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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: Indigenous People’s Day in Bemidji

This week on Minnesota Native News: the story behind this year’s Indigenous People’s Day celebration in Bemidji, Minnesota.


Minnesota Native News: Can You Hear Me

This week on Minnesota Native News: President Obama acknowledges Standing Rock water and land protectors at a conference in Washington, and federal agencies make moves to improve consultation with tribes over land use decisions.

Minnesota Native News: Unsung Hero

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a short ricing season on an iconic lake, the healing nature of growing food and the Unsung Hero at Fond Du Lac.

Minnesota Native News: Revitalization

This week on Minnesota Native News: tribes celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Minnesota Indian Gaming compacts and Native gardeners in Minneapolis gear up for winter farming.


Minnesota Native News: Art and Horses

This week on Minnesota Native News: the Redwood County Museum hosts its first exhibit of Dakota artists, and an Ojibwe rider runs in the Indian Horse Relay Races at Shakopee’s Canterbury Park.


Minnesota Native News: Standing with Standing Rock

This week on Minnesota Native News: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe gathers support from across Minnesota and beyond to protect water and land.

Minnesota Native News: Trying Something New

This week on Minnesota Native News: a new policy to curb pill shopping takes effect in I.H.S. clinics, women gather for Kwestrong [Quay Strong] at Bde Maka Ska [buh-day muh-kah-skah] and an interview with Bois Forte’s new Chairwoman.


Minnesota Native News: From Sandpiper to DAPL and Running for Sobriety

This week on Minnesota Native News: urgent concerns about new oil pipelines move from Minnesota to North Dakota and more.

Minnesota Native News: Friends and Family Caught in the Crisis

Nearly 100 people gathered in Minneapolis recently to discuss responses to the opioid drug crisis in the urban Indian community there. Tribes and tribal organizations are mobilizing as a record number of American Indians are struggling and dying from opioid and heroin addiction. At this meeting, there was conversation about those struggling and the family members trying to help. Reporter Melissa Townsend was at the meeting, and she has this report.

Minnesota Native News: Remembering Jim Northrup

The well- respected published author Jim Northrup died on August first from complications of cancer. He was 73 years old.

Born in Fond Du Lac, Jim spent much of his boyhood in Indian boarding schools and then served in Viet Nam as a Marine. As an adult he found joy in his family and his work.

In 2015 he and his wife Pat talked with Shirly Nordrum and Nicole Buckanaga , the hosts of a radio program on K-K-W-E, Niijii Radio on White Earth.


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