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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
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Native Lights | stories of people within Minnesota’s Native communities
Violence against Native people is disproportionately high. But communities are coming together to build deeper relationships and gain a louder voice around the issue by marching… and creating art together. Leah Lemm has the story.
Leaders at the White Earth Band Public Health Department are trying new ways to connect tribal members with the Band’s health services. February is American Heart Month so the tribe’s nurses are offering health screenings at locations across the reservation. Reporter Melissa Townsend was at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minnesota earlier this month for the women’s heart health day. She has this report.
This week on Minnesota Native News: We hear about researchers using wild rice to predict the health of Minnesota’s lakes and streams — and get an inside look at a native artist Leah Lemm’s performance at the Cedar Cultural Center. Here’s reporter Cole Premo.
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about how American Indian tribes may soon have a greater say in what happens at University of Minnesota campuses across the state. And Fond du Lac photographer and retired wildland fire fighter Vern Northrup has a new photography exhibit in Duluth. It’s called Ishkode [ish-koh-tay] – the Ojibwe word for fire.
This year thousands of football fans flooding into Minneapolis for the Super Bowl, spend money on hotels, restaurants, and souvenirs in the Twin Cities metro. But Super Bowl 52 organizers tried to spread the wealth across the state – including to tribal nations. Reporter Melissa Townsend tells us more about the “52 weeks of giving” and some concerns over accepting money associated with the NFL.
