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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a call for truth and reconciliation over former American Indian boarding school policies, an American Indian coalition partners with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in South Minneapolis and the growing season begins with a traditional blessing of the Mashkiikii Gitigan [mush-KEE-kee GIT-ih-gone], Medicine Garden. [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about some Ojibwe tribes’ next steps regarding the Sandpiper oil pipeline and a Native led group in Minneapolis declares a war on drugs. [Read Transcript...]
May 2, 2015, the American Indian Cancer Foundation put on the Powwow for Hope in the Twin Cities. KBFT was there to cover the fourth annual event to raise funds for cancer research and education, and to speak with Bois Forte members about their stories of cancer, healing and hope. [Read Transcript...]
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...]
