Teens are prepping for next month’s Minnesota Indian Education Association Dakota language bowl. A new Dakota language collaboration at Red Wing High School will also encourage youth to gain fluency in the language, which was often lost at Indian boarding schools.
Author Archives: Catharine Richert
Catharine Richert is based in Rochester, Minn., and covers Southeast Minnesota for MPR News. She was previously on MPR's politics team, and has contributed to MPR's health care coverage. She lives in Rochester with her husband, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, and their three children.
