Jose Elias Avendano, who has Temporary Protected Status, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Jan. 9, 2026, in Minnesota. Avendano still wears the paper wristband placed on him during his detention in case he is stopped again, using it to show officers that he has already been detained by federal authorities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/arts/design/hmong-refugees-twin-cities-story-cloths.html
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/arts-culture-the-trojan-horse-of-native-theater
https://www.propublica.org/article/native-american-parental-rights-termination-icwa-scotus
American Indian Center Reopening for Meet Minneapolis
American Indian Center Re-Opening in Minneapolis, MN for Meet Minneapolis
Wild rice harvesting for Upstream Fellowship
Missing and murdered Indigenous relatives medicine dance in St. Paul, MN for Gumbo Media.
Isaac Garcia for the New York Times
David Truer for New York Times Magazine
Marcie Rendon for the McKnight Foundation
Biskakone Greg Johns and Alexandria Sulaini For IllumiNative and Indigenous Photograph Indigenous Futures Storytelling Project

