This week on Minnesota Native News, the Tiwahe Foundation’s eleven new grantees will further its mission of promoting cultural connections, economic self-sufficiency and educational attainment. Also, the first tenants are moving into new Native-built green housing on the Bois Forte reservation.
Jimmy Griffin was born in 1917. He was an African American police officer and activist. James Stafford Griffin was from St. Paul, Minnesota. He was raised in Rondo, the cities largely Black neighborhood. He was the son of William Griffin and Loretta Waters Griffin who were from Paris, Kentucky. His father was a waiter on a railroad dining car.
On this episode of, The Live Feed, we feature a Minneapolis based alternative rock band. growing up in small town Minnesota, this group began with high school friends and has since recorded an album and performed all over the US. Listen to how this band deals with the challenges that come with recording an album, how they balance life at home with live performance. Keep listening to hear part of Camera Can’t Lie’s set at Winona State University’s “Loud and Local” event.
