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...
Business
MAIC readies to launch a fund drive for repairs, improvements
By Lee Egerstrom
The Minneapolis American Indian Center is completing arrangements to launch a major fundraising drive in mid- to late January for new roofing,...
Community News
What’s New in the Community – January 2019
Rica Rivera inducted into the Youth Intervention Hall of Fame
On December 7, 2018, Rica Rivera was inducted into the Youth Intervention Hall of Fame....
Environment
White Earth and Red Lake join with DoC to appeal Pipeline
By Winona LaDuke
On Dec. 21, the Department of Commerce joined the White Earth and Red Lake Nations and environmental groups in the Minnesota Court...
The Arts
Rosy Simas “Weave” premiers at Ordway in January
By Deborah Locke
When Rosy Simas (Seneca) auditions dancers for a new production, she throws the white European values on beauty out the window. She...
Calendar
Community Calendar – January 2019
Thru Jan.
Responsibilities and Obligations: Understanding Mitákuye Oyásʼiŋ
This exhibit is co-curated and includes artwork by Lakota artists Mary V. Bordeaux, Clementine Bordeaux and Layli Long...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – January 2019
By Ricey Wild
I bid 2018 no fond goodbyes, not one shred of wistful memories or lump in my throat of Auld Lang Syne. In...
Cover Story
MN Elects First Native Lt. Governor
By Camille Erickson
On Nov. 6, 2018, Minnesotans elected Peggy Flanagan to be the state’s first American Indian lieutenant governor, and the first American Indian...
Cover Story
Native Food Perspectives: A different kind of ‘soul food’
By Lee Egerstrom
Back a few years, when Christina Valtierra was cooking meals at the Little Earth neighborhood in Minneapolis, some residents would see her...
Environment
Pipelines, migrating geese and really bad math
By Winona LaDuke
As I watch the geese fly south, I pray that they will come home, giiwedinong to the north, and our lakes and...
The Arts
States of Incarceration focuses on incarceration of Natives in Minnesota
By Lee Egerstrom
An unusual collaboration of academic institutions, issues organizations and Native groups has opened a traveling exhibit at the Minnesota History Center in...
Cover Story
Wall of Forgotten Natives to move indoors?
By Lee Egerstrom
Officials from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Red Lake Nation and other planners have set Dec. 8 as the date for the homeless encampment...
Community News
What’s New In The Community – December 2018
StrongHearts Native Helpline Announces Move to the TC
The StrongHearts Native Helpline, a partnered project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the National Indigenous...
Book Review
“Indian Horse” will bring understanding and compassion to your heart
Review by Deborah Locke
Indian Horse: A Novel
By Richard Wagamese
Milkweed Editions
Publication: April 10, 2018
240 pages
“Indian Horse” is a pretty rare book in that it gives a...
Political Matters
Political Matters – December 2018
By Mordecai Specktor
Native women in the House
The 2018 midterm elections served to pump the brakes on America’s slide toward fascism under the Trump administration....
