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Minnesota Native News — 318 episodes

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MNN Extended Interview: Corey Medina

2

MNN Extended Interview: Ashley Cornforth

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An Update to Red Lake Nation's Push to Transfer Back Upper Red Lake Public Lands, and White Earth Nation Expands Its Bison Harvest

4

Alleged Harassment of Native Lacrosse Player Sparks a Look into Sports Culture; The Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post Celebrates 30 Years

5

MNN Extended Interview: Charli Fool Bear

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MNN Extended Interview: Charli Fool Bear

7

Wakan Tipi, and an Extended Interview with Sarah Agaton Howes

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MNN Extended Interview: Shayla Budrow

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MNN Extended Interview: Tashia Hart

10

How the Boundary Waters Mining Ban Reversal Impacts Tribes, and This Year’s American Indian Month Kickoff in Minneapolis

11

MNN Extended Interview: Red Lake Nation Mental Health Professional Lorissa White

12

What's Next for The Circle News, and the Zeitgeist Film Festival

13

Recognizing the Inherent Right of Wild Rice to Exist in Minnesota; The Red Lake Urban Cultural Wellness Center

14

MNN Extended Interview: Matt Dannenberg & Chéri Smith of Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

15

MIEA Honors Dr. Jane Harstad & Native-Owned Shop Tunes Instruments With Changing Season

16

MNN Extended Interview: Willard Malebear, Jr.

17

MNN Extended Interview with Gloria Iacono

18

Ahead of Little Earth Mother's Day Powwow, Native-Owned Business Fills JoAnn Fabrics' Closing Void; Red Lake Nation Opens New Cannabis Dispensaries

19

Ely Film Festival and Native Youth Hockey

20

MNN Extended Interview with Comedian Trish Cook

21

Dark History of Land Near the Whipple Building, and the 7th Annual FDLTCC Language Symposium

22

ICE Casts a Shadow on This Year's MMIR March; Two Native College Stars to Watch this Basketball Season

23

MNN Extended Interview with Dr. Antony Stately (NACC)

24

Tribal Response to Operation Metro Surge and Rock Ridge Schools' Hockey Nights Broadcast in Ojibwe

25

MNN Extended Interview: Leanna Goose

26

Indigifit Kids Coaching Academy, and Watheca Records' Music Archiving Project

27

MNN Extended Interview: Heid E. Erdrich

28

MNN Extended Interview: Robert Rice

29

Corey Medina & Brothers Play New Years Eve & Release New Music. Plus, an Extended Interview with Lisa Bellanger

30

A New Addition to This Year's Remembrance of the Dakota 38 + 2; the Minnesota Wild Broadcasts Game in Ojibwe

31

Indigenous Contributions to Minnesota's New Foraging Guidelines, and How the Newly-Named Grand Casino Arena Will Showcase Ojibwe Culture

32

Minnesota's Presence at COP30, and the Impact of the CPB Elimination on Tribal Radio

33

A Red Lake Plane Landing and Native All-American High School Football

34

Queering Indigeneity, and Dan Ninham and the Lacrosse Hall of Fame

35

MNN Extended Interview: Sean Sherman

36

MNN Extended Interview: Marcie R. Rendon

37

Heid E. Erdrich Curates all-Indigenous Art Exhibit & Dallas Goldtooth Flexes Acting Muscles in New Role

38

The State Capitol Unveils Its Tribal Flag Plaza, and the Minnesota Historical Society Welcomes Its First Native American Museum Fellowship Cohort

39

Jonathan Thunder's Ish Meets a Mermaid; Federal Cuts Hit Tribal Colleges & Universities

40

MNN Extended Interview: Anne O’Keefe and Frankie Jackson of Wanna Wotapi

41

What a Recent Change to Minnesota’s Mascot Ban Means to Communities & How Indigenous Fire Stewardship Is Influencing the State’s Wildfire Response

42

MNN Extended Interview: Korina Barry & Holly Cook Macarro of NDN Collective

43

Dress Offers Healing to Hurting Community and Fond du Lac Indigenous Food Gathering Celebrates the Harvest

44

MNN Extended Interview: Amber Annis of Native Governance Center

45

Mille Lacs's Water Over Nickel Survey Results Are in, and Tribal Broadband Bootcamp Grows Internet Access

46

LaX 4 Life Camp at Fond Du Lac, and MN Artists win at 2025 Native American Music Awards.

