Community News
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
Newsflash
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....
Columnists
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...
SUPERENTENDENT SPEAKS
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...
Passing On
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...
Passing On
Gene Artishon (November 1, 1947 – August 19, 2012)
Gene was a Vietnam Veteran and worked for the Unites States Postal service for over 20 years, retiring 5 years ago. Something dear to...
events
September 2012 powwow calendar
Sept. 7- 9
13th Annual Welcome Home Traditional Wacipi
St. Peter's Church Grounds, 1405 Sibley Memorial Hwy. Mendota, MN. Emcee: Mitch Walking Elk. Arena...
Calendar
Community Calendar September 2012
Sept. 4
Anton Treuer Reading
Seniors in Mind: "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask" by Anton Treuer.?White/Indian relations are...
Cover Story
Legacy of Survival Remembers The Exiled
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the Santee Sioux Tribe of...
Cover Story
Puppet workshop teaches stress-calming techniques to children/families
The American Indian Family Center (AIFC) in East St. Paul has partnered with the Minneapolis-based company Z Puppets Rosenschnoz to bring a series of...
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MHS returns archaeological artifacts to Bois Forte Band
More than 7,000 archaeological materials as old as 800 to 3000 years were returned to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa in July by...
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Court Rules Flambeau 'Model Mine' Violated Clean Water Act
A federal court ruled in July that Flambeau Mining Company (FMC) violated the Clean Water Act on numerous occasions by allowing pollution from its...
Community News
WHATS NEW IN THE COMMUNITY
Leech Lake Tribal College Names Dr. Donald Day President
The Board of Trustees of Leech Lake Tribal College has announced that Dr. Donald Day, Director...
Newsflash
Four Native women compete in the 2012 Olympic Games
Tumua Anae
Sport:Water Polo, goal keeper
Tribe: Native Hawaiian/Samoan
Age: 23-years-old
Record: Helped lead the Trojans to an NCAA championship. Made eight saves during the 2011 FINA World...
Columnists
Political Matters: Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Contemporary Indian life
In his "Author's Note," at the end of "Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life" (Atlantic Monthly Press), David Treuer writes:...
