Environment
Statues to brutal colonizers are falling everywhere
By Winona LaDuke
"Historian Here: Tearing down a statue is not erasing history. Putting up a statue on land whose original caretakers you can’t name...
Cover Story
Natives face obstacles to voting most everywhere. Is MN different?
By Lee Egerstrom
Native Americans and Alaskan Natives face obstacles to voting this year, researchers say, and it may be too early to tell if...
Environment
Pipelines: How risky do you wanna be?
By Winona LaDuke
Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) continues to be an embarrassment to state regulatory authorities, slogging ahead with what we might call the...
Health
Domestic violence advocacy service created by Natives for Natives
By Maurita Begay
StrongHearts Native Helpline is a national nonprofit organization based in Minnesota dedicated to providing advocacy services for domestic violence and dating violence...
Environment
Protesters bring down Columbus statue
By AP and MPR News
On June 9th, protesters in Minnesota pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the State Capitol amid continuing anger...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Chris Jourdain: continuing the Red Lake youth basketball movement
By Dan Ninham
The youth basketball movement at the Red Lake Nation travels throughout Indian Country and beyond. Life lessons are learned with wins and...
Political Matters
Political Matters – July 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
Columbus has fallen
We’re halfway through 2020 and the hits keep coming.
I’ve generally kept away from the protests seeking justice for George Floyd...
Book Review
Encyclopedia of Am. Indian History & Culture – a different kind...
Review by Deborah Locke
A two-page photo spread in the “Encyclopedia of American Indian History & Culture” shows Natives as sentinels, single file and hand-in-hand...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – July 2020
By Ricey Wild
One thing I know for sure is that I was born “Indian” as written on my birth certificate. I now know that...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Two Native Orgs doing their part by providing Covid-19 tests to...
By Hannah Broadbent
As of June 28th, 30.4. million Covid-19 tests have been given across the country. Labs all over the U.S. are backlogged trying...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Strong partnerships key for Natives in coronavirus pandemic
By Eddie Chuculate
Although tribes in Minnesota are in control of their own health infrastructure, a good relationship with the state is crucial, said Antony...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Native organizations band together for food assistance amid coronavirus and riots
By Eddie Chuculate
After rioters looted then set fire to grocery stores in the wake of George Floyd’s death, many Minneapolis residents have had to...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Telemedicine is a stopgap for COVID-19 pandemic, not a cure all
By Lee Egerstrom
Self-distancing, Stay Home Minnesota precautions, people just being careful, and greater use of telemedicine communications with health professionals to avoid COVID-19 are...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Keeping Native Elders occupied at Bii Di Gain during Covid-19 pandemic
By Eddie Chuculate
(Photos by Diane Grooms)
Before the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), residents at Bii Di Gain, an elderly housing complex for Native Americans on Franklin...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Minnesota’s Stay Safe Order: Phase III and Reopening Businesses
By Maurita Begay
As of June 10, 2020, the third phase of Minnesota’s Stay Safe Plan will commence, ordered by Governor Walz. Throughout the entire...
Cover Story
U.S. Treatment of Indians Inspired Hitler’s Hunger Policies
By Lee Egerstrom
America’s resettlement plans used against Native Americans inspired Adult Hitler and the Nazi’s starvation and resettlement plans directed at Ukrainians, Russians and...
Cover Story
Homelessness on Ojibwe reservations still a problem in MN
By Lee Egerstrom
Homelessness and near-homelessness are continuing problems at six Ojibwe reservations in northern Minnesota, and was before the coronavirus epidemic reached Minnesota causing...
Environment
Landowners challenge Eminent Domain and Line 3 faces new challenges
By Winona LaDuke
While the Enbridge Company seeks to push ahead with Line 3 in Minnesota, the future of this pipeline, Enbridge and the Dakota...
Environment
Snowflakes, raindrops and dust bring CECs to lakes and fish
By Lee Egerstrom
Part Two of Two-Part Series (you can read part one here.)
Precipitation is a transport system that brings chemicals from pharmaceuticals, personal care...
