LATEST ARTICLES
Cover Story
Bald Eagle Erectors keeps Native traditions alive
By Lee Egerstrom
Whether from the plains or from the lakes and woods, Native Americans have used their skills to build some of the most...
Cover Story
Tribes and public agencies spur efforts to fight the opioid crisis
By Lee Egerstrom
A sharp increase in deaths linked to opioid addiction in Minnesota and especially in Native communities is triggering alarm throughout the state...
Environment
Sleeping with the Wiindigo, and how to wake up
By Winona LaDuke
Way to go Fond du Lac. First you all throw us under the bus over a pipeline. All Minnesota Chippewa Tribes opposed...
Cover Story
Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program holds local workshop
By Liz Hill
This is not the first time – nor will it be the last – that the prestigious Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program has...
Political Matters
Political Matters – April 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Ethnocide in the Amazon rain forest
We tend to think that Trump is our misfortune, a corrupt and incompetent leader for the United...
Calendar
Calendar of Events – April 2019
Thru April 30
MN Zoo Farm Babies
Cuteness abounds with baby chicks, piglets, lambs, calves, goat kids, and bunnies. Check out the special “egg” treats for...
The Arts
Collision and cooperation: A portrait of North Shore fur trade in...
Review by Deborah Locke
Gitchi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade
By Timothy Cochrane
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota...
The Arts
New exhibit explores the history of the Jingle Dress
One hundred years ago in 1918-1919 when the global influenza pandemic killed millions worldwide, including thousands of Native Americans, a revolutionary new tradition of...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – April 2019
By Ricey Wild
My recent grocery list: “honey, jalapeños, tortillas, bananas, eggs, butter and cheese, tortillas chips, cinnamon bread and regurgitate”(?). My friends were helping...
Letters to the Editor
Letters from community youth
These letters are from the perspective of youth in our community who attended The Waybingay Program’s “To Release” workshop, which focused on prevention of...
Cover Story
Bush grant supports Native homelessness
By Lee Egerstrom
The Bush Foundation has awarded the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) a two-year, $207,000 grant to explore community-based solutions to the...
Cover Story
In allowing Line 3 appeal, Walz wades into most contentious...
By Dan Kraker/MPR
Just a month into the job, Gov. Tim Walz waded into one of the state’s most contentious battlegrounds in February with the...
Environment
The Last Tar Sands Pipeline
By Winona LaDuke
This past month, Enbridge CEO Al Monaco shared his plans to complete Enbridge’s Line 3 through Minnesota by the end of 2019....
Environment
Amazon.com Inc. should save the Amazon Rainforest
By Winona LaDuke
Ever worry that one day you will wake up and find you are owned by Amazon? They keep growing. With all their...
Cover Story
Chefs raise awareness and funds for Native higher education
By Dina Horwedel
Many Natives have tasted Native squash and enjoyed staghorn sumac, along with the tart/sweet delicious taste of chokecherries, but most people outside...
Native Arts
Bluedog’s new album reflects the lives and times of Native Americans
By Lee Egerstrom
The title of the forthcoming Bluedog band album shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone living in Indian Country. The title and...
Native Arts
Denomie exhibit: when reality and imagination combine
By Deborah Locke
When you think of American Indian art, what comes to mind? Feathers, buffaloes, eagles, red and green peppers, a powwow dancer, a...
Political Matters
Political Matters – March 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Indigenous at the Oscars
In accepting the Oscar for best director on Feb. 24, Mexican director Alphonso Cuarón thanked the Academy “for recognizing...
Calendar
Community Calendar – March 2019
Thru April 6
Jim Denomie: Standing Rock Paintings
Bockley Gallery’s exhibition of Jim Denomie: Standing Rock Paintings, comprises of three large-scale, oil on canvas paintings and...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – March 2019
By Ricey Wild
Dear friends; my beloved Gramma Rose who I’ve written about many times has passed on at 100+years old. I grieve her deeply...
