Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Anderson to compete at 2025 World Lacrosse in South Korea
By Dan Ninham
Cooper Anderson (Choctaw/LCO Ojibwe) graduated from Edina High School and is headed to Providence College in Rhode Island to play NCAA D1...
Environment
Visual warrior: Greene uses photography as a truth-teller
By Dan Ninham
Ne-Dah-Ness Rose Greene, an Indigenous photographer and business owner from the Leech Lake Reservation, is known for combining her artistic vision with...
Calendar
July 2025 Community Calendar
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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
Beyond the algorithm: How AI can support Native communities
By Orion Williams
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing everything — from how we communicate and learn to how we shop, work, and heal. For Native communities,...
Cover Story
IHB is creating a new, innovative facility
By K.E. MacPhie
At the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis (IHB) groundbreaking ceremony, the joy and hope was palpable as the community got to see...
Cover Story
Postponed celebrations for American Indian Month take place
By Chandra Colvin/MPR News
Community gathered in south Minneapolis on June 1st morning to kick off the American Indian Month parade. American Indian Month in...
Environment
New Briefs – June 2025
White Earth Nation Opens First Off-Reservation Cannabis Dispensary in mn
MOORHEAD, Minn. – The White Earth Nation made history in late May with the opening...
Environment
White keeps woodworking and woodland dancing alive
By Dan Ninham
“Niizhogabo indizhnakaaz, Gaa-zagashkwajimikaag indoonjiba. I am known as ‘Two Men Standing by the Spirits’ from the village of Chachabawning (Inger),” said Gerald White. White...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Aitken performs for the Bemidji State University track team
By Dan Ninham
Josie Aitken has been a university athlete for three years and has another year of eligibility that she will be using next...
Environment
‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis
Review by Leah Lemm/MPR News
Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis
By Douglas Miller
Publisher: Liveright
Publish: November 2024
400 pages
The book “Washita...
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Community Calendar – June 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...
Health
Reclaiming Birth: A Native-Led Vision for Healing and Ceremony
By K.E. MacPhie
Shashana SkippingDay is dreaming bigger than a building—she’s helping build a future where Indigenous birthing people receive care that is safe, supported,...
Joe Nayquonabe Sr.
Joe Nayquonabe Sr – June 2025
By Joe Nayquonabe Sr. / Transcribed by James Clark
Editor’s note: Orignally published in in the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Inaajimowin newspaper.
This month I...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – June 2025
By Ricey Wild
The outdoors has transformed into glorious greenery and I’m waiting for lilac season, which only lasts for up to a week. Transient...
Cover Story
Federal land to transfer to Dakota-led organization
By Chandra Colvin/MPR News
Minneapolis city and community leaders announced five acres of federal land near the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam will...
Cover Story
NACC breaks ground on new vision
By Dan Ninham
Community leaders, project partners, and elected officials came together to celebrate the groundbreaking for a mixed-use development on the American Indian Cultural...
Environment
The Green Path will include cannabis and hemp
By Winona LaDuke
Our Anishinaabe prophecies speak of a choice between a scorched path and one which is green. This spring, a set of gatherings...
News
US Postal Service to issue powwow stamps by Cochiti painter
By Associated Press
The U.S. Postal Service released a new stamp series in late April featuring vibrant depictions of Native dancers by Cochiti Pueblo artist...
Environment
Four dead, two injured in Minneapolis shootings that may be connected
By MPR New Staff
Three people died and two others were seriously injured in a shooting late April 29 in south Minneapolis. Just over 12 hours...
Cover Story
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ‘Can’t stop, won’t stop’ kitchen table tour
By Mary Murphy/Inforum
As part of her campaign for U.S. Senate, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan hosted her 13th “Kitchen Table Conversation” on in late...
