Constructed of western red cedar, the mural is monumental in size — 17 feet high and 95 feet wide. The mural was installed on the south face of the Minneapolis American Indian Center almost 50 years ago. The center has been under construction since last winter.
Chef Sean Sherman received the Julia Child Award at the 9th Annual Julia Child Award Gala for his work as a chef, restaurateur, educator and advocate for Indigenous foodways.
The Mississippi River is “like the garden of Eden for Dakota people,” central to many of their creation stories, according to an organizer of the Owámni Falling Water Festival.
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with five new staff journalists about what they do. Meet the Morning Edition producers, our early education reporter and the new Native News team.
A community gathering Monday in Red Wing, Minn., celebrated the unveiling of a large-scale outdoor mural honoring the Dakota people and Chief Red Wing.
A book that tells the stories of the Upper Sioux Community may help students across the state learn more about Indigenous communities in Minnesota. Another tribal nation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, is providing the books for free.
Minnesota Now spoke with senior editor Leah Lemm and reporter Melissa Olson about their new initiative to strengthen Native coverage across our region and about Indigenous Peoples Day being marked as a state holiday for the first time.
From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience with ceremonies, dances and speeches. The events across the U.S. come two years after President Joe Biden officially commemorated Indigenous Peoples Day.