The Arts
“You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” is a story...
By Deborah Locke
Sherman Alexie’s latest book is a memoir about his mother Lillian and a whole lot more. It’s a book that sits inside your...
News
NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS (July 2017)
ARIZONA METEORITE RECEIVES APACHE NAME
PHOENIX, AZ – A meteorite that landed on tribal land last year has been given the Apache name Dishchii'bikoh Ts'iłsǫǫsé Tsee....
Community News
LOCAL BRIEFS (July 2017)
N.D. OFFICIALS CLAIM IGNORANCE ON DAPL SEC. FIRM
BISMARCK, ND – Top officials in North Dakota relied on the security firm TigerSwan for surveillance on...
Business
Farm Bill important to Indian Country
By Lee Egerstrom
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is reminding Indian Country that it needs to work with Congress and naturally allied groups to support...
Cover Story
Courts, Pipelines and Liabilities: Minnesota may want to take note
By Winona LaDuke
“We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from undue political influence, and will ask the Court to shut down...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN: July 2017
BY RICEY WILD
When I write it’s in the moment and a culmination of the past month or years. I have so much to say,...
The Arts
Cherokee artists denounce Jimmie Durham as a fraud
BY BRIAN BOUCHER/NEW.ARTNET
Hot on the heels of the opening of Jimmie Durham’s touring retrospective at the Walker Art Center, 10 Cherokee artists, curators, and other...
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS: July 2017
By Mordecai Specktor
Trump meets tribal leaders
At a June 28 White House meeting with tribal officials and four state governors, Donald Trump declared: “I’m proud...
News
Mankato hangings an uneasy topic for MN schools
By SOLVEJG WASTVEDT/MPR NEWS
It’s a troubling piece of Minnesota’s past: Thirty-eight Dakota men hanged from a Mankato gallows in December 1862. Their deaths scarred...
Business
Red Lake housing project in Mpls to house elders, wellness center
By LEE EGERSTROM
The city of Minneapolis has approved more than $2.7 million from its Affordable Housing Trust Fund to assist the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY: July 2017
Students win raffles for school attendance
The Attendance Workgroup, a subgroup of PIE (Phillips Indian Educators), has been sponsoring a raffle every quarter for Native...
Business
First Person Productions Goes Entrepreneurial
By Lee Egerstrom
A multimedia training program for Native American youth in the Twin Cities is taking a large step forward and becoming a competitive media...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (June 2017)
Grand Opening Held for New Redby Community Center
(By Michael Meuers) – The new Redby Community on the Red Lake Indian Reservation held a ribbon-cutting...
Environment
Hearings on new Line 3 tar sands pipeline to be held...
By Winona LaDuke
Line 3: It’s the sequel to the Sandpiper but larger. Last year, the White Earth Ojibwe people joined with many others to stop...
National Briefs
NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS (June 2017)
TRUMP SEEKS CUTS IN INDIAN COUNTRY BUDGET
WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump is seeking drastic cuts in education, health, housing and other key programs in...
Local Briefs
LOCAL BRIEFS (June 2017)
LEECH LAKE APPROVES NEW PALACE CASINO PROJECT
CASS LAKE, MN – Leech Lake Ojibwe members took to the polls in May to decide whether the...
News
“Scaffold” at Walker Art Center to be dismantled and burned
By Cat Whipple
Outrage from the Native community in Minneapolis has put the Walker Art Center in the hot seat. The Center’s installation of a two-story...
Business
AIM Interpretive Center takes wild rice and Native culture to France
By Norma Renville and Jack Swanson
After two years of planning and development work conducted by American Indian Movement Interpretive Center (AIMIC) board members, staff and...
Business
Am. Indian Cultural Corridor to be part of Minneapolis “Green Zone”
By Lee Egerstrom
The city of Minneapolis has designated the Phillips Neighborhood, including the American Indian Cultural Corridor along Franklin Avenue, as one of two...
Columnists
POLITICAL MATTERS (June 2017)
By Mordecai Specktor
Offensive art
On Sunday, May 28, I drove over to the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden to see “Scaffold,” a construction by Sam...
