Native Arts
Bluedog’s new album reflects the lives and times of Native Americans
By Lee Egerstrom
The title of the forthcoming Bluedog band album shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone living in Indian Country. The title and...
Native Arts
Denomie exhibit: when reality and imagination combine
By Deborah Locke
When you think of American Indian art, what comes to mind? Feathers, buffaloes, eagles, red and green peppers, a powwow dancer, a...
Political Matters
Political Matters – March 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Indigenous at the Oscars
In accepting the Oscar for best director on Feb. 24, Mexican director Alphonso Cuarón thanked the Academy “for recognizing...
Calendar
Community Calendar – March 2019
Thru April 6
Jim Denomie: Standing Rock Paintings
Bockley Gallery’s exhibition of Jim Denomie: Standing Rock Paintings, comprises of three large-scale, oil on canvas paintings and...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – March 2019
By Ricey Wild
Dear friends; my beloved Gramma Rose who I’ve written about many times has passed on at 100+years old. I grieve her deeply...
Letters to the Editor
Mni Ki Wakan Water Is Sacred
By Wakinyan Skye LaPointe, Lemoine LaPointe, Thorne LaPointe, Laura Sioux Roberts
The growing global water crisis is prompting many world leaders and organizations to respond...
Calendar
Community Calendar – February 2019
Thru Feb. 8
Tamara Aupaumut and Jeremy Pomani
Two Rivers Gallery presents the work of two local artists: Tamara Aupaumut and Jeremy Pomani. Two Rivers Gallery,...
Cover Story
W.E. Resolution gives Manoomin Rights
By Winona LaDuke
At the close of 2018, the White Earth band of Ojibwe recognized the “Rights of Manoomin” as a part of tribal regulatory...
Cover Story
MNIBA: Co-ops offer new look at old ways for development
By Lee Egerstrom
The Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance (MNIBA) is taking a fresh look at ways to spur business and service development within Native communities by...
Cover Story
Change is coming to racist murals in St. Paul City Hall
By scott russell
Four large murals in St. Paul City Hall depict white supremacy and Manifest Destiny, creating an unwelcoming space for many citizens who...
News
MAGA-hat-wearing students mock Native man at D.C. rally
By Associated Press
A Roman Catholic diocese in Kentucky apologized after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside...
Community News
What’s New in the Community – February 2019
White Hawk wins 2019 USA Fellowship
The United States Artists (USA) has announced its 2019 USA Fellows. Dyani White Hawk is one of 45 artists...
The Arts
Theatres collaborate to tackle climate change, with bears
By Deborah Locke
It’s never too late to take up something new. A door opened and Alicia Smith (Yup’ik) and her mom, Grace Smith, became...
Political Matters
Political Matters – February 2019
By Mordecai Specktor
Clyde Bellecourt’s challenge
A legendary political activist and co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), Clyde Bellecourt has been diagnosed with stage-four metastatic...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – February 2019
By Ricey Wild
There has been so much going on in this pseudo-bizarro world we exist in that now I don’t know where to begin...
Health
The effects of cancer on Native Americans: what can be done
Rachel Lynch
According to the Rosewell Park Cancer Center, there are more than 5 million Native Americans that belong to over 500 nationally recognized tribes...
Cover Story
A pipe, a tribe, a quest to reclaim the past
By Mark Steil/MPR NEWS
Art Owen pored over pictures of the sacred pipe, knowing the last Native American to touch it had been forced to surrender...
Business
New Native Theatre celebrates tenth anniversary
“What does it take to nurture the heart of a Native artist?” This question drove Rhiana Yazzie, a Navajo playwright and director, to undertake...
Cover Story
It’s the time of the Bear and the Green New Deal
By Winona LaDuke
In the middle of winter, the Bears sleep and dream of food, and of adventures to come. That’s the time when we...
Cover Story
Navigation Center filled; outdoor homeless encampments cleared
Lee Egerstrom
Most of the residents of the homeless encampments in the Hiawatha and Franklin Avenues area have moved indoors to the Navigation Center temporary...
