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...

A Goldilocks show at Bockley Gallery: Not too big, not too...

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in;Since opening his first gallery in the Minneapolis warehouse district’s Wyman Building in September 1984, dealer Todd Bockley has carved out an idiosyncratic...

Letters: Welcome Back to MPS Native Families

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } It’s hard to believe we’re approaching yet another school year here in Minneapolis. Native families will spend this month scrambling to hold...

What's New In The Community: August 2015

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } 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...

Regional and Local Briefs: August 2015

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } FDL SCORES ANOTHER COURT WIN AGAINST CITY OF DULUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe does not owe...

National Briefs: August 2015

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } CHOCTAW ACTIVIST DEATH BEING INVESTIGATED IN MISSISSIPPI PHILADELPHIA, Miss. – A private autopsy is under way for Rexdale W. Henry, a 53-year-old man...

Nick-izms: Rez Born, Urban Raised

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Back to School It’s this time of year that those of us with children are busy getting kids ready for school. We...

From the Editor's Desk: Learning lessons from the past, going forward

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in Every six months, Isaac Iron Shell, Sr. would take his cattle to the stock mar­ket and sell what he could. Shortly there­after, his...

GUEST COLUMN: Trahant Reports

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in;  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...

August 2015 Calendar

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Through Aug. 21 The World Through Our Eyes The World Through Our Eyes is an exhibition of works by eight Two Spirit artists...

Rally Against Pipeline Expansion

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On June 6, more than 5,000 colorful, committed marchers snaked through the streets of downtown St. Paul from the banks of the...

A History of Owamni Yomni: Lock Closures Signal Healing for Mississippi...

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } To the Dakota, the only waterfall on the Mississippi and its surroundings is known as Owamni Yomni (Whirlpool), revered for centuries as...

Mille Lacs diversifies with ties that bind

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } When his peers in the Native American Finance Officers Association honored Joe Nayquonabe, Jr. this spring as their Executive of the Year,...

First Leech Lake Two Spirit Awareness Day held

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } June 17 marked an historic moment in Minnesota Indian Country: the first Two Spirit LGBT Awareness Day on the Leech Lake Reservation...

Powwow for Hope a Success

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Over 3,000 people attended the 4th Annual Powwow for Hope: Dancing for Life, Love & Hope on May 2 in Minneapolis. The Native...

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar Visits Red Lake

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; On July 2 the Red Lake Tribal Council reconvened after a morning Special Council meeting as U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar visited with...

Collaborative Effort for Red Lake/Leech Lake Long-term Homeless

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in;Just behind the baseball fields near Bemidji Middle School, nestled among the pines, is a place called Conifer Estates, a supportive housing project...

It Ain't Easy Being Indian: July 2015

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } If you were to ask me if I am an environmentalist I would shout, “Ooonh YAH!!! You betcha!” and I would describe...

From the Editor's Desk: Environmental stewardship is our legacy

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }My father was a man of great faith. Whether he expressed it in traditional spiritual practices, what we now call Wolakota, or...

July 15 Calendar

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Through Aug. 21 The World Through Our Eyes The World Through Our Eyes is an exhibition of works by eight Two Spirit artists...