News
Goodbye, Columbus? Here’s what Indigenous Peoples’ Day means to Natives
By Emma Bownman/NPR News
This year marks the first time a U.S. president has officially recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to...
Political Matters
Political Matters – November 2021
By Mordecai Specktor
Bears Ears restored by Biden
There was some good news on the federal level in early October. Pres. Joe Biden restored the boundaries...
Book Review
Erdrich’s “The Sentence” is a winner
Review by Deborah Locke
She did it again. Louise Erdrich’s new book, “The Sentence,” layers so much to consider that after reading the last page,...
Health
Residential Redemption
By Arnie Vainio, MD
The Association of American Indian Physicians recently held our annual meeting and conference. American Indian physicians and medical students from all...
Cover Story
New Minnesota greeting: “Are you vaccinated?”
By Lee Egerstrom
Businesses and entertainment venues throughout Minnesota are quickly imposing requirements on patrons and customers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. The state...
Cover Story
Dry conditions boost MN’s wild rice crop, but climate change leaves...
By Yasmine Askari/MinnPost
For years, Nancy Schuldt has taken part in the time-honored tradition of harvesting wild rice in northern Minnesota. And while this year’s...
Environment
Line 3 drilling under more than 20 river crossings sees more...
Photos/text by Chris Trinh / Environmental Indigenous Network
Enbridge, a Canadian multinational company, is constructing its Line 3 oil pipeline across Anishinaabe land in northern...
Environment
6 tribes sue Wisconsin to try to stop November wolf hunt
By Steven karnowski / AP
Six Native American tribes sued the state of Wisconsin in September to try to stop its planned gray wolf hunt...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Isabelle Morin: Senior Soccer Player Achieving at Bemidji State U
By Dan Ninham
Isabelle Morin is a member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa and her alma mater was Bemidji High School, Bemidji, MN. She is...
Environment
Community youth decorate Minneapolis street with art and plants
On September 21, Little Earth Housing, the Native Youth Arts Collective, and the City of Minneapolis hosted a planting event and street beautification project...
Uncategorized
Political Matters – October 2021
By Mordecai Specktor
Missing white woman syndrome
In September, I tried to avoid new coverage about the disappearance of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old white woman who...
The Arts
Nail biting thriller “Fire Keeper’s Daughter” keeps you on edge
Review by Deborah Locke
A few weeks back an affable Dakota guy in Birchbark Books in Minneapolis said that “Firekeeper’s Daughter” by Angeline Boulley (Ojibwe)...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – October 2021
by Ricey Wild
Apparently, I am a very interesting person. Especially when I go to the kitchen and stand there wondering why I went in...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor – October 2021
Thank you to the community,
Another name to be added to the never-ending list of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Nada M. Fronk (Leech Lake...
Cover Story
New Native Theatre is Native-centered theater
By Brad Hagen
For the majority of United States history, narratives involving the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island have been controlled and created by non-Indigenous...
Cover Story
Delta variant is surging in Minnesota. Tribes not immune
By Lee Egerstrom
Infections, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 and its more contagious delta variant are surging again in Minnesota even as vaccination rates increase....
Cover Story
Nearly 70 people arrested during Line 3 protest at Gov’s Residence
MPR News staff/MPR news
Several dozen people protesting against the Line 3 oil pipeline project were arrested on August 28 outside the Governor's Residence in St. Paul.
The...
Opinion
America’s real longest war was against Indigenous Americans
By Michael Meuers
From the Left (Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC) to Right (Wall Street Journal) Agree Today; The global war on terror isn’t ending, nor...
Environment
U.N. Issues Letter Regarding Violations of Anishinaabe Human Rights
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has taken the extraordinary measure to request a response from the United States...
Environment
Advocates hope White Earth wild rice case will boost ‘rights of...
By Dan Gunderson/ MPR News
Dale Greene grew up in north-central Minnesota, surrounded by wild rice, called manoomin in the Ojibwe language. The Leech Lake...
