National Briefs
National Briefs: November 2014
TULALIP CITIZENS GRIEVE AFTER SCHOOL
SHOOTING
TULALIP, Wash. – Leaders and citizens
of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington expressed shock following a fatal
shooting at a local public...
Latest Reservation News
First S.D. Two Spirit Society honors and educates on the reservation
SISSETON, S.D. – Members of the
newly-formed Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Two Spirit Society gathered on
Sept. 26 to educate members of the tribe on LGBTQ Native...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Our languages and our worldviews
Those of us who grow up in privilege
are required to acknowledge that privilege and do good things with
that privilege. In Lakota culture, those of...
Cover Story
Reclaiming Indigenous Language
On the crisp, bright morning of
September 5, dozens of South High School students and staff gathered
together on the football field. After a few moments...
Cover Story
Under the Eye of Sauron: Oil, Gas, Corruption and Change in...
I wanted to write a story about
strength and resilience. I wanted to write a story about the singers,
the horse people and the earth lodge...
Latest Reservation News
Profiles from Lakota Country: Native Americans in Education
When the topic of Education and Native
Americans is brought up the view of a unsettling and disturbing
history plays with a sequence of historical trauma....
Editorials
OPINION: In the Moon of the Falling Leaves
I’ve just returned from New York
City.
There, I attended the People's Climate March, where 400,000
people walked the streets of the city, demanding that governments
take...
Community News
What's New In The Community: October 2014
FOND DU LAC TRIBAL COLLEGE RECEIVES $1
MILLION IN GRANTS FOR PROJECTS
CLOQUET, Minn. – The Environmental
Institute at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College has...
Columnists
Nick-izms: Rez Born, Urban Raised
Language is essential to our lives. It
is how we define ourselves. It is how we recognize the world around
us. It is how we name...
Columnists
Political Matters: Sports and degradation
Sports and degradation
I’m happy to report that school
board officials in Coachella Valley, California, decided to change
the name and mascot of the high school sports...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
I’m so excited about Halloween! It’s
the only time I can wear my kitty-cat ears in public, but I’m
thinking this year I want to get...
Local Briefs
Regional and Local Briefs: October 2014
BAD HEART BULL SELECTED FOR ECONOMIC
FELLOWSHIP
MINNEAPOLIS– The Business Alliance
for Living Local Economies, an Oakland, Calif.-based organization,
announced Jay Bad Heart Bull as a fellow for...
National Briefs
National Briefs: October 2014
FINAL ROUND OF PAYMENTS MADE IN COBELL
SETTLEMENT
HELENA, MT – Hundreds of thousands of
Native Americans received the final cash payments the week of Sept.
16 from...
Calendar
October 2014 Calendar
Through Nov. 15
“On Fertile Ground: Native Artists in
the Upper Midwest”
Join us to celebrate the wealth and
diversity of Native artists from this region. This exhibition...
Calendar
Weekend Calendar: Sept. 12-14
Sept. 12-14
Bob Brown Memorial/Mendota's 15th
Annual Traditional Wacipi
Emcee: Mitch Walking Elk; Arena
Director: Windy Down Wind; Host Drum: Scotty Brown Eyes; Co-Host
Drum: Luttle Thunder Birds; Men's...
Cover Story
Bdote Learning Center opens in South Minneapolis
On Aug. 25, a sunny morning in
Minneapolis, Bdote Learning Center opened. The historic beginning
marked the end of six years of planning and developing as...
The Arts
Native Man The Musical redefines Native masculinity
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The paradigm of Native American
manhood shifted with New Native Theatre's production of “Native Man
the Musical, Phase I,” performed at the Minnesota...
Latest Reservation News
Honor the Earth paddles in protest against Sandpiper pipeline
BEMIDJI, Minn. – An environmental
group took to the water on July 31 to protest a proposed oil pipeline
in northern Minnesota. About 20 members of...
Latest Reservation News
Ojibwe Language and Culture Camp Held at Ponemah
For the second year in a row, the Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians hosted an Ojibwe Language and Culture
Camp for youth. The camp was...
Latest Urban News
University faculty push for Ojibwe, Dakota languages to become majors
Some faculty members within the
University of Minnesota’s Department of American Indian Studies are
trying to preserve two languages indigenous to the state.
Currently, students don’t have...
