Between 1492 and 1900, approximately 12 million indigenous people in North America were killed by war, disease and murder. Today, 5,500 of those who remain call Minneapolis home.

In this episode from the Bertelsmann Foundation’s Democracy in Cities series, we explore stories of preserving language, culture and history in one of the largest urban Native American communities in the United States. Set in south Minneapolis, Minnesota, we delve deep into work of civil society organizations that provide employment, healthcare and voter access services to an incredible array of tribal nations from across Minnesota, and get to know the remarkable people of the Native American Community Development Institute who make it all work. This episode is part of a six-part series produced by the Bertelsmann Foundation, in partnership with the Cities program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.