Passing On
Passing On – Kevin Lawrence Locke
Clarification: Throughout his adult life, Kevin Lawrence Locke (Leech Lake Ojibwe) was sometimes confused with hoop dancer and musician Kevin Locke, (Standing Rock Lakota)....
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It Aint Easy Being Indian – December 2022
By Ricey Wild
Well, I made it through another T-Day without blood being spilt or having the Rez Riders show up and eat up all...
Cover Story
Diversity under challenge in MN and at SCOTUS
By Lee Egerstrom
Native American students’ access to higher education may have dodged a bullet in Minnesota, for the time being, but it remains under...
Cover Story
The first indigenous Miss Minnesota Rachel Evangelisto prepares for Miss America...
By Dan Ninham
“Háu Mitákuyapi ye!Iyúškiƞyan wačhíyake ye! Wašíču iá “Rachel” emákiyapi ye. Dakhóta čhažé bduhé šni. Oyate mithawa kiƞ Húŋkpapȟa ewíčhakiyapi ye. Míš, Mní...
Calendar
Community Calendar – November 2022
Thru Nov 8
Voting Schedule MN
Minnesota allows any voter to request a ballot by mail. You can also vote in person. Minnesota offers early voting....
Health
Native American communities prioritize culture, recruitment to treat mental health
By Dan Kraker/MPR News
The shortage of Native American mental health clinicians is both a professional and a personal issue for Mary Owen.
“I’ve struggled with...
Environment
New legislative district expands the influence of Native voters
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News
Minnesota Senate District 2 boundaries were redrawn this year, shifting to the east to encompass the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe....
Environment
Creating a future with new Elementary Education Program at FDLTCC
By Dan Ninham
(Editor's note: The print version of this story was accidentally attributed to another writer.)
Nahin Gatica Cruz is a full-time junior student in...
Environment
A communal effort to preserve and share identities and cultures
By Lee Egerstrom
Mary Anne Quiroz, a co-founder of the Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center in St. Paul, and Victoria Marie, who has an Indigenous...
Book Review
Rendon’s Cash Blackbear new novel contained one major disappointment
Review by Deborah Locke
After reading Marcie Rendon's newest novel, Sinister Graves, for a few hours of during which time stood still, I noticed that...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
LaFloe thinks basketball is good medicine
By Dan Ninham
Brook LaFloe comes from seven generations of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) members on her paternal and maternal side but grew...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
Political Matters – November 2022
By Mordecai Specktor
Talon Metals prepares to dig
On Oct. 27, the United Nations issued a report on the climate crisis and the news wasn’t...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
By Arne Vainio, MD
I was at a two day medical conference a few weeks ago getting caught up on my continuing education credits. Some...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – November 2022
By Ricey Wild
Happy Native American Heritage Month! I celebrate all of you for many reasons, your just being here in the now is one...
Cover Story
Voice of the People: Oyate Hotanin reimagines justice
By Jaida Grey Eagle and Amy Nelson
Produced in partnership with Greensprings Media
Flowers, art and beauty have a unique way of bringing people together. For...
Cover Story
One woman’s mission to turn out the Native vote in MN’s...
By Melissa Townsend and Sam Stroozas / MPR News
Voting began Sept. 23 for the midterm elections including more than 200 state races including governor...
Environment
How to steal a state: Enbridge has a pony in Wisc....
By Winona LaDuke
In its boldest move yet, Enbridge the Canadian pipeline company is going to try and take the governorship of Wisconsin. That’s to...
Environment
A fall tradition: Bringing in the wild rice harvest
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News
It all starts with building a wood fire early in the morning to create the bed of glowing coals needed to...
Calendar
Community Calendar – October 2022
Thru Oct 27
Four Sisters Farmers Market
The Four Sisters Farmers Market is an Indigenous-focused farmers market centered on providing increased access to affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate local...
Environment
650 geographic features with “squaw” in them to be changed
By Dan Ninham
In a press release from the U.S. Department of Interior on September 8, it was announced the Board on Geographic Names (BGN)...
