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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Red Lake Nation holds first indigenous food summit
Hundreds of tribe members and others from around the region spent the weekend on the Red Lake Nation reservation in northern Minnesota learning how to grow and gather indigenous food
Stevie Wonder and Prince played "Superstition" together on stage
Today's Morning Edition music is Stevie Wonder performing "Superstition" live in Paris in 2010, from a home video recorded by a member of the audience.
On Sunday night the Minnesota Vikings play their first regular season game at U.S. Bank Stadium against their arch rival the Green Bay Packers.
Rain still coming in big doses
Cathy Wurzer speaks with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about more big rainfall amounts that came with storms earlier this week.
Minneapolis police will track race, gender at traffic stops
The department hopes tracking demographic information, including race and gender, at certain stops will increase transparency and public trust.
Black Market Brass gets inspiration from Nigerian Afrobeat music
Their debut album drops Friday. They'll be playing a CD release party on Saturday night at the Turf Club in St. Paul.
A man who spent 11 years in prison for a murder he insists he didn't commit was released this week thanks in part to the efforts of the Innocence Project of Minnesota.
Tribal attorney lobbies DC lawmakers over Dakota Access pipeline
Leaders on both sides of the Dakota Access Pipeline will meet for a status conference Friday. The future of the $3.8 billion project is unknown.