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Native Americans enlisted in large numbers during World War 2. Axel James Holmes, Sr., a member of an Ojibwe band now living on the Bois Forte reservation, joined when he was 20 years old. He reflects on his World War 2 service, first in New Guinea and then in the Philipines. [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News we’re at the historic Bemijigamaag pow wow in Bemidji. The first pow wow at the city’s Sanford Center Arena offered non-Natives lessons in Anishinabe pow wow traditions. It was held Saturday, April 4th. [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a Senate bill that would establish a statewide American Indian and Indigenous People’s Day, a big weekend for college pow wows, the state Pollution Control Board changes course on wild rice protection plan and more. [Read Transcript...]
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...]
