Latest Reservation News
Minnesota tribes press concerns over pipeline plan, wild rice
Several Minnesota Indian bands are
upset about what they say is a lack of consultation over a proposed
controversial oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
This week, the...
Latest Reservation News
41 indicted in drug trafficking ring on 2 Indian reservations
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A federal grand jury has indicted 41
people in connection with a drug trafficking ring focused on two
Indian reservations in Minnesota.
Authorities...
Latest Urban News
Analysis finds minorities arrested at a higher rate than whites in...
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An analysis released May 28 by the
American Civil Liberties Union gives the most detailed picture yet of
racial disparities in the treatment...
Calendar
June 2015 Calendar
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June 6
Indigenous Bloc of the Tar Sands
Resistance March
Indigenous Environmental Network invites you
to join with our relatives from...
Local Briefs
Regional and Local Briefs: June 2015
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MILLE LACS HOSTS PRENATAL ADDICTION
SUMMIT
ONAMIA, MN – Elected leaders and
staff from Minnesota's tribal communities and other experts gathered
May 28 on...
National Briefs
National Briefs: June 2015
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ONEIDA NATION APPROVES GAY MARRIAGE
GREEN BAY, WI – The Oneida Nation of
Wisconsin is the latest in Indian Country to join...
Community News
What's New In The Community: June 2015
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Drummer awarded for philanthropic work
Tiwahe Foundation President and CEO,
Kelly Drummer was awarded the Louis T. Delgado Distinguished
Grantmaker Award at the...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Health and wellness in one another
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Whether we like it or not, addiction
continues to be a theme in the Native American experience. Either by
stereotyping of the...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian: June 2015
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Last month me and the ‘gals’ had a
funktastic night out at a George Clinton concert at the famous
Cabooze in the...
Columnists
Political Matters: Burial mounds bulldozed
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Burial mounds bulldozed
Whiteford’s Indian Burial Pit was a
popular tourist trap in central Kansas, from 1936-1989. On open
display were 147 skeletons...
Community News
Flanagan announces run for Minnesota House
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. – White Earth
citizen and DFL activist Peggy Flanagan announced her candidacy for
the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 46A on...
Cover Story
Sights & Sounds: Two Rivers Gallery Re-Opening
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MINNEAPOLIS – The Two Rivers Gallery
in the Minneapolis American Indian Center re-opened on May 15 to the
welcome of many in...
National Briefs
NCAI RESPONDS TO HUCKABEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT GAFFE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former Arkansas
Gov. Mike Huckabee's comparisons of Islamic terrorism to the cowboys
and Indians stereotype drew fire from the National Congress of
American Indians...
Community News
NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY HONORS SMSC AT CELEBRATION
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Native Americans
in Philanthropy presented its annual Tribal Philanthropy of the Year
Award to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community during its 25th
anniversary celebration...
Cover Story
France delegation promotes Native products
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The idea of becoming a Native American
trade ambassador came to Diane Gorney during one of her recent
excursions to France. “Walking...
Cover Story
Education and tribal administrator named to multi-state development post
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An experienced tribal and education
administrator from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been named the
new executive director of the three-state...
Latest Urban News
The Sioux Chef opening highly anticipated food truck
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anticipating the opening of The Sioux Chef’s first venue: Tatanka
Truck.
Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota) made waves
over...
National Briefs
National Briefs: May 2015
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OBAMA INVITES NATIVE YOUTH TO WHITE
HOUSE ON JULY 9
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Barack
Obama reached out to Native youth on April...
Local Briefs
Regional and Local Briefs: May 2015
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FOND DU LAC DECIDES AGAINST NETTING ON
VERMILLION
LAKE VERMILION, Minn. – After
planning to gill net a maximum of 2,500 pounds of...
Community News
What's New In The Community: May 2015
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Brenda Child wins American Indian National Book Award
“My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks:
Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation” by Dr....
