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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
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Native Lights | stories of people within Minnesota’s Native communities
This week on Minnesota Native News: We hear about researchers using wild rice to predict the health of Minnesota’s lakes and streams — and get an inside look at a native artist Leah Lemm’s performance at the Cedar Cultural Center. Here’s reporter Cole Premo.
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about how American Indian tribes may soon have a greater say in what happens at University of Minnesota campuses across the state. And Fond du Lac photographer and retired wildland fire fighter Vern Northrup has a new photography exhibit in Duluth. It’s called Ishkode [ish-koh-tay] – the Ojibwe word for fire.
This year thousands of football fans flooding into Minneapolis for the Super Bowl, spend money on hotels, restaurants, and souvenirs in the Twin Cities metro. But Super Bowl 52 organizers tried to spread the wealth across the state – including to tribal nations. Reporter Melissa Townsend tells us more about the “52 weeks of giving” and some concerns over accepting money associated with the NFL.
Governor Mark Dayton has appointed key Mille Lacs Band Police leader to the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training. And the art and photography exhibit of Mazinaakizige: American Indian Teen Photography Project is on display at Two Rivers Gallery.
This week on Minnesota Native News: help for college students who want to be teachers; a potential windfall for some Native veterans; and honoring the departing President and Executive Director of Tiwahe, Kelly Drummer.
