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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...
Latest Reservation News
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...
Community News
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...
Editorials
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...
Columnists
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...
Columnists
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...
Columnists
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...
Columnists
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...
Editorials
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...
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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...
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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...
Latest Urban News
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...
Latest Reservation News
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...
Community News
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,...
Editorials
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...
Columnists
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...
Columnists
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...
Columnists
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...
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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...
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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...
