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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with MPR's Native News team

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with MPR's Native News team

MPR News editor and guest host Leah Lemm celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day with reporters who are part of our Native News team. Leah and her guests talk about how they cover Native communities, tribal nations and people, all around Minnesota every day.
by Leah Lemm, Chandra Colvin and Melissa Olson

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Photos: Friends of the Boundary Waters on Bde Maka Ska

Photos: Friends of the Boundary Waters on Bde Maka Ska

Former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in Minneapolis for a Friends of the Boundary Waters fundraiser on Saturday evening. Before the event, she canoed with teenagers on Bde Maka Ska.
by Olivia Hanson

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How to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day around Minnesota

How to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day around Minnesota

Indigenous Peoples Day is Monday, Oct. 13. Check out these events to begin celebrating over the weekend and into Monday with community, art markets, music and food.   
by Chandra Colvin

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Lower Sioux Indian Community to host International Hemp Building Symposium this weekend

Lower Sioux Indian Community to host International Hemp Building Symposium this weekend

The Lower Sioux Indian Community is hosting the 13th International Hemp Building Symposium this weekend. It’s the first time the conference has been held in the United States.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Government shutdown begins, ‘too early to tell’ the full impact on Indian Country

Government shutdown begins, ‘too early to tell’ the full impact on Indian Country

The United States government has entered a shutdown, meaning many federal agencies have had funding cut off and are furloughing workers. For Indian Country, this is a violation of dozens of different treaty obligations with no clear end in sight. 

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Award-winning Owamni to bring Indigenous cuisine to Guthrie Theater

Award-winning Owamni to bring Indigenous cuisine to Guthrie Theater

Owamni, the James Beard Award-winning restaurant founded by chef Sean Sherman, will move in spring 2026 to the Guthrie Theater’s long-vacant riverfront restaurant space in downtown Minneapolis.
by Jacob Aloi

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Vigil in Bemidji remembers dedicated Indigenous leader, honors boarding school impacts

Vigil in Bemidji remembers dedicated Indigenous leader, honors boarding school impacts

Native community members in Bemidji will gather Tuesday evening to honor those impacted by boarding and residential schools and to pay tribute to a community leader whose advocacy will be remembered. 
by Chandra Colvin

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