LATEST ARTICLES
Cover Story
Melissa Eagleshield went missing 5 years ago: Thousands more Indigenous people...
By Natasha Rausch, Sarah Mearhoff and Dana Ferguson / Inforum
Editor's note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the crisis of...
Cover Story
History and trauma are factors in Native opioid overdose deaths
By Lee Egerstrom
A first of a kind community based fatality review conducted at the White Earth Nation identifies risk factors that contribute to making...
Environment
The long, exhausting battle against Enbridge for our lands and water
By Winona LaDuke
Enbridge’s 7-year battle for a new pipe line has worn us all thin. We have poured out by the thousands, over 68,000...
History
Education on history of Indian boarding schools gets a boost
By Dan Gunderson/MPR
A national organization based in Minnesota is kicking off a new 10-year plan to bring attention to a dark chapter in U.S....
Cover Story
Remembering Marvin Manypenny – a champion
By Winona LaDuke
Pillars of courage hold up the justice we know we deserve. The passing of Marvin Manypenny, a lifelong champion of the rights...
The Arts
“Warrior Women” shows the strength of unified resistance
Review by Deborah Locke
In one of the lighter moments of the award-winning film “Warrior Women,” an American Indian man points out that whereas Indian...
Community News
Ernest Whiteman (Strong Old Man) was artist, teacher, advocate, friend
By Diane Wilson
Ernie Whiteman (Tei’eihi Beh’eih/Strong Old Man) was a man of many talents who will be remembered as an artist, teacher, advocate, changemaker,...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Jiigewegaabaw: Looks over the edge for his people and family
By Dan Ninham
Jiigewegaabaw: My wen’ehs (namesakes) saw me in a dream looking over the water, looking out over Lake Mille Lacs. The translation is...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
More mining monkey business
In my January column, I wrote about the formal announcement of the Twin Metals Minnesota copper-nickel mining scheme, a...
History
Celebrating 40 years of The Circle
This year we will feature old articles, photos and pages from years gone by as we look back at 40 years of covering the...
Calendar
Community Calendar – February 2020
Thru Feb 14
Revitalizing Symbols
Revitalizing Symbols features artwork by Indigenous North American Artists who incorporate revitalization in their practices through different mediums. Artists: Jaida Grey Eagle,...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – February 2020
By Ricey Wild
Finally, I can write this column after being subjected to Microsoft’s pretentious, lofty, mighty and absolute control of our entire existence. I...
Cover Story
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...
Cover Story
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...
Cover Story
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...
