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Native News

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Prairie Island community trying to reclaim noose used in 1862 mass execution of Dakota men

Prairie Island community trying to reclaim noose used in 1862 mass execution of Dakota men

The Prairie Island Indian Community filed a claim through its Tribal Historic Preservation Office. The claim was made through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
by Peter Cox

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Art and history come together in ‘Fur Trade Nation: an Ojibwe’s Graphic History’

Art and history come together in ‘Fur Trade Nation: an Ojibwe’s Graphic History’

Artist Carl Gawboy has used his thirty years of experience teaching the history of fur trade relations on Turtle Island, also known as North America, to create hundreds of illustrations depicting stories of Ojibwe people and lifeways centered on entrepreneurship and freedom.
by Melissa Olson

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U’s Center of American Indian and Minority Health expands to Minneapolis campus

U’s Center of American Indian and Minority Health expands to Minneapolis campus

The University of Minnesota’s medical school hosted the grand opening of the expanded Center of American Indian and Minority Health in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The center focuses on research, education and programming to positively impact American Indian and Alaskan Native health.
by Leah Lemm

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Red Lake Nation goes on a sales trip to India to discuss trade, walleye and wild rice

Red Lake Nation goes on a sales trip to India to discuss trade, walleye and wild rice

India is now the world’s most populous nation with 1.4 billion people. This week a representative from the Red Lake Nation will look to tap into that giant market by joining a U.S. trade mission to New Delhi.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says

How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says

Over the past 24 years, Tracy Toulou has confronted the serious public safety challenges facing Indian Country by working to expand the power of tribal justice systems. There's still much work remaining, but Attorney General Merrick Garland says the office is now an institution within the Justice Department.
by The Associated Press

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Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides

Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides

The Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth.
by The Associated Press

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Bills offer birth justice, reduced mortality for Black and Indigenous Minnesotans

Bills offer birth justice, reduced mortality for Black and Indigenous Minnesotans

Black and Indigenous pregnant Minnesotans have long faced more health disparities than their white counterparts. Now, there’s a push at the Legislature to change that.
by Melissa Olson and Gracie Stockton

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Tribal council and Becker County discuss, disagree over White Earth Forest future

Tribal council and Becker County discuss, disagree over White Earth Forest future

Members of the White Earth Nation Tribal Council shared their vision for the return of the White Earth Forest with the Becker County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. The Commissioners then shared their own different view. However both sides say they are willing to keep the dialog going.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Tussle over new kind of horse-race bets heads to Minnesota courts

Tussle over new kind of horse-race bets heads to Minnesota courts

A tribal community has asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to stop a new form of betting called historical horse racing — which uses terminals to allow bets on races from the past — that was approved by a commission.
by MPR News Staff

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