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Celebrating
the holidays with family on the reservation is a tradition that's
familiar to most Native Americans living in the Twin Cities. For
Lorna Her Many Horses,...
Latest Reservation News
Fates of wild rice, mines intertwined in northern Minnesota
Wild rice, the iconic grain that
grows across much of the northern half of the state, is at the center
of a contentious debate over mining...
Latest Urban News
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges Looks Forward
After a sound victory in the Nov. 5
election, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges is looking forward to
working on her goals for education, building relationships with...
Latest Urban News
New Year's Round Dance Provokes Arrest and Dissent
What was initially planned as a New Year's Eve celebration
round dance on the one-year anniversary of an Idle No More solidarity
demonstration turned into confrontation...
Latest Urban News
Police brutality cause for ballot issue
The Committee For Professional
Policing is working to pass an amendment to the Minneapolis City
Charter, which would be voted on as a ballot issue in...
Latest Urban News
Artist Profile: Michael Shaugobay-Hirsch
Michael Shaugobay-Hirsch put up a flyer one day, saying that he was
looking for musical artists in the Native community. He said, “I’m
interested in everyone...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
Well … This is the month for New
Year’s resolutions, which I don’t like making but if I'm gonna
get anything for next...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
My son Jim's job as a Cultural
Specialist was eliminated by the Reservation Business Committee. The
letter stating this said: "Recently a decision was made to
eliminate...
Columnists
Political Matters: Comment on PolyMet's plan
Comment on PolyMet’s plan
You can download a copy of the new
environmental review of the proposed NorthMet copper-nickel mining
project at the Minnesota...
Community News
What's New In the Community: January 2014
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Honors State Officials
On Dec. 11 the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe Tribal Executive Committee honored State Sen. Jeff Hayden
(DFL-Minneapolis) and Rep. Susan Allen (DFL-Minneapolis)...
Cover Story
Riding the Pipelines
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There’s a beauty in the breath of
horses, fall mornings a bit of breath seen in the air...
Cover Story
White Earth Band votes to end blood quantum for tribal membership
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MOORHEAD, Minn. – White Earth Band
of Ojibwe tribal members have approved a new constitution that
dramatically changes tribal...
Latest Urban News
Northwest Indian OIC Unveils New Cultural Training
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Northwest Indian OIC
is announces Anishinaabe World View, a newly-accredited training in
Cultural Competency. The training is a result of many gatherings of
elders,...
Latest Urban News
Why the mascot issue is important for social justice and Native...
Hundreds of
protesters gathered outside the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in
downtown Minneapolis on Nov. 7 to speak out against the Washington
mascot. According to Little Earth...
Community News
What's New In the Community: December 2013
Anpetu Was'te Cultural Arts Market Set
to open next summer
By Rebekah Peterson
TC Daily Planet
Next summer, a new marketplace will
open on Franklin Avenue...
The Arts
Artifact Traffic Combines Old and New Native Art
Heid Erdrich, co-director and
curator of the multi-genre art exhibit and performance Artifact
Traffic, has always been drawn to seemingly disparate forms and
images.
“When...
Editorials
Guest Opinion: White Earth constitutional reform and leadership questionable
Anyone with a fleeting knowledge of
the troubled history of the White Earth Reservation in northern
Minnesota will understand that questions over the legitimacy of
tribal membership...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: White Earth Blood Quantum Reform a Courageous...
There is a courage to be admired by
those who take an action first. The White Earth Band of Ojibwe
recently voted in a constitutional reform...
Columnists
Political Matters: Go PolyMet?
Go PolyMet?
In early December, PolyMet Mining
will release its supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for its NorthMet copper-nickel project near Hoyt Lakes,...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
What a move the voters from White
Earth made. I think the future of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe which
is a Federal Corporation,...
