The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public open house and hearing on Wednesday, August 12th, to gather public input on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Tamarack Mining Project in east-central Minnesota. The Tamarack Mine, proposed by Talon Nickel (USA) LLC as part of a joint […]
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By Winona LaDuke We owe Venezuela a debt. I remember when Venezuela paid our energy bills right after Hurricane Katrina and US refinery capacity was down. Oil prices skyrocketed, it was a hard winter, and the oil companies were making huge profits while many Americans experienced real hardships. Congress asked if they would give the […]
By The Circle The Trump administration has intensified immigration enforcement in Minnesota with the arrival of thousands of federal ICE agents, marking the largest such operation the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has ever undertaken in the Twin Cities. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined a large contingent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]
By Winona LaDuke It was like that movie Back to the Future. I traveled to a meeting with White Earth Tribal representatives and 8th Fire Solar to meet with some energy industry professionals in Minneapolis at OATI (Open Access Technology International). OATI supplies software to manage the grid which moves electrical power around the country and around […]
By J. David Mcswane & Hannah Allam/ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California, in June 2025, panicked calls flooded into the city’s emergency response system. Recordings of those calls, obtained by ProPublica, captured some of the terror residents felt as they watched masked […]
By The Circle Minneapolis officials have advanced a proposal to strengthen the city’s two-decade-old separation ordinance, reaffirming limits on local involvement in federal immigration enforcement as residents express growing concern about intensified federal actions. The measure, approved in early December by a City Council committee, reinforces existing rules that prohibit city employees — including police […]
By Leah Lemm / MPR News Selena Jourdain started jingle dress dancing when she was 3 years old. The jingle dress is a century-old Ojibwe cultural tradition with beginnings in Minnesota. In late November, Jourdain shared that tradition with an audience of millions. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade drew a crowd of well over 3 […]
By Maryann Marino On a crisp November day, community leaders, partners, and residents came together to celebrate the grand opening of Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center’s Oshki-Gakeyaa, a 24-home permanent supportive housing community that represents hope and new beginnings for Native families in the East Phillips and Ventura Village neighborhoods of Minneapolis. The community room […]
By Winona LaDuke Darren Smedsmo ‘s plane was seized by Red Lake Nation police for trespassing on tribal airspace. That was October 15. I think we are all glad that he’s alive. But the story is being treated with some sensationalism by the media. The story deserves more discussion. Now, to be clear, I am […]
By Dan Ninham Bam’idizowigamig Creator’s Place was founded in 2021 in the tribal village of Pine Point, located a half mile north of Ponsford and both are on the southeastern corner of the White Earth Nation in northern Minnesota. Jean Kruft has a few hats on as the founder, board chair and daily volunteer with the […]
By Chandra Colvin/MPR News With the tap of a button or short phone call, community members living in the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe’s Ball Club community can request a free ride with the recently expanded transportation service, goMARTI. Minnesota’s Advanced Rural Transit Innovation, or goMARTI, launched its pilot program three years ago to test free, autonomous and on-demand transportation services in rural Minnesota’s “challenging winter conditions.” Until two months ago, the program primarily served the community of Grand Rapids, […]
