It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – July 2023
By Ricey Wild
On this past summer solstice my soul sister and I celebrated. In the past I always was like, “Wow.” Solstice is here...
Calendar
Community Calendar – June 2023
ONGOING
Four Sisters Farmers Market (Thursdays)
Join us at the Four Sisters Farmers Market this summer. The market is an Indigenous-focused farmers market centered on providing...
Cover Story
Minnesota Native groups and causes score successes at the Legislature
By Lee Egerstrom
The 2023 Legislature closed down on May 22 after what most likely was the most successful session in Minnesota history for Native...
Cover Story
State Park land returned to Upper Sioux Community
By Lee Egerstrom
Sacred grounds that make up the Upper Sioux Agency State Park near Granite Falls will at long last be returned to the...
Cover Story
AIOIC salutes a founder, reaches pre-pandemic “normalcy”
By Lee Egerstrom
Founders’ Day at the American Indian OIC schools in Minneapolis was a day to celebrate achievements, how it has rebounded from the...
Business
Nashke Games is one of the newest Ojibwe language tools
By Brad Hagen
At this point, most of us are familiar with the fact that our Native languages are endangered, some having gone completely dormant...
Environment
Piitwewetam: Making is Medicine exhibit honors Jesse Gustafson
By Dan Ninham
While passing through the American Indian Cultural Corridor in Minneapolis one can stop at a gathering place on “The Avenue” known as...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Wagner wins lots of awards, gains attention from college recruiters
By Dan Ninham
Waabigwan Wagner (Ojibwe /Lac La Croix First Nation) will be a senior at Northome-Kelliher High School next school year and is an...
Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan
The most productive legislative sessions of my lifetime
By Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan
Boozhoo! What an incredible end to one of the most productive legislative sessions of my lifetime. The work we did...
Political Matters
Political Matters – June 2023
By Mordecai Specktor
A Pretendian comes clean
As a non-Native covering issues in Indian Country over more than four decades, I’ve seen a number of odd...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
Graduation Day
By Arne Vainio, MD
Editor’s note: this article was oringally published in 2016.
We were at the graduation ceremony for the Harbor City International School in Duluth,...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – June 2023
By Ricey Wild
Well, your girl has gone done it again! I actually hesitated to share my latest miz-adventure with yooz but here I go....
Cover Story
TRUTH report “do’s and don’ts” for University-tribal relations
By Lee Egerstrom
TRUTH Project researchers argue a strong case that the University of Minnesota, and its Board of Regents, need to take “concrete, meaningful...
Cover Story
American Indian Month Calendar – May 2023
Thru June 10
Piitwewetam: Making is Medicine
This commemorative art exhibition presents artwork by the Gustafson family: Shannon, Ryan, Justine, and Jade. The exhibition honors their...
Cover Story
Hocky sticks feature Indigenous women artist’s designs
By Dan Ninham
In early March of 2023 the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championships sent out a call looking for Indigenous artist...
Cover Story
Report looks at how U of MN was built on stolen...
By Lee Egerstrom
A research team from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) and Minnesota’s 11 Indigenous nations has laid out a...
Environment
City of Minneapolis supports new IPTF community center
By Lee Egerstrom
The Minneapolis City Council has approved a $1 million forgivable loan to the Indigenous Peoples Task Force to help construct a new...
Environment
Minnesota farm addresses climate change by reintroducing bison, Ojibwe horses
By Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder/MPR
It’s a waterlogged spring after a snowy winter, but the growing season is almost upon us. This is a...
Environment
Ojibwe woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate
By the Associated Press
North Dakota lawmakers have appointed an Ojibwe woman as the state’s poet laureate, making her the first Native American to hold...
News
Vanguard Accelerator grants calling for Indigenous business women
By Lee Egerstrom
A unique program to help Indigenous, Black and Latina women business owners in the Twin Cities metro area grow and expand their...
