Curious Minnesota

Listen: Which Indigenous tribes first called Minnesota home?

By Eric Roper , Star Tribune
January 27, 2022 - 1:37 PM

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Indigenous people have been living in the area that became Minnesota since ancient times. Anton Treuer, professor of Objiwe at Bemidji State University, joins the Curious Minnesota podcast to discuss the Native Americans who inhabited the state prior to European settlement — and their tribal affiliations.

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Which Indigenous tribes first called Minnesota home?