Calendar
Community Calendar – December 2019
Thru Sept 2020
Julie Buffalohead Exhibit
Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Tribe) creates visual narratives told by animal characters that have personhood, agency, and individuality. Buffalohead connects the...
National Briefs
New Briefs – December 2019
‘The worst we have ever seen’: Statue depicting Sacagawea being removed
Charlottesville, VA (AP) – The city council in Charlottesville, Virginia, voted last month to move...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Strength sports is more than just deadlifts, it’s about community
By Dan Ninham
Powerlifting is a strength sport where the goal is to lift as much weight as possible. Your strength is measured by your...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Crises in the Southern Hemisphere
The repression of Indigenous nations in South America invites comparisons to what American Indians faced in the American...
Health
Minnesota has Hepatitis A outbreak, get vaccinated
Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. It can make you very sick for weeks or even months....
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – December 2019
By Ricey Wild
Deja vu. I understood it to be a brain boogit as in feeling something has already happened before or a situation one...
Community News
What’s new in the community -december 2019
What a year for the MN Native Elder Games elders!
This past year has been another one for the Native Elder Games history books. A...
Cover Story
Mortgage costs higher on reservations
By Lee Egerstrom
Native American families have more difficulty accessing home mortgages for property on Indian reservation and pay higher interest rates for their loans...
Cover Story
Niijii Radio rises ‘out of the ashes’ to serve White Earth,...
By Natasha Rausch/Inforum
A brick building off State Highway 59 that used to serve as the Callaway School is now home to the White Earth...
Environment
Taking off the Gloves- Enbridge and their Aboriginal People’s Policy
By Winona LaDuke
“We commit to working with Indigenous communities in a manner that recognizes and respects those legal and constitutional rights and the traditional...
Business
My courtship with cannabis/hemp: treat her well
By Winona LaDuke
You can learn a lot from a plant. For the past four years I’ve been hanging out with cannabis plants. She’s an...
Cover Story
Not Your Mascot protests Washington DC team’s racist name
Native Americans and allies gathered outside the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Oct. 24 to protest the Washington Redskins’ racist name.
The rally was organized...
History
‘I’ve never told anyone’: Stories of life in Indian boarding schools
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News
Denise Lajimodiere’s interest in the Indian boarding school experience began with the stories of her parents.
“Mama was made to kneel on...
News
News Briefs – November 2019
2020 coin features Native Elizabeth Peratrovich
ANCHORAGE, AK (AP) – A young Alaska Native woman left an impression on Alaska’s territorial Senate in 1945, delivering...
Political Matters
Political Matters – November 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Among the Trumpites
As I wrote last month, the Imperial Kleagle in the Oval Office paid a visit to Minneapolis on Oct. 10....
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Geyaabi wiikwajichigen with All American Katie Taylor
By Dan Ninham
“Geyaabi wiikwajichigen … Keep Striving/ Endeavoring.” These are the empowering Ojibwemowin Laura Taylor says best represents her daughter Katie Taylor, who is...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – November 2019
By Ricey Wild
I write about what I want to. Many people over the years have given suggestions and not so subtle hints about their...
Calendar
Community Calendar – November 2019
Thru Nov 30
Akinomaage: Teaching from the Earth exhibit
Vern Northrup, visual storyteller and photographer, is an enrolled member of the Fond du Lac Nation in Northern...
Cover Story
Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine
By Lee Egerstrom
An unusual association of independent, community-based radio stations brought forth Native voices and faces for visitors to the Minnesota State Fair this...
Environment
Enbridge encounters more setbacks
By Winona LaDuke
On September 28, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency denied an essential permit to the Enbridge Line 3 Project, adding more setbacks for...
