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This Week on Minnesota Native News – The Minneapolis Park Board recently recognized the original Dakota name for Lake Calhoun. Signs around the lake in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis officially now read Bde Maka Ska [buh-DAY muh-KAH skuh] and Lake Calhoun. The process to reclaim the original name has been rocky at times. But … [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News, the city of St. Paul becomes the third Minnesota city to establish Indigenous People’s Day, the new Red Lake capitol opens and Fond du Lac breaks ground in Duluth. [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...]
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...]
