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Minnesota Native News — 310 episodes

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MNN Extended Interview: Tashia Hart

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

MNN Extended Interview: Willard Malebear, Jr.

9

MNN Extended Interview with Gloria Iacono

10

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

11

Ely Film Festival and Native Youth Hockey

12

MNN Extended Interview with Comedian Trish Cook

13

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

14

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

15

MNN Extended Interview with Dr. Antony Stately (NACC)

16

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

17

MNN Extended Interview: Leanna Goose

18

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

19

MNN Extended Interview: Heid E. Erdrich

20

MNN Extended Interview: Robert Rice

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

MNN Extended Interview: Sean Sherman

28

MNN Extended Interview: Marcie R. Rendon

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

MNN Extended Interview: Amber Annis of Native Governance Center

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

Celebrating Indigenous Graduates and Preventing Invasive Species in Tribal Nations

45

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

46

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

47

New Native Theatre's 15th Year & REAL ID

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

Leonard Peltier’s Homecoming

54

Indigenous state-wide climate justice

55

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

56

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

57

Leonard Peltier Granted Clemency, Native Governance Center Under New Leadership

58

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

59

Mashkiki in Classrooms & College Bound Native Students

60

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

61

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

62

Revisiting the Winter Art Market

63

License Plate Recognizes Missing Indigenous Relatives and Winter Storytelling Season Begins

64

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

65

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

66

Tradition and Taste: Teaching Minnesotans the Importance of Wild Rice

67

Remembering and Reconciling the Pain of Indian Boarding Schools

68

Celebrating Native Art and Culture this Fall

69

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

70

Native Food Trucks are a Family Affair

71

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

72

Mikwendaagoziwag & Dispensaries

73

Headlines 7/18/24

74

Owámniyomni Restoration

75

Upcoming Two-Spirit Powwow Celebrates Indigenous Culture and Identity

76

AICHO Indigenous Writers Series

77

Headlines 6/6/24

78

Native Student Drum Group Performance Removed from Graduation Commencement Program

79

Indian Center Re-Opens for the Community

80

Headlines 5/2/24

81

Headlines 4/18/2024

82

Headlines 4/11/24

83

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

84

Adrienne Benjamin Wins Shoe Design Contest

85

Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center Welcomes New CEO

86

Progress Marks Conclusion of 'Understand Native Minnesota' Campaign

87

Headlines 2/29/24

88

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

89

Headlines 2/15/2024

90

Changes to NAGPRA go into Effect

91

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

92

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

93

Revisiting Language Teaches Culture

94

Headlines 1/11/2024

95

Minneapolis American Indian Center Undergoes Transformation

96

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

97

Headlines 12/14/2023

98

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

99

Eagle and Condor Native Wellness Center Opens in East Saint Paul

100

A Flag That Unites Us – MN Redesigns State Flag

101

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

102

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

103

Leech Lake Survey Hopes to Help Unhoused Tribal Members

104

Headlines 10/26/23

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Headlines 10/19/2023

106

Running to Keep a Healthy Mind and Body

107

Sweetgrass Planting with Indigenous Learning Community

108

Migizi’s New Home

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

Revisiting the Four Sisters Market with MN Native News

113

Indigenous Author Publishes Book of Anishinaabe Poem-Songs

114

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

115

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

116

Native American Community Clinic Announces Plans for New Clinic and Housing

117

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

118

NATIFS' New Market

119

Community Health Conversation: Navigating Community Health Beyond COVID-19

120

Water & Law - Indigenous Groups and Allies Work for Change

121

Walking Shield IRT Brings Extra Health Care Opportunities to Leech Lake

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

Open Houses for American Indian Month

126

May is American Indian Month In Minnesota

127

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

128

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

129

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Welcomes New Executive Director, Beth Drost

130

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

131

MN House Proposes Budget Boost For Some Tribal Colleges

132

Family, Community Rally to Protect Little Earth and East Phillips

133

MN House Approves $20 Million for East Phillips Urban Farm

134

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

135

Young Indigenous Creatives Carve Their Path & Notes From MMIWR Rally

136

Will AI Replace Native Artists? MN Native Artists say No

137

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

138

Minnesota Launches COVID19 Telehealth Program

139

Grand Portage Band Receives Off Reservation Land From State

140

After Justice Walk, Community Hopes President Biden Releases Leonard Peltier

141

Getting the COVID Vaccine to Protect Family and Community

142

Supreme Court Case Challenges Indian Child Welfare Act

143

New Round of Free At Home COVID Tests Available

144

Bivalent Vaccine The Best Tool to Fight Fall COVID Surge

145

On the Ballot 2022: Minnesota Natives Run for Office

146

Bivalent COVID Booster Approved For Ages 5 to 11

147

Sculpture Unveiled in Grand Rapids for Indigenous Peoples' Day

148

New COVID Booster Updated Similarly to Seasonal Flu Vaccine

149

After infection, 1 in 5 American Adults Develop Long COVID

150

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

151

Updated COVID Booster Available in Minnesota

152

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

153

Indigenous Futures: Decolonizing Teaching in Minnesota

154

COVID Boosters Still Recommended By CDC

155

Juliet Rudie Named Director Of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office

