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Minneapolis-based Lakota storyteller uses humor to 'right size' Pope's visit
Pope Francis wore an eagle feather headdress during his visit to apologize to Indigenous people in Canada for abuses suffered at residential schools. Alfred Walking Bull, a writer and storyteller deployed his sense of humor.
Adult English language learners head back to class in Minnesota
Adult English language learners across Minnesota are among those who suffered a gap in learning during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Now providers of these services are reimagining their curriculum as they head back into the classroom, and face increased demand due to an influx of new immigrants.
'Like medicine from God': Wisconsin cherry orchard offers taste of home for immigrant families
On a single day each year, dozens of people from the Twin Cities and Western Wisconsin flock to Maple Leaf Orchard to get their fill of sour cherries. It's one of the only places you can find tart cherries in the region — and for that reason, it's been a draw for many immigrant families that use them in their cooking.
ND abortion clinic says Minnesota move won’t delay services
A judge’s ruling that will delay the closing of North Dakota’s lone abortion clinic should provide more than enough time to move the business to a neighboring city in Minnesota, the facility’s owner and operator said Thursday.
'It's about a bad system': Fraud and fabrication in scientific research
Allegations of scientific fraud have been lodged against the University of Minnesota research team behind a key Alzheimer's study. Those allegations center around a claim that one of the researchers, Sylvain Lesné, falsified images used in the study. To dig deeper into why scientific fraud and misconduct occur, MPR News host Tom Crann spoke with Ray De Vries, Professor Emeritus at the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Art Hounds: Art conversations across generations
There’s still time to catch Art to Change the World’s “Age of Age” exhibit, which asks artists a generation apart to create work together. A concert performance of Janet Preus’s original musical “Water from Snow” draws big Minneapolis names to Puposky, Minn. In Duluth, Ojibwe storytime invites kids of all ages twice a week through August.
Once-ignored Indigenous knowledge of nature now shaping science
Traditional ecological knowledge has long been dismissed by Western culture as stories or legends, rather than real science. But there's new interest in tapping into the wisdom about plants, trees, wildlife and climate that Native American people have collected over time.