Environment
Sharing the contents of our “basket” before we depart
By Winona LaDuke
“My heroes are the unacknowledged do-gooders that strive to help because they love humans and plants and water and still believe in...
Cover Story
Hundreds gather to honor Ojibwe who died 175 years ago
By Chandra Colvin/MPR News
For many, summertime activities such as boating and swimming are first to mind when visiting Big Sandy Lake near McGregor in northern...
Cover Story
Expansion of book series “Native American Lives ” celebrated
By K.E. MacPhie
On August 4th, The Minnesota Humanities Center in St. Paul hosted Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and a crowd of writers, readers, and...
Environment
Sometimes We Win Some
By Winona LaDuke
I recently spoke with seventeen-year-old Keeya Wiki about the first descent of the Klamath River, a 263-mile river in Oregon and California....
Cover Story
MN sex ed programs could lose federal funding due to Trump...
By Deanna Pistono/Minnpost
The Minnesota Department of Health received the demands from the Trump administration over the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP).
The Trump administration is...
News
News Briefs – September 2025
Mystic Lake Amphitheater Mystic Lake Amphitheater to open in Shakopee in 2026
SHAKOPEE, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has purchased the naming rights...
Environment
Tribal nations scramble to save clean energy projects as federal support...
By Miacel Spotted Elk/Grist
As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed renewable energy...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Hunt is on the NCAA D1 U of St. Thomas Volleyball...
By Dan Ninham
There are two NCAA D1 volleyball teams in Minnesota. One is the Minnesota Gophers and the other is the University of St....
Political Matters
Political Matters – September 2025
By Mordecai Specktor
A visit to Gichigami
In early August, I traveled with my wife, Maj-Britt, up to Gichigami (Lake Superior) — it’s my favorite area...
Calendar
Community Calendar – September 2025
Ongoing
Dakota Sacred Hoop Walk
Experience the Dakota Sacred Hoop Walk, an immersive augmented reality art exhibition by Marlena Myles, a Spirit Lake Dakota artist. Located...
Environment
Lt. Gov. Flanagan steps out on her own in Senate race
By Madison McVan /Minnesota Reformer
The divide among Democrats this year is as much attitudinal as it is ideological.
Rank-and-file Democrats are thirsting for leaders who...
Environment
Ninham inducted into Minnesota Lacrosse Hall of Fame
By The Circle
Dan Ninham, a longtime advocate for Native education and Indigenous games, has been named to the inaugural class of the Minnesota Lacrosse...
Cover Story
1st Native American Food Truck Festival feeds the masses
By Eddie Chuculate
Despite threatening weather and morning rain, an estimated 8,000 people attended the inaugural Native American Food Truck Festival on July 5 at...
Cover Story
Native culture is positioned to help with Ketamine therapy and others
By K.E. MacPhie
In the safety of a clinician’s office, with a trusted therapist by my side, I took a dose of ketamine and met...
Environment
GOP 2026 budget guts environmental protections
By Brian Bienkowski/The New Lede
Republicans are proposing deep cuts to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill, which...
Environment
Let the Sun Shine
By Winona LaDuke
This winter promises to be a cold one in northern Minnesota. Federal cutbacks in energy assistance and additional power production will hit...
Cover Story
Music camp sparks creativity and friendship for Native youth
By Chandra Colvin/MPR
The sounds of drums, guitars and singing resonated throughout the Lower Sioux Indian Community’s recreation center, located in southern Minnesota.
Ten Indigenous youth...
Environment
Dr. Wilkie leads the UM Niganawenimaanaanig Program for nursing
By Dan Ninham
Dr. Misty Wilkie introduced herself in a traditional way, “Boozhoo indinawemaaganidog! Misty Wilkie nindizhinikaaz zhaaganaashiimong. Makwa nindoodem. Mikinock wajiw nindoonjibaa.
“My name is...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Charley “Thunderblood” Norris’s all star wrestling tribute
By Dan Ninham
The memory of Charley “Thunderblood” Norris, Red Lake band member and professional wrestler, took the main event center ring in mid-July at...
Political Matters
August 2025
By Mordecia Specktor
Trump, Epstein and the R-word
In July, the current occupant of the White House was bombarded by questions about the late child rapist...
