Chandra Colvin
Report for America corps member
Meet Chandra Colvin
Chandra Colvin covers Native American communities in Minnesota for MPR News via Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues and communities.
Recent Contributions
- Indigenous Peoples Day opens with ceremony and sunrise
- MN Shortlist Oct. 9-15: ‘Kunene’ at Guthrie, Theatre in the Round at 75 and a Winona love letter
- Ceremonies, food trucks and basketball: Minnesota communities celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day
- New Indigenous art and wellness center in Minneapolis provides more space, healing
- MN Shortlist Oct. 2-8: Haute couture, river valley art and a harvest howl
- 'Understand the fight': Events honor survivors, families of Native boarding schools
- MN Shortlist: Sept. 25-Oct. 1: Indigenous exhibition at Weisman, Lake Superior art crawl and more
- Native-led coalition says community involvement supports youth mental health
- MN Shortlist Sept. 18-24: A Native comic con, the 20th Arab film fest, mural mania, 'naughty’ crop art and more
- New signs connect Como Lake visitors with Dakota history and language
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