Cover Story
Native Artists find ways to adjust during Covid-19 shutdown
By Hannah Broadbent
On a regular day Rafael (Rafa) Gonzalez, also known Hip-Hop artist Tufawon, wakes up in his South Minneapolis home and heads to...
Covid-19 Pandemic
MN Native communities coping, not conquering, COVID-19 outbreak
By Lee Egerstrom
Quick responses to the coronavirus health threat to Native Americans in both tribal and urban Minnesota communities appear to be holding the...
Cover Story
New Quit Partner helps Native smokers quit the Native way
By Hannah Broadbent
Cansasa, Asemaa – tobacco in Dakota and Ojibwe languages. We have traditional words for tobacco because it is a traditional medicine, but...
Environment
Desperate pipeline companies try to push ahead during pandemic
Winona LaDuke
This spring changed our world. That’s for sure. There’s a long ago story of how the Bat changed the world. And once again,...
Environment
Land O’ Lake’s Indian Maiden disappears from packaging
By Robert Desjarlait
It wasn’t noticed until April that the Land O’ Lakes iconic image of the Indian Maiden, Mia, was missing. The disappearance of...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Coach Darrell “Son” Shaugabay committed to helping kids
By Dan Ninham
Historically, Warroad, Minnesota was a large Ojibwe village on the Lake of the Woods at the northwestern tip of the state bordering...
Political Matters
Political Matters – May 2020
By Mordecai Specktor
Coronavirus in Indian Country
Are readers of The Circle taking precautions against the deadly onslaught of the coronavirus? Washing your hands frequently? Wearing...
Calendar
Community Calendar – May 2020
THINGS TO DO ONLINE
Exoplanet Coloring Pages with NASA
Download the Exoplanet Coloring pages and color with NASA. Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. Free....
Book Review
“Manifesto” fiercely explains why you need your native language
Review by Deborah Locke
The Language Warrior’s Manifesto:
How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds
Minnesota Historical Society Press
January 28, 2020
208 pages
You...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – May 2020
By Ricey Wild
So, how are yooz all doing? Bored at being in ‘lockup?’ Tired of not doing what you want to anytime you feel...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Will COVID-19 emergency relief trickle down to Native entrepreneurs?
By Lee Egerstrom
Native American entrepreneurs operate what clearly are small businesses – either alone or with family members and with no more than a...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Social distancing saves lives while pulling tribes down together
By Lee Egerstrom
Tribal economies, health care systems and governments are disproportionately harmed by preventive measures such as social distancing that have closed hospitality and...
Covid-19 Pandemic
Tribes and nearby communities take huge hits from COVID-19 casino shutdowns
By Lee Egerstrom
A pair of new economic studies show tribes in Minnesota and throughout the country are facing billions of dollars in lost revenues...
Cover Story
Missing Indigenous people sparks activists, self-taught searchers to help families awaiting...
By Natasha Rausch
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a three-part series on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the...
Cover Story
MN Indian Country not immune to COVID-19 or economic fallout
By Lee Egerstrom
Every Minnesotan – Native and Non-Native – is affected by the COVID-19 strain of the global coronavirus pandemic that is spreading from...
Cover Story
Indian Country leaders urge Native people to be counted in 2020...
By Kirsten Carlson
Native Americans living on reservations and in traditional villages were the most undercounted people in the 2010 U.S. Census. This year, tribal...
Environment
Hemp is about transforming our communities
By Hannah Broadbent
There have always been leaders who have paved the way in the fight for tribal sovereignty. Leaders who have thought of different...
Environment
When the bat challenged the Wiindigo
By Winona LaDuke
Think of crisis as opportunity. The Chinese characters for crisis are wei ji. Danger and opportunity. That’s now. Take a breath, maybe...
Business
Henry Boucha is more than a hockey legend
By Lee Egerstrom
This time of year people want to talk hockey when they encounter Henry Boucha.
Not now. Hockey – all sports – has hit...
The Arts
Sky Hopinka’s “Disfluencies” stays in your head for days
By Hannah Broadbent
It’s a special experience to see a work of art that stays in your head for days after. I can still see...
