Native News

The Native News Project is a new initiative from MPR News.

Stay informed with the latest news about local and national Native American communities, highlighting stories and issues important to Native American communities in Minnesota and beyond.

Our coverage includes cultural events, policy updates, community stories and more to provide a platform for Native voices, perspectives and important news.

20 years later, lives affected by the school shooting in Red Lake will be memorialized
Several former Red Lake High School students, with the support of a former teacher, say it’s time to publicly memorialize those who lost their lives during a shooting at the school 20 years ago. They intend to honor those affected by the tragedy.
‘The Buffalo Hunter Hunter’ is Stephen Graham Jones' horror masterpiece
The prose is gorgeous and the plot is complex. The author of “The Only Good Indians” returns again with a spellbinding yarn about one of the bloodiest, most significant parts of the nation's history.
Act to repeal harmful law may not go far enough for Dakota people 
The Sioux Dakota Removal Act passed in 1863 could be repealed in South Dakota. Dakota people in Minnesota wonder if it will go far enough to undo the harm it caused when it was originally passed.