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...
The Arts
Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces
The Historic Fort Snelling in Minnesota will host “Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces”, an exhibit that tells the history of...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (June 2017)
By Ricey Wild
I finally got to open the windows up in my cat-haired, dusty old house. Wood ticks have also returned and I found one...
Cover Story
Urban farming in South Minneapolis: May 2017
By LEE EGERSTROM
A collaborative of Minneapolis faith-based, cultural and health organizations will soon start a second year of serious urban farming in an effort to...
Local Briefs
LOCAL BRIEFS: May 2017
ATTORNEY: N.D. VOTER LAW STILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BISMARCK, ND (AP) – Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill in April that reworks North Dakota’s voter identification...
Opinion
The Wiindigo and the Water Protectors
Some things never change, no matter the cannibal. The standards are dropping quickly; that is, if there ever were standards. As Donald Trump shamelessly...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (May 2017)
NACF Mentor Artist Fellowship winners
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) has awarded its first Mentor Artist Fellowship to 12 artists in three regions...
National Briefs
NATIONAL BRIEFS (May 2017)
MN HOUSE WANTS OIL PIPELINE TO SKIRT REGULATOR
ST. PAUL, MN (AP) – Republican law-makers advanced legislation in late April that would allow a Canadian...
Opinion
MARK ANTHONY ROLO (May 2017)
Creating New Native Identities
A few years ago, my friend, a PhD candidate was analyzing research data she had collected on how social media, in...
Local Briefs
Super Bowl awards Legacy Grant to Twin Cities Native Lacrosse
In April, the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee (MNS-BHC) Legacy Fund awarded Twin Cities Native Lacrosse (TCNL) a$50,000 grant to help fund the organi-zation’s efforts...
Passing On
PASSING ON (May 2017)
Kathryn Sage Montana March 17, 1986 – April 2, 2017
Kathryn Sage Montana was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was known as Sage...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT A IN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (May 2017)
By Ricey Wild
Both my arms hurt so badly. It really sucks getting old for me when I’ve already had 11 surgeries and I’m fearful of...
The Arts
In the 1920s, a community conspired to kill Native Americans for...
By STEVE INSKEEP/MPR
Below are excerpts from National Public Radio’s interview with David Grann, author of the new book “Killers of the Flower Moon”. Radio...
Business
Dakota artist creates Indigemojis
By Lee Egerstrom
David Bernie, a Minneapolis-based Ihanktowan (Yankton Sioux) artist who combines graphic design with modern technology, is working to bring his “Indigemojis” art applications...
Urban News
AIMing for the Truth: the story of Native activist Clyde Bellecourt
By Mark Anthony Rolo
At the start of his fast and furious story, “The Thunder before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt,”the famed American...
Columnists
POLITICAL MATTERS April 2017
By Mordecai Specktor
American Indian cinema, etc.
Politics – the stuff of this column in The Circle – merged with art in a film series called...
