LATEST ARTICLES
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Bison make a comeback with tribal help
By K.E. MacPhie
Earlier this year, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) brought bison back to the traditional land of the Dakota people for the first...
Cover Story
Andrea Carlson is at the center to showcase Native American arts
By Lee Egerstrom
Native Minnesotan and Grand Portage Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson is a key exhibitor at a unique series of Indigenous art exhibits underway...
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Shop Indian Country: Holiday Gift Giving Places
By K.E. MacPhie
Buy Native-American made! The best way to support the Native community this holiday season is to buy from Native shops and artists...
Environment
Let the Sun Shine – the Pine Point Solar Project
By Winona LaDuke
In mid-November, Federal representatives from Sandia Laboratory, solar developer l0Power, installer Ziegler Energy Solutions, and Minnesota-based panel manufacturer Heliene came to the...
Environment
Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team
By Dan Ninham
The International Indigenous Dementia Research Network (IIDRN) held its second annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, in October 2024, focusing on improving dementia...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Eleazar Staley is playing in the 2024 Indigenous Bowl
By Dan Ninham
At the 2023 North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, a conversation among the inductees led to an exciting opportunity for...
Calendar
Community Calendar – December 2024
ONGOING
Grief Support Group
An open group that provides space for community members to connect with one another, share their experiences, learn new coping skills, gain...
Book Review
A book about strength, love, kinship and determination
Review by Deborah Locke
What if the Internet and all forms of communication and power failed completely, combined with climate changes that made the environment...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2024
By Mordecai Specktor
A coming assault on Mother Earth
I’ve read numerous 2024 election post-mortems. The New Yorker magazine’s Nov. 7 issue featured an array of...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – December 2024
By Ricey Wild
There is a lot I could write about, like the farce of the U.S. presidential election, which in my opinion was stolen....
Cover Story
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...
Cover Story
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
Political Matters – November 2024
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
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.
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...
