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Great Lakes wolves ordered returned to endangered list
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A federal judge has ordered that
endangered species protection for gray wolves must immediately be
restored in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. The decision...
Latest Urban News
Native Community Welcomes New Lacrosse Star
P { margin-bottom: 0.08MMiles Giaehgwaeh Thompson, co-winner of
college lacrosse’s top honor last year with his younger brother
Lyle, arrived in the Twin Cities on Jan....
Latest Reservation News
Red Lake council receives new member and youth report
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }RED LAKE, Minn. – Shortly after the call
to order of the Red Lake Tribal Council on Dec. 9, Hereditary Chief
James...
Latest Reservation News
Critics object to pumping oil through MN lakes country
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will gather public opinions on a proposed pipeline that would
increase the amount of oil flowing...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Rebuilding and Exercising Power
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fore on the regional and national stage in 2014. Our concerns became
part of a conversation...
Columnists
Nick-izms: Rez Born, Urban Raised
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Sometimes being a urban Indian ain’t
easy cause we gotta exist along many edges of the world. It’s
winter in Minnesota now....
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian: January 2015
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My heart is full because the wolf
hunts in the Great Lakes regions have been stopped by a federal
judge. The horrific...
Columnists
Political Matters: #BlackLivesMatter at MOA
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On New Year’s Eve two years ago,
Idle No More, the activist movement for Indian rights that started in
Canada and spread...
National Briefs
National Briefs: January 2015
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DOJ DECIDES TRIBES CAN LEGALIZE
MARIJUANA
WASHINGTON – In a memo released on
Dec. 11, the U.S. Justice Department outlined new policies allowing
tribes...
Local Briefs
Regional and Local Briefs: January 2015
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OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY SET FOR S.D.
LEGISLATURE APPROVAL
PINE RIDGE, S.D. – In the November
general election, voters in Shannon County overwhelmingly approved
changing...
Community News
What's New In The Community: January 2015
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JUSTIN HUENEMANN NAMED NEW NOTAH BEGAY
III FOUNDATION DIRECTOR
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Board of
Directors of the Notah Begay III Foundation announced...
Calendar
January 2015 Calendar
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Through Feb. 20
“Rosalie Favell: Relations”
Favell has exhibited extensively
throughout Canada, the U.S.,
and other international venues. Her
works can be...
Latest Reservation News
Mille Lacs walleye lawsuit against DNR heads to appeals court
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Disgruntled resort owners and
citizens' groups argued before a three-judge panel of the Minnesota
Court of Appeals on Nov. 20 that the state...
Local Briefs
Regional and Local Briefs: December 2014
BOIS FORT BAND RECEIVES NEW CLINIC
TOWER, MN – The Bois Forte Band is
celebrating the completion of its new 11,000-square-foot health and
dental clinic in Vermilion,...
National Briefs
National Briefs: December 2014
SUZAN SHOWN HARJO RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL
MEDAL OF FREEDOM
WASHINGTON – Suzan Shown Harjo
(Cheyenne-Hodulgee Muscogee) an advocate and activist recently known
for her efforts to change the mascot...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Do Our Lives Matter?
As November's Native American Heritage
Month, opened with a loud burst in Minneapolis when the Washington
NFL team came to town, barely. On game day, word...
Community News
What's New In The Community: December 2014
BUSH FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES TWO PRIZES
FOR INDIAN COUNTRY
ST. PAUL, MN – In recognition of
winning a 2014 Bush Prize for Community Innovation, the Native
American Community Development...
Passing On
Passing On: Ronald Charles “Bear” Cronick
Ronald Charles “Bear” Cronick
January 17, 1939 - December 1, 2014
Ronald Charles “Bear” Cronick, 75,
of Minneapolis journeyed to the spirit world on Monday, Dec....
Editorials
LaDuke: Looking for Work?
The Enbridge Company has announced its
looking for a new tribal relations specialist for northern Minnesota.
They are hiring. This is going to be interesting, particularly...
Columnists
Political Matters: 'An act of war against our people'
‘An act of war against our people’
I tried to call Cyril Scott, the
president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota Oyate), after
Thanksgiving. Nobody in...
