Columnists
Political Matters: Killing Phil Quinn
Killing Phil Quinn
The Nov. 15 fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man, in north Minneapolis, triggered an upsurge in activism directed...
Latest Urban News
Indigenous Peoples Protest at D12 Day of Action in Paris, France
When the official UN climate negotiations took place in December in Paris, France, thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to protest....
Latest Reservation News
Power fight could cost White Earth chairwoman Vizenor her job
A power struggle over constitutional reform on the White Earth Reservation could cost longtime tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor her job.
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT)...
Latest Reservation News
New Wisconsin bill threatens centuries old burial mounds
A bill from Wisconsin Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, and Representative Robert Brooks, R-Saukville, would remove protections for American Indian burial sites and force the...
National Briefs
Whats New In The Community For January
Honor the Earth awards $90,000 for sacred sites and culture
Honor the Earth has awarded $90,000 in new grants to Indigenous organizations in North America...
Cover Story
Creativity and technology make markets for Red Circle clients
Award-winning Red Circle Agency in Minneapolis sticks close to core strengths by working with tribally owned casinos and hospitality industry ventures, but it attracts...
Calendar
December Community Calendar
Thru July 2016
Why Treaties Matter traveling exhibit
This exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in Minnesota. Learn how...
The Arts
Art Show Asemaa focuses on tobacco as a vessel that connects...
Artists Carl Gawboy, Joyce LaPorte, Wendy Savage, Karen Savage-Blue, Vern Northrup, Jonathan Thunder, Charles Nahgahnub, Robin Bellanger and Larissa Greensky are part of the...
Columnists
Native American Artists
Last month I bragged about knowing a lot of Native artists and how we could support their businesses. It seems to me that everything...
Book Review
Nurse publishes first nursing textbook on American Indian health
American Indian Health and Nursing
By Margaret P. Moss PhD, JD, RN, FAAN
402 pages
Springer Publishing Company
December 15, 2015
American Indians have the highest suicide rate...
Passing On
Fred Armel
Fred Armell
June 13, 1948 - November 4, 2015
Fred Armell, of the Ho-Chunk Nation, was born in Winnebago, Nebraska and spent most of his life...
Passing On
William Roy St. John
William Roy St. John
January 8, 1968 - November 15, 2015.
William Roy St. John, age 47, formerly of Sisseton, South Dakota Journeyed to the Spirit...
Columnists
Native Artists
It is since the dawn of time that we’ve craved our own understanding. For as long as there have been people there has been...
Columnists
Mining and the Indian bands
The public has been invited to comment on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine south of Babbit, in...
Latest Reservation News
Rolling Rez Arts helps artists on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The colorful herd of buffalo roaming down the roads of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota this fall brought both tears and...
Community News
December What's New in The Community
Vikings Recognize National Native American Heritage Month
(Story courtesy of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Photo courtesy the Vikings.) The Minnesota Vikings celebrated National...
Latest Urban News
Indigenous Peoples Task Force launches $3.5 million capital campaign
The Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) has launched a $3.5 million capital campaign to build a new Center for Art and Wellness, to be...
Cover Story
Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Tribal Country
American Indians make up a little more than 1% of the population in Minnesota, yet make up almost 10% of those incarcerated. To put...
Cover Story
Native retailers not dependent on holiday season
Native American retailers in Minnesota who sell arts, crafts, Native and local foods and other specialty products are not as dependent on the November-December...
