BIA director cited for mismanagement to take over Midwest Region

By Jeff Armstrong Niles Cesar, a BIA regional director forced out of the bureau’s Alaska office for alleged mismanagement and fraud, is slated in late...

Bemidji Businesses Adopt Bilingual Signage

“Aaniin” “Boozhoo” – customers to Bem-idji’s Cabin Coffee House & Café are now welcomed in both Ojibwe and English....

Community Calender

Thru Aug. Hennepin County Library - Franklin Events All events take place at Franklin Library, 1314 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis. For more info, call...

It ain't easy being Indian

This past month on a glorious summer day I took a journey I thought would never happen. I drove for almost half an hour...

Franken and Indian Affairs

Al Franken, who took the oath of office as Minnesota’s new U.S. senator last month, was quickly in the national spotlight. He participated in...

American Indian Art and Fashion Alliance launches with $400,000 Kellog grant

Gail Bruce and Michael Chapman (Menominee Tribe), co-Founders of UNRESERVED: American Indian Fashion and Art Alliance, announce their first grant of $400,000 from the...

Appeals court calls for Indian trust accounting in Cobell case

The Interior Department must account for billions of dollars in Indian trust funds, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on July 24. In...

Deb Foster is new Executive Director at Ain Dah Yung

Deb Foster has been hired as Ain Dah Yung’s new Executive Director starting August 24. Foster comes to Ain Dah Yung from the Minnesota...

Decision on Peltier parole likely in mid-August

The U.S. Parole Commission is expected to make a decision on the imprisoned American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard Peltier within three weeks.Peltier was...

RACIAL JUSTICE…

Racial Justice: Trickling Down From the Top Jul 29, 2009 9:16 am by Daniel LeClaireIt only makes sense that big changes should start up...

Racial Justice: Trickling Down From the Top

It only makes sense that big changes should start up here at the top of the world. Similar thinking must have been at work at...

Racial Justice: Trickling Down From the Top

Racial Justice: Trickling Down From the Top Aug 2, 2009 9:16 am by Daniel LeClaireIt only makes sense that big changes should start up...

TheCityGuide.in And SCRAP Unite For Environmental Concern With Van Mahotsav

ITLaddu Technology Private Limited announces its participation in SCRAP Van Mahotsav, a plantation event being organized by a Delhi-based organization-SCRAP This is to be...

OPINION PAPER Ronni KameKona

1.) “Google” Tulalip Chief of Police: Scott Smith for the full article: that these shared—opinions address. 2.) The other KameKona opinions shared here pertain to...

Indigenous’ Broken Lands

Is knowing you’re an egotistical, arrogant, self-centered, bike ridin’, blues lovin, obsessive compulsive mad man self-deprecation or self-awareness? I am condemned to a sun...

Darryl Hill (July 4, 1959 – May 17, 2009)

Darryl “Sonny” Wayne Hill whose Ojibwe name is “Waubun” (which mean “tomorrow”) died on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Bethel Care Center in St....

Hartley Frank White, Sr. (Feb. 10, 1925 – May 5,...

Hartley Frank White, Sr. “Shaawanaasii” (Walks in the South), 84, of Longville, MN died May 5, 2009 at the Cass Lake Indian Hospital. He...

George Allen Fairbanks, Sr. (July 29, 1933– May 26, 2009)

George Allen “Joe Bush” Fairbanks, Sr., 75, Ponsford, MN died May 26 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. Fairbanks, Sr., “Mishkow-Binise” (Strong...

Sheila WhiteEagle

Dec. 2, 1948 - June 7, 2008 Sheila passed away peacefully at home after a long and courageous battle against breast cancer. Sheila was the Director...