Howes a game changer for Cloquet HS varsity soccer team

By Dan Ninham Rizal Agaton Howes is an enrolled Muscogee and a descendant of the Fond du Lac Ojibwe. His Ojibwe name is giniwens, meaning...

Community Calendar – December 2023

Ongoing Waite House Middle School Programming Join our Middle School Programming! We will be offering tutoring services and craft making workshops. We will be doing...

I won’t miss my opportunity next time

By Arne Vainio, MD I missed the print deadline for my last story. Something always happens around Christmas to make me appreciate the gifts we...
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It Aint Easy Being Indian – December 2023

By Wild Ricey Ah...Buffy Sainte Marie was not the first ‘Pretendian.’ When she was outed by The Fifth Estate in Canada, I was disappointed and...

Locals build sweatlodge for PA prisoners

By Lee Egerstrom A unique bond with Pennsylvania prisoners resulted in Minnesota volunteers spending a few days in early October building a sweat lodge for...

NACDI receives national honor for promoting Native voting

By Lee Egerstrom Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon presented a national award to the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) on Indigenous Peoples Day...

A story of genocide, colonization, greed and deforestation

By Winona LaDuke In late August, the New York Times covered a story about two Indigenous Piripkura Men who had saved some land in the...

MIGIZI youth center reopens after burning in Floyd unrest

By Nicole Ki / MPR News Around 500 people gathered on October 5th to celebrate the grand opening of MIGIZI, a Native American youth center based...

IHB holds site blessing for future Menaandawiwe Healing Campus

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 9, the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis (IHB) held a site blessing for the future home of the Menaandawiwe...

New Native Theatre Presents A Christmas In Ochopee

By Noreen Quadir Join the Wheetleys, a loving Miccosukee family living in the Florida Everglades, as they try their best to prepare their holiday feast...

DJ Smith, three-sport athlete at Moorhead High School

By Dan Ninham DJ Smith (Yankton Sioux) is a senior at Moorhead High School. He is winding down his final season as a football captain...

Political Matters – November 2023

By Mordecai Specktor Spotlight on Native culture I just got back from a Sunday night performance of “For the People,” a play about Native life on...

Community Calendar – November 2023

ONGOING American Indian Group Prenatal Expecting American Indian moms, come join us for a culturally focused prenatal care and education group at the Indian Health...

This big world can be a lonely place

By Arne Vainio MD “Has it really been sixteen years?” “It has.” She answered. “I still think about him every day.” She was 78 now and...
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It Aint Easy Being Indian – November 2023

By Ricey Wild Last month I missed y’all for Spooky time and I apologize. My laptop fuzzed out and I had no “O” on the...

Hockey legend Henry Boucha dies but his Native advocacy work lives...

By Lee Egerstrom Minnesota’s sports world and Native American communities learned this past month that hockey great and former Olympian Henry Boucha died while being...

Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi under way

By Lee Egerstrom At some point late next year, a new Wakan Tipi Center on St. Paul’s East Side will have a grand opening ceremony...

Digitizing our stories at the Minnesota History Center

By Eileen Bass/MHS My name is Eileen Bass and I am a member of the Sac & Fox Nation of OK, with additional family ties...

Indigenous Writers Gathering brings Native authors, illustrators together

by Marlene Wisuri Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet, Minnesota, was the setting for the Indigenous Writers Gathering organized by Thomas and...

Leech Lake formalizes adult-use recreational cannabis on tribal lands

By Melissa Olson/MPR News The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has formalized adult-use recreational cannabis on its tribal lands, while taking a step toward opening...