Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
DJ Smith, three-sport athlete at Moorhead High School
By Dan Ninham
DJ Smith (Yankton Sioux) is a senior at Moorhead High School. He is winding down his final season as a football captain...
Political Matters
Political Matters – November 2023
By Mordecai Specktor
Spotlight on Native culture
I just got back from a Sunday night performance of “For the People,” a play about Native life on...
Calendar
Community Calendar – November 2023
ONGOING
American Indian Group Prenatal
Expecting American Indian moms, come join us for a culturally focused prenatal care and education group at the Indian Health...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
This big world can be a lonely place
By Arne Vainio MD
“Has it really been sixteen years?” “It has.” She answered. “I still think about him every day.”
She was 78 now and...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – November 2023
By Ricey Wild
Last month I missed y’all for Spooky time and I apologize. My laptop fuzzed out and I had no “O” on the...
Environment
Hockey legend Henry Boucha dies but his Native advocacy work lives...
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota’s sports world and Native American communities learned this past month that hockey great and former Olympian Henry Boucha died while being...
Cover Story
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi under way
By Lee Egerstrom
At some point late next year, a new Wakan Tipi Center on St. Paul’s East Side will have a grand opening ceremony...
Cover Story
Digitizing our stories at the Minnesota History Center
By Eileen Bass/MHS
My name is Eileen Bass and I am a member of the Sac & Fox Nation of OK, with additional family ties...
Environment
Indigenous Writers Gathering brings Native authors, illustrators together
by Marlene Wisuri
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet, Minnesota, was the setting for the Indigenous Writers Gathering organized by Thomas and...
Environment
Leech Lake formalizes adult-use recreational cannabis on tribal lands
By Melissa Olson/MPR News
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has formalized adult-use recreational cannabis on its tribal lands, while taking a step toward opening...
Environment
City of Minneapolis plans to sell two lots to Red Lake...
By Jon Collins/MPR News
Plans are moving forward for two lots that have been vacant for decades off Lake Street in south Minneapolis, where members...
Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan
Working together on advancing our shared priorities
By Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan
Boozhoo, happy fall! In September, Governor Walz and I traveled to Japan to expand on our strong economic partnerships. We...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Cooper Anderson plans to play NCAA DI lacrosse at Providence College
By Dan Ninham
Cooper Anderson (Choctaw/ Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) is a junior lacrosse and basketball player at Edina High School. He also plays club lacrosse...
Calendar
Community Calendar October 2023
ONGOING
American Indian Group Prenatal
Expecting American Indian moms, come join us for a culturally focused prenatal care and education group at the Indian Health Board...
Environment
Anishinaabe Museum of Treaties and Culture opening Oct 12
Giiwedinong, the Anishinaabe Museum of Treaties and Culture, is taking form in downtown Park Rapids for its upcoming fall opening (the Anishinaabe word Giiwedinong...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
“It’s the only thing I have left for you”
By Arne Vainio MD
I was a brand new physician on call and he had fallen off a barstool about a week earlier. Eventually he...
Cover Story
Native scholars finish fellowships at MHS
By Lee Egerstrom
The task of compiling research, recovery and recognition materials on Native people, environments and cultures is well underway for six recent undergraduate...
Cover Story
The late artist Jim Denomie at Mia and beyond
By Alex V Cipolle/MPR News
In early 2022, Jim Denomie, the internationally acclaimed painter, was in the thick of planning a mid-career exhibition with the Minneapolis...
Environment
MN Senior Games keeps elders moving and social
By Dan Ninham
The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to motivating active adults to lead a healthy lifestyle through the...
Book Review
September is a great month to start/expand a MN Native library
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota Native authors have figuratively been on a tear producing new books. That means September would literally be an outstanding time to...
