CNN's Campbell Brown calls ICWA 'a ridiculous law"

CNN's Campbell Brown, commentator for the program "No Bias, No Bull", angered many in Indian Country when on Dec. 16 she commented on an...

National Monuments

Michigan State University Press November 2008, 96 pgs Heid Erdrich’s latest book of poetry “National Monuments” focuses her keen wit and piercing insights to...

Book sheds light on North Shore legend John Beargrease

Many people know the quick version of the John Beargrease story: The son of an Ojibwe chief who grew up on the rugged North...

It ain't easy being indian

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Fond du Lac Follies

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...