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Cover Story
Legislature update: PIIC can enforce state criminal laws
By Lee Egerstrom
A large number of bills sought by Native American groups and tribal governments approved by the Minnesota Legislature is becoming law, including...
Cover Story
Fostering Native Children Brings “Amazing Rewards”
By Liz Hill
LouAnn and Bryan Blackhawk are a shining example of a couple that has stepped up in an inspirational way to foster Native...
Environment
Minnesotan’s for Line 3 group is paid for by Enbridge Corporation
By Winona LaDuke
Minnesotan’s for Line 3 is actually paid for by the Enbridge Corporation. The group participated in the regulatory process as a grassroots...
News
Circle of Life Home Care carries on, with new owners
By Lee Egerstrom
Circle of Life Home Care Anishinaabe recently gathered friends and clients to an open house in south Minneapolis to celebrate its continuing...
Opinion
Born on the Fourth of July
By Winona LaDuke
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
– Howard Zinn
I’m not the best on dates, so...
The Arts
Ojibwe artist Robert DesJarlait reemerges as artistic force
By Art Coulson
Life has taken many turns for Red Lake artist Robert DesJarlait, including a pair of recent bouts with cancer. But no matter...
Cover Story
Pure love on the dance floor: Celebrating the jingle dress tradition
By Tim Nelson/MPR News
You can hear Mikah Whitecloud Hart coming from a long way away. She’s a jingle dress dancer, one of a group...
The Arts
Books teach importance of resilience, and kindness to animals
Reviews by Deborah Locke
The Dancers
A new children’s book, “The Dancers” by Thomas Peacock could be subtitled “Dancing With Your Heart.” The story is narrated...
Calendar
Community Calendar – July 2019
Thru Aug 17
Brad Kahlhamer’s Bowery Nation+Hawk+Eagle Exhibit
Bockley Gallery announces its first exhibition of works by multimedia artist Brad Kahlhamer titled Bowery Nation+Hawk+Eagle. The exhibit...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – July 2019
By Ricey Wild
Boozhoo! There is a serious topic I’ve been wanting to write about; Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW). The reason I put...
Cover Story
Discrimination still barrier to health in IC
By Lee Egerstrom
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has gathered poll result proof that the general public still has problems recognizing the everyday...
Cover Story
Exhibit is first major show of artwork by Native women
By Marianne Combs/MPR
Walking up to the main exhibition hall on the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s second floor, you might think you’ve come to the...
Environment
The stars, G5 cell towers, and electromagnetic radiation exposure
By Winona LaDuke
Our ancestors navigated by the stars. Today most of us need a cell phone to know where we are going. That’s sobering....
News
Duluth renames city park in Ojibwe language
By Dan Kraker/MPR News
It’s official. After unanimous approval from the Duluth City Council last December, a downtown park has now been renamed in the...
Opinion
The Wall of Forgotten Natives must not be forgotten
By Niharika Bhavsar
“He’s on heroin, and there’s nothing I can do. His mom died of an overdose. You’d think that would make someone want...
Environment
Water Protectors lock down to stop Line 3
On June 3rd, Water Protectors, supported by the Ginew Collective, Northfield Against Line 3 and other groups, halted work at an active construction site...
Environment
The last tar sands pipeline
By Winona LaDuke
In early June, I traveled to Enbridge’s Shareholder meeting in Calgary, in Alberta Canada. Outside, laid off oil workers screamed, “Build that...
The Arts
“Hearts of Our People” co-curators talk about the exhibit
By Deborah Locke
In 2014, an advisory committee to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts met to start work on an exhibition devoted to American Indian...
Political Matters
Political Matters – June 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
On the road again
In May, I had the good fortune to visit Europe again. My wife and I flew to Copenhagen where...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – June 2019
By Ricey Wild
Here we go into the summertime; powwows, trips, camping and whatever fish are worth catching. Tis the season for enjoying the outside...
