Community News
FNCI to Host KFAI Radio Show
Jewell Arcoren and Lisa Yankton of First Nations Composure Initiative (FNCI) will host the "Winyan Downapi" radio show March 8th from 3:00 -...
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Kelly Drummer new director of Tiwahe Foundation development and programs
Kelly Drummer has been hired as director of development and programs for the The Tiwahe Foundation (previously known as the American Indian Family Empowerment...
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Youth Art exhibit to debut on Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop
Youth from Waubun and Mahnomen Schools (6th-8th graders) in Mahnomen, MN. who took part in the Nature of Technology Camp last summer will be...
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MAIC’S Senior Department helps homeless elders
Homelessness is one of the enduring problems of metropolitan life, and Minneapolis is no exception. While the city of Minneapolis and local organizations help...
Columnists
New American Indian Cancer Foundation SEEKS TO END CANCER DISPARITIES
Among Native Americans, cancer is the leading cause of death, according to the Indian Health Service (IHS). Studies show that Native Americans are more...
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Cobell settlement paperwork underway
The Court-ordered process of notifying individual Indians of their right to participate in the historic $3.4 billion class action Settlement, Cobell v. Salazar,...
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Lawsuit filed to stop release of toxic metals at Flambeau Mine
The Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and Laura Gauger filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit in January against Flambeau...
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White Earth Tribal council declares public health emergency
he White Earth Reservation Tribal Council passed a Proclamation on Jan. 31 declaring a Public Health Emergency with respect to prescription medication and illegal...
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Students get a chance to learn Ojibwe in schools in Michigan
Learning a second language is not always about learning foreign language. It can also be about preserving what's been right here for generations, language...
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Local leaders honored through song
FAIR School Downtown will host a community celebration honoring two community elders at FAIR School Downtown on Thursday, February 17, 1:00 PM - 2:00...
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Students receive "Good Job" award
In honor of the 2011 American Indians in Science event at the Science Museum of Minnesota on Jan. 22, the Museum recognized three students...
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New treatment-centered approach to healing from the trauma and abuses
It was the vision of two Native women, Lillian Rice and Chris Wallen, which lead to the creation of Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center's...
The Arts
"Dakota 38" documetary remembers the 38 Dakota executed in 1862
The largest mass execution in U.S. history occurred 148 years ago, when 38 Dakota warriors were hanged from a single scaffold in Mankato. The...
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Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference will be held in March
For years, Indigenous food producers and local communities have worked together to create the Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference, for the purpose of restoring,...
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Letters from Dakota Conflict prisoners will be published in book
For nearly 150 years, the voices of Dakota men imprisoned after the Dakota Conflict of 1862 went unheard. But the details of their imprisonment...
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Franken's staff meets with elders on issues facing seniors
In January the staff from Senator Al Franken's (D-MN) office came to the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) to ask Native American elders about...
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Red Lake Tribe hosts education summit out of concern for Native...
The Red Lake Tribal Council, Tribal College and School District joined hands to sponsor an Education Summit in concern for the Nation's youth. ...
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Community Calendar of events
Feb. 5Hope for Recovery WorkshopThe National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota will hold a free, one-day education workshop that provides families and individuals...
Columnists
It ain't easy being indian
Like many Indians and Americans I have been unemployed for way longer than I thought I would be. It really sucks and I am...
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Fond du Lac Follies
Fond du Lac Follies motored to the Cloquet Community Center for our Ojibwe language table. Niib Aubid was our teacher like he was last...
