Political Matters
Political Matters – March 2025
By Mordecai Specktor
Trump threatens Kalaallit Nunaat
I checked The Circle website for references to “Greenland” and two article showed up.
There was a Sept. 2011 article...
Environment
9-year old publishes her first book – Fishing by Torchlight
By K.E. MacPhie
Kiki Garcia is - in the words of her own book - ready for adventure! At only nine years old, Kiki has...
Calendar
Community Calendar – March 2025
ONGOING
MAIC Events
See events at the Mpls American Indian Center on their updated website. MAIC events listings: Sewing Circle, Running Club, Drum and Dance, Pickup...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
On becoming a doctor in Indian Country
By Arne Vainio MD
The whole getting into medical school thing was not something I was aiming for. My parents owned the Good Luck Tavern...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – March 2025
By Ricey Wild
On aging: OMG!!! How can one be aching while sleeping in a soft bed?! I’ve slept on floors before and woke up...
Cover Story
Trump questions Native American birthright
Trump’s long-standing desire to end birthright citizenship took a dramatic turn in late January with the issuance of an executive order aimed at eliminating...
Business
NATIFS buys historic Co-op Creamery Building on Franklin
By Lee Egerstrom
In January announcements, the North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) nonprofit group and the Seward Community Co-op announced NATIFS has purchased...
Environment
Indigenous nutritional gets a voice in Federal Dietary Guidelines
By Lee Egerstrom
A federal scientific panel formulating guidelines for nutrition programs for the next five years has reached out to include American Indian and...
Environment
Solar heat and hempcrates a great combo
By Winona LaDuke
During one of the colder, iciest and foggiest days on the Lower Sioux Reservation in southwest Minnesota in mid-January, a team of...
Cover Story
Traditional healing gets boost from research study
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota and the federal Medicaid program need to recognize American Indian culture and practices with traditional healing and better define health and...
Environment
Leonard Peltier gets to go home, after decades in prison
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after being imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Nichols-VanNett plays basketball for NCAA DI at IU Indy
By Dan Ninham
Shania Nichols-VanNett is from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. She is currently a basketball player for NCAA DI Indiana University Indianapolis...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2025
By Mordecai Specktor
Biden commutes Peltier’s sentence
In one of his last official acts, on Jan. 20, Pres. Joe Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leonard...
Environment
Wazíya Winter-Wind Celebration honors the winter months
By K.E. MacPhie
January is called Witeḣi Wi or “The Time of Hardship Moon” in the Dakota language. So what a bright and wonderful idea...
Calendar
Community Calendar – February 2025
ONGOING
Grief Support Group
An open group that provides space for community members to connect with one another, share their experiences, learn new coping skills, gain...
Native Arts
The Fry Bread Band has tremendous talent
By Dan Ninham
For the past three years Joe Covert has been the social studies and music teacher at Nay Ah Shing School on the...
Book Review
A memoir that will make readers reflect and grow
Review by Deborah Locke
There is this saying that when a student is ready, a teacher will appear. With “Whiskey Tender A Memoir” by Deborah...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – February 2025
By Ricey Wild
What about the price of eggs?! I hate to admit that I need laying chickens because I love eating their young. I’ve...
Cover Story
Natives win public service to higher urban offices
By Lee Egerstrom
The Twin Cities have some of the most diverse local political leadership teams to be found anywhere in the United States and...
Cover Story
Mural celebrates Frogtown/Rondo neighborhoods through a Native lens
By K.E. Macphie
After weeks of anticipation, a stunning new mural celebrating the Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods through a Native lens was unveiled on Native...
