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Cover Story
Little Earth patrols work to fill safety gap after breach in...
By Melissa Olson
During the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd, members of the Little Earth Protectors, a Minneapolis neighborhood patrol, were caught...
Cover Story
New rules for Buy Indian Act take effect May 9
By Lee Egerstom
The U.S. Interior Department published final rules in April for its Buy Indian Act regulations, bringing closer to an end a process...
Calendar
American Indian Month Community Calendar – May 2022
Runs thru November 27
Alexandra Buffalohead: Shifting the Perspective
How do museum narratives obscure some histories in preference of telling others? In her installation, guest curator...
News
Down to the wire for Native nonprofit funding at MN Legislature
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesotans have come to expect time will run out before the Minnesota Legislature gets its work done, requiring special sessions, but urban...
Environment
May 19 deadline to submit concerns about new Line 3 abandonment
By Lee Egerstrom
Environmental groups and people possibly affected should the new Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline across northern Minnesota be abandoned are asking neighbors...
Environment
Yazzie makes debut feature film set in the Twin Cities
A Winter Love follows the story of Blue, a struggling Native artist getting by on odd jobs, music and teaching gigs. When Blue falls...
Cover Story
Snowsnake building workshop leads to the next snowsnake season
By Dan Ninham
Although there were still patches of snow in northern Minnesota in late April the snowsnake season is over. However, the prime time...
Political Matters
Political Matters – May 2022
By Mordecai Specktor
George Morrison postage stamps
April 22 was the First Day of Issue for U.S. postage stamps honoring the accomplished Oijbwe artist George Morrison...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Comes Flying twins lead state champion Bantam B1 PLSHA
By Dan Ninham
Chaske and Cuauhtli Comes Flying are in the ninth grade at Prior Lake High School. The twin brothers are Crow Creek Dakota...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – May 2022
By Ricey Wild
To pick up where I left off last month, I was interviewed by Indian Country Today.com via ZOOM. In my estimation it...
Cover Story
Tribal rights take giant step forward
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota sovereign tribes’ rights took giant leaps forward during March with court decisions and local government actions, but following patterns of the...
Cover Story
Cohasset City Council stops Natives from testifying on mill
By Winona LaDuke
This is a story of how democracy is supposed to work, and how it does not. This is a story about the...
Cover Story
Migizi chosen for Estee Lauder/Amanda Gorman Writing ChangE
By Hana Broadbent
“We’ve been ramping up our programming this week to keep our students busy, so our office has been lively,” said Migizi’s Lead...
Environment
Mobile vaccine program for children in Hennepin County extended
By Lee Egerstrom
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has announced it is continuing funding for Hennepin Healthcare’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic that takes vaccines...
Environment
IAAC comes to TC to increase indigenous representation in sports
By Dan Ninham
The 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) DI Women’s Final Four recently came to the big city of Minneapolis. University of South...
Political Matters
Political Matters – April 2022
By Mordecai Specktor
Peggy Bellecourt journeys on
A little more than two months after her husband, Clyde Bellecourt, died, Peggy Bellecourt journeyed to the Spirit World...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Sean Morrison Strives to be a leader for the North Woods...
By Dan Ninham
Sean Morrison will be graduating this year at North Woods HS. He is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe....
News
Native Americans rally at capitol in support of funding bill
Sixteen Twin Cities American Indian organizations and their supporters filled the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda in St. Paul on March 25 to highlight a...
Book Review
Dakota Voices and the Importance of Storytelling
Review by Deborah Locke
“Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers” features five generations of stories from a family living at Minnesota’s Upper Sioux Community...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
By Arne Vainio
(This article was written in 2015. The video mentioned here is no longer online.)
I’ve been writing this column for a few years...
