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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.

MN90: Summer Job

May 1937: College student John Hersey needed a summer job. He wasn’t thrilled about doing correspondence, basically busy work, but the employer was Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

Minnesota Native News: Sculpture Unveiled in Grand Rapids for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 10th marked Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Minnesota and in cities and states across the United States. The day included official celebrations and community gatherings, including in Grand Rapids where a new sculpture was unveiled at River Side Park by Leech Lake Ojibwe artist Duane Goodwin. MN Native News reporter Leah Lemm was on the scene for the celebration

Native Lights: Maggie Lorenz’s Leadership in Reclamation and Gift for Resiliency

Today Leah and Cole chat with Maggie Lorenz, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe and descendant of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation. She is the Director of the Wakan Tipi Center & Executive Director of the Lower Phalen Creek project, which is a Native-led environmental conservation nonprofit on the East Side of St. Paul.

MN Native News: New COVID Booster Updated Similarly to Seasonal Flu Vaccine

As we enter the another season of COVID 19, health care providers are bracing for another possible fall surge in COVID 19 cases. Similar to the Flu Season, COVID and its variants seem to show up each fall. IHB’s Laz Carreon explains more about the similarities between the COVID and Flu vaccines.


MN Native News: After Infection, One in Five Americans Develop Long COVID

About one in five American adults are having health problems long after first contracting COVID-19. This week, learn more about these post-COVID conditions and how doctors are diagnosing them for effective care.

Native Lights – Dani Pieratos’ Journey to Reclaiming Food Sovereignty.

Dani, and a community of people interested in food sovereignty, are planning to bring fresh food to the Bois Forte community year around using aeroponic indoor growing systems. Her passion for reclaiming Native food sovereignty leads her work and is driven by a care for community health and undoing the effects of historical trauma and colonization. Chi-Miigwech to Dani for being on the show!

Bivalent Booster & Testing: Tools To Push Back on a Fall COVID Surge

With kids back in school and people spending more time indoors, health experts predict an increase in COVID infection rates in upcoming months. They encourage getting the new bivalent booster and to continue testing for prevention.

Native Lights – Corey Medina: Connecting With Community Through Music

Today we chat with Corey Medina, a blues-rock artist from Shiprock, NM, and member of the Ásh??hí clan of the Diné Nation. His band, Corey Medina & Brothers, has a reputation as an on-stage powerhouse, bringing its blues-tinged rock and roll to stages across Minnesota.

Minnesota Native News: AIM Begins 11 Week Walk for Leonard Peltier

A walk to justice. The American Indian Movement is leading a group from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness for Leonard Peltier, one of the nation’s longest-held political prisoners. Feven Gerezgiher reports.

Native Lights – Jamie Becker-Finn’s Path to Bringing Community Together

Today we’ll be chatting with State Representative and Entrepreneur Jamie Becker-Finn (Leech Lake). Recently she celebrated the opening of her coffee shop – Makwa Coffee. We talk with Jamie about how the first few weeks of Makwa Coffee has been, how she got the idea amidst the pandemic and how the community has supported Makwa so far.

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