It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – March 2021
By Ricey Wild
As I shared before, I watch too much news and their daily declarations of doom and distraction...um, destruction. It’s not my way...
Cover Story
NACC expands facilities to help with Covid-19 vaccines
By Brad Hagen
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC) in south Minneapolis has been serving the urban Native community since 2003, when they first opened...
Cover Story
Distance learning still a struggle for Native students
By Lee Egerstrom
Urban area students in younger grades are finding their way back into school classrooms while educators keep their fingers crossed that another...
Cover Story
COVID-19 vaccines: Native Americans say “bring it on”
By Lee Egerstrom
As January came to a close, greater supplies of COVID-19 vaccines were reaching Minnesota and there were signs Native Minnesotans were rolling...
Environment
Last Tango at the Red River: Enbridge and pipelines
By Winona LaDuke
It’s an amazing competition to be the last Tar Sands Pipeline. Enbridge wants to win. It already did. The last tar sands...
Cover Story
St. Paul attorney in running to become UofMN’s first Native American...
By Lee Egerstrom
D. Brandon Alkire, a St. Paul attorney representing various Native American and family causes, is among candidates recommended for election to the...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Gaabi Boucha: Gaabimasiget in Warroad High School
By Dan Ninham
Gaabi Boucha is a sophomore at Warroad High School in Warroad, MN. He is a three-sport athlete in football, hockey, and baseball.
“My...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2021
By Mordecai Speckor
Laura Waterman Wittstock passes
Before anything else this month, I want to remember one of the truly extraordinary leaders in the Native community,...
Environment
On language and legacy: Wakáŋ Tipi
By the Lower Phalen Creek Project
The first European known to have visited the area known to the Dakota as Imnižaska, or Saint Paul, was...
Native Arts
Artist blends traditional Ojibwe designs with contemporary styles
By Brad Hagen
Native Americans are often rendered invisible to the wider population due to stereotypes and misconceptions about who we are, factors that are...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – February 2021
By Ricey Wild
Well, well, well, never a dull moment, ennit? I would really enjoy some peace but not monotony. Like many around the world,...
Cover Story
Indigenous organizations collaborate to feed their most vulnerable
By Kathryn Styer Martinez/MPR News
It’s the first big snowstorm of winter. Bob Rice and Angel Swann are out running errands and picking up food...
Cover Story
Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary
By AP
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to two people familiar with the decision, a...
Environment
Winter Count: Mississippi River
By Winona Laduke
November 20. 2020: Army Corps of Engineers issues 404 permits to cross waters of Minnesota, based on the findings of the Minnesota...
Environment
Ojibwe bands ask for halt on Line 3 construction
By Dan Kraker/MPR
The Red Lake and White Earth Bands of Ojibwe have asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to pause the ongoing construction of...
News
State programs help Native warriors become employed civilians
By Lee Egerstrom
For Jeff Isachsen, like for a lot of Native Minnesotans, it was far easier to become a member of the armed services...
Opinion
Restoring our connections to each other and the natural world
By Ricky Defoe and Janet Keough
As the year gets ready to renew itself, we have a chance to heal ourselves, our human communities, and...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
LeRoy Staples Fairbanks IV: Bringing AAU Summer Season to Cass Lake-Bena
By Dan Ninham
The wave of top level Minnesota Section 8 basketball talent is continuing to rise at Cass Lake-Bena High School. One of the...
Political Matters
Political Matters – January 2021
By Mordecai Specktor
Cancelling Henry Sibley
As I mentioned in the December issue of The Circle, I attended Sibley High School. In gym class, we wore...
News
ILTF’s Will In A Box helps Native Americans with land transfers
By Hannah Broadbent
Like many American Indians, my family has land in our district on the Sisseton Whapeton Oyate Reservation (in South Dakota). Also, like...
