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Co-management at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Community Calendar – November 2024

ONGOING 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.’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!...
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...