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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.

Project seeks to compensate tribal nations for national park lands

Project seeks to compensate tribal nations for national park lands

The South Dakota based Lakota People’s Law Project has established a project to solicit donations and educate people about the importance of the lands that are now national parks to Indigenous people.
by Dan Gunderson

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Personal histories, items can be claimed by adult adoptees from Minnesota’s DHS files

Personal histories, items can be claimed by adult adoptees from Minnesota’s DHS files

Native American adoptees and advocates are asking the Department of Human Services to do more to help all adoptees claim items left in the care of adoption placing agencies by birth parents.
by Melissa Olson

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Leech Lake band celebrates the transfer of 11,000 acres that represent what was illegally taken

Leech Lake band celebrates the transfer of 11,000 acres that represent what was illegally taken

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe leaders this week celebrated the restoration of more than 11 thousand acres that represent land illegally taken by the federal government decades ago.  
by Melissa Olson

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States challenge EPA rule to protect tribal treaty rights

States challenge EPA rule to protect tribal treaty rights

A recently finalized federal rule would require states to consider tribal treaty rights when setting state water quality standards. A dozen states are suing to overturn the rule, claiming Environmental Protection Agency over reach.
by Dan Gunderson

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Quality coffee, Ojibwe language and a little magic are brewing on Fond du Lac Band’s reservation

Quality coffee, Ojibwe language and a little magic are brewing on Fond du Lac Band’s reservation

On the Fond du Lac Band’s reservation, one family is energizing the community through quality coffee. MiigWitches Brew is the only coffee shop on the reservation and one of a few Native-owned shops in the state.
by Sam Stroozas

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‘Stars Wars’ in Ojibwe set to premiere in Canada

‘Stars Wars’ in Ojibwe set to premiere in Canada

The all-Ojibwe version of “Star Wars: A New Hope” (Anangong Miigaading) is set to blast off Aug. 8 with a premiere in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It features a host of Ojibwe-speaking voice actors.

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Red Lake Nation College mounts cultural exchange with Indigenous Brazilians 

Red Lake Nation College mounts cultural exchange with Indigenous Brazilians 

Citizens from Red Lake and Leech Lake are now back in Minnesota after a first-of-its-kind cultural exchange to Brazil. The trip which involved students from Red Lake Nation College, the University of Minnesota and Bemidji State University was designed to encourage Indigenous communication internationally as well as within the U.S. and Brazil.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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