History
Tours focusing on Dakota Bdote and 1862 War start Memorial Day
By Deborah Locke
Starting Memorial Day weekend, two Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) tours focusing on Dakota history at the site of fort Snelling and Bdote will...
Community News
Whats New in the Community: May 2018
LLTC Selects New President
The Board of Trustees of Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) has named Raymond Burns as the college’s new president. Burns succeeds...
Business
IPTF’s Center for Art and Wellness
By Camille Erickson
Growth is within sight for the Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) – a vital provider of culturally appropriate health services, programs, and...
Business
MAG Mechanical taps local resources, community connections
By Lee Egerstrom
When Tony Goze was presented with an opportunity to start a business back in 2007, he was both smart enough to recognize...
Book Review
Heart Berries is lyrical and intimately revealing
By Mark Anthony Rolo
In her first collection of essays, Therese Marie Mailhot weaves a memoir that is lyrical and intimately revealing of a once...
Book Review
Brenda Child’s “Bowwow Powwow” is a sheer delight
Review by Deborah Locke
Bowwow Powwow
By Brenda J. Child
Illustrated by Jonathan Thunder
Ojibwe translation by Gordon Jourdain
Minnesota Historical Society Press
May 1, 2018...
Business
The Renaissance of Tribal Hemp
By Winona LaDuke
Tribal hemp growers have planted the seeds of a new economy and an innovative and holistic approach to many challenges in our...
Environment
Oil, Water and the Judges
By Winona LaDuke
The Husky Oil Refinery’s catastrophic spill and fire in Superior, Wisc. on April 26th points to the problem of oil and water....
Education
For Native students in Morris, finding ways to excel in a...
By Tom Weber/MPR News
For most college students, walking across campus is an afterthought – a means to an end.
That's harder to do when the...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Ain’t Easy Being Indian: May 2018
By Ricey Wild
No matter your age right now, imagine yourself almost 100-years-old. Wow, right? I’m trying to fathom that and I just can’t even....
Opinion
Opinion: Securing Tribal Self Determination
By Mark Rolo
Thirty years ago, the U.S. Congress passed one of the most sweeping legislative acts in the history of federal-Indian policy – the...
Education
Students plant trees to connect with communities
By John Hoffman/MSU
“Green space” horticultural projects, community gardening and urban forestry programs remain very popular activities among St. Paul, MN neighborhoods and communities. Over...
Political Matters
Political Matters: May 2018
Manoomin and mining
In late April, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) threw in the towel on its effort to devise a protection standard for...
Powwow Calendar
Powwow Calendar April 2018
April 7
CNIA 34th Annual Contest Powwow - Contest
MC: Jerry Dearly. AD: Gabe Desrosiers. Host Drums: Dakota Nation, and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Contest Info:...
Calendar
Community Calendar April 2018
Thru April 20
Bring Her Home: Daughters of Turtle Island
The exhibition “Bring Her Home: Daughters of Turtle Island” will be on view at the All...
The Arts
Wind River sheds light on criminal jurisdictional issues in Indian Country
By Deborah Locke
Any art form that brings violence against American Indian women into a harsh light brings everyone a step closer to eradicating that...
The Arts
Almighty Voice and His Wife: the play’s run was too short
By Winona LaDuke
Sometimes you hear a story which breaks your heart. Breaks your heart because you never heard it, breaks your heart when you...
News
‘It just felt very wrong:’ Sherman Alexie’s accusers go on the...
By Lynn Neary/MPR News
In March, writer Sherman Alexie issued a statement admitting he “has harmed” others, after rumors and allegations began to circulate about...
Environment
What Enbridge money can and cannot buy
By Winona LaDuke
In March the Ojibwe - Enbridge battle shows the political pressure that $5 million worth of lobbying can buy in Minnesota, and...
Education
Park Rapids student stands up by sitting down for Pledge
By Bob Collins/MPR News
Teresita Diaz, 17, a junior at Park Rapids Area High School in northern Minnesota, wants you to know she’s not disrespecting...
