Local news and developments affecting Native communities, organizations, families, and community members.
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians will host a screening of the documentary Nine Little Indians on November 17 at the Sky Dancer Event Center in Belcourt, North Dakota, highlighting the experiences of nine Native sisters who survived abuse in the American Indian boarding school system. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Shannon Kring and executive […]
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) announced on Friday, October 16th that two Minnesota businesses discriminated against Native American customers by refusing to recognize identification cards issued by their Tribal Nations. The department found probable cause that Wings Financial Credit Union in Coon Rapids and The Office Pub and Grill […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) has named Anton Treuer, an Ojibwe historian, author, professor, and cultural educator from Bemidji, as the 2026 recipient of the Ruth & Ray Reister Award for Historical Contributions to the Humanities. Announced on October 20, the award recognizes Treuer’s more than three decades of work preserving […]
MINNEAPOLIS — After the devastating fire at the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) building on Franklin Avenue, local Native organizations, staff, and volunteers came together on Friday, October 16th, for an Intertribal Community Feast, turning a difficult week into an opportunity for generosity, connection, and community support. The fire, which broke out Sunday, October 11th, affected […]
The Oct. 11 fire began at Dollar Plus, a Somali-owned store at 1300 E. Franklin Ave., and spread to the connected Minnesota Chippewa Tribe building that houses urban tribal offices. The store and offices occupy connected buildings; the fire did not begin in the urban offices. The cause remained undetermined Monday. Store owner Abdullahi Omar […]
As runners prepare for October races, Native Women Run is working to ensure Native women have a place at the starting line. This nonprofit organization represents and empowers Native women across the United States and Canada, creating opportunities to run while strengthening visibility, sisterhood, empowerment, and community. Founder Verna NezBegay Volker, a Navajo Nation citizen […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Along Ȟaȟá Wakpá, the Mississippi River, a Dakota-led effort is working to restore land, culture, and community connection at Owámniyomni, commonly known as St. Anthony Falls. For Dakota people, Owámniyomni, meaning “turbulent waters,” has long been a sacred place for ceremony, gathering, trade, and offerings. Nearby Wíta Wanáǧi, or Spirit Island, was a […]
Every year on September 30, people across Canada and the United States wear orange shirts to honor Indigenous children affected by residential and boarding schools and to remember the survivors, families, and communities who continue to carry their impacts. Orange Shirt Day began in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada, following the 2013 St. Joseph Mission […]
Efforts to preserve and strengthen Dakota and Ojibwe languages continue across Minnesota through schools, Tribal Nations, immersion programs, and community organizations. Minnesota is supporting that work through multiple language revitalization programs during the current biennium, including grants administered by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and Minnesota Department of Education. The Minnesota Department of Education made […]
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Bois Forte Band of Chippewa are calling on Minnesota to take a broader look at the cumulative effects of mining and other extraction across northeastern Minnesota’s 1854 Treaty Ceded Territory. The two Tribal Nations announced Sept. 23 that they will formally request the Minnesota Environmental Quality […]
RICHFIELD, Minn. — Native elders from across Minnesota gathered at Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday, Sept. 16, for the third annual Native American Elder Day picnic hosted by Spirit Care Services. According to an event organizer, elders from 10 of Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations attended this year’s celebration. Tribes and Native organizations from outside the […]
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