rollout and Indian Country Reacts to the Attack on the US Capitol
Line 3 Construction Stops in Aitkin County
Good News for Leech Lake and Wonder Woman Fans
New Catalog Encourages Shoppers to Buy Native
Play Festival Shares Good Medicine
The Honorable Judge Yellowhammer
St Louis County Takes Financial Hit for not Following ICWA Guidelines
BIA Team from MN Fights Wildfires
Peace at Polling Places and Bugonaygeshig School Gets Students Connected
Native GOTV and State Bonding Dollars for Native Agencies
Manidoominens: Still Beading After 10,000 Years
Growing the Phillips Community
Virtual College Fair and Native Voting
MN Counties are penalized for not complying with ICWA
A Covid Patient's Story
Mind-Body Connection Retreat
Dr. Birx Visits Fond Du Lac Tribe & Vision Maker Media’s Online Native Film Fest
Prestigious McKnight Arts Award Goes to Anishinaabe Writer Marcie Rendon
Talking Sexual Health
New Beginnings in Minneapolis
Response to Cold Case Office
Native Educator Shares Lessons from Native Families Distance Learning
Landmark Court Decision for Indian Country
Ball Club Park - A Park With Heart
MIGIZI a Month Later
After protecting property during the Minneapolis uprisings, Native leader reflects on policing
Who's Tending the Garden?
Next Steps
Sharing Culture for Healing in Minneapolis
Minnesota Native News: Primary Elections Approach, Casinos Reopen and a Superfund Site Stays Put
MN Native News: Dream of Wild Health Expands Farmland
American Indian Month Kicks Off In The State, Shifts Events Due To Pandemic
Minnesota Native News: Sheltering in Place and Going Online
Native Businesses Adjust During Pandemic
Tribes' Response To COVID-19, Online Native Film Series & A New Podcast!
Cultural Lessons for Kids at Home
Tribal Responses to the Covid-19 Outbreak
Red Lake Welcomes 1,212 New Citizens After Blood Quantum Rule Change
Mille Lacs Reservation Boundaries Update & American Indian Magnet School Renovation Approval
Minn. Native News: Summer is for Water
Minnesota Native News: Lessons from the Native American Medicine Garden in St Paul - While It Lasts
Minnesota Native News: New Ways to Honor Old Traditions
Minnesota Native News: Forum discusses Treaty Rights, and Native Artists and Organizations come out for Open Streets
Minnesota Native News: A Good Week for Harvesting Resources
Minnesota Native News: Per Cap Patrol Inspires, and Guitarist Combines Jazz and Visual Art
Minnesota Native News: Decisions Pending on Minneapolis Homeless Encampment
MN Native News: Homeless Encampment Update & Mille Lacs Band’s New Policing Agreement
Minnesota Native News: It's Never Just Housing
Minnesota Native News: Unique Conference Combines Traditional and Academic Knowledge of Native Nutrition
Minn. Native News: Prairie Island Joins Other MN Dakota Tribes In Opioid Lawsuit
Minnesota Native News: A Minneapolis Organization Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness and the Rez Reporter Talks Comedy
Minnesota Native News: 'Warrior Up' for the Community
Minnesota Native News: Healing & Homelessness in Minneapolis
Minnesota Native News: Midterm Elections Make History And A New Play Makes Its Premiere
MN Native News: MN Historical Society Works With Tribes On Historic Sacred Site
Minnesota Native News: Native Youth Display Photography And A Language Teacher Reaches Learners Through Social Media
Minnesota Native News: After short term shelter, then what?
Minnesota Native News: Native Feminist Artists Dialogue Features Many Voices
Minnesota Native News: Getting Back What Was Lost
Minnesota Native News: Nibi and the life it supports
MN Native News: Why Stories Work
Minnesota Native News: Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Minnesota Native News: What Will You Do for the Water?
Minnesota Native News: Film Series Presents "Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock"
Minnesota Native News: Moving Forward in a Good Way
MN Native News: Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit
MN Native News: 'Ohiyesa: Soul Of An Indian' Documentary
MN Native News: Task Force Legislation For Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
MN Native News: Native Film Series Returns To Walker Art Center
MN Native News: Celebrating The Sioux Chef
Minnesota Native News: Healing from Addiction and a Pow Wow "How-to"
Minnesota Native News: Recruitment for Twin Cities Native Lacrosse Underway, and Ogema Organics Focuses on Food Sovereignty
Minnesota Native News: We Are Still Here
MN Native News: Interview With Isabella Callery, Nat’l Poetry Competition Winner
Minnesota Native News: Books & Hoops
MN Native News: The Creative Force
MN Native News: Steps in a Good Direction
Minnesota Native News: Collaboration Brings Arts Festival to The Ave
Minnesota Native News: Indigenous Leadership