Letters to the Editor
Shame on you, Senator Klobuchar!
The U.S. Forest Service just signed off on transferring 6,650 acres of public lands in the Superior National Forest to PolyMet. That’s where the...
Letters to the Editor
Open Letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on ACA
Letters to the Editor
Dear Mr. Speaker,
If successful, the Republican campaign to abolish the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would repeal authorization for the Indian Healthcare...
Nickisms
Nickizms Feb 2017
By Nick Metcalf
What Families Teach Us About Love
February has become my favorite month. Why? Because LOVE is everywhere. The commercial symbols of love are...
Cover Story
Two new Native women elected to Minnesota Legislature
By Lee Egerstrom
Families that have long been active in community affairs, and inspiration drawn from other take-charge local leaders, have paved the way for...
Community News
What’s New in the Community Feb 2017
Ramsey County Chief Deput Sheriff is Native and a woman
Julie Rudie has been appointed Ramsey County Sheriff Jack Serier’s second-in-command. She takes up the...
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS: Native Issues in the Halls of Government by Mordecai...
By Mordecai Specktor
Larry Leventhal, a wonderful human being and a dedicated legal advocate for American Indians, was remembered in words and in song at...
The Arts
Renewing What They Gave Us: Native Artist-in-Residence Program (feb 2017)
By Benjamin Gessner
Cultural artistic practices are continuous; they are passed down from one generation to the next. Each generation – and each artist – makes...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (Feb 2017)
By Ricey Wild
Today I got up, showered put on a face and got dressed. I got out of my house for a quick minute...
Environment
Black Snake-Enbridge Returns, Tribes Take Action (Feb 2017)
By Winona LaDuke
As Enbridge unrolls it’s plans for Line 3 and the beginning of the largest web of tar sands pipelines in the world, tribal...
News
Friends, clients mourn Native-rights lawyer Larry Leventhal
Minneapolis, MN – Longtime Twin Cities civil rights attorney Larry Leventhal on Jan. 17th of pancreatic cancer. Leventhal, 75, was one of the nation’s most...
Cover Story
Native Women in MN Legislature (February 2017)
By Lee Egerstrom
Native American women doubled their presence in the Minnesota Legislature’s House of Representatives this January, but it may be far too soon...
News
LOCAL BRIEFS (Jan 2017)
NOT JUST STANDING ROCK: WATER SOURCES ALONG PIPELINE AT RISK
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Native American tribe’s fight over its water source has...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (Jan 2017)
ICWA Personal stories video Project launch
Recognizing the need for Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) public education materials that can be distributed widely and throughout...
News
Pipeline protesters unfurl banner during Vikings game (Jan 2017)
By MPR News Staff
Two pipeline protesters who hung a banner from the rafters during the January 1st Vikings game were arrested and booked into Hennepin...
The Arts
Arts helps develop personal identities and talents (Jan 2017)
By Lee Egerstrom
The new year is starting with a strong emphasis on helping young Native people develop and define their own identities while advancing their...
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS: Native Issues in the Halls of Government (Jan 2017)
By Mordecai Specktor
Twin Metals derailed
In its year-end review of the Top 10 stories of 2016, the Mesabi Daily News (virginiamn.com) nominated for its No....
Nickisms
NICK-IZMS: Rez Born, Urban Raised (Jan 2017)
By Nick Metcalf
It’s that time of year that resolutions are made and resolutions are broken. Our resolutions include losing weight, exercising more, saving money,...
Opinion
Bad Hunter: The Inner Thinkings of the Rare Native Vegan (Jan...
By Maggie Lorenz
In March of last year I made a decision that had been a long time coming and has changed the course of...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (Jan 2017)
By Ricey Wild
Wow. Just wow. This past year has been quite the blood-fest, ennit?
I am soooo looking forward to this New Year. 2016 was...
Editorials
Trump’s cabinet picks should concern everyone who is not a billionaire...
By Cat Whipple
Being a daily Facebook user, I read lots of anti-Trump (and some pro-Trump) posts. It’s alarming for me to see pro-Trump people telling...
