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‘It brings us back to our roots’: Teams gathered in Shakopee for Dakota language competition

‘It brings us back to our roots’: Teams gathered in Shakopee for Dakota language competition

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently hosted its third Dakota language bowl. Over 30 teams put their knowledge to the test in the daylong competition.
by Chandra Colvin

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Indigenous people raise awareness about their missing and murdered

Indigenous people raise awareness about their missing and murdered

Indigenous people across North America are rallying to plead for sustained responses to violence in their communities. Monday is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The FBI says it has about 4,300 open cases involving missing people, deaths and abuse that disproportionately affects Indian Country.
by The Associated Press

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Graduation Regalia: More Native students get green light to wear tribal regalia this year

Graduation Regalia: More Native students get green light to wear tribal regalia this year

More Native students than ever before will graduate this year with regalia on their traditional caps and gowns as a growing number of states pass laws that allow beadwork, feathers, painting and other cultural adornments.

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Minneapolis Native community mourns victims of gunfire

Minneapolis Native community mourns victims of gunfire

Dozens of Minneapolis Native residents and city officials gathered in a park Thursday morning to grieve six people killed in shootings over the previous two days. Police believe at least four of the people killed were Native.
by Chandra Colvin and Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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The next pope will inherit Pope Francis’ mixed legacy with Indigenous people

The next pope will inherit Pope Francis’ mixed legacy with Indigenous people

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people throughout the Americas. Francis, who died April 21, apologized for the “catastrophic” legacy of residential schools in Canada.
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