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COVID worse than cold for MN homeless this winter
By Lee Egerstrom
New low-income housing, temporary shelters and a variety of government and nonprofit organization programs have greatly helped the Native American population cope...
Covid-19 Pandemic
White Earth, Mahnomen County collaboration leads to one of highest vaccination...
By Dan Gunderson/MPR
Ever since Minnesota began distributing coronavirus vaccines to the public, Mahnomen County in northwestern Minnesota has consistently run ahead of the pack,...
Environment
Being a Water Protector at Line 3 is hard work
By Hannah Broadbent
“Imagine that one day you wake up and find out that a pipeline company wants to run a thirty-inch pipe pumping 640,000...
Environment
Tribal Nations in MN ask Walz to pause Line 3 work...
By Dan Kraker/MPR
The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council is asking Gov. Tim Walz to temporarily stop the ongoing construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline...
News
Roseville seeks to change the name of Pocahontas Park
By Hannah Broadbent
Pocahontas Park in Roseville, Minn. is one more name on the long list of streets, parks and counties that bear titles representing...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Tre Holmes: Senior Is Leading The Hibbing HS Bluejackets
By Dan Ninham
There is a team leader among leaders on and off the basketball court at Hibbing High School in northern Minnesota this season.
Tre...
News
MHS’s Native American Museum Fellowship seeks to change narrative
By Brad Hagen
The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS), an institution dedicated to preserving the history of Minnesota, is now accepting applications for the Native American...
Book Review
The lives of three remarkable American Indians
Review by Deborah Locke
Three biographies for children in grades three to five highlight the lives of important American Indian from the Upper Midwest: Charles...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – March 2021
By Ricey Wild
As I shared before, I watch too much news and their daily declarations of doom and distraction...um, destruction. It’s not my way...
Cover Story
NACC expands facilities to help with Covid-19 vaccines
By Brad Hagen
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC) in south Minneapolis has been serving the urban Native community since 2003, when they first opened...
Cover Story
Distance learning still a struggle for Native students
By Lee Egerstrom
Urban area students in younger grades are finding their way back into school classrooms while educators keep their fingers crossed that another...
Cover Story
COVID-19 vaccines: Native Americans say “bring it on”
By Lee Egerstrom
As January came to a close, greater supplies of COVID-19 vaccines were reaching Minnesota and there were signs Native Minnesotans were rolling...
Environment
Last Tango at the Red River: Enbridge and pipelines
By Winona LaDuke
It’s an amazing competition to be the last Tar Sands Pipeline. Enbridge wants to win. It already did. The last tar sands...
Cover Story
St. Paul attorney in running to become UofMN’s first Native American...
By Lee Egerstrom
D. Brandon Alkire, a St. Paul attorney representing various Native American and family causes, is among candidates recommended for election to the...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Gaabi Boucha: Gaabimasiget in Warroad High School
By Dan Ninham
Gaabi Boucha is a sophomore at Warroad High School in Warroad, MN. He is a three-sport athlete in football, hockey, and baseball.
“My...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2021
By Mordecai Speckor
Laura Waterman Wittstock passes
Before anything else this month, I want to remember one of the truly extraordinary leaders in the Native community,...
Environment
On language and legacy: Wakáŋ Tipi
By the Lower Phalen Creek Project
The first European known to have visited the area known to the Dakota as Imnižaska, or Saint Paul, was...
Native Arts
Artist blends traditional Ojibwe designs with contemporary styles
By Brad Hagen
Native Americans are often rendered invisible to the wider population due to stereotypes and misconceptions about who we are, factors that are...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – February 2021
By Ricey Wild
Well, well, well, never a dull moment, ennit? I would really enjoy some peace but not monotony. Like many around the world,...
Cover Story
Indigenous organizations collaborate to feed their most vulnerable
By Kathryn Styer Martinez/MPR News
It’s the first big snowstorm of winter. Bob Rice and Angel Swann are out running errands and picking up food...
