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...
Book Review
Grandpa and Grandma Auginash and the rise of wage labor of...
Book review by Deborah Locke
When you read Brenda Child’s “My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks,” you may ask yourself this question. Why, why didn’t I ask...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – September 2019
By Ricey Wild
Dear Teacher,
“What I did this summer.”
Well, actual summer temps came late to Rezberry and so the growing season was short. I was...
Calendar
Community Calendar – September 2019
Thru Sept 16
We Are Water MN Exhibit
"We Are Water MN" reveals the central nature of water in our lives by exploring how we relate...
Cover Story
College Credit Helps High School Students
By Lee Egerstrom
High school students thinking about going to college after graduation should explore Minnesota’s many options for earning college credits along with their...
Cover Story
Fed’s Center for Indian Country Dev. builds from human resources
By Lee Egerstrom
At the mention of the word infrastructure, most people think of roads, bridges, airports and other physical structures that support commerce and...
Cover Story
IHS hospitals put Native Americans at opioid risk, audit says
By the Associated Press
U.S. government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing...
Environment
Reconciliation Pipeline: how to shackle Native people, again
By Winona LaDuke
You can’t make this stuff up. At the end of the fossil fuel era, the plan is to transfer the liability to...
Sports
MN to send lacrosse teams to North American Indigenous Games
By Art Coulson
For the first time in 25 years, Minnesota will send a lacrosse team to compete in the North American Indigenous Games next...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Angelo Baca: Runner, Educator and Filmmaker
By Dan Ninham
At 39, Angelo Baca (Navajo/Hopi) continues to lace up his running shoes and runs toward the east before sunrise. A three-time National...
Environment
Bad River Band of Ojibwe sues Enbridge
By Winona LaDuke
On July 23, the Bad River Band of Ojibwe filed a law suit against Canadian based Enbridge Company, seeking to force removal...
The Arts
Night skies, grasshoppers and happy children planting
Reviews by Deborah Locke
When I read a children’s book that in any way is connected with American Indians, a couple of criteria stand out....
Political Matters
Political Matters – August 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Native women artists
Run don’t walk to see “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists,” an amazing and affecting exhibition on view through...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – August 2019
By Ricey Wild
Once upon a time a strange and frightful people came here in boats, thereby becoming the first boat people to these shores....
Calendar
Community Calendar – August 2019
Thru Aug 17
Brad Kahlhamer’s Bowery Nation+Hawk+Eagle Exhibit
Bockley Gallery announces its first exhibition of works by multimedia artist Brad Kahlhamer titled Bowery Nation+Hawk+Eagle. Bockley Gallery,...
Cover Story
Legislature update: PIIC can enforce state criminal laws
By Lee Egerstrom
A large number of bills sought by Native American groups and tribal governments approved by the Minnesota Legislature is becoming law, including...
