It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – December 2018
By Ricey Wild
So here I am staring at a blinking cursor wondering if I should bring you all into my most recent misery. I...
Passing On
Theodore Dewitt Mahto
Theodore Dewitt “Ted” Mahto, Jr.
(1925 - October 20, 2018)
Theodore Dewitt “Ted” Mahto, Jr., 93, passed away in New Ulm, MN at 3am Saturday morning...
Calendar
Community Calendar – November 2018
Thru Nov. 9
Ties and Tethers Exhibit
Artist Lori Biwer-Stewart is a self-taught printmaker who finds inspiration in the natural world around her, as well...
Cover Story
Powwow Welcomes Returning Natives
By Camille Erickson
Each year, the Minneapolis American Indian Center fills with adoptees, formerly fostered individuals and families for the Gathering For Our Children and...
Cover Story
Coalition forms to oppose Saint Paul’s joint powers agreement
By Camille Erickson
Throughout nearly three decades of involvement in criminal justice reform, Laura LeBlanc worked diligently to create what she calls a “strong and...
News
Temporary Navigation Center being prepared for “the Wall” homeless
By Lee Egerstrom
Demolition work in warehouse property in south Minneapolis is underway to convert space into a temporary Navigation Center for the 300 or...
News
The U.S. Justice system’s disregard for women
By Winona LaDuke
“Half the women you know have been forced to relive some of the worst traumas of their lives on loop for the...
Business
Migizi Communications purchases new building with big plans
By Lee Egerstrom
Migizi Communications is celebrating 40 years of service to the American Indian community in the Twin Cities but is looking far ahead...
Environment
Indian summer, climate change, and the Necessity Defense
By Winona LaDuke
I’m still waiting for my Indian Summer. That’s what we usually get in late September here in the north country. Instead we...
News
Suppressing the Native vote in the Deep North
By Winona LaDuke
Wow, North Dakota, you never cease to amaze me. Less than three weeks before Election Day, the state has new laws which...
Community News
What’s New in the Community – November 2018
Sacred Burial Ground to Remain Closed with Limited Access for Native Americans
In October, the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) decided to keep the Grand Mound...
Community News
Native Americans celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
By Laura Yuen/MPR
From protests to parades, Native Americans on October 8th celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day – a reclaiming of a holiday once dedicated to...
Community News
At Native food tasting, indigenous community reclaim who they are
By Jiwon Choi/MPR
Mysti Babineau, a Red Lake Ojibwe tribal member, along with her two young children and 12-year-old niece, waited in line for an...
Book Review
“Unstoppable” entertains readers and sparks new interests
By Deborah Locke
Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army
(Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)
by Art Coulson (Author)
Nick Hardcastle (Illustrator)
August...
Political Matters
Political Matters – November 2018
By Mordecai Specktor
Update: Suppressing the Indian vote
In the February 2016 “Political Matters” column, I wrote about a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s voter ID laws....
The Arts
TC PBS Honors Native Cultures
Twin Cities PBS (TPT) launched a new initiative, Twin Cities PBS Honors Native Cultures, celebrating and honoring indigenous cultures by airing original productions that share...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian – November 2018
By Ricey Wild
So this is the 20-year anniversary of my column being published (give or take a few months when I was deeply depressed,...
Business
2018 Native Authors Breakfast Fundraiser
2018 Native Authors Breakfast Fundraiser
December 7th
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. (doors open at 7:30 a.m. for coffee)
The Circle Board invites you to join us...
Cover Story
Wall of Forgotten Natives to Move
By Lee Egerstrom
Native American leaders from throughout the state spent all of September working with state and local officials in Minneapolis on immediate, short-term...
Cover Story
Militarizing Against Native and Indigenous Peoples
By Winona LaDuke
On September 24, the Duluth City Council discussed purchasing $82,721 worth of riot gear for the second time. Water Protectors, the NAACP,...
