Lopez has since built a 25-year career advocating for women, particularly Indigenous women. As new director of Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office (MMIR), her mission is to ...

Big Spirit Inc. proudly announces the design of a specialized license plate to raise funds and reflect a deep commitment to Indigenous cultures in Minnesota. We are very honored to be a part of a ...

Monday marks Indigenous Peoples Day in Minnesota, which is meant to recognize the contributions they've made to Minnesota. It's also a time when many people reflect on the disproportionate violence ...

More than 5,700 Native American women are reported missing in the United States each year. That's according to the National ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office has a new leader. Guadalupe Lopez, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, took over the office in July. The MMIR ...

With hunters venturing into the woods for deer hunting season, the state's missing persons investigators are asking for reports of anything unusual.

April Ignacio of Indivisible Tohono says: Email or call your U.S. Senator and ask them to push for a Senate vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act as it was passed through ...

Hunters and others who may be hiking or foraging in remote areas are asked to look for items of clothing or bones that don't appear to be from an animal.

If you haven’t read Vanessa Lillie’s “Blood Sisters,” you should before diving into her latest, “The Bone Thief.” Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) archaeologist Syd Walker is back, as is her wife, Mal, ...