Cover Story
Legislation to protect Native children if ICWA overturned
By Lee Egerstrom
Several bills for Native American Minnesotans, their families and communities are gaining momentum early in the Minnesota Legislature with high chances of...
Cover Story
Land taken from the FDL a century ago may be coming...
By Lee Egerstrom
The University of Minnesota administrators and Board of Regents are exploring ways for the University to return 3,400 acres of land effectively...
Environment
Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
By Associated Press
Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights. As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in early 1973, Thunder Hawk was stationed...
Cover Story
Turtle Mountain first to put organ donor designation on Tribal IDs
By Sarah Sonn
On November 14, 2022, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa of Belcourt, North Dakota became the first tribe in the United States...
Environment
Minneapolis Roof Depot demolition halted for now
By Nina Moini and Regina Medina/MPR News
A Hennepin County judge ruled on Friday, Feb. 24 that the City of Minneapolis may not move forward with...
Environment
NDN Way Comedy fills Parkway Theater with laughter
By Zibiquah Denny
If Native comedy is the “new” thing these days it sure showed on January 28 when NDN Way Comedy made its way...
Columnists
A legislative update from Lieutenant Governor Flanagan
By Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan
Boozhoo! I’m honored and humbled to serve another term as your Lieutenant Governor with Governor Tim Walz as we work...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Senior for Raiders girls’ basketball team is amazing role model
By Dan Ninham
Celleia Simmons Merrill is Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota and she is also from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. She is a senior at...
Calendar
Community Calendar – March 2023
Thru March 26
Visions from the Land: Native Interpretations
James Autio, Gordon Coons, Anna Johnson and Ivy Vainio: each artist uses a different technique or process...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
We Need You
By Arne Vainio, MD
He wasn’t my patient, but he told his mother he was having suicidal thoughts and he needed to be seen right...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – March 2023
By Ricey Wild
Recently, in my self-isolation and health limitations, I have come to miss some people in my life, but I will never tell...
Cover Story
Beyond Land Acknowledgement Fund
By Lee Egerstrom
Thanks to a seed grant from a Minneapolis church congregation, the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) has launched a new program to...
Cover Story
Cultural warriors now entrepreneurs with a Native flair
By Lee Egerstrom
A pair of Twin Cities Native women with common bonds evolved over time to become advocates for cultural arts and understanding and...
Environment
Native Americans had fewer opportunities to work remotely during pandemic
By Lee Egerstrom
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank and its Center for Indian County Development (CICD) have turned up data showing what you may have...
Environment
Audrey Thayer elected Bemidji City Council At Large Councilor
By Dan Ninham
There are regional and national indigenous women leaders who are not only being elected into political office but are being re-elected as...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Tanisha Beetso returns to coach CLC women’s basketball
By Dan Ninham
The Central Lakes College (CLC) Raiders in Brainerd, MN have drawn indigenous athletes, coaches and administrators to its athletic programs for several...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2023
By Mordecai Specktor
Water is life
In a victory for Minnesota’s Ojibwe bands and environmentalists, the Biden-Harris administration took action in late January to protect the...
Calendar
Community Calendar – February 2023
Thru Feb 18
Gaa-miinigoowiziyan - What We were Given
This exhibit showcases cultural knowledge and art forms revitalized by their organization and their Anishinaabe connections. The...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
Zoongide’ewin is the Ojibwe word for courage
By Arne Vainio M.D.
Something incredible happened in 2020. Former First Lady Michelle Obama posted on Twitter and Instagram on National Doctor’s Day and requested people comment on loved...
