Minnesota Native News: Pow Wow Season
This week on Minnesota Native News: It’s pow wow season so we bring you highlights from the Bemijigimaag pow wow that kicked off the season this spring. [Read Transcript...]
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Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Responding to the Opioid Crisis in MN Native Communities
For over a decade, the prescription pain killer and heroin abuse crisis has had a hold on communities across the U-S. Opioid overdoses tripled between 2000 and 2015. In 2015, Minnesota had more American Indians dying from overdoses than any other state. That same year, well over half of pregnant Native women gave birth to … [Read Transcript...]
Minnesota Native News: And Then There Were Three
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...]
Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Native Sovereignty on Franklin Ave.
Nearly 8-thousand American Indians from over 40 different sovereign tribes live in Minneapolis. And since the 1960’s, the section of Franklin Avenue between 11th and Cedar streets has been a gathering place for many. The community was established by Native leaders who brought a sense of tribal sovereignty to their urban community. And that same … [Read Transcript...]