Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act

To the editor, HR 5544, the Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act, was introduced by 8th District Representative Chip Cravaack to authorize the exchange...

Native Issues in the Halls of Government

Sexual predators My February 2011 column concerned a "plague of sexual violence" on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (South Dakota). My writing followed up on...

Fond du Lac Follies

My aunt Sandy Shabiash died. I am not sure what the cause was but we knew she had been battling lung cancer. Right up...

It ain't easy being indian

My Dear Readers, first I'll ask for your patience for this column. My thoughts and feelings have been mainly concerned with the upcoming presidential...

SUPERINTENDENT SPEAKS

Attend to Achieve: Attendance is key to our students' success As we begin another school year in Minneapolis Public Schools, I am pleased to report...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR October 2012

Oct. 2 Louise Erdrich Reading: The Round House Join us as we celebrate the release of Louise's great new novel The Round House. Riveting and suspenseful;...

POWWOW CALENDAR

Nov. 2 5th Annual Gitchi Gami Powwow Ashland High School Gymnasium, Ashland, WI. Traditional Powwow. FMI: 715-682-7089 x1011 or x1248; email: jcorbin@ashland.k12.wi.us Nov. 3 Gathering For Our Children...

Glenford Columbus (July 11, 1949 – September 19, 2012)

Glenford Thomas "Dodo" (Eagle Warrior) Columbus, age 63 of the Lower Sioux, entered the spirit world peacefully on September 19 at his home.    Columbus...

Foreclosure Battle Creates Bad Feelings In Community

Longfellow neighborhood resident Anita Reyes (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) and Occupy Homes Minnesota (Occupy) have been protesting the foreclosure of Reyes's house and...

AIFC makes needed renovations thanks to Drops of Good Community Project

The American Indian Family Center (AIFC), located in East Saint Paul, is the recipient of a $50,000 community center renovation grant from the Drops...

The Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award hosts event in Mpls

The Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award 2012 event will honor Native artists from Minnesota and throughout Indian country, and will share performances and stories...

Sacred site in S.D. goes up for auction, leaves tribes stunned

In mid-August the the sacred site of Pe' Sla (meaning The Heart of Everything in Lakota) near Mount Rushmore and Deadwood in South Dakota...

Shakopee Mdewakanton Chairman Stanley R. Crooks Passes On

Stanley R. Crooks, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community since 1992, passed away on August 25th at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in...

Tribes and state use unique court to fight addiction

Fred Isham sits near a blazing fire just outside Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. The 37-year-old tribal member helped build the...

Media Statement from Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Chairman Gordon Thayer

HAYWARD, WI- Recently, several media stories gave the impression that Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) was going bankrupt. This is misleading and far from the...

Four Day Run in Celebration of Sobriety & Health

The annual four day Anishinaabe Run for Sobriety and Health began at the Red Lake Chemical Health Programs at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 1,...

THE U.S. – DAKOTA WAR OF 1862

There is no upside, no silver lining to the six-week war that ravaged a large swath of Minnesota in August and September of 1862....

Fond du Lac Follies

Fond du Lac Follies motored to the 34th Annual Sobriety powwow held here in Sawyer on the Fond du Lac Reservation. It is also...

MPS Superintendent Speaks

The Minneapolis Public Schools will welcome students in grades 1-12 back to school on August 27 and our new kindergarten, pre-kindergarten, ECFE and High...

Ronald "Tony" Anthony Norcross (February 13, 1963- August 24, 2012)

Ronald "Tony" Anthony Norcross (To i'ci owa - Paints Himself Blue) age 49 of the Lower Sioux Community, journeyed to the spirit world on...