Melissa Olson

In 1966, a state wildlife survey found wild rice growing thick on Little Sandy Lake, just north of Mountain Iron in the northeastern part of the state.

Seventeen-year-old Dylon Oothoudt was found dead Sept. 13 on the 1600 block of John Moose Drive Northwest in Pike Bay Township, in rural Cass Lake.

Quick Read Good fire returned to Minnesota Point in Duluth on Thursday, when the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and its partners

Quick Read Minnesota marks Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. While the word “Indigenous” is more common than ever, the word “Indian” and

Quick Read A day after a three-alarm fire destroyed a south Minneapolis store and damaged a neighboring building owned by the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, occupants assessed the damage on Monday.

The emergency takeover of Red Lake Nation's child welfare agency was due to the program failing to act as children were “neglected, abused and malnourished,” the U.S. government said in an official document.

Quick Read Investigators with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced Friday that two Minnesota businesses violated state law when refusing to accept tribal ID cards from their customers.

Red Lake Nation Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. has agreed to resign from office, the tribe said in a statement on Friday. However, Seki has denied that he has stepped down yet.

Dozens of people gathered Monday evening on the Red Lake Nation for a candlelight vigil to remember several children who have died in recent years while in the care or supervision of the tribe's child welfare program.

Quick Read Allison Lussier's family always believed her boyfriend was responsible for the 47-year-old Indigenous woman's death and that Minneapolis police mishandled the investigation.