State Representative and Leech Lake Band’s Jamie Becker Finn is expanding her community building focus as a coffee shop owner and entrepreneur. She speaks with Reporter Leah Lemm
This week on Minnesota Native News: A new approach to diabetes awareness, tracking mercury in lakes in ceded territories and piloting a new way to learn Minnesota’s Native American history.
This week on Minnesota Native News – a new program to curb sex trafficking on reservations, GED prep goes mobile in Red Lake casinos and teens learn traditional gardening with ancient seeds.
This week on Minnesota Native News we get the latest developments with the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline, actions to push the University of Minnesota to take on the NFL and a new agency working to meet the needs of expectant Native American moms.
This week on Minnesota Native News: honoring AIM Activists in St. Paul, remembering a tragedy at Sandy Lake and Native men take the stage in Minneapolis.
This week on Minnestoa Native News – Red Lake seeks federal assistance for flood damage, mounds in St. Paul get national attention and a W-N-B-A star rookie steals the show.
This week on Minnesota Native News: developments in the Sandpiper Pipeline project, a movement to restore the vote for ex-offenders and creating a culturally competent plan to manage your money.
This week on Minnesota Native News — Chippewa bands halt waste water from the Mesabi nugget plant, Little Earth gets into the restaurant business and a study renews big questions about blood quantum.
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about possible changes to the laws that prosecute trafficked girls and boys, how new B.I.A. rules might affect Minnesota tribes and efforts to support the next generation of American Indian community leaders.
This week on Minnesota Native News: Next steps after the Washington football team trademark ruling, the first initiatives from the new Red Lake Nation Chairman and the big goals of Minnesota’s Ojibwe and Dakota language teachers.
This week on Minnesota Native News: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe election news, tribes shaping medical research, challenges facing Native performers, and an award winning science fair student.