Nickisms
Rez Born, Urban Raised by Nick Metcalf (dec 2016)
When Politics Become Personal
By Nick Metcalf
As many of you, I’ve been sorting through the reality of a Trump Presidency. I’m mostly still in shock....
Political Matters
POLITICAL MATTERS: Native Issues in the Halls of Government –...
The looming Trumpocalypse
It should be abundantly clear by now that Donald Trump suffers from some kind of mental illness, and that it probably wasn’t...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR (dec 2016)
Don’t forget the Office of Indian Men’s Health
As the Obama administration winds down its eight years of oversight and support of the health care...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (dec 2016)
By Ricey Wild
To understand what happened with this farce of an election that voted in the most monstrous of human beings as the leader...
Community News
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (Dec 2016)
MHS Announces New Director of American Indian Initiatives
The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) has appointed Joe D. Horse Capture as the new director of American Indian...
News
LOCAL BRIEFS (dec 2016)
NODAPL UPDATE
Water Protectors at NoDapl have been attacked by law enforcement with water cannon in freezing weather, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion...
National Briefs
NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS
ELOUISE COBELL HONORED WITH MEDAL OF FREEDOM
WASHINGTON, DC – The late Elouise Cobell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 22.
Cobell, who...
Environment
Indian Country moves closer to the sun; takes Saga Solar with...
By Lee Egerstrom
Northern Minnesota’s Indian Country is reaching out to the sun for clean energy and is finding innovative ways to get it.
In the...
Environment
NoDAPL: The Beginning is Near
By Winona LaDuke
Standing Rock is an unpredicted history lesson for all of us. More than any moment I recall since Wounded Knee, the Vietnam...
Business
NATIVE Act aims to promote Native tourism
One major exhibit in the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa’s Atisokanigamig (Legend House) shows how the Ojibwe people – over centuries – migrated to Northern...
Calendar
October Calendar
Oct. 4 - Nov. 8
Let’s Get Cookin’
The Indian Health Board of Minneapolis will be hosting a weekly, family-based nutrition education and cooking class series...
Passing On
Mavis Jolene Resemius
Mavis “Marvelous” Jolene Resemius
June 12, 1957 - September 15, 2016
Mavis “Marvelous” Jolene Resemius, age 59, of Morton, formerly of St. Paul, passed away Thursday,...
Columnists
Moosie and Trump
Moosie checked in recently and was all morose about the upcoming presidential election. He’s voting for Hillary because he likes women, a lot, but...
Columnists
We’ve Got A lot In Common
By Nick Metcalf
This month, I’d like to write about an issue that I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about it. I’ve...
Editorials
Standing with Standing Rock On September 20, David Archambault II, chairman...
On September 20, David Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland.
“I am...
Latest Reservation News
Red Lake Nation holds first indigenous food summit
Hundreds of tribe members and others from around the region spent the weekend on the Red Lake Nation reservation in northern Minnesota learning how...
Latest Reservation News
Nearly wiped out by pollution, wild rice is coming back to...
For the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the St. Louis River estuary has been described as being as close to heaven...
Latest Urban News
Natives travel to the International Slow Food gathering in Italy
In an impressive fossil fuels travel day, I left the Standing Rock reservation and flew to Italy for the International Slow Food gathering known...
Community News
October Whats New
Tom Goldtooth To Receive Top Sierra Club AwardTom Goldtooth, a Native American environmental leader known nationally for his tireless efforts to defend Indigenous rights...
Cover Story
Reusing, Restoring in Indian Country
The abandoned Eagle View Motel at Cass Lake, on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, is coming down in pieces with useful materials stored for...