47

Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators (NSSWE) Second Session for 2025, and Preventing Invasive Species in Tribal Nations

48

An Update on the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation (MIFPA) Act and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act

49

KOJB's Anishinaabe Arts & Culture Festival, and Afro-Indigenous Author Launches Memoir in Twin Cities

50

How the Birds Got Their Songs Book Tour & Federal Cuts to Tribal Colleges and Universities

51

Two Spirit Relatives Honored in Minneapolis, While Potential Medicaid Cuts Loom

52

Celebrating Indigenous Graduates and Preventing Invasive Species in Tribal Nations

53

Tribal Energy Evolution Summit Comes to St. Paul, MN Tribal Nations Call for Unity

54

MMIW Awareness Day is May 5th, and Pow Wow Season Guidance for Visitors

55

New Native Theatre's 15th Year & REAL ID

56

Ziigwan Biidaajimowin (Spring News): NACC Issues Call for Artists and Little Earth Kicks Off American Indian Month with a Parade

57

Indian Child Welfare Law Challenged at MN Supreme Court and Native Nations Impacted by Proposed SAVE Act

58

The Sugarbush Tradition Continues in Minnesota’s Urban Areas, and Khayman Goodsky’s New Film

59

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Faces Staffing Cuts; Headlines Affecting Indigenous Minnesotans

60

Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference & the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s Child Tax Credit

61

Leonard Peltier’s Homecoming

62

Indigenous state-wide climate justice

63

The Big Auntie Energy Comedy Show Does Valentine’s Day, and Iktomi Tattoo Hosts Arts Festival

64

The Native Community Approaches Mental Health in Innovative Ways, and February MMIWR Actions and Events

65

Leonard Peltier Granted Clemency, Native Governance Center Under New Leadership

66

Minneapolis Native Community’s Legacy of Protectors and Tribal-State Cannabis Compacts Underway

67

Mashkiki in Classrooms & College Bound Native Students

68

Revisiting Anangong Miigaading - “Star Wars: A New Hope” Released in the Ojibwe Language

69

AIM Leader Frank Paro Passes On & Minneapolis “Sioux Chef” Earns Pathfinder Award

70

Revisiting the Winter Art Market

71

License Plate Recognizes Missing Indigenous Relatives and Winter Storytelling Season Begins

72

Minnesota filmmakers bring author Tashia Hart’s 'Native Love Jams' to Life

73

Celebrating Strength and Spirit: Upcoming Events for 2024 Native American Heritage Month

74

Tradition and Taste: Teaching Minnesotans the Importance of Wild Rice

75

Remembering and Reconciling the Pain of Indian Boarding Schools

76

Celebrating Native Art and Culture this Fall

77

Honoring the Land: New Amphitheater Celebrates Indigenous Heritage at Sherburne Wildlife Refuge

78

Native Food Trucks are a Family Affair

79

Anangong Miigaading - “Star Wars: A New Hope” Released in Ojibwe Language

80

Mikwendaagoziwag & Dispensaries

81

Headlines 7/18/24

82

Owámniyomni Restoration

83

Upcoming Two-Spirit Powwow Celebrates Indigenous Culture and Identity

84

AICHO Indigenous Writers Series

85

Headlines 6/6/24

86

Native Student Drum Group Performance Removed from Graduation Commencement Program

87

Indian Center Re-Opens for the Community

88

Headlines 5/2/24

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Headlines 4/18/2024

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Headlines 4/11/24

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New Proposed Legislation Would Transfer Land Back to the Red Lake Nation, a Persisting Issue Since 1889

92

Adrienne Benjamin Wins Shoe Design Contest

93

Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center Welcomes New CEO

94

Progress Marks Conclusion of 'Understand Native Minnesota' Campaign

95

Headlines 2/29/24

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The MMIWR March in Minneapolis Calls on the Community to Spread Awareness, Healing, and Remembrance

97

Headlines 2/15/2024

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Changes to NAGPRA go into Effect

99

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Welcomes Buffalo Nation Back to their Homelands to Revitalize Culture

100

First Seasonal Artisan Market Held in Collaboration of All My Relations Arts and Four Sisters Farmers Market

101

Revisiting Language Teaches Culture

102

Headlines 1/11/2024

103

Minneapolis American Indian Center Undergoes Transformation

104

MN Native News: Red Wing Closes Dog Park to Preserve Dakota Burial Mounds

105

Headlines 12/14/2023

106

“In Our Hands” Exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Focuses on Indigenous Photography

107

Eagle and Condor Native Wellness Center Opens in East Saint Paul

108

A Flag That Unites Us – MN Redesigns State Flag

109

“For the People” A Groundbreaking Native-led play Tackles Culture Clashes through Urban Native Community Lens

