Minnesota Native News

Minnesota Native News is a weekly 5-minute radio segment covering ideas and events relevant to Minnesota’s Native American communities since 2014. The team includes a majority of Native reporters/producers all sharing in the editorial and story-telling duties.

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June 3, 2015

Minnesota Native News Special Edition: A Call for Truth & Reconciliation in the U.S.

The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission recently released a report officially recording the inhumane practices of the Canadian Indian Boarding School system and the resulting historical trauma on indigenous people. The report calls for 92 different policy changes to address that historical trauma. In the U.S., truth and reconciliation movements are emerging. Erma Vizenor, Chairwoman … [Read Transcript...]

June 3, 2015

Minnesota Native News: Highs and Lows

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a new report on policing and Native Americans in Minneapolis, a new exhibit of contemporary Native artists and a Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion school finishes up its first year. [Read Transcript...]

June 2, 2015

Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Bemidji Welcomes New Chief Bemidji Statue

On June 6th in Bemidji Minnesota a new statue of Chief Bemidji is being dedicated. He is the Native American namesake of the town. He will stand on the shores of Lake Bemidji right next to the 18 foot tall statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. These statues represent the two cultures … [Read Transcript...]

May 27, 2015

Minnesota Native News: Investments in the Future

This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about the Fond du Lac Band’s work to protect moose in the ceded territories, an urban initiative to boost graduation rates in the Twin Cities and the MN recipient of a national award for philanthropy in Indian Country. [Read Transcript...]

Minnesota Native News Special Edition: A Call for Truth & Reconciliation in the U.S.

Minnesota Native News: Highs and Lows

Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Bemidji Welcomes New Chief Bemidji Statue

Minnesota Native News: Investments in the Future

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