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...
Latest Urban News
Confronting Calhoun: a bike ride meets the living legacy of white...
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }Independence Day 2015. We were
Indigenous, Eritrian, Nigerian, Korean, Sudanese, Black-American,
White, Puerto-Rican, Columbian, parents, dancers, teachers, artists,
queer, avid cyclists, borrowing bicycles...
The Arts
A Goldilocks show at Bockley Gallery: Not too big, not too...
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Minneapolis warehouse district’s Wyman Building in September 1984,
dealer Todd Bockley has carved out an idiosyncratic...
Editorials
Letters: Welcome Back to MPS Native Families
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It’s hard to believe we’re
approaching yet another school year here in Minneapolis. Native
families will spend this month scrambling to hold...
Community News
What's New In The Community: August 2015
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Bemidji’s American Indian Resource
Center names new director
(By Lee Egerstrom) Bill Blackwell Jr.
became director of the novel, two-school American Indian Resource
Center...
Local Briefs
Regional and Local Briefs: August 2015
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FDL SCORES ANOTHER COURT WIN AGAINST
CITY OF DULUTH
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Fond du Lac
Band of Ojibwe does not owe...
National Briefs
National Briefs: August 2015
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CHOCTAW ACTIVIST DEATH BEING
INVESTIGATED IN MISSISSIPPI
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. – A private
autopsy is under way for Rexdale W. Henry, a 53-year-old man...
Columnists
Nick-izms: Rez Born, Urban Raised
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Back to School
It’s this time of year that those of
us with children are busy getting kids ready for school. We...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Learning lessons from the past, going forward
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Every six months, Isaac Iron Shell, Sr.
would take his cattle to the stock market and sell what he
could. Shortly thereafter, his...
Editorials
GUEST COLUMN: Trahant Reports
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Presidential Debate season begins on
Aug. 6
What do you do with sixteen
candidates? It’s a thorny problem for Republicans. Why’s
that? Because right now...
