Celebrating 40 years of The Circle
This year we will feature old articles, photos and pages from years gone by
as we look back at 40 years of covering the Native community.






Celebrating 40 years of The Circle
This year we will feature old articles, photos and pages from years gone by
as we look back at 40 years of covering the Native community.






By Winona LaDuke In celebration of this America’s President’s Day, I would like to offer a story of a great chief and leader of the Anishinaabe, Shagobay, who met U.S. presidents, negotiated treaties, and kept peace. Shagobay was considered a Manidoo (a spirit ), evidenced perhaps in part by his longevity. Born on the Knife River, he […]
By Winona LaDuke The l867 treaty was intended to provide a secure homeland for the Anishinaabe people forever. The treaty was signed by our leaders and by President Andrew Johnson. Agreements should be honored by nations. The treaty provides for many things; the 837,000 acres of land, maples, the wild rice, the 47 lakes, the […]
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 Jonathan Carver. In his journals from 1766-1767, Carver details encountering the place we know as Wakan Tipi when he writes about a “great stone cave called Waukon Teebee” by the […]
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