Latest Reservation News
Bands Assert Treaty Rights within Ceded Territory
Citizens of Minnesota’s Ojibwe tribes sent notice to Gov. Mark Dayton last month of their intention to expand wild rice harvesting in a vast...
Latest Urban News
Indigenous Peoples Day sweeps St. Paul City Council vote
Columbus Day became a national holiday in 1937, under the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Italian lobbyists in America at the time wanted to honor...
Local Briefs
DNR: Minnesota wolf population down slightly; packs grow in size
Minnesota’s wolf population is down slightly, according to the latest survey from the Department of Natural Resources.
The count from this past winter estimates 2,221...
Latest Reservation News
New language learning method training held at Red Lake
More than 30 people from the Red Lake School District, the Immersion School, and Red Lake Community attended training on a unique way to...
Latest Urban News
Minneapolis Fed launches its Center for Indian Country Development
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis formally launched its Center for Indian Country Development (CIDC) in August, bringing together resources and stakeholders from tribal,...
Columnists
Political Matters
On Aug. 5, a crew from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was excavating an old leaking mine in Colorado, when workers using a backhoe...
The Arts
“Bring the Children Home” presents with authenticity
As tough as it is to get a play produced, Marcie Rendon has turned down name venues for the sake of cultural integrity. “Believe...
Calendar
September Community Calendar
Sept. 2
NACDI Breakfast Bites
Come and join us for an opportunity to network and discuss the most important issues in our community. 9-10:15 a.m., NACDI,...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
Sovereignty is a powerful word. I believe it means more to Indian People than to anyone else in the United States. For my own...
Columnists
Nick-izms: Rez Born, Urban Raised
Sovereignty is one of those concepts that seems to allude some of us. It’s this lofty goal and expectation for our tribes, yet it...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Sovereignty and responsibility
In this issue, we've explored the acts
of Ojibwe citizens who are exercising their treaty rights by
harvesting wild rice in off-reservation territory as well as...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian: September 2015
Sovereignty is a powerful word. I
believe it means more to Indian people than to anyone else in the
United States. For my own refresher and...
Columnists
Political Matters: Water runs downhill
Water runs downhill
On Aug. 5, a crew from the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was excavating an old leaking
mine in Colorado, when workers using a backhoe...
Columnists
Nick-izms: Rez Born, Urban Raised
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is one of those concepts
that seems to allude some of us. It’s this lofty goal and
expectation for our tribes, yet it impacts us...
Calendar
Weekend Calendar: Aug. 8-9, 2015
Aug.
8
“Honoring
Community through Strength and Healing”
Natives
Against Heroin invite the community for its First Annual Traditional
Powwow to sing and dance for those who have overcome addiction,...
Cover Story
Ojibwe Culture Celebrated at Ponemah Round House
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For the third year in a row, the Red
Lake Band hosted an Ojibwe Language and Culture Camp for youth
from July...
Cover Story
Minnesota’s tribes face threat from currency markets
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On the beautiful North Shore, citizens
of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe often keep one eye
looking out over...
Latest Reservation News
Dayton: Mille Lacs walleye woes require special session
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DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing a
special legislative session in August to consider an emergency
financial aid package for resorts and...
Latest Reservation News
Appeals court upholds DNR decision to deny permit to bear researcher
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A three-judge panel of the Minnesota
Court of Appeals has upheld a state agency's decision to keep
researcher Lynn Rogers from putting...
Latest Reservation News
Federal officials reject threatened status for wolves
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on
June 30 rejected a petition to classify the gray wolf as threatened
under the federal...
