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Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to expand an air quality alert originally for northern Minnesota to much of the state. The current alert expires at 6 a.m. Thursday. Areas under the alert include Hibbing, International Falls, Roseau, Bemidji, East Grand Forks, Moorhead, Brainerd, St. Cloud, Rochester, Mankato, the Twin Cities and the tribal areas of Leech Lake, Red Lake, Fond du Lac, Mille Lacs, Upper Sioux and Prairie Island. Fine particle...

CORRECTED: 2 Bemidji men arrested during multi-agency human trafficking operation  Six people, including two men from Bemidji, were arrested during a recent human trafficking operation in Beltrami County over the course of two days. Written By: Pioneer Staff Report | 12:28 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 × Editors Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the two Bemidji men arrested were working under subcontractors on the Line 3 replacement project, Enbridge has...

Dakota people in what is now Minnesota began using glass beads to decorate clothing, bags, and household items in the mid-nineteenth century. The practice both reinforced and transformed Dakota art, allowing Native artists to preserve a creative tradition that continues in the twenty-first century. Before European trade introduced glass beads to North America around 1500, Dakota and other Native people made beads from shells, stones, bones, and teeth. Artists used long-bone beads called hairpip...

Minnesota asks Washington to repeal Indian banishment Minnesotas request to overturn a federal law that threw Dakota and Winnebago Indians out of the state can become a way to teach about mistreatment over the years, Native Americans and a state legislator say. Written By: DL News Staff | 3:54 pm, May. 29, 2009 Minnesotas request to overturn a federal law that threw Dakota and Winnebago Indians out of the state can become a way to teach about mistreatment over the years, Na...

Indigenous, historic preservation groups object to wind project near Jeffers Petroglyphs The project, the first large-scale wind and solar plant in the state, would impair the viewshed of the historic site.  February 4, 2021 — 6:01pm Text size Copy shortlink: The Big Bend project planned for southern Minnesota would be one of the states biggest wind farms, and paired with a large solar plant, would be different from any other power...

Undowanpi, (We Sing) What traditional singing means to modern day Indigenous people gifted to do so Tanner Peterson took advantage of an internship with Pioneer Public Television to produce a video series offering the perspective of four modern-day Native American singers who feel gifted to continue the traditional songs of their people 8:03 am, Jan. 27, 2021 × Tanner Peterson, right, interviews Native American singer Gabriel Desrosiers for the video series “Undowanpi, ...