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Community Calendar – December 2023
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Ongoing
Waite House Middle School Programming
Join our Middle School Programming! We will be offering tutoring services and craft making workshops. We will be doing...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
I won’t miss my opportunity next time
By Arne Vainio, MD
I missed the print deadline for my last story. Something always happens around Christmas to make me appreciate the gifts we...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – December 2023
By Wild Ricey
Ah...Buffy Sainte Marie was not the first ‘Pretendian.’ When she was outed by The Fifth Estate in Canada, I was disappointed and...
Cover Story
Locals build sweatlodge for PA prisoners
By Lee Egerstrom
A unique bond with Pennsylvania prisoners resulted in Minnesota volunteers spending a few days in early October building a sweat lodge for...
Cover Story
NACDI receives national honor for promoting Native voting
By Lee Egerstrom
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon presented a national award to the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) on Indigenous Peoples Day...
Environment
A story of genocide, colonization, greed and deforestation
By Winona LaDuke
In late August, the New York Times covered a story about two Indigenous Piripkura Men who had saved some land in the...
Environment
MIGIZI youth center reopens after burning in Floyd unrest
By Nicole Ki / MPR News
Around 500 people gathered on October 5th to celebrate the grand opening of MIGIZI, a Native American youth center based...
Environment
IHB holds site blessing for future Menaandawiwe Healing Campus
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 9, the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis (IHB) held a site blessing for the future home of the Menaandawiwe...
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New Native Theatre Presents A Christmas In Ochopee
By Noreen Quadir
Join the Wheetleys, a loving Miccosukee family living in the Florida Everglades, as they try their best to prepare their holiday feast...
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...
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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...
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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...