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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: State Resources for Tribes

This week on Minnesota Native News we’re hearing about a number of new resources that may prove useful to the Native Nations within Minnesota’s borders.

Minnesota Native News: Making the Invisible, Visible

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about efforts to reduce incarceration among Natives, groups preparing for a DC march, Natives speaking up in state government and a history of treaties on display in the state capitol.


Minnesota Native News: NODAPL response to DAPL easement

This week on Minnesota Native News — water protectors react to construction resuming on the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

Minnesota Native News: Feeling A Sense of Responsibility

This week on Minnesota Native News, one of the new Native state legislators tells her story, a new generation thinks about art at the capitol and the Sioux Chef is making big plans.

Minnesota Native News:The Work Continues

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about the campaign to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline, work at the state capitol to recognize the interests of Native people and a Fond du Lac staple is recognized for his 37 year career in healthcare.

Minnesota Native News: Black Snake Resistance

Since Donald Trump was elected U-S President, people have been waiting to see what action he will take on the Dakota Access Pipeline. In this past week we got our first hint. Those who oppose the pipeline continue to focus attention on their concerns. On Inauguration day hundreds gathered for the Black Snake Resistance March in south Minneapolis. For those unfamiliar – the black snake refers to rivers of oil being pumped from the land. Reporter Melissa Townsend marched along Franklin Avenue with the group.

Minnesota Native News: Generational Healing

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a new book featuring a Red Lake elder, a new program promoting healthy food in Native communities and a new audio documentary about forced adoption in the 1950’s and 60’s.

Minnesota Native News: Standing Rock Update

This week on Minnesota Native News we revisit the historic gathering near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and hear what’s next in the tribe’s work to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Minnesota Native News: Highlights from 2016

This week on Minnesota Native News we revisit some our most popular stories from 2016.


Minnesota Native News: Will trust land provision change under Trump?

This week on Minnesota Native News, prominent Indian law attorney Collette Routell talks us through reports that the Trump administration aims to privatize tribal trust lands.

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