The Minnesota Historical Society is archiving hundreds of thousands of newspapers through digital scans. Many of them are newspapers created and owned by Native American Minnesotans.

The Minnesota Historical Society is digitizing more a hundred years of Native American newspapers, so they can be accessed online.

“To be able to just archive our histories as it happens, and especially that first-person perspective,” said Rita Walaszek Arndt, program and outreach manager for Native American Initiatives at the Minnesota Historical Society. “Being able to have those primary sources from the people is really important.”