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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.

A tribal nation reclaims reservation land through much-debated carbon credits 

A tribal nation reclaims reservation land through much-debated carbon credits 

The Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe is buying back its land by selling the carbon its forest stores. The approach is being called a model, even as some researchers question whether forest carbon credits deliver what carbon offsets promise.
by Melissa Olson

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As wildfires burn along U.S.-Canada border, First Nations communities take refuge in Thunder Bay

As wildfires burn along U.S.-Canada border, First Nations communities take refuge in Thunder Bay

Cora McGuire-Cyrette, CEO of the Ontario Native Women's Association, spoke with MPR’s Nina Moini about how her organization is supporting First Nations communities displaced by wildfires in Ontario.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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‘It is in our everyday lives’: Native youth on digital well-being

‘It is in our everyday lives’: Native youth on digital well-being

A report focused on the digital well-being of Native American youth and the impact of technology found overwhelmingly negative results. A Native student says technology has its negatives and positives.
by Chandra Colvin

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Skateboarding, snowboarding: New magazine builds Ojibwe vocabulary, highlighting contemporary hobbies

Skateboarding, snowboarding: New magazine builds Ojibwe vocabulary, highlighting contemporary hobbies

A monolingual magazine written in the Ojibwe recently published its first volume. The magazine is expanding Ojibwe vocabulary through narratives, poems and other works which focus on topics not typically associated with the Ojibwe culture.
by Chandra Colvin

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Indigenous dressmaker looks beyond America's 250th anniversary at Mall of America fashion show

Indigenous dressmaker looks beyond America's 250th anniversary at Mall of America fashion show

The country is turning 250 and the party has come to the Mall of America. One Ojibwe woman from Grand Portage is bringing three handmade dresses and a reminder that the story of what is now Minnesota started long before the American revolution.
by Melissa Olson

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