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Calendar
Community Calendar – August 2022
Thru Aug 14
Gaia Art Exhibition
Gaia is an internally-lit sculpture of the Earth featuring imagery from NASA’s Visible Earth project. At 23 feet in diameter,...
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MCT vote on whether to continue blood quantum
By Dan Kraker/MPR
Like a lot of Americans, Sarah Agaton Howes’ family is, as she puts it, “mixed from all over the place.” Her mom’s...
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Tadd Johnson appointed to U of M Board of Regents
By Lee Egerstrom
It has finally happened. More than 170 years after the University of Minnesota was created on Native American lands, the University system...
Environment
MAIC to become an even bigger, brighter community gathering spot
By Lee Egerstrom
The Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) is among three community organizations selected to house solar power collectors and batteries to help their...
Environment
Rogue Supreme Court’s latest decisions a huge step back in time
By Albert Bender/People’s World
As the retrograde Supreme Court has taken steps back in time on abortion rights, blurring the time-enshrined separation between church and...
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An emotional farewell for the Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo
By Lee Egerstrom
Thirty years ago, Mike Goze was leading a search committee to find a new pastor for All Nations Indian Church in Minneapolis....
Environment
PBS national production includes segment on Wild Rice harvest
Review by Deborah Locke
In the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Aug. 9, 2022 America Outdoors segment on northern Minnesota, you’ll see and hear single grains...
Political Matters
Political Matters – August 2022
By Mordecai Specktor
Remembering Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo
I did not know the Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo. Perhaps we spoke casually on some occasion, like a breakfast...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Remembering the Onigum Nighthawks basketball teams of the 60-80s
By Dan Ninham
The Onigum community is on the southern end of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe reservation. The Walker community is either 14...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
I wish things could have been different between us
By Arne Vainio, MD
I had just finally been able to go to sleep when my pager went off. I knew the phone number all...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – August 2022
By Ricey Wild
It is now August, FYI for people like me who were not paying attention. I can see full foliage outside from my...
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Resources/professional development needed in Indian ed
By Lee Egerstrom
A thorough research study of K-12 education in Minnesota drives home the need to develop appropriate, and timely, education materials for use...
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Talon mine could lay waste to the Sandy Lake Watershed
By Winona LaDuke
It’s almost time for manoominikewag, when we make wild rice. Many of us, like Veronica Skinaway of the Sandy Lake community, begin...
Environment
Anishinaabe Dibaajimowin: An Ojibwe Story
By Winona LaDuke
Say you dreamed up an Anishinaabe musical, forty or so musicians, actors and dancers and had some epic stories to tell. That’s...
Calendar
Community Calendar – July 2022
Thru Sept 16
“Indigenous” Solo Art Exhibition by Shaun Chosa
Shaun Chosa, a Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa tribal citizen and painter/graphic design artist, will...
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Native-owned Owamni wins James Beard award for Best New Restaurant
By Brad Hagen
I’m walking to Owamni again, though this time from the opposite direction. I was here a year ago to interview Sean Sherman...
Environment
St. Cloud State programs prove educators want more Native knowledge
By Lee Egerstrom
Iyekiyapiwin Darlene St. Clair spent the last week of June directing a workshop for educators at Grand Portage in Northern Minnesota. It...
Environment
MHS exhibition to showcase Native American photos from 1920s to 1990s
By Brad Hagen
The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) will be launching a new exhibit titled “Our Homes: Reframing our Stories” in Fall 2023 that will showcase...
Book Review
Books that encourage, educate and inspire readers of all ages
Reviews by Deborah Locke
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story is a picture book so cute and full...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
“Custer Had It Coming!” showcases Native Nations resistance
By Dan Ninham
The Hook and Ladder theater and lounge venue in Minneapolis, MN was the location of the “Custer Had it Coming!” event on...
