Native Voice One Podcast

Predominantly white towns that border large American Indian reservations can be racially charged places. It is difficult for residents to face the historical atrocities and heal as a community. In a small city in Minnesota's north woods, Natives and their non-Native allies have been working for 50 years to do just that. Join us as we hear their stories in the documentary Rocking the Boat: the Story of Changing Race Relations in Bemidji, Minnesota. It's a special report from Minnesota Native News brought to you by Native Voice One.

Predominantly white towns that border large American Indian reservations can be racially charged places. It is difficult for residents to face the historical atrocities and heal as a community. In a small city in Minnesota's north woods, Natives and their non-Native allies have been working for 50 years to do just that. Join us as we hear their stories in the documentary Rocking the Boat: the Story of Changing Race Relations in Bemidji, Minnesota. It's a special report from Minnesota Native News brought to you by Native Voice One.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe vows to fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in court

Seattle City Council votes to cut ties with Wells Fargo bank over pipeline project

Communities to testify about murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls

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What should Indian Country be watching for in a Donald Trump administration? Let’s explore four policy challenges.

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No child grows up hearing — or asking — for numbers. Instead the four words, “tell me a story,” are the ones deeply embedded into our human software. And that will never change. But the power of numbers, the importance of data, is growing exponentially and becoming essential to how we understand larger narratives.

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Montana tribal leaders are optimistic about the choice for Interior secretary

The camps at Standing Rock prepare for a festive weekend and a blizzard

A world premiere of a popular animated movie—and it’s on an all-Indigenous network

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Tom Cole, a member of the Chickasaw Tribe, has been one of the most important Native American voices in Congress ever. As a conservative Republican, Cole can make the case for tribal sovereignty among Republicans and with the party’s leadership in Congress.

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The Standing Rock Sioux chairman warns the pipeline fight is not over

The Cherokee Nation now recognizes same sex marriage

The Coeur d Alene Tribe is getting design help from college students

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Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to head the Department of the Interior. If confirmed by the Senate, she would managed federal lands, including those that produce energy, as well as national parks. She would be oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs. One of the issues that will impact many tribes is salmon. McMorris Rodgers describes herself as a “champion of our dams and the power they produce.” And that stance will likely impact plans to increase salmon recovery in Northwest rivers.

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The Dakota Access Pipeline failed to get an easement under the Missouri River from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This whole story has been more about the 19th century than the 21st. But this is a new beginning and an extraordinary opportunity for the state of North Dakota to build a new partnership with tribes and do the right thing.

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