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MN Native News: Cultural Lessons for Kids at Home

 Lives are changing drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are out of work, more and more people are holding work meetings virtually, and everyone is making major adjustments. Students are also home from school. Which means families are trying to find ways to keep the learning going. And for Native students, there are online resources that provide culturally focused learning through language and art.

Minnesota Native News: Poet Joan Naviyuk Kane Joins North Woods Writing Conference, & Treasure Island Resort & Casino Presents Native American Heritage Night.

Poet and current Guggenheim Fellow, Joan Naviyuk Kane, teaches at the Minnesota North Woods Writing Conference in Bemidji…
And Treasure Island Resort & Casino Hosts Native American Heritage Night with the Saint Paul Saints at CHS Field in Saint Paul.

MN Native News: New Urban Program Launched To Address Suicide In Native Community

This week on Minnesota Native News, we explore the state of suicide in the native community and get a look at a new urban program launched to address the issue, called Keep the Fire Alive. Here’s Cole Premo with that story.

Minnesota Native News: Legislative Update

This week on Minnesota Native News we look back at the legislative session and two proposals that will impact tribes and Native people in the state.

Minnesota Native News: Youth Visit Rome

And a group visits the Vatican to request the revocation of the Doctrine of Discovery.

Minnesota Native News: Theater Festival Announced

A playwright and actor talks about an upcoming theater festival.

Minnesota Native News: New Language School Opens

A new early headstart and preschool focusing on Dakota language is opening in the Lower Sioux community.

Minnesota Native News: New Language School Opens, Theater Festival Announced, and Youth Visit Rome

A new early headstart and preschool focusing on Dakota language is opening in the Lower Sioux community…
A playwright and actor talks about an upcoming theater festival…
And a group visits the Vatican to request the revocation of the Doctrine of Discovery.

Minnesota Native News: Moving Forward in a Good Way

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear the latest on the line 3 oil pipeline permitting process and visit a celebration for new Native physicians.

Tribes band together to support healthy activity in St Paul MN

Tribes band together to support healthy activity in St Paul MN

MN Native News: “Bowwow Powwow” Released

A new children’s book written by Brenda J Child, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder, and translated into Ojibwe by Gordon Jourdain, has hit the shelves.

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