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A wide shot of the Susie Islands. One of the islands, Francis Island, was recently returned to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, in an acquisition financed by a $1.2 million grant from the Duluth-based Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation.
Travis Novitsky
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa was returned 90 acres of land once held by a MN foundation, whose wealth was derived by a series of controversial land deals dating back centuries.
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Episode 63 features Ontario singer-songwriter Cat Clyde, folk singer/songwriter Ben Musser, poet Marcus Amaker, musician Grant Nelson, and North Dakota bluegrass quartet The Waddington Brothers.
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Each Friday on A Closer Look with the Monitor, Prairie Public's Craig Blumenshine speaks with North Dakota Monitor journalists about their reporting, giving listeners a closer look at major topics in the news, from education and state policy to energy and agriculture topics.
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Lucille Miller was convicted of killing her husband in 1965. Now her daughter Debra reflects on her own traumatic childhood and its lingering effects in The Most Wonderful Terrible Person.