Native News

The Native News Project is a new initiative from MPR News.

Stay informed with the latest news about local and national Native American communities, highlighting stories and issues important to Native American communities in Minnesota and beyond.

Our coverage includes cultural events, policy updates, community stories and more to provide a platform for Native voices, perspectives and important news.

What Trump's executive orders mean for Native American students in Minnesota
At the core of what’s called the federal government’s “trust responsibility” to tribal nations is the idea that in exchange for nearly two billion acres of land cessions nationwide, the federal government has an obligation to make good on treaties and legal agreements. That includes Bureau of Indian Education schools.
Red Lake Nation leader condemns Trump orders during State of the Band Address 
During the Red Lake Nation State of the Band Address Friday, chair Darrell Seki Jr., condemned President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders, saying they have created a crisis throughout Indian Country.  
Two Ojibwe artists practice culture and tradition with birchbark 
Working with birchbark has been a long tradition for tribes in the Midwest, however, there are concerns that it has become a rarity. For two Ojibwe artists, they share the significance of what birchbark means to them and their art.   
20 years later, lives affected by the school shooting in Red Lake will be memorialized
Several former Red Lake High School students, with the support of a former teacher, say it’s time to publicly memorialize those who lost their lives during a shooting at the school 20 years ago. They intend to honor those affected by the tragedy.
‘The Buffalo Hunter Hunter’ is Stephen Graham Jones' horror masterpiece
The prose is gorgeous and the plot is complex. The author of “The Only Good Indians” returns again with a spellbinding yarn about one of the bloodiest, most significant parts of the nation's history.