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Turkish Coalition Sponsors Native American Lecture Tour in Turkey
As part of The Turkish Coalition of America’s (TCA) ongoing efforts to expand educational exchanges between the United States and universities in Turkey, TCA...
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Misuse of Sweatlodge results in 3 deaths in Arizona
James Arthur Ray, motivational speaker, author and self-help guru offers clients the promise of both spiritual and financial wealth if they sign on to...
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Mendota Auction April 24, 2010 1-5PM
Kohl Minor New Director of First Nations Composer ForumKristopher Kohl Miner (Ho-Chunk Nation) has been named Director of the First Nations Composer Initiative (FNCI)....
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Trafficking Of Native Women is widespread
Three decades ago, the relatives of an eleven-year-old Native girl in Minnesota forced her to have sex with a man in exchange for alcohol....
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The story of the crow
WHEN THE GREAT SPIRIT WAS CREATING THE FLYERS OF CREATION,ALL THE FLYERS HAD A GREAT PURPOSE.THE EAGLE WAS TO BE THE PEOPLES MESSENGER OF...
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Manoominike Giizis: wild rice making moon
It’s Manoominike Giizis, the wild rice making moon on a string of lakes in the heart of Ojibwe country. There is nothing...
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Redbone The Essentials
CD Review: The Essential Redbone is very essentialIn The News, Indigenous In Music CD Reviewjamison@iicoc.com • www.iicoc.com Formed in 1968 in Los Angeles,...
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City supports Shakopee's Land-into-Trust request
Before Prior Lake City Council members voted to support the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s latest trust-land request in September, Mayor Jack Haugen gave an...
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AIFEP announces formation of the Tiwahe Foundation
The American Indian Family Empowerment Program (AIFEP), a donor-designated fund has achieved its goal of creating a new foundation called the Tiwahe Foundation. ...
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Local libraries offer free homework assistance
Hennepin County Library is offering Homework Hub, in-person homework help available at nine libraries – as well as online tools that students need...
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Coffee shop opens in North Minneapolis
A brand new part-Native owned and operated coffee shop is now open in north Minneapolis, off I-94 (on the corner of 42nd...
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Shalynne Nipwater new Miss Mankato
Shalynne Nipwater, age 16, has won the title of Miss Mankato 2009 at the annual Mankato Powwow held in Mankato, MN in Sept. Nipwater...
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James Anderson one of NCAIED's '40 Under 40' award winners
James Anderson, (Choctaw/Ojibwe) son of “Famous” Dave Anderson, has been named one of The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s “Native American...
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Fond du Lac Tribal Community College has new President
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees has appointed Larry Anderson as president of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community...
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It ain't easy being Indian
Way back in the olden days when I was but a wee girl I watched a Dracula movie starring Bela Lugosi. I was traumatized,...
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Fond du Lac Follies
I was visiting with Charlie Nahganub at the kitchen table when he suggested saying MANOOMIN instead of wild rice. I liked the idea so...
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Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Repression south and north
In the hinterlands of Peru, early in the morning of June 5, police attacked a highway blockade erected by members of...
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Community Calendar
Sept. 2 - Sept. 25Franklin Library Events Sept. 2-30: Teen Center Book Club, 5-6 p.m. For teens in grade 6 and up. Mysteries, biographies,...
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Arvel Bird'sThe Tribal Music Suites combines Native and Celtic sounds
Arvel Bird – The Tribal Music Suite Journey of a Paiute There are several notable precedents in the field of classical composition....
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Peltier Denied Parole
I last saw Leonard Peltier on Jan. 15, 1985, at the federal prison in Springfield, Missouri. I traveled from the Twin Cities to Springfield,...
