Mainstreet Radio's Catherine Winter reports on Cass Lake-Bena school district, a small district on the Leech Lake Reservation that has struggled with racial tension for years. The district is trying to serve its Native students better, but the case is still not settled.

In the 1970s, many Native American parents were so unhappy with the Cass Lake-Bena schools that they pulled their children out and formed a new Native American school. Five years ago, a group of Native American parents and community members filed a complaint against the Cass Lake-Bena district with the U.S. Department of Justice, saying their children were unfairly steered away from college prep classes and weren't getting the language help they needed. The Department of Justice found that the district had violated the children's civil rights.