A compelling story about blood quantum, parenting & addiction

Review by Deborah Locke (Spoilers are included in this review.) Morgan Talty (Penobscot Nation) in “Fire Exit,” (Tin House Publishing 2024) weaves together a compelling story...

Building Tribal Energy Sovereignty

By Lauren Boritzke Smith The construction of over 122 electric vehicle charging stations has begun, connecting Minnesota’s Tribal communities along major corridors with neighboring Tribes in...

New Mikwanedun Audisookon  Center to break ground

By Lee Egerstrom Groundbreaking ceremonies are planned for Oct. 15 in south Minneapolis when the Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) brings communities together to celebrate...

The new Indian wars: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher

By Winona LaDuke The business of Indian Hating is a lucrative one. It’s historically been designed to dehumanize Native people so that it’s easier to...

New home for U of MN American Indian Studies Department

By Lee Egerstrom The University of Minnesota currently has 10 students enrolled in the nation’s only four-year major language program for the Dakota language. This...

Minnesota Natives fighting to keep Ojibwe language alive

By K.E. Macphie Anongong: Miigaading (Star Wars: A New Hope) brought the Ojibwe language to the big screen last month as just one more step...

IIOs are decolonizing and indigenizing American Sign Language

By Dan Ninham The Indigenous Interpreter Organization (IIO) was founded in 2024 with a mission to provide and create accessibility in Native spaces with exceptional...

Leech Lake secures $3.6M federal grant for wild rice processing

By Lee Egerstrom The U.S. Department of Commerce is providing a $3.6 million grant to help the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe develop a wild...

Book salutes the fiercely resistant Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

By Lee Egerstrom A prominent historian and anthropologist with important past ties to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has a new book published chronicling...

Rendon’s newest novel focuses on MMIW

Review by Deborah Locke Marcie Rendon did it again. She wrote a book that kept me awake and reading well past a reasonable bedtime, with...

Elias Jourdain excels as starting offensive Lumberjacks lineman

By Dan Ninham The Bemidji High School Lumberjacks football team is coming off a 55-0 homecoming win versus St. Cloud Tech. The total team effort...

Community Calendar – October 2024

Ongoing Immunization clinics Free walk-in immunization clinics for infants through 18 years old.. For info: https://www.hennepin.us/en/residents/health-medical/childhood-immunizations. • Oct 11: 3pm to 6pm, Lake Country School, 3755 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis. •...

Memories of Manoomin (wild rice) and a recipe

By Arne Vainio M.D. (Editor’s note: this was orginally pubished in 2021.) Tashia Hart is putting together a cookbook featuring manoomin (wild rice) and other wild foods of...
photo of ricey wild

It Aint Easy Being Indian – October 2024

By Ricey Wild Pay no attention to the woman behind the curtain. *ahem* I am a great and utter being!!! I also boogited myself awake with...

Excitement about Flannagan’s possible rise to Gov.

By Lee Egerstrom The recent Democratic National Convention opened with all of America learning about Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. It ended with a new...

FDL joins tribal nations and states in suits against social media...

By Lee Egerstrom The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has joined other Upper Midwest tribal nations in seeking court protection for Native...

Returning to Mni Sose, the Missouri, eight years after Standing Rock

By Winona LaDuke “No one wants to have oil in their water” –  Natali Segovia, Water Protector Legal Collective It’s about the water. I’m returning to...

Land Back in Minnesota takes different paths

By K.E. MacPhie On the heels of 11,778 acres being returned from the Chippewa National Forest to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in June...

SMSC provides emergency assistance amid food shortage 

By Melissa Olson/MPR News The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has made $3 million in emergency funds available to tribal nations amid the ongoing food shortage...

Dr. Wyatt heads EM for Hennepin Healthcare

By Lee Egerstrom With two decades of life saving emergency medical work behind him, Dr. Thomas Wyatt has been named chief of Emergency Medicine for...