Meet Melissa Olson
Melissa Olson is a reporter for MPR’s Native News Project.
She is a recent contributor to the North Star Journey Series — stories about the resilience of Indigenous, Black, and people of color throughout Minnesota.
Melissa is a recent graduate of the arts and public policy program at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts. She lives in Minneapolis.
Tweet her @mizzilina.
Recent Contributions
- Celebration and criticism follow Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence commutation
- Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden
- Minnesota tribal leaders call for Biden to commute Leonard Peltier’s sentence
- Minnesota regulators require studies along possible routes before pipeline construction near sacred site
- Bois Forte Chair Cathy Chavers resigns to focus on her mental health
- An overview of Minnesota’s cannabis industry in 2024 and what to expect in 2025
- Tribal Advocacy Council on Energy aims to ease power woes in Indian Country
- Washington Post reporter explains how they uncovered more Native children deaths at boarding schools
- Person of interest identified in hit and run crash that killed Bois Forte woman
- Amid safety concerns, federal government puts land into trust for Prairie Island Indian Community