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Native Americans forced to prove citizenship
By Associate Press
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flooded Minneapolis, Shane Mantz dug his Choctaw Nation citizenship card out of a box on his dresser and...
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Warning: more big changes are coming to Medicaid
By Lee Egerstrom
Staying healthy is already more costly and will become more difficult for many Minnesotans, including Native Americans, from changes in the federal...
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Minnesota in Winter: don’t underestimate Minnesotans
By Winona LaDuke
Napoleon LaDuke was my great uncle. I’ve always had a liking for that name. My great uncle was a brown man from...
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EPA wants to eliminate one of the few ways tribes protect...
By Miacel Spotted Elk/Grist
This story was originally published by Grist.
In January, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to revise the Clean Water Act, specifically a...
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News Briefs – February 2026
By The Circle
Pow Wow Groundsand NaCdi becomes hub of resistance in Mpls
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis Native-led arts gallery, coffee shop, and community hub is...
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ICE isn’t just tracking your phone, its tracking way more
By Shubhanjana Das/ Sahan Journal
ICE isn’t just tracking your phone. The surveillance technology goes further than that.
The advanced surveillance tools allow ICE agents to...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2026
By Mordecai Specktor
It’s murder in Minneapolis
I stopped by the Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop on Sunday afternoon, January 25. It was the day after...
Environment
Jingle dress dancers hold healing ceremonies at memorial sites
By Leah Lemm/MPR News
Jingle dress dancers gathered on February 1 to hold healing ceremonies at the locations where Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti...
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Stories for Indigenous Resilience raises funds for community
Story and photos by Jenn Hall
Mni Giizhik Theatre Ensemble, in partnership with the Guthrie’s Native Advisory Council, held “Stories for Indigenous Resilience” on Wednesday,...
Environment
Know your rights if your are approached by ICE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, REMEMBER:
You have the right to remain silent
Do not lie to ICE
Do not physically resist or obstruct
Carry your Tribal or...
Environment
Immigrant Defense Network goes statewide with observer training
By Nicolas Scibelli/Sahan Journal
The Immigrant Defense Network is expanding its training efforts to 30 cities across the Midwest, activating more residents to document federal...
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MIWRC and other organizations help with warmth and food
By The Circle
As winter temperatures plunge in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center in south Minneapolis (MIWRC) continues to operate an Indigenous-led warming center...
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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...
