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...
Passing On
Fred Armel
Fred Armell
June 13, 1948 - November 4, 2015
Fred Armell, of the Ho-Chunk Nation, was born in Winnebago, Nebraska and spent most of his life...
Passing On
William Roy St. John
William Roy St. John
January 8, 1968 - November 15, 2015.
William Roy St. John, age 47, formerly of Sisseton, South Dakota Journeyed to the Spirit...
Columnists
Native Artists
It is since the dawn of time that we’ve craved our own understanding. For as long as there have been people there has been...
Columnists
Mining and the Indian bands
The public has been invited to comment on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine south of Babbit, in...
Latest Reservation News
Rolling Rez Arts helps artists on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The colorful herd of buffalo roaming down the roads of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota this fall brought both tears and...
Community News
December What's New in The Community
Vikings Recognize National Native American Heritage Month
(Story courtesy of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Photo courtesy the Vikings.) The Minnesota Vikings celebrated National...
Latest Urban News
Indigenous Peoples Task Force launches $3.5 million capital campaign
The Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) has launched a $3.5 million capital campaign to build a new Center for Art and Wellness, to be...
Cover Story
Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Tribal Country
American Indians make up a little more than 1% of the population in Minnesota, yet make up almost 10% of those incarcerated. To put...
Cover Story
Native retailers not dependent on holiday season
Native American retailers in Minnesota who sell arts, crafts, Native and local foods and other specialty products are not as dependent on the November-December...
Cover Story
Art glorifying the conquest of Indians needs to leave state capitol
Artwork in the Minnesota State Capitol shows American Indians being “civilized,” losing land to treaties, and being defeated in battle. The art tells a...
Latest Urban News
Nov. What's New In The Community
Tiwahe Foundation receives 1 Million grant from Northwest Area Foundation
The Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) has awarded a $1 million Presidential Grant to the Tiwahe...
Cover Story
Art glorifying the conquest of Indians needs to leave state capitol
Artwork in the Minnesota State Capitol shows American Indians being “civilized,” losing land to treaties, and being defeated in battle. The art tells a...
Cover Story
Tribal Enterprise Theory: Ground up development and decision-making
Shakopee Mdewakatanton Sioux Community (SMSC) citizens and the Rahr family were logical future business partners. They’ve been living as neighbors for most of the...
Latest Urban News
Tribal enterprise practice: balancing community needs and opportunities
When it comes to putting community development theory into practice, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska serve as useful...
