Cover Story
Governments seek answers as crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous...
By Sarah Mearhoff and Dana Ferguson
Editor's note: This is the 2nd installment of a three-part series on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous...
Cover Story
Tensions arise between Natives, Non-Natives in Indian Country
By Lee Egerstrom
Despite political successes for the Native community in Minnesota in recent years, 2020 has started with tension building between Native and Non-Native...
Opinion
Why we must continue to Rock the Native Vote
By Winona LaDuke
It’s 2020 and the stakes are high. In every area of civil society, from the rights of women, the right to clean...
Business
Solar Bear founder wants solar everywhere, especially in Indian Country
By Lee Egerstrom
Robert (Bob) Blake, founder of the Solar Bear solar installation company based jointly in Minneapolis and at Red Lake, is taking his...
Cover Story
Healthcare for the homeless clinic/drop-in center opens in Wakiagun
By Lee Egerstrom
The Hennepin County Healthcare for the Homeless program has taken over a drop-in clinic at the Anishinabe Wakiagun complex while Wakiagun uses...
News
Ellison: Mille Lacs band still has 61K-acre reservation
By AP
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asserted in February in a legal filing that the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation still exists, a statement that...
Book Review
“The Night Watchman” based on 1950s battle to save reservations
By Deborah Locke
In her latest novel “The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich tells the story of her grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, and his 1950s battle with...
Political Matters
Political Matters – March 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
Zombie apocalypse on the rez
And now for something completely different: In “Blood Quantum,” the second feature film from director Jeff Barnaby (Mi’gmaq),...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Instructor Discovers Parallels Between Native Culture And Capoeria
By Dan Ninham
“Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art that incorporates music, singing, dance, acrobatics, culture and a resistance from colonization,” said Benjamin “Gaviao” Shendo...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – March 2020
By Ricey Wild
If ya’ll follow my column, you know I have not had it easy at all after falling back in November. Life has...
Calendar
Community Calendar – March 2020
Thru April 20
Rights of the Child
A solo exhibition of paintings and digitally designed posters by Duluth-based artist Moira Villiard exploring the essence of childhood and...
Cover Story
Melissa Eagleshield went missing 5 years ago: Thousands more Indigenous people...
By Natasha Rausch, Sarah Mearhoff and Dana Ferguson / Inforum
Editor's note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the crisis of...
Cover Story
History and trauma are factors in Native opioid overdose deaths
By Lee Egerstrom
A first of a kind community based fatality review conducted at the White Earth Nation identifies risk factors that contribute to making...
Environment
The long, exhausting battle against Enbridge for our lands and water
By Winona LaDuke
Enbridge’s 7-year battle for a new pipe line has worn us all thin. We have poured out by the thousands, over 68,000...
History
Education on history of Indian boarding schools gets a boost
By Dan Gunderson/MPR
A national organization based in Minnesota is kicking off a new 10-year plan to bring attention to a dark chapter in U.S....
Cover Story
Remembering Marvin Manypenny – a champion
By Winona LaDuke
Pillars of courage hold up the justice we know we deserve. The passing of Marvin Manypenny, a lifelong champion of the rights...
The Arts
“Warrior Women” shows the strength of unified resistance
Review by Deborah Locke
In one of the lighter moments of the award-winning film “Warrior Women,” an American Indian man points out that whereas Indian...
Community News
Ernest Whiteman (Strong Old Man) was artist, teacher, advocate, friend
By Diane Wilson
Ernie Whiteman (Tei’eihi Beh’eih/Strong Old Man) was a man of many talents who will be remembered as an artist, teacher, advocate, changemaker,...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Jiigewegaabaw: Looks over the edge for his people and family
By Dan Ninham
Jiigewegaabaw: My wen’ehs (namesakes) saw me in a dream looking over the water, looking out over Lake Mille Lacs. The translation is...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
More mining monkey business
In my January column, I wrote about the formal announcement of the Twin Metals Minnesota copper-nickel mining scheme, a...
