Minnesota Native News

Series produced by Ampers

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Each week Minnesota Native News looks at social, economic, cultural, health issues and more facing Minnesota’s Native American communities. By informing and educating all Minnesotans about events, activities, and issues in Minnesota’s Native American communities this program interweaves the Native American culture into the rest of the communities of the state.

By looking at what is happening today in Native American communities as well as looking back in time, Minnesota Native News will help to educate all Minnesotans about the culture that helped to shape our state, how the current issues are impacting the state today, and will help everyone to make informed decisions about the future.


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American Indian Month in Minnesota continues this May. And, this weekend’s a busy one.

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  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Tribes and Native American organizations around Minnesota, including in the cities, are hosting open houses, pow wows, and other events throughout ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, and WDSE


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The TRUTH Report details findings from the university’s own records. And, that as a land-grant institution, the U of M has systematically profited ...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is taking a stand as water protectors in northeast Minnesota. The Band’s Department of Natural Resources launched its...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KSRQ, WTIP, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Drost grew up in Grand Portage and is an enrolled member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Her interest in tribal politics trace...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 6
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If you’re looking to do some good while having fun in April, there’s an critical org looking for your help. Here’s MNN team lead Sam Choo with some...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
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Minnesota state Representative Heather Keeler from Moorhead, authored a bill that would direct $3-million each fiscal year for 2024 & 2025. The sta...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The Roof Depot demolition project in south Minneapolis has gotten a lot of media attention, but at the heart of it is a neighborhood’s fight to pro...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and WDSE


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Native Americans and south Minneapolis neighbors testify to state lawmakers, about funding for the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute. An organiz...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Ahead, reporter Alexander Aman brings us to the Red Lake Chemical Health Programs’ annual gathering. But first, people living in the East Phillips ...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
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Young Indigenous creatives from the Twin Cities are carving their path by using traditional practices and teachings. MN Native News reporter Isavel...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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New Artificial Intelligence or AI programs can generate art based on phrases and prompts entered into a program that references art pieces and styl...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Hope Flanagan from Dream of Wild Health
This week, Emma Needham talks with story-keeper Hope Flanagan about why stories are essential to keeping native knowledge, culture, and language al...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week on the Health Report, the Minnesota Department of Health has announced a new telehealth program to help people receive treatment for COVI...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
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Caption: Staci Drouillard, author of “Walking the Road: A  People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” at Nishkwakwansing, Credit: photo by Cathy Quinn
On Friday, November 18, for the first time in the history of the state of Minnesota, off reservation land was returned to tribal hands by the state...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
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For over two months, advocates for Leonard Peltier walked in prayer from Minneapolis to D.C. to raise awareness about his unjust imprisonment. This...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
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The American Indian Community Housing Organization hosts a Covid19 Vaccine Clinics where some families reevaluate their motives on whether or not i...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
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Caption: ICWA supporters camped on the national lawn ahead of the Supreme Court Hearing in early November. , Credit: Photo: Jason Goward, Migizi Will Fly.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of ICWA or the Indian Child Welfare Act in early November. Reporter Emma Needham sheds light on th...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on the Health Report, a new round of covid tests are available through the state of Minnesota and we’ll hear about the Covid 19 treatment...

Bought by KVSC, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, WDSE and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This week on the Health Report, an update on vaccine clinics across the state, plus recent data suggests a covid surge in the coming weeks.

Bought by KVSC, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, WDSE, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5