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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about reconstruction of a Dakota burial ground in Hennepin county, pink shawls in honor of women with experiences with breast cancer and how the new Twin Cities Native Lacrosse team is engaging whole families. [Read Transcript...]
Recent comments from Governor Dayton suggest is siding with mining industry and raising limits on sulfate emissions in Minnesota water ways. Scientific research has shown high levels of sulfate in surface water kills wild rice – a food that is at the heart of Ojibwe or Anishinabe tradition. The Bois Forte Band of Lake Superior … [Read Transcript...]
This is a special 29 minute edition of Minnesota Native News from the Nett Lake Village on the Bois Forte Reservation.
Melissa Townsend and George Strong explore how this small village is taking to the air waves to try and revive their Anishinabe traditions in a changing time.
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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear from State Representative Susan Allen. Allen was a tribal attorney living in the Powderhorn neighborhood in south Minneapolis when – in 2012 – she was elected the first Native American woman to serve in the House of Representatives. She is part of the DFL party and now … [Read Transcript...]
