Learning The Art of Love

This month because of Valentine’s Day I want to write above love. I want to share how I learned about love. First, I want...

Suppressing the Indian vote

The passage of the Snyder Act of 1924, during the Calvin Coolidge administration, admitted American Indians born in the United States to full U.S....

Duty to Warn: Northern Minnesota and the PolyMet Project

PolyMet’s Tailings “Pond” could someday create a dead St. Louis River and a dying Lake Superior. Is that an acceptable risk to take? In the December 23rd...

Artist interview: painter and flute-maker Jeffery Chapman

Jeffrey Chapman (Ojibwe) is a Minneapolis-based artist, flute maker, art historian and teacher. His artwork sits between two worlds: complexity and simplicity, humorous and...

Tribal protesters charged for gathering fish and wild rice

Four Ojibwe tribe members have been charged for gathering wild rice and setting gillnets during a protest last summer. In an attempt to strengthen...

Deconstruction for Mother Earth

The ground may be covered with snow, and temperatures wintertime cold, but an entire new “green” industry with job training is being created in...

Feds to Assume Jurisdiction at Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation

Things have gotten so bad on the Mille Lacs Reservation that Melanie Benjamin, the Ojibwe band’s chief executive, closed the doors to her annual...

January 2016

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...

Marcus Lee Roberts

Marcus Lee Roberts September 4, 1980 - December 9, 2015 Marcus Lee Roberts, age 35 of Bloomington, entered the Sprit World unexpectedly Wednesday, December 9, 2015....

Change is Hard but Inevitable

As I reflect on 2016, I’d like to share a few experiences of change. What I’ve come to know about living is that change...

Photography exhibit features rare portraits of Red Lake people

Singing Our History: People and Places of the Red Lake Nation, will be at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota...

Four art exhibitions along Native American Cultural Corridor to see

At this very moment there are four pride-inducing art exhibitions in South Minneapolis that are showcasing the rich and abundant visions of Native artists....

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...

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...

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....

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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