News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY: Feb 2018
Rice becomes first tribal police chief on POST Board
Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Mille Lacs Band Police Chief Sara Rice to the Minnesota Board of...
News
Lake Calhoun officially recognized as Bde Maka Ska
Bde Maka Ska is now the official name of the lake previously known as Lake Calhoun, following county and state approval of a request...
Cover Story
Treasure Island Center links St. Paul with its Mdewakanton past
BY LEE EGERSTROM
You can’t miss it. Smack dab in the middle of Downtown St. Paul, a square-block anchor building with bold signage now announces to...
Cover Story
Barry Runs for District 62B House
BY CAMILLE ERICKSON
“I am answering a call to serve,” asserted Korina Barry (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) as she announced that she will seek the District 62B...
Passing On
PASSING ON: Dennis Smith Lothert Sr.
Dennis Smith Lothert Sr.
June 23, 1946 - December 5, 2017
Dennis Smith Lothert Sr. – (Hey Man) Wambdi Isnana, meaning Lone Eagle –age 71 of...
The Arts
Canadian series shows pre-Columbian New World as complex, sophisticated
BY DEBORAH LOCKE
Two points stand out from the eight-episode Canadian-produced series “1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus.” First, indigenous people from North,...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY: Jan 2018
Cobenais Appointed to Governor's Council
(By Michael Meuers) Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed Jerald Cobenais of Red Lake as the “Red Lake Band of Ojibwe Delegate...
Environment
HTE to bring legal action challenging MNPUC
In December, Honor the Earth vowed to bring legal action challenging the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MNPUC) 4-1 vote to approve the Final Environmental Impact...
Opinion
Trump’s Sad Relationship With American Indians
BY MARK ANTHONY ROLO
Donald Trump has never had much of a history with Americans Indians, but during the course of his first year in...
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Jan 2018
LEECH LAKE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST OPIOID MAKERS
CASS LAKE, MN – On December 19, 2017 the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe approved the filing of...
News
The Circle’s 2017 Native Author’s Breakfast Fundraiser
The Circle’s Annual Native Author’s Breakfast Fundraiser, held on December 15th, was one of the most successful fundraisers in the eight years we have...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN: Jan 2018
BY RICEY WILD
I’m bringing back the greeting, “Happy New Year!!!” This very important wish was taken from us last year and anyone who was caught...
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS: Jan 2018
By Mordecai Specktor
#Resist in 2018
In 2017, President Dumbass didn’t start a nuclear war, and for that we can be grateful. His administration – an...
Book Review
Erdrich’s futuristic novel paints intriguing view of oppressive world to come
BY DEBORAH LOCKE
If all the basic elements of a good book emerge as you read – character development, suspense, conflict, plot intrigue, a sympathetic...
Cover Story
MIWRC explores ways to keep Kateri alive
BY LEE EGERSTROM
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is scrambling to raise funds to either take over the Kateri Residence in the Phillips Neighborhood...
Business
New radio station KRSM takes to the air in south Minneapolis
By Lee Egerstrom
A low-powered FM radio station seven years in the making has taken to the air in south Minneapolis.
While small in size compared...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN: Dec 2017
BY RICEY WILD
So #45 “honored” Navajo Code Talkers in front the genocidal president Andrew Jackson portrait and referred to Senator Elizabeth Warren as ‘Pocahontas’. Senator...
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS: December 2017
By Mordecai Specktor
Remembering Dennis Banks
When I started writing about American Indian issues, about 40 years ago, I began hearing stories about Dennis Banks, a...
Environment
Water Protectors, Monster Slayers and the Enbridge Hearings
BY LE BOYD AND WINONA LADUKE
For the past four years Dawn Goodwin, of Rice Lake, Minn., has driven thousands of miles, and missed weeks of...
The Arts
Interview with artist Julie Buffalohead
BY DEBORAH LOCKE
(To see the article in this issue about Julie's exhibit see: http://thecirclenews.org/the-arts/julie-buffaloheads-art-gives-no-answers-to-the-viewer/
When did you know that you wanted to be an artist?
I...
