Indigenous People

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.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate a clear intention to share narratives, fiction or nonfiction, about the past through creative writing.

The initiative will increase book access in Indigenous and tribal communities to help improve literacy outcomes and ignite a love of reading.

Chicago writer Nick Medina's debut novel is "Sisters of the Lost Nation."

John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater made a home in northeastern Minnesota in the early 20th century during a time of great changes in the region.

On Sept. 30, 1854, the bands entered a treaty with the United States whereby they ceded ownership of their lands in northeastern Minnesota. Under the treaty, the Bands retained their inherent rights to hunt, fish and gather in the 1854 ceded territory.

Delina White is a fashion designer and beadwork artist, entrepreneur and founder of I Am Anishinaabe. She created Northern Lights Native Nations Fashion Night in collaboration with the annual couture event in Minneapolis, Fashion Week Minnesota.

Sixteen organizations are seeking $136.4 million in state funding to construct buildings they say will allow them to do their work more effectively.

Bob Shimek, a member of the White Earth Nation and snow snake expert, joins the morning show to discuss the history and meaning of the game. The School Invitational Snow Snake Tournament is February 24th on Lake Bemidji, followed by an open competition on February 25th. Click here for more information!