Indigenous People

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.

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.