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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
Across the U.S. age-old racism and inequities are once again gaining the public’s attention, with movements like Black Lives Matter. In Minnesota, when it comes to disease, school drop-outs, incarceration, Native Americans endure some of the greatest racial disparities in the state. But there is work being done in towns across the state to take on these disparities. Towns like Bemidji — a small … [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a vote to change enrollment rules for Minnesota Chippewa Tribes and the 17th annual Ojibwe Quiz Bowl at Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College. [Read Transcript...]
In this special edition of Minnesota Native News, we hear Marty Case, Director of the Indian Treaty Signers Project. In this lecture “Treaty Signers: Making the American Myth” from The Minnesota Humanities Center, Case shares his research on how treaties transformed people’s relationship to land in what became the United States. Case separates reality from … [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News — relationship building between law enforcement and Native American residents in Hennepin county, advocates have their say on proposed changes to child custody proceedings and Bois Forte is HQ for the Governor’s Fishing Opener. [Read Transcript...]
