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Melissa Olson

Freelance journalist

Melissa Olson (she/hers) is a writer and a freelance journalist. Most recently, she was Deputy Director of MIGIZI Communications, a non-profit serving American Indian Youth in Minneapolis, and was the co-managing editor of MinneCulture, KFAI's audio storytelling program. Tweet her @mizzilina.

Recent Contributions

  • Sacred in the city: Indigenous site in St. Paul prepared to welcome, educate public
  • Owamni in Minneapolis wins James Beard award for Best New Restaurant
  • Return of 28,000 acres to Minnesota tribe is likely largest land-back deal ever
  • Minneapolis American Indian Center affirms its place in the neighborhood with huge renovation
  • Pope taps L.A. auxiliary bishop to lead Winona-Rochester diocese
  • Decades after taking it, feds set to return Minnesota land to Leech Lake band
  • The season for jumping worms has arrived; gardeners on alert
  • Little Earth patrols work to fill safety gap after breach in trust
  • Artists craft new ways to teach Indigenous languages