November is Native American Heritage Month so today we're saluting Minnesota Native authors whose new books in several genres remind us that Native people are here and telling their stories, especially in our vibrant writing community.
Set in a newly built community center sometime in the future, it centers around a task force of Native folks based along Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis, which in real life has a long history of being a hub for urban Native communities, businesses and organizations.
Superior National Forest officials are considering the size, makeup and emphasis of a new group to collaborate on the challenges of managing the vast, million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The group is one of the goals of a related analysis of wilderness management that gathered input from, among others, local government officials, outfitters and cooperators who issue permits, .