Veteran broadcaster and Ho-Chunk Nation member to lead publication’s next chapter MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Circle News, one of the longest-running independent Native American newspapers in the United States, has named Robert Pilot as its new Chief Editor, the organization announced in April 2026. Pilot, a St. Paul resident and enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk […]
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Vacant lot becomes outdoor classroom and garden A vacant lot at Takoda Prep, the alternative high school at American Indian OIC in south Minneapolis, has been converted into an outdoor classroom and pollinator garden by students in the summer school program. Takoda Prep is housed and operated by AIOIC, 1845 E. Franklin Ave. in the […]
LEECH LAKE RECEIVES $3.3M FOR TRIBAL VETERANS CEMETERY CASS LAKE, MN – The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration announced in September that it has awarded the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe a $3.3M grant for construction of the Leech Lake Veterans Cemetery in Cass Lake, Minnesota. The grant will fund the construction of […]
MPCA RELEASES PROPOSAL FOR PROTECTING WILD RICE ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has released its proposed changes to Minnesota rules that are meant to protect wild rice from certain types of pollution. The MPCA is proposing rule changes that take into account the newest evidence about how sulfate and sulfide […]
FDL BAND TO INVEST $8 MILLION IN BROADBAND NETWORK CLOQUET, MN – In July, the Fond du Lac Band launched a new high-speed fiber-optic system with a groundbreaking at the Sawyer Community Center on the Fond du Lac Reservation. At a cost of more than $8 million, the tribe had the help of several federal […]
LEECH LAKE APPROVES NEW PALACE CASINO PROJECT CASS LAKE, MN – Leech Lake Ojibwe members took to the polls in May to decide whether the tribe should move forward with a new casino construction project to replace the existing Palace Casino & Hotel in Cass Lake. Approximately 78% of the votes cast were in favor […]
ATTORNEY: N.D. VOTER LAW STILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL BISMARCK, ND (AP) – Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill in April that reworks North Dakota’s voter identification laws though a lawyer representing a group of American Indians in federal court say requirements still don’t comply with a federal judge’s ruling last year. “It’s just a reconfigured voter-suppression […]
In April, the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee (MNS-BHC) Legacy Fund awarded Twin Cities Native Lacrosse (TCNL) a$50,000 grant to help fund the organi-zation’s efforts to provide Native American youth in the Twin Cities with free field time, league registration, lacrosse equipment, and transportation. The grant is part of the 52 Weeks of Giving campaign, a […]
N.D. OIL SPILL CONSIDERED AMONG WORST IN N.D. HISTORY BELFIELD, ND – The Belle Fourche Pipeline spilled about 530,000 gallons of crude oil into Ash Coulee Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River, according to a March 23 update to a state incident report – far larger than the original estimate of about 176,400 gallons. […]
Minnesota’s wolf population is down slightly, according to the latest survey from the Department of Natural Resources. The count from this past winter estimates 2,221 wolves in the state. That’s down about 200 wolves from last year’s survey, but it’s nearly identical to the 2013 count, said DNR wolf research scientist John Erb. “Our wolf […]
FDL SCORES ANOTHER COURT WIN AGAINST CITY OF DULUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe does not owe any more gaming revenues to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, a federal judge ruled on July 28. The tribe shared $75 million from the Fond-du-Luth Casino with the city until 2009. The […]
