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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
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Native Lights | stories of people within Minnesota’s Native communities
On this week’s Minnesota Native News, Minnesota’s La Crosse team celebrates the sports Native American heritage. Find out what it’s like to live with two spirits inside you. And, a UofM professor gets to help distribute 60 million dollars in college scholarships to Native students.
On this week’s Minnesota Native News, new information about how sulfide mining is effecting wild rice in our state. The US Secretary of Education gives Minnesota the thumbs up. And…a new fashion trend that’s blending pop culture with Native tradition.
On this week’s Minnesota Native News, President Obama puts a Native American leader from Minnesota on a national task force…we’ll tell you who it is. A traditional dance that typically symbolizes friendship sparks controversy at the Mall of America. And, learn about a program helping Native Americans looking to buy a home.
A young rapper makes a name for himself by rhyming in his native language, an organization in Minnesota wants to create Indian owned businesses and encourage others to,”buy Indian.” And…a new dance company goes on the road to perform Native,contemporary dance.
Coming up on Minnesota Native News, find out how changes in Minnesota’s prisons will impact Native inmates, a concert that’s going to help keep kids warm this winter, and we’ll introduce you to one of the nation’s youngest tribal leaders who’s right here in Minnesota.
This week on Minnesota Native News, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe finishes twelve years on the Minneapolis City Council….we’ll look at the impact he had while in office…, find out how the Bush Foundation is helping combat chronic illnesses affecting a Native community in Minnesota…, and Hennepin County takes steps to try and keep Native families together…even when they need to separate the children from their parents.
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe’s new constitution impacts citizenship requirements, a Minnesota author serves up recipes from Indigenous foods, and the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and trading post offers seasonal fun based on Ojibwe traditions.
Find out how President Obama plans to work with Native American tribes to strengthen economic development, UCare, one of Minnesota’s largest health insurance companies teams up with AMPERS, to prevent diabetes, and one man’s quest to feed homeless Native men and women during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Find out who’s supporting members of the American Indian Community in their fight against the NFL, a look at Native life through the lens of a Minnesota photographer and two Native authors shine a spotlight on a part of Indian culture often overlooked.
On this week’s Native News, the 10th annual children and returning adoptees powow, a dispute between the city of Duluth and the Fond du Lac band of Ojibwe heads to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the University of Minnesota American Indian Cultural Center hosts Frybread Friday.
