LATEST ARTICLES
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Dakota Nations launch Lasting Care for Opioid crisis
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota’s four Dakota Nations have jointly launched a new program to provide ongoing help for people suffering from the opioid crisis, and...
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Indigenous architecture should be beautiful, functional, and Native
By Lee Egerstrom
The principal architect behind the new Mino Oski Ain Dah Yung Center’s young people’s affordable housing project in St. Paul, and several...
Environment
Welcome to the Kill Zone – the Shadow of Husky
By Winona LaDuke
“In four years, three major accidents have occurred that could have led to large
hydrogen fluoride releases. This exposes a shocking level...
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Native American leaders work to overcome community mistrust
By Tiffany Bui/MPR News
When community organizer Elizabeth Day asked a group of Native Americans in the Twin Cities what they wanted to know about...
News
Bdote launches teacher internship for Dakota, Ojibwe language/culture
By Lee Egerstrom
Bdote Learning Center is starting a new teaching internship program to boost the number of Dakota and Ojibwe language and culture teachers...
The Arts
Beth Brant: A wordsmith extraordinaire
A Generous Spirit: Selected Works
by Beth Brant
by Janice Gould (Editor)
Inanna Publications
September 20, 2019
195 pages
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Review by Deborah Locke
“A Generous Spirit: Selected Work...
Sports
Alexis Desjarlait and Grace White: Red Lake Lady Warriors
By Dan Ninham
Native college athletes are trailblazers and pacesetters. They set precedence by going to college to be student-athletes, staying in college and graduating,...
Political Matters
Political Matters – January 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
Here comes Twin Metals
In December, Twin Metals submitted its mine plan of operations to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and an...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – January 2020
By Ricey Wild
Whatta past year, ennit? I really hope that yooz all was much better than mine. I have survived it as yet. And...
Community News
The Circle’s Native Authors Fundraiser 2019
The Circle’s annual fundraiser was held on December 13th at the All Nations Indian Church in Minneapolis. Guest speaker Marcie Rendon (White Earth Ojibwe)...
Calendar
Community Calendar – January 2020
Thru Feb 2
Foresight - 20 years of Mitakuye Oyasin
Foresight is a retrospective exhibition highlighting the past 20 years of artists that have been featured...
Cover Story
Mino Oski Ain Dah Yung Opens
By Lee Egerstrom
Tribal leaders, government officials and social service providers from throughout the urban metro area met in St. Paul prior to Thanksgiving to...
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Elders become targets for scam artists during the holidays
By Lee Egerstrom
The holidays are a season of giving for most people, but scam artists increasingly turn it into a season of taking.
Native elders...
History
Thanksgiving is Time for Reparations
By Winona LaDuke
It’s Thanksgiving Morning. Everywhere in America. Thanksgiving needs to mean something to Native people. Something like justice and reparations.
I’m not going to...
Environment
Making deals with the Devil or with the Creator
By Winona LaDuke
Last month’s 383,000 gallon oil spill of the Keystone Pipeline in Edinburgh, North Dakota is the deal with the devil. For those...
News
Upper Midwest Native groups get big support from Bush Foundation
By Lee Egerstrom
The Bush Foundation in November awarded five Bush Prize for Community Innovation prizes and grants to organizations in Minnesota and the Dakotas...
Cover Story
MN History Center’s “Our Home: Native Minnesota” worth checking out
By Deborah Locke
First, a question. Would you agree that in the years since European settlers occupied Minnesota land and shoved Natives to reservations or...
Calendar
Community Calendar – December 2019
Thru Sept 2020
Julie Buffalohead Exhibit
Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Tribe) creates visual narratives told by animal characters that have personhood, agency, and individuality. Buffalohead connects the...
National Briefs
New Briefs – December 2019
‘The worst we have ever seen’: Statue depicting Sacagawea being removed
Charlottesville, VA (AP) – The city council in Charlottesville, Virginia, voted last month to move...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Strength sports is more than just deadlifts, it’s about community
By Dan Ninham
Powerlifting is a strength sport where the goal is to lift as much weight as possible. Your strength is measured by your...
