Rybak Addresses Achievement Gap for Native Students

“We've got to act like this is a crisis because it is,” Mayor R.T. Rybak said of the achievement gap, at the beginning of a roundtable discussion...

Mayoral Candidates Speak on the Step-Up program for youth

Step-Up is a local summer program that introduces teens to temporary employment and prepares them for future careers. It runs 9 weeks, not including the courses...

Schimmel Sisters Visit Red Lake

Beaming with excitement waiting for the Schimmel sisters to come to Red Lake High School gym sits Amber McNeal and her sister Diane. With a big...

What's New In the Community: October 2013

Denman-Wilke Named DIW Director ST. PAUL, Minn. – Kathy Denman-Wilke, joined the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches, as the Department of Indian Work Director, on Thursday,...

From the Editor's Desk: The meaning of Native Pride

The meaning of Native Pride By Alfred Walking Bull With the close of the powwow season, sightings of the embroidered fashion bearing “Native Pride” will be few and...

Fond du Lac Follies

Fond du Lac Follies motored to Perch Lake to harvest manoomin. My wife Patricia and I were going to manoominike together as we had been doing...

Political Matters: Defends/Stands Up for People

Defends/Stands Up for People In my June column for The Circle, I wrote about Ken Tilsen, the dean of civil rights lawyers in Minnesota and a committed...

It Ain't Easy Being Indian

Last month I ended my column talking about the removal of my ancestors’ – and many others of my tribal nation – remains from a cemetery...

GED Grad Poised for Success

With recent high school graduation rates in the Native American community in the Twin Cities hovering between 21 and 44 percent, the obstacles seem...

The Little Earth Red Bears baseball team wins big

The Little Earth Red Bears won the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Youth Baseball League Championship this summer in the 10 Year Old And...

Contentions remain after alcohol vote on Pine Ridge Rez

Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe voted on Aug. 13 to end the reservation’s 124 year-old alcohol prohibition. The vote was in response to...

Native Youth Perspective

The Circle is committed to presenting a variety of voices, including our youth. Brianna Skildum is currently a sophomore at Roosevelt High School in...

From The Editor's Desk

Covering the news in Minnesota’s Native community is proving an interesting experience, as with any topic in Indian Country, there are universal elements of...

Fond du Lac Follies

The Sobriety Powwow was held in Sawyer at Mashkawisen. It was the 30th something annual event. Once again we set up our Free Coffee For...

POLITICAL MATTERS: Native Issues In The Halls of Government

Gogebic Taconite’s scheme Over the past three years, I’ve been sounding the alarm about the mining juggernaut rolling through the forests of northeastern Minnesota....

It Ain't Easy Being Indian

WHAT I DID THIS SUMMER: For this story I have only to look at my legs to describe what I did this summer. My lower...

The Circle Studio Designs

The Circle Studio Designs "Designing with Native America in Mind" Owned and operated by The Circle WE OFFER GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES, INCLUDING: • Newsletters • Brochures • Posters • Book layout •...

Culture/History Underlies Freedom to Marry

Members of the Minneapolis Two Spirit Society are celebrating along with other LGBT (Lesbian/ Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) Minnesotans and preparing for the state’s Freedom To Marry...

Red Lake encampment battles pipeline on tribal lands

Since 1949, Enbridge Energy has been transporting crude oil through its more than six pipelines from Alberta, Canada through northern Minnesotan reservations and across...

WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY

Flanagan Named Executive Director for Children’s Defense Fund Peggy Flanagan, an experienced community organizer, advocate, teacher and trainer, has joined the Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota (CDF-MN)...