Indigenous People

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.

Niganawenimaanaanig — a program designed to recruit and retain Indigenous students into nursing tracks at Bemidji State University — saw nine students graduate this year, a record class since the program's inception in 2017.

Rise and Repair is a coalition of people and organizations lobbying for Indigenous people and the climate at the Minnesota Legislature.

He will serve as one of 12 regional vice presidents for the organization, representing the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in the Midwest region.

Every month, between 27 and 54 American Indian women and girls were listed as missing in Minnesota from 2012 to 2020.

Celebrations all around the region, home to Ojibwe nations, honor Indigenous Peoples' Day with music, feasts, art and more.

Payday loans often have interest rates in the triple digits. Rob Aitken, executive director for Leech Lake Financial Services, is offering clients a way to use their paid-time-off as collateral for consumer loans.

Plus mediation for Essentia Health and the city of Fosston over a pause in obstetric care, a robust wild rice season in Northern Minnesota, and a land transfer from the city of Minneapolis to the Red Lake Nation.