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Minnesota Native News: Forum discusses Treaty Rights, Climate Justice, and Decolonization

Treaty Rights, Climate Justice, and Decolonization were discussed in packed house in Duluth.


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

Treaty Rights, Climate Justice, and Decolonization were discussed in packed house in Duluth…
and Franklin Avenue bustled with energy for Open Streets Minneapolis.


Minnesota Native News: Ojibwe & Dakota Mocassin Makers Receive Statewide Honors

Sarah Agaton Howes is one of two moccasin artists who have been named 2018 Native American Artists in Residence at the Minnesota Historical Society. She’s revitalizing Ojibwe styles of moccasin making in her Fond du Lac band community.

The Minnesota Historical Society is also naming Dakota artist Cole Jacobson as Artist in Residence. Jacobson is focused on Dakota moccasin making and material culture.


Minnesota Native News: New Ways to Honor Old Traditions

This week on Minnesota Native News we get a round up of tribal election news, we hear about the latest Nibi walk along the Wisconsin River and learn about the Native artists receiving statewide honors.


MN Native News: Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit

“This week on Minnesota Native News, we visit the Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit, held in St. Paul, and hear how it brings indigenous peoples from across the globe together to talk about the importance of water, and collectively think of its future. Here’s reporter Cole Premo.”


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

Every week in the summer groups of people gather at the Native American Medicine Garden the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. They come to talk about indigenous knowledge of plants and the ecosystem here. Reporter Melissa Townsend recently got her own lesson from the garden’s caretaker, Francis Bettelyoun.


Minn. Native News: Summer is for Water

Laurie Stern reports on three events that highlight indigenous people’s relationship with water.


Minn. Native News: Laura Hugo Music Feature

This week, we listen in on a Twin Cities musician who just completed an impressive kickstarter push for her new E.P.


MN Native News: Renaming Of A Popular Mpls. Lake

In other news, it’s official for Bde Maka Ska, the lake formerly known as Lake Calhoun in south Minneapolis.


Minn. Native News: Laura Hugo Music Feature & Popular Mpls. Lake Renaming

This week on Minnesota Native News, we hear about the official renaming of a popular Minneapolis lake and listen in on a Twin Cities musician who just completed an impressive kickstarter push for her new E.P. Here’s Cole Premo.


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