AICDC Buys Ancient Traders Market

The American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC) acquired Ancient Traders Market from its most recent owner, the Twin Cities branch of the Local Initiatives...

What's New In The Community

Walking Bull joins The Circle staff The Circle has hired a new Managing Editor. Alfred Walking Bull will start work July 1st and undergo...

National George Morrison exhibit opens

The exhibition “Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison” began the first leg of its multi-year national tour this month at Plains Art Museum...

Ojibwe Language Camp draws over 1,000 participants

The Nagaajiwanaang Ojibwe language camp was held June 13-16 at the Kiwenz Campground in Sawyer, Minn. There were over 1,200 people registered for the...

Marjorie Anderson, first woman to lead Mille Lacs band, dies at...

The first woman to lead the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota has died. Marjorie Anderson died June 29 of natural causes, the...

Walleye population decline on Lake Mille Lacs concern DNR

The walleye population in Lake Mille Lacs is the lowest in decades, and state Department of Natural Resources researchers are searching the lake for...

Powwow Calendar JULY 2013

July 19 - 21 Honor the Earth Powwow 40th Annual Honor the Earth Traditional Powwow. Hayward, WI. LCO Pow Wow Grounds. FMI: 715-634-8934. July...

Community Calendar July 2013

July 7 - Aug. 24 Contemporary American Indian Art Exhibit “Transmissions: Contemporary American Indian Art 2003-2013,” features artwork by prominent regional Native artists. The...

Fond du Lac Follies

The Sawyer Summer language camp was just good. Can you believe that we had 1254 people? Last year 765 registered. This sets a new...

It Ain't Easy Being Indian

People move on, that’s what they do; it’s the nature of life. There are some people who couldn’t move out of my life fast...

DIW'S NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ADDITION/PREGNANCY

The Division of Indian Work's (DIW) Women of Traditional Birthing Program recently produced a documentary entitled Healthy Babies Healthy Futures: Ending the Cycle of...

Business loans aim to boost Native American entrepreneurship

Even though the city of Bemidji is surrounded by three Indian reservations, there have been few Native American-owned businesses in town. Now, a Red...

Red Lake Nation College and Leech Lake Tribal College Launch Basketball...

Red Lake Nation College (RLNC) and Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) are launching new basketball teams and have selected coaches. Gerald Kingbird will be...

First class of students in UMD's MTAG program graduate

Tiger Brown Bull has traveled great lengths to earn his masters degree. In two years he has put 40,000 miles on his car to make...

What's New in Birth Control: A Message from the IHB Minneapolis

Working as a Pediatrician in Native American communities since 1997, I have used photography and writing to share health  success stories in health promotion...

Native Issues in the Halls of Government

Ken Tilsen I had some specific ideas about the contents for this monthly column; but as I sit down to write, I am mulling over...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Editor of The Circle from NACC’s Board of Directors, We wish to respond to the front page article, “NACC Changes Pain Prescription Policy,” in the...

Fond du Lac Follies

My wife Patricia found a bar for a birthday party for me, my 70th birthday. I think about 60 people showed up to eat...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR June 2013

Through July 27 Exhibit:The River The River: evolving group show. Bockley Gallery presents an extended group show that will be constantly changing through the course of...

POWWOW CALENDAR JUNE 2013

June 7 - 9 July 19 - 21 Honor the Earth Powwow 40th Annual Honor the Earth  Traditional Powwow. Hayward, WI. LCO Pow Wow Grounds. FMI: 715-634-8934. July...