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Powwow Calendar
Powwow Calendar April 2018
April 7
CNIA 34th Annual Contest Powwow - Contest
MC: Jerry Dearly. AD: Gabe Desrosiers. Host Drums: Dakota Nation, and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Contest Info:...
Calendar
Community Calendar April 2018
Thru April 20
Bring Her Home: Daughters of Turtle Island
The exhibition “Bring Her Home: Daughters of Turtle Island” will be on view at the All...
The Arts
Wind River sheds light on criminal jurisdictional issues in Indian Country
By Deborah Locke
Any art form that brings violence against American Indian women into a harsh light brings everyone a step closer to eradicating that...
The Arts
Almighty Voice and His Wife: the play’s run was too short
By Winona LaDuke
Sometimes you hear a story which breaks your heart. Breaks your heart because you never heard it, breaks your heart when you...
News
‘It just felt very wrong:’ Sherman Alexie’s accusers go on the...
By Lynn Neary/MPR News
In March, writer Sherman Alexie issued a statement admitting he “has harmed” others, after rumors and allegations began to circulate about...
Environment
What Enbridge money can and cannot buy
By Winona LaDuke
In March the Ojibwe - Enbridge battle shows the political pressure that $5 million worth of lobbying can buy in Minnesota, and...
Education
Park Rapids student stands up by sitting down for Pledge
By Bob Collins/MPR News
Teresita Diaz, 17, a junior at Park Rapids Area High School in northern Minnesota, wants you to know she’s not disrespecting...
News
Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force gets first hearing
Legislation to create a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force received its first hearing in March in the House Government Operations Committee (HF...
News
Natives American women stopped by police more than other races
American Indian women were disproportionately stopped, searched and arrested by police in Minneapolis in 2017. Researchers at St. Catherine University and the University of...
Columnists
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – April
By Ricey Wild
I’ve been waiting for 45 to be impeached. Sigh. Been waiting too long – like for the warm bus to show up...
Community News
What’s New in the Community April 2018
Red Lake High School robotics teams wins Rookie Inspiration Award
(By Michael Meuers, Photo by Allan Olson/Cass Lake Times) The Red Lake Senior High School (Red...
Cover Story
Working for Missing/Murdered Indian Women
By Camille Erickson
On a tepid winter day this February, hundreds of people adorned in red attire flooded into the Minneapolis. American Indian Center (MAIC)...
Business
Designing for efficiency, utility and beauty in Indian country
by Lee Egerstrom
A Minneapolis-based architect and urban designer has been helping tribes and Native American groups plan and build useful buildings and landscapes all...
Education
A brief history of American Indian boarding schools
American Indian boarding schools, which operated in Minnesota and across the United States beginning in the late nineteenth century, represent a dark chapter in...
Environment
Line 3 proposal shows willful ignorance of Ojibwe history and rights
By Winona LaDuke
In all the coverage of Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 3 pipeline project, and in the recent and predictable pro-pipeline commentary by an...
Environment
Riding the Line: Enbridge and the horse nation
By Winona LaDuke
I am a traveler, for sure, but my love of the horse, the sound of horses on our Mother Earth, the chance...
Business
Farm Bill important to Indian Country (July 2017)
By Lee Egerstrom
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is reminding Indian Country that it needs to work with Congress and naturally allied groups to support...
Cover Story
Courts, Pipelines and Liabilities: Minnesota may want to take note (July...
By Winona LaDuke
“We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from undue political influence, and will ask the Court to shut down...
News
NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS (July 2017)
ARIZONA METEORITE RECEIVES APACHE NAME
PHOENIX, AZ – A meteorite that landed on tribal land last year has been given the Apache name Dishchii'bikoh Ts'iłsǫǫsé Tsee....
Community News
LOCAL BRIEFS (July 2017)
N.D. OFFICIALS CLAIM IGNORANCE ON DAPL SEC. FIRM
BISMARCK, ND – Top officials in North Dakota relied on the security firm TigerSwan for surveillance on...