156

Indigenous Owned, Makwa Coffee Opens in Twin Cities

157

Help Finding COVID Vaccines for Young Children and Infants

158

AIM Co-Director Frank Paro Reflects On The Pandemic

159

New COVID-19 Vaccine, Same Pandemic

160

COVID Vaccine Check-in With Leech Lake IHS

161

A Market and Much More

162

Minneapolis Pow Wow Celebrates Two Spirit Indigenous Identity

163

COVID Vaccines for Young Children and Infants Approved

164

Vaccines for Young Children and Infants Close to Being Available

165

Free At-Home COVID Tests Available Through State

166

Complicating Boarding School History

167

Minnesota Native News: Boarding Schools

168

Racial Justice Mini Grants

169

Powwows Present Challenges, Opportunities for COVID Precautions

170

Renowned Anishinaabe Artist George Morrison Honored By US Postal Service

171

Talking About Vaccines with Three Expectant Moms

172

Reflecting on Pandemic Adversity and Staying on Guard Against Covid Mutations

173

MN Native News: New Paintings, Old Stories

174

Minnesota Offers Free At-Home COVID Tests

175

Reflecting on the Pandemic as We Cross the Two Year Mark

176

A Conversation on Hope

177

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

178

Contending with the University of Minnesota's Founding Sins

179

Two Opportunities to Get Inspired

180

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

181

New Initiative Empowers Parent Voices

182

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

183

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

184

New Year, New COVID Clarity

185

New Alliance for Native Arts

186

Indigenous Bowl

187

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

188

Science Museum Seeks Native Voices

189

New Native Theatre Releases Audio Plays

190

Stamps to Feature Art by George Morrison

191

A New Kind of Pipeline

192

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

193

Sober Squad Receives Peer Recovery Award

194

The Fight Against Line 3 has Reached the United Nations

195

Owamni Falling Water Festival and Indigenous People's Day

196

Breast Cancer Awareness with Indigenous Pink

197

MMIW Media Coverage Disparities

198

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

199

Food For Thought- Bringing Back Indigenous Foods

200

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

201

Reservation Dogs Review: "I Feel Represented"

202

A Protest and a Play

203

Leadership Program Opens Applications

204

In My Shoes

205

Up to Bench and Back to the Land

206

New Initiative Hires Director and Artists Selected for Residency

207

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

208

Podcasts and Big Conversations

209

Taking a Stand: Water and Sculpture

210

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

211

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

212

Braiding Our Stories Together at Northern Spark

213

New Productions for Spring

214

Language Teaches Culture

215

Opportunities for Sharing and Learning

216

More Protection for Water and Burial Grounds

217

7 Generation Games Expands Platform

218

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

219

Virtual Indigenous Film Series

220

State Law and Land Recovery

221

Community Through Conversation

222

The Time to Rebuild is Now

223

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

224

Books Books Books

225

Toward an Inclusive K12 Education

226

Lower Sioux Indian Community Reclaims Land and More

227

The Color Red for MMIWR

228

Line 3 Protests Continue

229

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

230

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

231

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

232

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

233

Line 3 Construction Stops in Aitkin County

234

Good News for Leech Lake and Wonder Woman Fans

235

New Catalog Encourages Shoppers to Buy Native

236

Play Festival Shares Good Medicine

237

The Honorable Judge Yellowhammer

238

St Louis County Takes Financial Hit for not Following ICWA Guidelines

239

BIA Team from MN Fights Wildfires

240

Peace at Polling Places and Bugonaygeshig School Gets Students Connected

241

Native GOTV and State Bonding Dollars for Native Agencies

242

Manidoominens: Still Beading After 10,000 Years

243

Growing the Phillips Community

244

Virtual College Fair and Native Voting

245

MN Counties are penalized for not complying with ICWA

246

A Covid Patient's Story

247

Mind-Body Connection Retreat

248

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

249

Prestigious McKnight Arts Award Goes to Anishinaabe Writer Marcie Rendon

250

Talking Sexual Health

251

New Beginnings in Minneapolis

252

Response to Cold Case Office

253

Native Educator Shares Lessons from Native Families Distance Learning

254

Landmark Court Decision for Indian Country

255

Ball Club Park - A Park With Heart

256

MIGIZI a Month Later

257

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

258

Who's Tending the Garden?

259

Next Steps

260

Sharing Culture for Healing in Minneapolis

261

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

262

MN Native News: Dream of Wild Health Expands Farmland

263

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

264

Minnesota Native News: Sheltering in Place and Going Online

265

Native Businesses Adjust During Pandemic

266

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

267

Cultural Lessons for Kids at Home

268

Tribal Responses to the Covid-19 Outbreak

269

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

270

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

271

Minn. Native News: Summer is for Water

272

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

273

Minnesota Native News: New Ways to Honor Old Traditions

274

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

275

Minnesota Native News: A Good Week for Harvesting Resources

276

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

277

Minnesota Native News: Decisions Pending on Minneapolis Homeless Encampment

278

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

279

Minnesota Native News: It's Never Just Housing

280

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

281

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

282

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

283

Minnesota Native News: 'Warrior Up' for the Community

284

Minnesota Native News: Healing & Homelessness in Minneapolis

285

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

286

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

287

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

288

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

289

Minnesota Native News: Native Feminist Artists Dialogue Features Many Voices

290

Minnesota Native News: Getting Back What Was Lost

291

Minnesota Native News: Nibi and the life it supports

292

MN Native News: Why Stories Work

293

Minnesota Native News: Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

294

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

295

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

296

Minnesota Native News: Moving Forward in a Good Way

297

MN Native News: Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit

298

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

299

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

300

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

301

MN Native News: Celebrating The Sioux Chef

302

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

303

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

304

Minnesota Native News: We Are Still Here

305

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

306

Minnesota Native News: Books & Hoops

307

MN Native News: The Creative Force

308

MN Native News: Steps in a Good Direction

309

Minnesota Native News: Collaboration Brings Arts Festival to The Ave

310

Minnesota Native News: Indigenous Leadership