Minnesota Native News Featured Stories

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Individual stories from Minnesota Native news that make up the weekly newscasts.

Individual stories from Minnesota Native news that make up the weekly newscasts.


50 Pieces

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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about what urban Native leaders in South Minneapolis are doing about public health problems connected to...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:51
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St. Paul based artist Julie Buffalohead has a new exhibit opening at the Minneapolis Institute of Art later this month. Buffalohead is a citizen of...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:39
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Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe member Cheryl Minnema [MIN-eh-muh] published her first childrens book in 2014. And her second children’s book is out now....

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rob Fairbanks and Jon Roberts are Anishinaabe comedians.
On April first the House of Comedy comedy club at the Mall of America was supposed to feature its first all Indigenous line-up of comedians. Red La...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:11
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The state’s new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force is moving forward. The task force had planned a set of state-wide listening sessi...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:46
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As shelter in place orders continue across the state of Minnesota, many tribes and urban Native organizations are moving their work online. Report...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:47
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Twin cities based non-profit, Dream of Wild health, is expanding its farm operation to help meet community needs.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
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The state of Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force is continuing its work to create recommendations for the state in its res...

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  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
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We hear about an online native film festival that features some Minnesota native creators.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 02:08
Caption: BearPaw Shields, Director of SCSU’s Indigenous Learning Community, with Aria, a student at SCSU, taken during the sweetgrass planting event. , Credit: BearPaw Shields
This week, Sherburne County partnered with St. Cloud State University to offer a chance for Indigenous students to connect with both the land and t...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2