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Co-management at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary
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By Lee Egerstrom
Indigenous Peoples’ Day became an up close and personal celebration of the past and future for the people of St. Paul, the...
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Call him Consultant or Elder, John Poupart aims to help
By Lee Egerstrom
For at least 60 years, John Poupart of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has helped municipal governments, state...
Environment
The rise of youth leaders on tribal councils
by K.E. MacPhie
Eugene Sommers was 28 when he was elected to the White Earth Tribal Council in 2022. In a role that is more...
Environment
Man gets nearly 4 years in prison for killing eagles
By AP
A Washington state man accused of leading a wildlife trafficking ring on a Native American reservation that killed thousands of eagles and hawks...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Project BRAID brings together community knowledge keepers
By Dan Ninham
James Harvin is Afro-Indigenous (Black & Nahua) and by day works as a research/evaluation coordinator at the Native American Community Clinic. On...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Charging Bear helps keep original versions of Native sports alive
By Dan Ninham
Gino Charging Bear is from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. and a sophomore at Cretin-Derham Hall High School. Charging Bear participates in lacrosse...
Political Matters
By Mordecai Specktor
Elections 2024 and the aftermath
From time to time, I’ve noted Donald Trump’s hostility to American Indians. Going back 30 years, Trump derided...
Calendar
Community Calendar – November 2024
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Immunization clinics
Free walk-in immunization clinics, infants to 18 years. Nov 23: 11am to 3pm, Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center. Dec 21:...
Joe Nayquonabe Sr.
Joe Nayquonabe Sr.’s guide to ceremonial drum at Mille Lacs
By Joe Nayquonabe Sr./Transcribed by James Clark
Editor’s note: Orignally published in April 2022 in the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s Ojibwe Inaajimowin newspaper.
Aaniin Anishinaabedog!...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It aint easy being indian – November 2024
By Ricey Wild
Oh no! It’s NOOOOOO…vember. This is not my favorite month for many reasons, one of which is that my seasonal affective disorder...
Book Review
A compelling story about blood quantum, parenting & addiction
Review by Deborah Locke
(Spoilers are included in this review.)
Morgan Talty (Penobscot Nation) in “Fire Exit,” (Tin House Publishing 2024) weaves together a compelling story...
Cover Story
Building Tribal Energy Sovereignty
By Lauren Boritzke Smith
The construction of over 122 electric vehicle charging stations has begun, connecting Minnesota’s Tribal communities along major corridors with neighboring Tribes in...
Cover Story
New Mikwanedun Audisookon Center to break ground
By Lee Egerstrom
Groundbreaking ceremonies are planned for Oct. 15 in south Minneapolis when the Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) brings communities together to celebrate...
Environment
The new Indian wars: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher
By Winona LaDuke
The business of Indian Hating is a lucrative one. It’s historically been designed to dehumanize Native people so that it’s easier to...
Environment
New home for U of MN American Indian Studies Department
By Lee Egerstrom
The University of Minnesota currently has 10 students enrolled in the nation’s only four-year major language program for the Dakota language. This...
Environment
Minnesota Natives fighting to keep Ojibwe language alive
By K.E. Macphie
Anongong: Miigaading (Star Wars: A New Hope) brought the Ojibwe language to the big screen last month as just one more step...
News
IIOs are decolonizing and indigenizing American Sign Language
By Dan Ninham
The Indigenous Interpreter Organization (IIO) was founded in 2024 with a mission to provide and create accessibility in Native spaces with exceptional...
Environment
Leech Lake secures $3.6M federal grant for wild rice processing
By Lee Egerstrom
The U.S. Department of Commerce is providing a $3.6 million grant to help the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe develop a wild...
Book Review
Book salutes the fiercely resistant Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
By Lee Egerstrom
A prominent historian and anthropologist with important past ties to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has a new book published chronicling...
Book Review
Rendon’s newest novel focuses on MMIW
Review by Deborah Locke
Marcie Rendon did it again. She wrote a book that kept me awake and reading well past a reasonable bedtime, with...