LATEST ARTICLES
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Storytelling, Health, Wellness & Partnering
By Lee Egerstrom
This past summer was filled with opportunities for Native American and other young people to develop storytelling skills while focusing on various...
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U’s medical school in Duluth welcomes record number of Native students
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News
When Jennie Murillo was in high school, she remembers going to her local Indian Health Service clinic in southeast Idaho for regular checkups...
News
Why are so many Native Americans missing from the last census?
By Natasha Rausch
Jamie Azure said the numbers were off. When he saw the results from the 2010 census, he said they didn’t look right...
Environment
A New Breath – White Earth Chairman Fairbanks
By Winona LaDuke
I’ve been to a lot of inaugurations in my life, they are always full of promise, hope and, more recently dread. The...
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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women billboard goes up in Duluth
The first Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) billboard was placed in Duluth in August, in an effort to raise awareness and build momentum...
News
Native American tour is designed to educate teachers on historical...
By Elizabeth Shockman/MPR News
In early August, a group of Minneapolis public school teachers stood atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. Victor Makes Room For Them, who...
Health
Johns Hopkins’ move into Minnesota seen as gain for Indian health...
By Lee Egerstrom
Medical researchers and officials in Duluth insist the opening of a Johns Hopkins University research hub with existing staff from University of...
Health
US Native American health agency at crossroads
By the Associated Press
Emergency rooms shut down for months. Hospitals put patients at risk for opioid abuse and overdoses. A longtime pediatrician was charged with sexually...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Believing In Native football players at Central Lakes College
by Dan Ninham
I Believe In You. In Ojibwe it is “Gidebweyenimin” and in Cherokee it is “-agwohiyu nihi”. These are perhaps the most empowering...
Local Briefs
What’s New in the Community – September 2019
Jim Denomie receives 2019 McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award
Jim Denomie has received the 2019 McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award. This honor, given annually to...
Book Review
Grandpa and Grandma Auginash and the rise of wage labor of...
Book review by Deborah Locke
When you read Brenda Child’s “My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks,” you may ask yourself this question. Why, why didn’t I ask...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – September 2019
By Ricey Wild
Dear Teacher,
“What I did this summer.”
Well, actual summer temps came late to Rezberry and so the growing season was short. I was...
Calendar
Community Calendar – September 2019
Thru Sept 16
We Are Water MN Exhibit
"We Are Water MN" reveals the central nature of water in our lives by exploring how we relate...
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College Credit Helps High School Students
By Lee Egerstrom
High school students thinking about going to college after graduation should explore Minnesota’s many options for earning college credits along with their...
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Fed’s Center for Indian Country Dev. builds from human resources
By Lee Egerstrom
At the mention of the word infrastructure, most people think of roads, bridges, airports and other physical structures that support commerce and...
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IHS hospitals put Native Americans at opioid risk, audit says
By the Associated Press
U.S. government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing...
Environment
Reconciliation Pipeline: how to shackle Native people, again
By Winona LaDuke
You can’t make this stuff up. At the end of the fossil fuel era, the plan is to transfer the liability to...
Sports
MN to send lacrosse teams to North American Indigenous Games
By Art Coulson
For the first time in 25 years, Minnesota will send a lacrosse team to compete in the North American Indigenous Games next...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Angelo Baca: Runner, Educator and Filmmaker
By Dan Ninham
At 39, Angelo Baca (Navajo/Hopi) continues to lace up his running shoes and runs toward the east before sunrise. A three-time National...
Environment
Bad River Band of Ojibwe sues Enbridge
By Winona LaDuke
On July 23, the Bad River Band of Ojibwe filed a law suit against Canadian based Enbridge Company, seeking to force removal...
