Reservation News
The Largest Inland Oil Spill in U.S. Happened in Minnesota
By Winona LaDuke
Most Minnesotans don’t realize that the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history was here. On March 3, 1991, the Line 3...
Environment
When simply wearing “Water is Life” becomes a threatening protest
By Winona LaDuke
When did a cardboard canoe hat made by a child with the words “Water is Life” become something that needs to be...
Environment
Preying on the poor, Enbridge seeks millions in tax rebates
by Winona LaDuke
Enbridge is seeking tens of millions of dollars in tax rebates from Minnesota counties, in a court case against some of the...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN April 2017
By Ricey Wild
I’ve been waiting for 45 to be impeached. Sigh. Been waiting too long – like for the warm bus to show up at...
Opinion
MARK ANTHONY ROLO : April 2017
By Mark Anthony Rolo
Facing Denial of Diabetes
Two years ago, I woke up with what I thought was a pimple on the right side of...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY : April 2017
Five Natives selected for Bush Fellowships
Five Native Americans were named 2017 Bush Fellows. In total, twenty-four leaders were chosen for their records of achievement...
Local Briefs
LOCAL BRIEFS: April 2017
N.D. OIL SPILL CONSIDERED AMONG WORST IN N.D. HISTORY
BELFIELD, ND – The Belle Fourche Pipeline spilled about 530,000 gallons of crude oil into Ash...
National Briefs
NATIONAL BRIEFS: April 2017
TRUMP TO MAKE MAJOR CUTS TO INDIAN COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, DC – In his very first budget blueprint, Trump seeks a 12 percent cut at the...
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS March 2017
By Mordecai Specktor
DAPL set to move oil March 6
When I last wrote about the struggle at Standing Rock, in the Oct. 2016 issue of...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY March 2017
Liberty named U.S. presidential scholarship candidate
Mitakamizi Liberty (Leech Lake Band Ojibwe), a graduating senior at TrekNorth High School, has been named one of more than...
Cover Story
Native media pioneer, Gordon Regguinti, passes on
By Mark Anthony Rolo
Gordon David Regguinti passed on to the spirit world on February 2, 2017. He was 62.
Regguinti was a pioneer in the movement...
Cover Story
Water Protectors Are Everywhere
By Winona LaDuke
Water Protectors
"They came from the four directions. They came from the stars. They came from the mountain, they stood and protected. They...
Passing On
PASSING ON – March 2017
Lydia Vanessa GreyEagle May 25, 1988 - February 18, 2017
Lydia Vanessa GreyEagle, “Ho Waste Win” (Strong Voice Woman), age 28 of the Lower Sioux...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (March 2017)
By Ricey Wild
The Oceti Sakowin camp has been cleared by heavily militarized police, but what happened there this past year is forever. WE THE PEOPLE...
Nickisms
Nickizms: Spring, Renewal, and Food
By Nick Metcalf
Spring, Renewal, and Food – Healthy Living…
It’s Spring time. Yay! We’ve made it through another Minnesota winter. I’m hopeful that you got...
Book Review
“LaRose” is spiritually uplifting
By Michael Tidemann
In this spiritually uplifting novel, Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) shows how one family’s sacrifice heals the sorrow of another. When Landreaux Iron...
Business
Comfort and hygiene still rule in second-gen Pauling family business
By Lee Egerstrom
It would be hard to image anyone in the Twin Cities metropolitan area who hasn’t seen or used some of the 6,000 portable...
News
NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS March 2017
DR. RUIZ CONVENES ACA REPEAL ROUNDTABLE WITH NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS
WASHINGTON, DC – In February, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) hosted a roundtable with Rep....
Uncategorized
LOCAL BRIEFS March 2017
DAKOTA ACCESS TRYING TO KEEP OIL SPILL DOCUMENTS FROM TRIBES
CANNON BALL, ND – With oil set to flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline within...
News
Mille Lacs Band will run Native-focused addiction treatment center (March 2017)
By Anthonly Steiner/MinnPost
For years, the State of Minnesota has run Four Winds, an addiction treatment center with a focus on traditional Native American healing and...
