Cover Story
White Earth Tribe to vote on Medical Marijuana
By Winona LaDuke
On August l8 the White Earth Tribe will have an election. There are two things on the ballot – the District Three...
Cover Story
A family death can be fatal blow for Native higher education
By Lee Egerstrom
A study conducted at the University of Minnesota finds that students of color, and especially Native American students, are far less likely...
Environment
Native Vote 2020: The Primaries and Tribal Elections
By Winona LaDuke
I don’t actually have a dog in this fight, I am technically a member of the Green Party, not a Democrat or...
News
Minnesotans cheer Washington team’s name change
By Nina Moini / MRP News
Outside the American Indian Center in Minneapolis on July 13, Clyde Bellecourt leaned on his walker as he watched...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Minnesota food shelves, already busy, brace for bigger demand
By Nina Moini / MRP News
The COVID-19 pandemic has created huge demand for free or reduced-cost food across the state as Minnesotans have lost...
Business
Cooperative enterprises may lead to “new normal” for Native businesses
By Lee Egerstrom
Business has been grinding to a halt in much of Indian Country, perhaps more than in the U.S. economy at large, prompting...
Political Matters
Political Matters – August 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
Winning in Indian Country
In a departure from the usual “Political Matters” fare, this month’s column will feature good news. In the midst...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Daniel Polk: National Class Disc Golfer
By Dan Ninham
Everyone may have a hidden talent. Oftentimes someone finds it by chance. Other times it may stay hidden. By continuing to practice...
Book Review
For Joshua: An Ojibwe Father Teaches His Son, is a remarkable...
Review by Deborah Locke
The late Richard Wagamese knew that liquor “owned him” and that as a drunk, he was unfit to raise his baby...
Education
Young grad works with Amnesty International on corporate crimes
By Hannah Broadbent
Raven Ziegler is a young Native American women who is making a big impact in her community as an activist and young...
Columnists
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – August 2020
By Ricey Wild
Pretty sure I’ma be calling Rezberry Housing for some repairs soon. Due to my last most unfortunate accident, I’m in a wheelchair...
Community News
Community thanks AIM for protection
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC), University of Minnesota Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) and Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) hosted a gratitude...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Often overlooked impacts of COVID-19: mental health stress, anxiety and fear
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota health officials, the Mayo Clinic, and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are voicing concern about how...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Food left on table: 150,000 eligible Minn. families missing out on...
By Eddie Chuculate
As the coronavirus has broken United States food-supply chains, and grocery stores in Minneapolis closed or disrupted due to rioting, free groceries...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Native schools in Minneapolis prepare to open during pandemic, bemoan online...
By Eddie Chuculate
Although American Indian schools in Minneapolis are awaiting a state mandate on reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, a consensus is...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Minnesota opens long-term care facilities to family, friends declared essential caregivers
By Lee Egerstrom
Caring for an elderly or other person in a long-term care facility has just gotten easier for families and friends who can...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Dental care: Cautiously returning to a new “normal” for the foreseeable...
By Lee Egerstrom
Putting health care on hold as precaution against the coronavirus pandemic was a balancing act for patients and medical specialists who had...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Is the Second Wave of the Coronavirus Here?
By Maurita Begay
There is prevalent speculation that we are entering a “second wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. But is this...
Cover Story
Covid/protests bring food shortages and community support
By Lee Egerstrom
The burning and damage to Cub Foods and Target stores in south Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd in May turned...
Cover Story
Residents comes together to protect Little Earth Housing Complex
By Hana Broadbent
We all remember where we were when we heard about the death of George Floyd. It’s a moment in time that touched...
