Indigenous People

Much of DOGE’s funding cuts to tribal communities came to programs focused on environmental efforts, agriculture and economic development, the Brookings study found.

The Public Utilities Commission directed Minnesota Valley to stop unlawful disconnection threats to the Upper Sioux Community over its behind-the-meter energy project.

The walk on July 25, 2026, spanned 13 miles from Big Sandy Lake in McGregor to Tamarack, with women taking turns carrying a bucket of water.

The event was the 11th Gii-Ishkonigewag Pow Wow put on annually by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

The soft launch of the Minwaadizi Project's new space, which aims to be an "un-boarding school" community center, included a round dance and potluck.

MMIW 218 formed nine years ago around the disproportionate amount of violence felt in Indigenous communities, organizing events and creating spaces for healing and change.

President Joe Biden, in his first presidential visit to a tribal nation on Oct. 25, 2024, issued an apology on behalf of the United States for the federal Indian boarding school policy.

For millennia, the Great Lakes Anishinaabe used traditional fire practices to manage the forests of Northeastern Minnesota. Today, science is capturing the frequency and severity of those fires to understand how communities might recreate their relationship with the land.

Representatives from Indigenous agricultural businesses met in Vancouver with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand their footprint on the global market.

Last week's celebration culminated a long-term plan to better serve Indigenous students living in the Twin Cities metro.