Oglala Lakota hip-hop artist Stella Standingbear brought Indigenous music and representation to the national sports stage on November 4, performing during halftime of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Native American Heritage Night at Paycom Center. Standingbear performed before thousands of basketball fans during the Thunder’s matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, marking another milestone in her growing […]
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By Dan Ninham “Niizhogabo indizhnakaaz, Gaa-zagashkwajimikaag indoonjiba. I am known as ‘Two Men Standing by the Spirits’ from the village of Chachabawning (Inger),” said Gerald White. White is a Leech Lake member of the Pillager Band and descended from people from Leech Lake, Mille Lacs and had relatives from other areas of Anishinaabe-aki. “I’ve lived here my […]
Review by Leah Lemm/MPR News Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis By Douglas Miller Publisher: Liveright Publish: November 2024 400 pages The book “Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis” follows the arc of the Oklahoman’s life – from his homelands and ancestors, throughout […]
By K.E. MacPhie I got to spend a Saturday with the New Native Theatre Company and what a great vibe it was! It was such a genuinely joyful and welcoming environment perfectly balanced with talent, fun, and freedom to try, and clearly steered by a director and playwright who does exactly what she’s meant to […]
By Eddie Chuculate For multidisciplinary artist Graci Horne (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), 41, participating the Minneapolis Institute of Arts’ (Mia) Teen Perspectives program is a way of returning the gifts she learned over a lifelong career of participating in art workshops. The Center for Racial Health and Equity at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota […]
By K.E. MacPhie January is called Witeḣi Wi or “The Time of Hardship Moon” in the Dakota language. So what a bright and wonderful idea it was to offer people some space for connection and celebration for the season at the Wazíya Winter-Wind Celebration at Battle Creek Recreation Center on Saturday, January 11 in St. […]
By Dan Ninham For the past three years Joe Covert has been the social studies and music teacher at Nay Ah Shing School on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation. By night for the past two years he and his select students have been performing rock and roll music with their band called Fry Bread. […]
By Allison Herrera/MPR News “Niimiwin” is the latest exhibit at All My Relations Arts in south Minneapolis. The title “Niimiwin” means “everyone dance,” a nod to the theme of the exhibit — the tradition of dance and powwow. Josie Hoffman is a direct descendant of the Grand Portage Anishinaabe and is the Emerging Curators Institute […]
By Dan Ninham Wendy Merrill (enrolled member and D2 Representative of the Mille Lacs Band) hosted the Adult Christmas Party on December 22, 2024 at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs Events and Convention Center in Onamia. Merrill asked Adrienne Benjamin (Mille Lacs Band) what she thought about doing a fashion show. “I did ask Adrienne […]
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 how the band resisted efforts to undo promises in 1855 and 1937 treaties with the U.S. government. Simply put, it hasn’t been an easy journey for the Ojibwe to hang […]
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 an intense story that starts with a woman’s scream at night in winter on a reservation. That scream introduced readers to the increasingly frustrating topic of missing and murdered indigenous […]
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