What's New In the Community: December 2013

Anpetu Was'te Cultural Arts Market Set to open next summer By Rebekah Peterson TC Daily Planet Next summer, a new marketplace will open on Franklin Avenue...

Artifact Traffic Combines Old and New Native Art

Heid Erdrich, co-director and curator of the multi-genre art exhibit and performance Artifact Traffic, has always been drawn to seemingly disparate forms and images. “When...

Guest Opinion: White Earth constitutional reform and leadership questionable

Anyone with a fleeting knowledge of the troubled history of the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota will understand that questions over the legitimacy of tribal membership...

From the Editor's Desk: White Earth Blood Quantum Reform a Courageous...

There is a courage to be admired by those who take an action first. The White Earth Band of Ojibwe recently voted in a constitutional reform...

Political Matters: Go PolyMet?

Go PolyMet? In early December, PolyMet Mining will release its supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its NorthMet copper-nickel project near Hoyt Lakes,...

Fond du Lac Follies

What a move the voters from White Earth made. I think the future of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe which is a Federal Corporation,...

Navigating MNSure and Indian Health Services

The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) is a federal law that provides health insurance coverage options that are more accessible and affordable. Minnesota, like all states,...

It Ain't Easy Being Indian

Here is ‘tis the season upon us once again. This is not my favorite time of year because of all the distraction of Christmas holiday shopping...

VIDEO: Change The Name Protest

MINNEAPOLIS -- AIM Twin Cities, Little Earth of United Tribes and Minneapolis American Indian community members gathered on Nov. 7 on East Franklin Avenue...

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Address Native Issues

The Native American Community Development Institute sought to engage Native American voters in the city's mayoral race with its inaugural Minneapolis American Indian Mayoral Forum on Oct....

Bdote Charter School to Open in 2014

The first new charter school to feature Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion will open will open in Fall 2014. Named Bdote Learning Center, with the prominent...

Lacrosse Resurges As a Cultural Tradition

Baaga’adowewag dagwaaging. They are playing lacrosse in the fall. Clutching sticks and bouncing hard rubber balls off of walls, youth from reservation communities across Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered...

What's New In the Community: November 2013

SMSC Announces Endowed Scholarship Recipients PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced 41 new recipients of the SMSC Endowed Scholarship at the University of Minnesota...

From the Editor's Desk: Again We Speak Against Injustice

“Ake” is a word we use in Lakota to express our frustration. It's translated as “again.” Growing up on the Rosebud reservation, I would hear my...

It Ain't Easy Being Indian

It has been 15 years since my column has been published and I’m smiling all big! My humble thanks go out to Sue who was editor...

It Ain't Easy Being Indian

It has been 15 years since my column has been published and I’m smiling all big! My humble thanks go out to Sue who was editor...

Fond du Lac Follies

Fond du Lac Follies motored to Chicago, the Windy City. We were traveling to attend the Heartland Book Festival. It was a long boring ride on...

Political Matters: The "R" Word

In the July 1993 edition of The Circle, I wrote a story about “pro sports franchises appropriating Native American people and their culture — sacraments, rituals and...

Letters: Mark Andrew Owes Native Community an Apology

I've spent the majority of my career working to increase civic engagement in Native American communities. I believe in this work passionately and see it as...

Native Women Cultivate Leadership Skills

Being of service to tribal communities both in the Twin Cities area and in the reservation environment is a priority for the three Native women...