Native Culture

The early season has been marked with low water levels, cool spells and storm damage.

Celebrate "The Art of the Game" Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Ball Club. The day includes three-on-three basketball games, food, fashion and music.

Community members and dancers provided a healing space for the grieving family of Rikki Skog, 37, whose body was found July 16, 2026, under suspicious circumstances.

The drum ceremony planned for Brainerd High School's commencement will continue after all, despite previous communication that the district was pulling its support.

The charter school's students and several staffers participated in the annual event, which featured an afternoon of powwow staples in Bemidji.

Sacred Bundle, a nonprofit through the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, is expected to close the sale for the downtown site on Feb. 27, 2026.

The first of two Native American Heritage Nights Jan. 20, 2026, included drumming, dancing and an Ojibwe-language broadcast. The second is Jan. 30 against Grand Rapids.

Joshua Jones received the 2025 Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor award for his work as an environmental leader for Red Lake youths.

The same announcers from the historic Minnesota Wild Ojibwe-language broadcast in November will announce hockey games against Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Grand Rapids on Jan. 20 and 30, 2026.

The Native American-led program of the Northland Foundation also funded projects around educational and cultural programming. The grants aim to build community.