Opinion
Restoring our connections to each other and the natural world
By Ricky Defoe and Janet Keough
As the year gets ready to renew itself, we have a chance to heal ourselves, our human communities, and...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
LeRoy Staples Fairbanks IV: Bringing AAU Summer Season to Cass Lake-Bena
By Dan Ninham
The wave of top level Minnesota Section 8 basketball talent is continuing to rise at Cass Lake-Bena High School. One of the...
Political Matters
Political Matters – January 2021
By Mordecai Specktor
Cancelling Henry Sibley
As I mentioned in the December issue of The Circle, I attended Sibley High School. In gym class, we wore...
News
ILTF’s Will In A Box helps Native Americans with land transfers
By Hannah Broadbent
Like many American Indians, my family has land in our district on the Sisseton Whapeton Oyate Reservation (in South Dakota). Also, like...
Book Review
“The Brave” is compelling, but could do without the stereotypes
Review by Deborah Locke
This book, “The Brave” by James Bird, about a boy who overcomes a disability and hard start in life, could have...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
Ricey Wild – January 2021
By Ricey Wild
A thought to share with yooz. By this time in my middle age I thought that I would ‘get it’ by now,...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Wrapping up 2020 but not the end of COVID-19 pandemic
By Lee Egerstrom
As the year 2020 winds down, the outlook for the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota can be described as improved but far from...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Vaccinations start as COVID-19 deaths and infections hit milestones before the...
By Lee Egerstrom
Vaccines for preventing the COVID-19 virus began arriving in Minnesota a week before the Christmas holidays even as the state was reaching...
Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 vaccines arrive: A long wait still ahead for most Natives...
By Lee Egerstrom
The long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines are now reaching the states, Minnesota included; but the grass may again be green before most Native Minnesotans...
Covid-19 Pandemic
More than half of Native American workers are in risky jobs...
By Lee Egerstrom
A research group has pulled together data that show Native American workers and other
minorities are at greater risk of becoming infected by...
Cover Story
The Pandemic Pipeline
By Winona LaDuke
Governor Walz has just issued all the state permits for Enbridge’s Line 3. That’s including the Minnesota Pollution Control Permit called the...
Cover Story
New memorial recognizes generations of military service by Native vets
By Quil Lawrence/ MPR
After 25 years in the making, a new monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., opened on Veterans Day –...
News
A pandemic challenge: Keeping Native students connected to teachers
By Lee Egerstrom
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on Native students, their teachers and programs within Minneapolis Public Schools and threatens to upend...
Environment
Minnesota Bison conservation herd helps preserve natural legacy
By Dan Ruiter & Harland Hiemstra / Minnesota DNR
As the sun rises on a crisp October morning, Blue Mounds State Park comes to life...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Sophia Morin: Senior Captain of Bemidji HS Lumberjacks Soccer Team
By Dan Ninham
The Minnesota State High School League adjusted their 2020-21 winter schedules to curb the spread of the COVID-19.
The fall high school sport...
The Arts
Erdrich curates National Poem-a-Day series
By James P. Lenfestey
The Academy of American Poets popular national “Poem -a-day” series selected poet Heid Erdrich as guest editor for the month of...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
Reflections on Turkey Day
My family moved up the Thanksgiving festivities by a week, so our son Max, who was visiting from Copenhagen,...
Business
Textile artist builds sense of community with ribbon masks
By Brad Hagen
With the ever-growing presence of Natives on social media, it’s likely that you’ve come across Maggie Thompon’s work at least once or...
Book Review
Visions of chokecherries…
Book Review by Deborah Locke
“Native American Night Before Christmas” is so cute that I wish I had a three to five year old relative...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Indian Health Service, MN Department of Health ready plans for vaccines
By Lee Egerstrom
Health officials at both the federal and state levels are developing plans to assist Indian health providers in accessing and administering vaccines...
