Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
I have been watching the television news about the shootings in Colorado. I am angry. The talking heads keep saying this is the worst...
Calendar
August 2012 COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Aug. 3
Benefit for Frannie Fairbanks
Frannie was hospitalized with a stroke on May 5 and is currently in rehabilitation. She has been the Executive Director...
events
August 2012 POWWOW CALENDAR:
Aug. 4 - 5
34th Annual Honoring Sobriety Powwow
Mash Ka Wisen Treament Center, Sawyer, MN. Traditional Powwow. FMI: 218-879-6731
Aug. 17 - 19
SMSC Wacip
SMSC Powwow...
Columnists
It ain’t easy being indian
While I was driving to the Risky Raccoon Kasino, being ever hopeful (read: easy to fleece) for a benevolent slot machine, I noticed I...
Cover Story
Sam English's Big Dream
Sam English (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa), a renowned Native American painter and activist based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is at the forefront...
Cover Story
NACDI will lead design/construction of Anpetu Was'te Cultural Arts Market
The Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) was one of four Twin Cities organizations that was awarded an ArtPlace grant for "creative place-making" initiatives...
Community News
Whats new in the community
Meeting Actor Adam Beach
(By Rachel Peirce) In June actor Adam Beach (Aboriginal Saulteaux tribe of Canada) made an impromptu appearance at the Mille Lacs...
Latest Reservation News
Annual Ojibwe language camp has almost 700 campers
Almost 700 register campers attended the 4th Annual Ambe Ojibwemodaa language camp held June 21 - 24 at the Kiwenz campground on the north...
Latest Reservation News
Carri Jones becomes first woman and youngest tribal chair of Leech...
Carri Jones, 32, has become the first female Tribal Chair of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the youngest person to win the...
Columnists
Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Pine Ridge's 'reign of terror'
When my professional journalism career, such as it is, began about 34 years ago, I learned about the case of...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
Wiidookawishin ji wiidookawigwaa niij anishinaabeg. That means "help me help my Anishinaabe people." It is part of my morning prayer when I make an...
Columnists
It ain't easy being indian
Just the other night I?was driving myself to the ER. Right after 12 am on a rez road I?looked up to the sky when...
events
July 2012 powwow calendar
July 6 - 7
34th Annual Red Cliff Powwow
Powwow Grounds, Red Cliff, WI. Traditional Powwow. FMI: 715-779-3082
July 6 - 8
Leech Lake 4th of July Traditional...
Calendar
July 2012 Calendar
July 20 (deadline)
MN State Arts Board
Visual Grants
The Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant for Visual Arts supports and assists artists at various...
Cover Story
Woodrich Becomes First Woman/Native CEO Of GMCC
In an historic move, the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches (GMCC) has selected Noya Woodrich (Athabaskan) as both the first woman and the first...
Cover Story
American Indian Family Center employees call for removal of E.D.
Kevin Martineau, Executive Director of the American Indian Family Center (AIFC) in East Saint Paul, is at the center of a protest and pending...
Community News
WHATS NEW IN THE COMMUNITY:
Leech Lake Member Receives Her Doctor of Pharmacy
(By Elizabeth Sherman)
Lisa Renee Sherman (Ogimaakwe) received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota-College of...
Latest Urban News
The Dakota War of 1862, refuges in Canada
It is well known that in the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 when the Dakota people were being rounded up and confined...
Latest Urban News
Running Wolf Fitness Center member loses 60 lbs, regains health
We here at the Running Wolf Fitness Center would like to share one of our success stories with the community. Salvador Pacheco (White Earth...
Editorials
Letter To The Editor
In response to the Year of Healing Proclamation
I read with a great deal of interest the article in The Circle, May 2012, Volume 33,...
