Today, we have a special edition of Native Lights to share with you. We’re talking with Robert Lilligren, CEO of the Native American Community Development Institute, which is based in Minneapolis. He is also a White Earth citizen. Robert discusses the unprecedented deployment of some 2,000 ICE and Border Patrol agents to Minneapolis and how that has impacted the Native community, especially in the wake of the Renee Good shooting by an ICE agent. He shares what it’s like to be on the ground in Minneapolis right now, why whistles are important, and what Native
leaders and organizations are doing to educate and protect the community. He also talks about the power of coming together, traditional pract ices and laughter during these uncertain times.

If you want to know what your rights are if stopped by ICE or Border Patrol, you can find that and other information on the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors website at MUIDmn.org.
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Hosts / Producers: Leah Lemm

Editor: Britt Aamodt

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 

Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood
Photo courtesy of Robert Lilligren
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