The Minneapolis Fire Department is making history with the first all-Indigenous fire crew.

For the past six months, a crew of four has manned engine 10 in fire house number six in Minneapolis.

Captain Michael Graves, fire motor operator Jessie Strong, and firefighters Johnny Crow and Bobby Headbird make up Minneapolis' first all-Indigenous fire crew.

"We picked engine 10 station six to kind of be close to Little Earth and Franklin community where it's mostly and it's highly dense population of Natives in that area," said Graves.

All the firefighters represent different Nations: Graves from Red Lake, Headbird from Leech Lake and Strong from the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe.

"I'm from Pine Ridge, I'm Oglala Lakota," said Crow.

They're proud to serve the community that raised them.

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