Winona LaDuke: On Tucson United School District’s banning of ethnic books I have the distinction of becoming one of a select list of authors banned by the Tucson United School District (in Arizona). It turns out that the Tucson United School District (a city adjoining both the U.S./Mexico border and the Tohono O’odham, Yaqui and […]

Response to Metro State Students Protest article in January We at the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) very much appreciate the chance to add our perspective to an article from the January issue of The Circle, "Metro State students protest lack of Native classes offered in 2012." We deeply regret that the protestors’ petition, cited in […]

A Native student’s perspective on the Metro State protest Last month, The Circle featured an article on the front page about Metro State and a student led protest here regarding Native American studies courses. After reading the article, I had many thoughts and feelings. But the one thought that has continued to worry me is, […]

Hello, My name is Victoria LaPoe and I’m Cherokee and a Ph.D. candidate at Louisiana State University. My dissertation research is on American Indian media and the coverage of American Indians in mainstream versus American Indian press. I would like to interview American Indians about this research. Names would be kept confidential, if the participant […]

The Circle Board of Directors: Robert Albee, Dave Bice, Brenda Child, Art Coulson, Jody Gray,  Jim Lenfestey, Noah Miwa, JoAnne Stately, and Catherine Whipple (editor). And Honorary Co-hosts:  John Burke, Carol M. Connolly, Sally French, Heid Erdrich, Margaret Telfer, Eric Utne, Laure Waterman Wittstock, Lloyd Wittstock, Ron Libertus, Joy Persall, Suzanne Koepplinger, Elen Bahr   Invite […]

Hannah Lussier (Red Lake Ojibwe), an Honor Program student in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, has been awarded a 2008 Udall Native American Congressional Internship by the Morris K. Udall Foundation. Read more!