Patricia Staine (right) testifies before the Minnesota House of Representatives on February 14, 2023, during a hearing on a bill to amend the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA). Representative Alicia Kozlowski (DFL-Duluth) sits at left. Copyright Minnesota House of Representatives; photo by Catherine Davis. Used with the permission of House Public Information Services.

Minnesota Representative Heather Keeler (DFL-Moorhead, standing at right) speaks about MIFPA on the floor of the Minnesota House on March 9, 2023. Representatives Alicia Kozlowski (DFL-Duluth, standing at center) and Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville, standing at left) listen. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer. Used with the permission of Michelle Griffith.

Postcard illustration of Nanabozho fighting with Paul Bunyan. Distributed by the Tribal Council of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa no later than 1995.

Map of land transferred by the Minnesota Historical Society to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in 2017.

Jim Denomie and Peter Lommen at the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award ceremony, November 14, 2019. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Myotus.

Jim Denomie speaking in front of one of his paintings at the Tweed Museum of Art in Duluth. Photo by Ivy Vainio, 2018. Used with the permission of Ivy Vainio.

“Vatican Cafe.” Oil-on-canvas painting by Jim Denomie, 2014, on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in the exhibition “The Lyrical Artwork of Jim Denomie.” Photograph by Flickr Commons user Scott Ashkenaz, July 12, 2023. See also the Minneapolis Institute of Art's catalog record for the painting.

Jim Denomie (left) laughing with Jonathan Thunder (right) in Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis. Photo by Tashia Hart, August 2021. Used with the permission of Tashia Hart.

Jim Denomie at Bockley Gallery. Photo by Dyani White Hawk, 2019. Used with the permission of Dyani White Hawk.

“Standing Rock 2016.” Oil-on-canvas painting by Jim Denomie, 2018.