Environment
ND is committed to punishing Water Protectors, not polluters
By Winona LaDuke
It’s eight years since the Water Protectors were cleared off the banks of Cannonball and Missouri River. It was a bitter ending...
National Briefs
New Briefs – January 2025
Minneapolis Invests in Affordable Housing Projects, Including NACC
Minneapolis, MN – The city of Minneapolis is investing in 11 affordable rental housing projects, including the...
Environment
‘Niimiwin’ art exhibit celebrates the powwow tradition
By Allison Herrera/MPR News
“Niimiwin” is the latest exhibit at All My Relations Arts in south Minneapolis. The title “Niimiwin” means “everyone dance,” a nod...
Native Arts
Winter Woodland Royalty Collection by Adrienne Benjamin
By Dan Ninham
Wendy Merrill (enrolled member and D2 Representative of the Mille Lacs Band) hosted the Adult Christmas Party on December 22, 2024 at...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Foster inducted into Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame
By Dan Ninham
Shelly Foster was recently inducted into the 2025 North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Red...
Calendar
Community Calendar – January 2025
ONGOING
Grief Support Group
An open group that provides space for community members to connect with one another, share their experiences, learn new coping skills, gain...
Political Matters
Political Matters – January 2025
By Mordecai Specktor
Yintah means ‘land’
In my Dec. 2024 column, I wrote about threats to the environment and to tribal sovereignty posed by the incoming...
Joe Nayquonabe Sr.
Joe Nayquonabe Sr – January 2025
By Joe Nayquonabe Sr
(Editor’s note: Orignally published in August 2023 in the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s Ojibwe Inaajimowin newspaper.)
A long time ago and...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – January 2025
By Ricey Wild
“Happy” New Year? One hopes it will be. But the impressions I am getting, it may be more like “Hunker Down Year”...
Cover Story
Bison make a comeback with tribal help
By K.E. MacPhie
Earlier this year, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) brought bison back to the traditional land of the Dakota people for the first...
Cover Story
Andrea Carlson is at the center to showcase Native American arts
By Lee Egerstrom
Native Minnesotan and Grand Portage Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson is a key exhibitor at a unique series of Indigenous art exhibits underway...
Cover Story
Shop Indian Country: Holiday Gift Giving Places
By K.E. MacPhie
Buy Native-American made! The best way to support the Native community this holiday season is to buy from Native shops and artists...
Environment
Let the Sun Shine – the Pine Point Solar Project
By Winona LaDuke
In mid-November, Federal representatives from Sandia Laboratory, solar developer l0Power, installer Ziegler Energy Solutions, and Minnesota-based panel manufacturer Heliene came to the...
Environment
Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team
By Dan Ninham
The International Indigenous Dementia Research Network (IIDRN) held its second annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, in October 2024, focusing on improving dementia...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Eleazar Staley is playing in the 2024 Indigenous Bowl
By Dan Ninham
At the 2023 North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, a conversation among the inductees led to an exciting opportunity for...
Calendar
Community Calendar – December 2024
ONGOING
Grief Support Group
An open group that provides space for community members to connect with one another, share their experiences, learn new coping skills, gain...
Book Review
A book about strength, love, kinship and determination
Review by Deborah Locke
What if the Internet and all forms of communication and power failed completely, combined with climate changes that made the environment...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2024
By Mordecai Specktor
A coming assault on Mother Earth
I’ve read numerous 2024 election post-mortems. The New Yorker magazine’s Nov. 7 issue featured an array of...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – December 2024
By Ricey Wild
There is a lot I could write about, like the farce of the U.S. presidential election, which in my opinion was stolen....
Cover Story
Co-management at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary
By Lee Egerstrom
Indigenous Peoples’ Day became an up close and personal celebration of the past and future for the people of St. Paul, the...
