New magazine features reservation hunting opportunities/conservation

Hunting The Rez is a new Native American owned magazine that features hunting and fishing opportunities on North American Indian lands. Hunting The Rez...

Eight large reservation tribes announce new coalition

Eight tribes, representing some of the largest reservations in the United States, have formed a new organization to represent their concerns.The Coalition of Large...

Red Road House helps former inmates

In a purification ritual, eight men in a garage huddle around a drum, as a haze of burnt sage hangs in the air. The...

Mendota 12th Annual Welcome Home Traditional Wacipi.

Mendota's 12th Annual Welcome Home Traditional Wacipi, Sept 9,10,&11, 2011. The Wacipi is at St Peter's Church,1405 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Mendota MN 55150. On Sept 9,...

The Circle 2011 powwow calendar

File for download: The Circle 2011 powwow calendar.pdf

May 2011 Indian month Events

April 9 & 23Leech Lake General ElectionsThe Leech Lake General Election Board office will be open for absentee voting on Saturday, April 9, from...

Community Calendar April

April 4 The Practice of Indian Law and the Politics of IdentityWilliam Mitchell College of Law is hosting an Indian Law Panel Discussion and...

Native Farmers Gather to Protect Seeds

Indigenous farmers and gardeners from the region and beyond gathered at the 9th Annual Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference in March to share knowledge,...

Organization works to bring Native elders into affordable housing

A lack of housing for Native American elders has attracted development within the Twin Cities. In particular, The American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC)...

Leith, Chris F. (July 2, 1935 – March 4, 2011)

Chris Leith "Tasunka Wakinyan Ohitika", age 75 of Prairie Island, died Thursday March 4, 2011 at his home. He was born on July 2,...

It aint easy being indian:

There is a whole lot going on these days, not so much with me (miraculously for a change I'm all good) but the rest...

Fond du Lac Follies:

I first heard about the proposed Polymet open pit mine some years ago and just as I feared it is getting closer and closer...

Book Review: Northrup has outdone himself in Anishinaabe Syndicated

Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View from the Rez By Jim Northrup Introduction by Margaret Noori Ph.D.Paperback, 248 pagesPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Published January...

Republicans introduce legislation for video slot at horse race tracks

Two Republican lawmakers introduced legislation in March that would allow Minnesota' two horse racing tracks to install video slot machines, sweetening the pot with...

Northwest Jesuits to Pay $166.1 Million to Native Abuse Victims

The long journey for justice is over for approximately 450 victims who were sexually abused as children by Jesuit Missionaries in Washington, Alaska, Idaho,...

Sioux Security officer reports UFO encounter and missing time

A South Dakota Sioux Tribe security officer reported that hundreds of softball-sized red lights spun around his vehicle while driving home from work March...

Protect Great Lakes as Commons, says Council of Canadians

As the Canadian federal government prepares to introduce its budget, the Council of Canadians is calling for the allocation of significant resources to protecting...

Local Early Childhood Program Awarded NECPA Accreditation

Cherish the Children Learning Center, located in the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center in Minneapolis, has been awarded the National Early Childhood Program Accreditation...

Red Lake Tribe Receives YouthBuild Grant

The Red Lake Ojibwe Tribe has received a YouthBuild Grant of $1,008,000. The project will assist participants to attain their high school diploma...

Standing named Minnesota Minority Small Business Champion

Pamela Standing (Cherokee) has been named the Minnesota Minority Small Business Champion of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The award is...