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A journey of ceremony and prayer honoring Dakota women who witnessed...
By Chandra Colvin/MPR News
Last year, two rides marked the revival of the famous reconciliation ride, honoring the 38 Dakota men hanged in Mankato on Dec....
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Eyewitness says ICE gave conflicting orders before shooting woman
By MPR News Staff
An eyewitness told MPR News that ICE agents gave mixed orders to a driver in south Minneapolis on January 7, with one...
Environment
When Venezuela helped Americans
By Winona LaDuke
We owe Venezuela a debt. I remember when Venezuela paid our energy bills right after Hurricane Katrina and US refinery capacity was...
Environment
Thousands of ICE agents descend on the Twin Cities
By The Circle
The Trump administration has intensified immigration enforcement in Minnesota with the arrival of thousands of federal ICE agents, marking the largest such operation...
Environment
Back to the Future
By Winona LaDuke
It was like that movie Back to the Future. I traveled to a meeting with White Earth Tribal representatives and 8th Fire Solar to...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Frank Buffalo Hyde’s installation is Unapologetically Indigenous
By Dan Ninham
Frank Buffalo Hyde (b. 1974, Santa Fe, NM) is an Onondaga/ Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) artist whose paintings examine and elevate an image of...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
North Woods HS Chosa’s future looks bright and tomorrow
By Dan Ninham
Brynn Chosa is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. She is a senior at North Woods High School and is...
Political Matters
Political Matters – January 2026
By Mordecai Specktor
Manufacturing crimes, again
“A federal grand jury today returned a six-count indictment against four members of a far-left, anti-capitalist, and anti-government group that...
News
Native Market and Cultural Celebration & Food Lab
By Jenn Hall
Driving west on Lake Street toward the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis, traffic slowed as marchers strolled along in the cold holding...
News
40th Anniversary of the White Earth Land Settlement Act
By Winona LaDuke
In 1986, Congress passed the White Earth Land Settlement Act. Returning l0,000 acres of land to the White Earth Anishinaabe and $17...
Environment
Unfettered and unaccountable: How Trump is building a violent shadowy federal...
By J. David Mcswane & Hannah Allam/ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California,...
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ICE harrasses Native & Somali communities
By The Circle
Fears of immigration sweeps have intensified across Minneapolis and St. Paul as reports continue to surface of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
News
Tribal colleges moved to Interior Department by Trump
By The Circle
The U.S. Department of the Interior will assume administration of federal funding for tribal colleges, a responsibility long held by the U.S....
Cover Story
First all-Native American fire crew redefines what public safety looks like
By Sarah Thamer / MPR News
At Minneapolis Fire Station 6, Engine 10’s A-shift recently renewed their commitment to stay together for two more years,...
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Indigenous mural debuted at MN Wild hockey game
By Dan Ninham
By day Shawna Grapentine works in the American Indian Education Department at Warroad Public Schools. Outside the day she has been an...
News
News briefs – December 2025
By The Circle
ICE Detains Native Actor, Questions Valid Tribal ID
Redmond, WA – Elaine Miles, a Native American actress best known for her role on...
Environment
Mpls moves to strengthen its separation ordinance amid ICE raids
By The Circle
Minneapolis officials have advanced a proposal to strengthen the city’s two-decade-old separation ordinance, reaffirming limits on local involvement in federal immigration...
Environment
Family from Red Lake shares culture with international audience
By Leah Lemm / MPR News
Selena Jourdain started jingle dress dancing when she was 3 years old. The jingle dress is a century-old Ojibwe...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Hamblin plays three sports for Minnetonka HS, ready for college
By Dan Ninham
Kingston Hamblin is a senior at Minnetonka High School. He identifies as a part of the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation.
“When I'm...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2025
By Mordecai Specktor
Leonard Peltier in Minneapolis
It was a surrealistic experience to enter the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Nov. 8 and see Leonard Peltier,...