110

Community Health Conversation: Sasheen Goslin: Public Health Advocate & Scholar

111

Leech Lake Survey Hopes to Help Unhoused Tribal Members

112

Headlines 10/26/23

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Headlines 10/19/2023

114

Running to Keep a Healthy Mind and Body

115

Sweetgrass Planting with Indigenous Learning Community

116

Migizi’s New Home

117

COVID-19 Updates (from Community Health Conversations with Leah Lemm and Dr. Antony Stately)

118

Community Health Conversation: Creativity During the Pandemic with Reuben Kitto Stately

119

Fast Break - New Novel "Rez Ball" Runs the Court

120

Revisiting the Four Sisters Market with MN Native News

121

Indigenous Author Publishes Book of Anishinaabe Poem-Songs

122

Unhoused Relatives Return to 'Wall of Forgotten Natives', Wildfire Smoke Suffocates Northern MN, and Upcoming Community Events

123

Community Health Conversation: Charmaine Branchaud's Success in Boosting Student Vaccination Rates

124

Native American Community Clinic Announces Plans for New Clinic and Housing

125

Recreational Cannabis, Indigenous Milk Medicine Week, and Tashia Hart's New Book

126

NATIFS' New Market

127

Community Health Conversation: Navigating Community Health Beyond COVID-19

128

Water & Law - Indigenous Groups and Allies Work for Change

129

Walking Shield IRT Brings Extra Health Care Opportunities to Leech Lake

130

The Four Sisters Farmers Market Brings More Than Food to the Phillips Community

131

Documentary Preview: Decoded, Untold Stories of Ojibwe and Dakota Veterans

132

Documentary: DeCoded, Native Veterans in Minnesota who Helped Win World War II

133

Open Houses for American Indian Month

134

May is American Indian Month In Minnesota

135

MN Native News: TRUTH Report Narrates U of M's Historic Exploitation, Outlines Path To Healing

136

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Takes Stand with Water Over Nickel Initiative

137

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Welcomes New Executive Director, Beth Drost

138

AICHO Hosting April Concert to Expand Dabinoo'Igan Domestic Violence Shelter

139

MN House Proposes Budget Boost For Some Tribal Colleges

140

Family, Community Rally to Protect Little Earth and East Phillips

141

MN House Approves $20 Million for East Phillips Urban Farm

142

People of East Phillips & Little Earth Organize to Stop Roof Depot Site; Plus A Trip To Red Lake Chemical Health's Annual Gathering

143

Young Indigenous Creatives Carve Their Path & Notes From MMIWR Rally

144

Will AI Replace Native Artists? MN Native Artists say No

145

Keeping Stories Alive: Native Knowledge, Culture, and Language are Alive

146

Minnesota Launches COVID19 Telehealth Program

147

Grand Portage Band Receives Off Reservation Land From State

148

After Justice Walk, Community Hopes President Biden Releases Leonard Peltier

149

Getting the COVID Vaccine to Protect Family and Community

150

Supreme Court Case Challenges Indian Child Welfare Act

151

New Round of Free At Home COVID Tests Available

152

Bivalent Vaccine The Best Tool to Fight Fall COVID Surge

153

On the Ballot 2022: Minnesota Natives Run for Office

154

Bivalent COVID Booster Approved For Ages 5 to 11

155

Sculpture Unveiled in Grand Rapids for Indigenous Peoples' Day

156

New COVID Booster Updated Similarly to Seasonal Flu Vaccine

157

After infection, 1 in 5 American Adults Develop Long COVID

158

Bivalent Booster & Testing: Tools To Push Back on a Fall COVID Surge

159

Updated COVID Booster Available in Minnesota

160

AIM Begins 11-Week Walk to Washington DC for Leonard Peltier

161

Indigenous Futures: Decolonizing Teaching in Minnesota

162

COVID Boosters Still Recommended By CDC

163

Juliet Rudie Named Director Of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office

