Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
MN Lynx Alissa Pili appears at Back 2 School Basketball Jam
By Dan Ninham
The Back 2 School Basketball Jam came to the Twin Cities and was held at the Minneapolis Sports Center on August 17-18....
News
FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a new nationwide alert code for missing and endangered Indigenous people who do not fit the criteria...
Calendar
Community Calendar – September 2024
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MAIC Events
Check out MAIC’s new updated website and events listings, including events that happen weekly: Sewing Circle, Running Club, Drum and Dance, Pickup Basketball,...
Political Matters
Political Matters – September 2024
By Mordecai Specktor
A Native woman governor
Minnesota is one of 28 states that has never had a woman governor. That could change in 2025, if...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
Its Aint Easy Being Indian – September 2024
By Ricey Wild
My crime spree continues unabated thus far. It was prid’ner the end of August when two of the Rezberry Riders showed up...
Cover Story
MN Indigenous Foods for thought and for nourishment
By Lee Egerstrom
Native food groups and their culinary experts are making Native and non-Native Minnesotans more aware of the healthy and environmental benefits of...
Cover Story
Gatherings Café menu: Indigenous, healthy, and gourmet
By Lee Egerstrom
The recently reopened Gatherings Café at the Minneapolis American Indian Center is a reconnection for the center with the explosive Indigenous food...
Environment
Natives in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition
By The Associated Press
At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant...
Community News
New Briefs – August 2024
White Buffalo Calf Named "Wakan Gli" in Yellowstone
(WY) - In a celebration held near Yellowstone National Park, Native American tribes gathered to honor the...
Environment
Leech Lake band celebrates the transfer of 11,000 acres
By Melissa Olson/MPR News
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe celebrated the transfer of more than 11,000 acres to the tribe this week. Federal officials...
Native Arts
This novel for youth has weight – on many levels
Review by Deborah Locke
Ezra Cloud, an Ojibwe 15-year-old living in Northeast Minneapolis, is angry with his dad, fears and loathes a school bully –...
Environment
Ellison gets 2nd drug manufacturer to lower insulin to $35/mth
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced July 23 that his office has reached a settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, commonly...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Aztec unicyclist stopped in Bemidji with Unicon 21
By Dan Ninham
The Sanford Center in Bemidji, MN presented “Unicon 21” in July. Organizers handpicked Bemidji “to create the ideal Unicon experience” according to...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Kingbird-Haugen focuses on academics at U of MN-TC
By Dan Ninham
Sidney Kingbird-Haugen is an enrolled Red Lake Band member. His Indian name is “Waabizheshi” which means Pine Martin. He was active in...
Political Matters
Political Matters – August 2024
By Mordecai Specktor
In the West
My wife, Maj-Britt, and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in January. And in July, we gathered the family for...
Calendar
Community Calendar – August 2024
Thru Oct 5
Arikara Proper Exhibit
Arikara Proper is a solo exhibition featuring a collection of paintings from artist J. White (Arikara). A self-taught painter, White...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
In August I danced for the first time
By Arne Vainio MD
(Editor’s note: This was written in 2015.)
At the end of August I danced for the first time. George Earth has wanted me...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – August 2024
By Ricey Wild
Life can turn on a dime and nothing is ever the same again. Such happened to me recently and I’m a total...
Cover Story
New rule gives tribal governments more input on water
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News
Minnesota has long collaborated with tribal governments on water quality issues. But a new federal rule could give tribes a stronger...
Cover Story
MN Natives attend First USDA Indigenous food trade mission
By Lee Egerstrom
Following paths of trade that predate the European colonization of North America, Minnesotans were among a first U.S. Department of Agriculture trade...
