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There are more bridges across the Mississippi in the City of Minneapolis than anywhere else along the river. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel speaks with David Stevens of Mill City Museum to find out why. [Read Transcript...]
Many people know about the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald through Gordon Lightfoot’s popular song. But as MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers, for residents of the North Shore, the tragedy hits much closer to home. [Read Transcript...]
Muslims in Minnesota come from diverse cultural backgrounds. The majority of the approximately 150,000 Muslims in the state are from African and Arab countries and the Indian subcontinent. MN90 producer Marisa Helms discovers that no matter where followers of Islam immigrated from, they are all united by their faith, and the celebration of the Islamic holiday Eid Al-Adha, the festival of Abraham. [Read Transcript...]
Ojibwe Chief Hole in the Day the Younger (1827-1868) signed almost every land cession treaty between the Minnesota Ojibwe and the U.S. government. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that while the Chief was a controversial figure, he was also a very smart and effective negotiator. Still, the Chief had many enemies. On June 27, 1868, as he was traveling to Washington, D.C. to fight the removal of his people to a reservation at White Earth. Hole in the Day was assassinated by Ojibwe men from Leech Lake just a few miles from his home in Crow Wing. [Read Transcript...]