164

Indigenous Owned, Makwa Coffee Opens in Twin Cities

165

Help Finding COVID Vaccines for Young Children and Infants

166

AIM Co-Director Frank Paro Reflects On The Pandemic

167

New COVID-19 Vaccine, Same Pandemic

168

COVID Vaccine Check-in With Leech Lake IHS

169

A Market and Much More

170

Minneapolis Pow Wow Celebrates Two Spirit Indigenous Identity

171

COVID Vaccines for Young Children and Infants Approved

172

Vaccines for Young Children and Infants Close to Being Available

173

Free At-Home COVID Tests Available Through State

174

Complicating Boarding School History

175

Minnesota Native News: Boarding Schools

176

Racial Justice Mini Grants

177

Powwows Present Challenges, Opportunities for COVID Precautions

178

Renowned Anishinaabe Artist George Morrison Honored By US Postal Service

179

Talking About Vaccines with Three Expectant Moms

180

Reflecting on Pandemic Adversity and Staying on Guard Against Covid Mutations

181

MN Native News: New Paintings, Old Stories

182

Minnesota Offers Free At-Home COVID Tests

183

Reflecting on the Pandemic as We Cross the Two Year Mark

184

A Conversation on Hope

185

Registration for the Vaccine Incentive Scholarship Program for Kids Ages 5 to 11 is Now Open

186

Contending with the University of Minnesota's Founding Sins

187

Two Opportunities to Get Inspired

188

Celebrating “Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers” with an Online Book Launch

189

New Initiative Empowers Parent Voices

190

An Update on Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Task Force Initiative

191

Remembering NeeGawNwayWeeDun, Clyde Bellecourt (1938-2022), Co-Founder of AIM

192

New Year, New COVID Clarity

193

New Alliance for Native Arts

194

Indigenous Bowl

195

Minnesotans Support More K-12 Lessons on Native American Culture & History

196

Science Museum Seeks Native Voices

197

New Native Theatre Releases Audio Plays

198

Stamps to Feature Art by George Morrison

199

A New Kind of Pipeline

200

New Free Tuition Program, and Healing Trauma Through Doll-making

201

Sober Squad Receives Peer Recovery Award

202

The Fight Against Line 3 has Reached the United Nations

203

Owamni Falling Water Festival and Indigenous People's Day

204

Breast Cancer Awareness with Indigenous Pink

205

MMIW Media Coverage Disparities

206

A Special COVID-19 Report: Decision-Making and Being a Good Relative

207

Food For Thought- Bringing Back Indigenous Foods

208

New MN Poet Laureate, Publishing Celebration, and Wise Words for Changing Times

209

Reservation Dogs Review: "I Feel Represented"

210

A Protest and a Play

211

Leadership Program Opens Applications

212

In My Shoes

213

Up to Bench and Back to the Land

214

New Initiative Hires Director and Artists Selected for Residency

215

Fond Du Lac Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa’s Proposal To Expand Elk Population

216

Podcasts and Big Conversations

217

Taking a Stand: Water and Sculpture

218

Karen Diver Appointed To Senior-Level Tribal Affairs Role At U Of M & Line 3 Pipeline Update

219

The Impact of Illegally Killing a Red Lake Bear and Water Protectors Continue their Work

220

Braiding Our Stories Together at Northern Spark

221

New Productions for Spring

222

Language Teaches Culture

223

Opportunities for Sharing and Learning

224

More Protection for Water and Burial Grounds

225

7 Generation Games Expands Platform

226

Flanagan Addresses Grief, White Earth Deals with Homelessness and a New Exhibit About Canoes Opens at the U

227

Virtual Indigenous Film Series

228

State Law and Land Recovery

229

Community Through Conversation

230

The Time to Rebuild is Now

231

Indian Country in MN Reacts to Deb Haaland’s Confirmation as U.S. Secretary of the Interior

