Environment
It’s time to plant for the future with hemp
By Winona LaDuke
While armchair and facebook critics are blasting away at those of us transforming the world, blasting Alexandria Ocasio Ortiz, Ilhan Omar, and...
Cover Story
Red Lake Nation breaks ground on first-of-its-kind housing
By Max Nesterak/MPR News
With prayer, song and gold shovels emblazoned with Ojibwe floral patterns, the Red Lake Nation broke ground September 14th on a 110-unit affordable...
News
MHS begins public hearings for new name of Historic Fort Snelling
By Mohamed Ibrahim/MPR News
One of the most important historic sites in Minnesota may get a new name. The Minnesota Historical Society will hold statewide public...
Cover Story
Indigenous designer fights MMIW crisis with fashion
By Natasha Rausch/The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Models with red and black handprints painted on their faces strutted across the stage wearing Darlene Perkins originals. The...
The Arts
The hardest kind of mothering: miscarriage and infant death
Review by Deborah Locke
“What God Is Honored Here?” features stories from women of color who experienced miscarriage and the death of their infants. To...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
The Girls On My Team Are My Sisters
By Dan Ninham
Interethnic and interracial friendships offer opportunities for athletes to learn how others see their world. This helps people get along and accomplish...
Calendar
Community Calendar – October 2019
Thru Oct 26
Transference: Printmakers in Mni Sota Makoce Exhibition
Prints in this exhibition by Julie Buffalohead, Andrea Carlson, and Dyani White Hawk were exclusively made...
News
“Not Your Mascot” march and rally set for Oct 24...
On Thursday, Oct. 24, a coalition of Minnesota tribal governments, the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media (NCARSM) and other Native American...
Political Matters
Political Matters – October 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Individual-1 to visit Minneapolis
There’s been plenty of breaking news in late September. In national politics, a whistleblower (a CIA agent assigned to...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – October 2019
By Ricey Wild
It was my fondest wish to go to the “Storm Area 51” event to free the hostage Aliens or at least have...
Cover Story
Storytelling, Health, Wellness & Partnering
By Lee Egerstrom
This past summer was filled with opportunities for Native American and other young people to develop storytelling skills while focusing on various...
Cover Story
U’s medical school in Duluth welcomes record number of Native students
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News
When Jennie Murillo was in high school, she remembers going to her local Indian Health Service clinic in southeast Idaho for regular checkups...
News
Why are so many Native Americans missing from the last census?
By Natasha Rausch
Jamie Azure said the numbers were off. When he saw the results from the 2010 census, he said they didn’t look right...
Environment
A New Breath – White Earth Chairman Fairbanks
By Winona LaDuke
I’ve been to a lot of inaugurations in my life, they are always full of promise, hope and, more recently dread. The...
Cover Story
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women billboard goes up in Duluth
The first Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) billboard was placed in Duluth in August, in an effort to raise awareness and build momentum...
News
Native American tour is designed to educate teachers on historical...
By Elizabeth Shockman/MPR News
In early August, a group of Minneapolis public school teachers stood atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. Victor Makes Room For Them, who...
Health
Johns Hopkins’ move into Minnesota seen as gain for Indian health...
By Lee Egerstrom
Medical researchers and officials in Duluth insist the opening of a Johns Hopkins University research hub with existing staff from University of...
Health
US Native American health agency at crossroads
By the Associated Press
Emergency rooms shut down for months. Hospitals put patients at risk for opioid abuse and overdoses. A longtime pediatrician was charged with sexually...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Believing In Native football players at Central Lakes College
by Dan Ninham
I Believe In You. In Ojibwe it is “Gidebweyenimin” and in Cherokee it is “-agwohiyu nihi”. These are perhaps the most empowering...
Local Briefs
What’s New in the Community – September 2019
Jim Denomie receives 2019 McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award
Jim Denomie has received the 2019 McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award. This honor, given annually to...
