Columnists
Political Matters: Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Free
Peltier!
Relatives of imprisoned American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard Peltier have launched a new effort to gain his freedom. Peltier's sister, Betty Ann...
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The Indian community responds to Minnesota's Sesquicentennial
For the whole year of 2008 the Native American community in Minnesota has been slighted, ignored, and insulted by the events planned in honor...
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Health Disparities in Indian Country
Local elder takes control of her health Geraldine Fasthorse (Mason) was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in
1982 and high blood pressure in 1984...
Community News
Responses to Statehood provides venue for Native perspectives
Waziyatawin (Angela Wilson), Ph.D., a Dakota scholar and activist,
and the Minnesota Humanities Center in Saint Paul have collaborated to
create Responses to Statehood, an online...
Community News
Opinion: Save the Planet from Capitalism
Today, our Mother Earth is ill. From the beginning of the 21st century we have lived the hottest years of the last thousand years....
Community News
Kola Program faces major cuts from Hennepin County
Kola Program given three months notice from Hennepin County that its entire funding will be cut.
The American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC) in Minneapolis...
The Arts
CD review: Michael Joseph O-glepi/Songs for Native American Flute and...
On Michael Joseph's latest CD "O-glepi" the sub-title is "Songs for Native American Flute and Guitar" but the album also includes the use of...
The Arts
CD Review: Blues Nation
The Blues Nation’s self-titled CD features five seasoned and experienced players that are top notch. The band consists of Dusty Miller (Comanche Tribe) on...
Columnists
Should the U.S. apologize?
In his first press appearance in the U.S. after a whirlwind tour of Afghanistan and the Middle East in late July, an obviously fatigued...
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A scouting party for the future: canoeing the Wakan Wakpa
Photos by Jon Lurie
In June, two Dakota youth from Minneapolis participated in a Healthy Nations canoe trip down the Wakan Wakpa (Sacred River), also...
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Journeys with First Nations puts Native businesses on tourism path
The Anishinaabe Cultural Center and other Native organizations and businesses in Callaway, Minnesota have partnered with the new eco-tourism service Journeys with First...
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Waite House survivors of I-35W bridge collapse build bridges, not fences
“When something bad happens, people are there to help you.” That, says Angela Haeny, is one of the lessons that the Waite House...
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Anti-abortion amendment attached to Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(This piece was originally written for Chicago-based In These Times magazine (www.inthesetimes.com) Reprinted with permission.)
When it comes to their health, American Indian women face...
Editorials
Letters to the Editor:
Elders coalition formed,
Vonda Dauphinais-Gluck (Leech Lake Ojibwe) and Lorraine Tibbetts (Nett Lake Ojibwe), of the newly formed Leech Lake Twin Cities Elders’ Coalition, presented...
Columnists
It ain't easy being Indian
“…it looks like a handful of poop is rewriting American prehistory”.
Archaeology, July/August 2008, p. 45.
Now, I don’t usually dwell on the subject of...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
Fond du Lac Follies motored to the Red Cliff Reservation at the invitation of Andy Gokee. The annual Ojibwe language immersion camp was being...
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Ojibwe wrestle makes olympic team
Jack Deitchler, a White Earth Ojibwe descendant, made history in June by becoming only the third high school wrestle to ever compete at the...
Community News
What's new in the community!
Dr. Rock voted President Elect of NCUIHIndian Health Board Chief Executive Officer Dr. Patrick Rock was voted President Elect of the National Council of...
Newsflash
U of M Student Selected for Udall Congressional Internship
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...
Newsflash
Day named Director of American Indian Resource Center at Bemidji State...
Donald
Day, a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, has been named director
of the American Indian Resource Center at Bemidji State University in
Minnesota.Read...
