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