232

Books Books Books

233

Toward an Inclusive K12 Education

234

Lower Sioux Indian Community Reclaims Land and More

235

The Color Red for MMIWR

236

Line 3 Protests Continue

237

COVID News from Indian Health Services and Honors for a Past Mentor

238

A Special Report from MN Native News: Decision-Making and the COVID-19 Vaccine

239

Dr. Mary Owen On Importance Of Native Community Accepting COVID Vaccine

240

Vaccination Rollout and Indian Country Reacts to the Attack on the US Capitol

241

Line 3 Construction Stops in Aitkin County

242

Good News for Leech Lake and Wonder Woman Fans

243

New Catalog Encourages Shoppers to Buy Native

244

Play Festival Shares Good Medicine

245

The Honorable Judge Yellowhammer

246

St Louis County Takes Financial Hit for not Following ICWA Guidelines

247

BIA Team from MN Fights Wildfires

248

Peace at Polling Places and Bugonaygeshig School Gets Students Connected

249

Native GOTV and State Bonding Dollars for Native Agencies

250

Manidoominens: Still Beading After 10,000 Years

251

Growing the Phillips Community

252

Virtual College Fair and Native Voting

253

MN Counties are penalized for not complying with ICWA

254

A Covid Patient's Story

255

Mind-Body Connection Retreat

256

Dr. Birx Visits Fond Du Lac Tribe & Vision Maker Media’s Online Native Film Fest

257

Prestigious McKnight Arts Award Goes to Anishinaabe Writer Marcie Rendon

258

Talking Sexual Health

259

New Beginnings in Minneapolis

260

Response to Cold Case Office

261

Native Educator Shares Lessons from Native Families Distance Learning

262

Landmark Court Decision for Indian Country

263

Ball Club Park - A Park With Heart

264

MIGIZI a Month Later

265

After protecting property during the Minneapolis uprisings, Native leader reflects on policing

266

Who's Tending the Garden?

267

Next Steps

268

Sharing Culture for Healing in Minneapolis

269

Minnesota Native News: Primary Elections Approach, Casinos Reopen and a Superfund Site Stays Put

270

MN Native News: Dream of Wild Health Expands Farmland

271

American Indian Month Kicks Off In The State, Shifts Events Due To Pandemic

272

Minnesota Native News: Sheltering in Place and Going Online

273

Native Businesses Adjust During Pandemic

274

Tribes' Response To COVID-19, Online Native Film Series & A New Podcast!

275

Cultural Lessons for Kids at Home

276

Tribal Responses to the Covid-19 Outbreak

277

Red Lake Welcomes 1,212 New Citizens After Blood Quantum Rule Change

278

Mille Lacs Reservation Boundaries Update & American Indian Magnet School Renovation Approval

279

Minn. Native News: Summer is for Water

280

Minnesota Native News: Lessons from the Native American Medicine Garden in St Paul - While It Lasts

281

Minnesota Native News: New Ways to Honor Old Traditions

282

Minnesota Native News: Forum discusses Treaty Rights, and Native Artists and Organizations come out for Open Streets

283

Minnesota Native News: A Good Week for Harvesting Resources

284

Minnesota Native News: Per Cap Patrol Inspires, and Guitarist Combines Jazz and Visual Art

285

Minnesota Native News: Decisions Pending on Minneapolis Homeless Encampment

286

MN Native News: Homeless Encampment Update & Mille Lacs Band’s New Policing Agreement

287

Minnesota Native News: It's Never Just Housing

288

Minnesota Native News: Unique Conference Combines Traditional and Academic Knowledge of Native Nutrition

289

Minn. Native News: Prairie Island Joins Other MN Dakota Tribes In Opioid Lawsuit

290

Minnesota Native News: A Minneapolis Organization Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness and the Rez Reporter Talks Comedy

291

Minnesota Native News: 'Warrior Up' for the Community

292

Minnesota Native News: Healing & Homelessness in Minneapolis

293

Minnesota Native News: Midterm Elections Make History And A New Play Makes Its Premiere

294

MN Native News: MN Historical Society Works With Tribes On Historic Sacred Site

295

Minnesota Native News: Native Youth Display Photography And A Language Teacher Reaches Learners Through Social Media

296

Minnesota Native News: After short term shelter, then what?

297

Minnesota Native News: Native Feminist Artists Dialogue Features Many Voices

298

Minnesota Native News: Getting Back What Was Lost

299

Minnesota Native News: Nibi and the life it supports

300

MN Native News: Why Stories Work

301

Minnesota Native News: Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

302

Minnesota Native News: What Will You Do for the Water?

303

Minnesota Native News: Film Series Presents "Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock"

304

Minnesota Native News: Moving Forward in a Good Way

305

MN Native News: Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit

306

MN Native News: 'Ohiyesa: Soul Of An Indian' Documentary

307

MN Native News: Task Force Legislation For Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

308

MN Native News: Native Film Series Returns To Walker Art Center

309

MN Native News: Celebrating The Sioux Chef

310

Minnesota Native News: Healing from Addiction and a Pow Wow "How-to"

311

Minnesota Native News: Recruitment for Twin Cities Native Lacrosse Underway, and Ogema Organics Focuses on Food Sovereignty

312

Minnesota Native News: We Are Still Here

313

MN Native News: Interview With Isabella Callery, Nat’l Poetry Competition Winner

314

Minnesota Native News: Books & Hoops

315

MN Native News: The Creative Force

316

MN Native News: Steps in a Good Direction

317

Minnesota Native News: Collaboration Brings Arts Festival to The Ave

318

Minnesota Native News: Indigenous Leadership