Cover Story
Native artists make big splash within Twin Cities public art projects
By Lee Egerstrom
The COVID-19 pandemic and continuing outbreaks of variant strains hurt artists about as much as any group of creative entrepreneurs but Twin...
Environment
Search for Indian boarding school records gets a boost
By dan gunderson/MPR News
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Minnesota-based Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition have signed an agreement to collaborate...
Environment
Fear/stubbornness kept her from getting routine health screenings
By Amanda Ubongen/MDH
Throughout our lifetime we experience different seasons, some of which test our resiliency. For Danielle Crowell, the past few months have been...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Gardner comes full circle back to Warroad HS Warriors hockey
By Dan Ninham
One of the top scoring hockey players in the state of Minnesota made a full circle coming back home to Warroad HS...
Political Matters
Political Matters – January 2022
By Mordecai Specktor
(WARNING: There are plot spoilers for the movie “Don’t Look Up,” which is streaming on Netflix. It’s enormously popular, so you might...
Cover Story
He fought for self-determination in a time of assimilation
By Nia Macknight & Elizabeth Gillis
Photographer Nia MacKnight never met her great-grandfather John B. McGillis, but she did have a window into his storied life...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
Please remember him for me
By Arnie Vainio MD
“I don’t have the friends I thought I had. My family doesn’t understand me. I was told I should only grieve...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – January 2022
By Ricey Wild
Here we go again, hey-ho, hey-ho! This year I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions to fail at, so I should be...
Cover Story
UofMN launches financial aid for Native American students
By Lee Egerstrom
Starting next school year, the University of Minnesota will offer full tuition free and greatly reduced tuition financial assistance to first year...
Business
Business is on a roll in Northern Minnesota tribal communities
By Lee Egerstrom
Northern Minnesota tribes have expanded their investments and roles in providing food security for their communities and in providing education and training...
Environment
George Morrison to be honored with new stamp series
By Dan Kraker/MPR News
Celebrated Minnesota artist George Morrison – who was born in a Native American fishing village along the North Shore of Lake...
The Arts
Artist, inspired by Hip-Hop, collaborates on mural at the Tweed Museum
By Brad Hagen
Jonathan Thunder, multimedia artist and member of the Red Lake Nation, has described his work as “...a story line that reflects my...
Environment
A Native man wants police reform in Duluth. His son wants...
By Dan Kraker/MPR News
Earlier this year, in a plaza in downtown Duluth, Blair Powless stood alongside dozens of other community members still hurting over...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2021
By Mordecai Specktor
Remembering Lee Cook
In November, I was sad to learn that Leon “Lee” Cook had walked on. According to a news obituary in...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Molly Saboo: Pursuing Her Dream to Compete In College Cross Country
By Dan Ninham
Molly Saboo, 18, is a member of the Bay Mills Indian Community located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She is a...
The Arts
Lightning Strike, a “must read”
Review by Deborah Locke
The reading of “Lightning Strike” by Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger came about randomly. An acquaintance emailed that I just had...
The Arts
Women Water Protectors exhibit will highlight Native women warriors
A new photography exhibit by photograher John Kaul will highlight Native American women Water Protectors, which will be on display in December. Kaul has...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – December 2021
By Ricey Wild
Well dag-nabbit! I’m so mad I didn’t get back to you last month. See, I was involved in a social experiment where...
Cover Story
One homeless encampment cleared; another remembered
By Lee Egerstrom
Minneapolis city officials cleared an impromptu homeless encampment in early October along East Franklin Avenue on the edge of the American Indian...
Cover Story
St. Benedict nuns apologize for Native boarding school
By Yasmine Askari/MinnPost
American Indian children from White Earth Nation and other reservations were sent to boarding schools across the country, starting in the late...
