Latest Reservation News
Tribal protesters charged for gathering fish and wild rice
Four Ojibwe tribe members have been charged for gathering wild rice and setting gillnets during a protest last summer. In an attempt to strengthen...
Cover Story
Deconstruction for Mother Earth
The ground may be covered with snow, and temperatures wintertime cold, but an entire new “green” industry with job training is being created in...
Cover Story
Feds to Assume Jurisdiction at Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation
Things have gotten so bad on the Mille Lacs Reservation that Melanie Benjamin, the Ojibwe band’s chief executive, closed the doors to her annual...
Calendar
January 2016
Thru July 2016
Why Treaties Matter traveling exhibit
This exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in Minnesota. Learn how...
Passing On
Marcus Lee Roberts
Marcus Lee Roberts
September 4, 1980 - December 9, 2015
Marcus Lee Roberts, age 35 of Bloomington, entered the Sprit World unexpectedly Wednesday, December 9, 2015....
Columnists
Change is Hard but Inevitable
As I reflect on 2016, I’d like to share a few experiences of change. What I’ve come to know about living is that change...
The Arts
Photography exhibit features rare portraits of Red Lake people
Singing Our History: People and Places of the Red Lake Nation, will be at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota...
The Arts
Four art exhibitions along Native American Cultural Corridor to see
At this very moment there are four pride-inducing art exhibitions in South Minneapolis that are showcasing the rich and abundant visions of Native artists....
Columnists
Killing Phil Quinn
Killing Phil Quinn
The Nov. 15 fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man, in north Minneapolis, triggered an upsurge in activism directed...
Columnists
Political Matters: Killing Phil Quinn
Killing Phil Quinn
The Nov. 15 fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man, in north Minneapolis, triggered an upsurge in activism directed...
Latest Urban News
Indigenous Peoples Protest at D12 Day of Action in Paris, France
When the official UN climate negotiations took place in December in Paris, France, thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to protest....
Latest Reservation News
Power fight could cost White Earth chairwoman Vizenor her job
A power struggle over constitutional reform on the White Earth Reservation could cost longtime tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor her job.
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT)...
Latest Reservation News
New Wisconsin bill threatens centuries old burial mounds
A bill from Wisconsin Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, and Representative Robert Brooks, R-Saukville, would remove protections for American Indian burial sites and force the...
National Briefs
Whats New In The Community For January
Honor the Earth awards $90,000 for sacred sites and culture
Honor the Earth has awarded $90,000 in new grants to Indigenous organizations in North America...
Cover Story
Creativity and technology make markets for Red Circle clients
Award-winning Red Circle Agency in Minneapolis sticks close to core strengths by working with tribally owned casinos and hospitality industry ventures, but it attracts...
Calendar
December Community Calendar
Thru July 2016
Why Treaties Matter traveling exhibit
This exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in Minnesota. Learn how...
The Arts
Art Show Asemaa focuses on tobacco as a vessel that connects...
Artists Carl Gawboy, Joyce LaPorte, Wendy Savage, Karen Savage-Blue, Vern Northrup, Jonathan Thunder, Charles Nahgahnub, Robin Bellanger and Larissa Greensky are part of the...
Columnists
Native American Artists
Last month I bragged about knowing a lot of Native artists and how we could support their businesses. It seems to me that everything...
Book Review
Nurse publishes first nursing textbook on American Indian health
American Indian Health and Nursing
By Margaret P. Moss PhD, JD, RN, FAAN
402 pages
Springer Publishing Company
December 15, 2015
American Indians have the highest suicide rate...
