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Business loans aim to boost Native American entrepreneurship
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Even though the city of Bemidji is surrounded by three Indian reservations, there have been few Native American-owned businesses in town. Now, a Red...
Community News
Red Lake Nation College and Leech Lake Tribal College Launch Basketball...
Red Lake Nation College (RLNC) and Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) are launching new basketball teams and have selected coaches. Gerald Kingbird will be...
Latest Reservation News
First class of students in UMD's MTAG program graduate
Tiger Brown Bull has traveled great lengths to earn his masters degree.
In two years he has put 40,000 miles on his car to make...
Latest Urban News
What's New in Birth Control: A Message from the IHB Minneapolis
Working as a Pediatrician in Native American communities since 1997, I have used photography and writing to share health success stories in health promotion...
Columnists
Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Ken Tilsen
I had some specific ideas about the contents for this monthly column; but as I sit down to write, I am mulling over...
Newsflash
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Editor of The Circle from NACC’s Board of Directors,
We wish to respond to the front page article, “NACC Changes Pain Prescription Policy,” in the...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
My wife Patricia found a bar for a birthday party for me, my 70th birthday. I think about 60 people showed up to eat...
Calendar
COMMUNITY CALENDAR June 2013
Through July 27
Exhibit:The River
The River: evolving group show. Bockley Gallery presents an extended group show that will be constantly changing through the course of...
events
POWWOW CALENDAR JUNE 2013
June 7 - 9
July 19 - 21
Honor the Earth Powwow
40th Annual Honor the Earth Traditional Powwow. Hayward, WI. LCO Pow Wow Grounds. FMI: 715-634-8934.
July...
Columnists
It Ain't East Being Indian
The title for my column is a tribute to my late Unk Gene who would stand taller, puff his chest out and declare, “It...
Cover Story
NACC changes pain prescription policy
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC) has recently changed its policy regarding the prescription of narcotics for chronic pain.
The new policy went into...
Cover Story
Interview with Idle No More Co-founder Nina Wilson
The Circle got an opportunity to speak with one of the co-founders of Idle No More, Nina Wilson, when she was in town for...
Community News
WHATS NEW IN THE COMMUNITY:
Three Natives Win Minnesota Book Awards
Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) has become the first writer to win five Minnesota Book Awards. On April 13...
Latest Urban News
“I’m Not Your Indian Anymore”?AIM Exhibit to open in May
Work has been underway to select photographs of the American Indian Movement (AIM), along with documents and objects, for a special first exhibit to...
events
POWWOW CALENDAR MAY 2013
May 4
Powwow For Hope
Powwow For Hope is a fundraiser for the American Indian Cancer Foundation. All money raised will be used to support cancer...
Columnists
Political Matters: Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Hard rock mining blues
In 1980, I attended the International Indian Treaty Conference on the Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. I took Amtrak from...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
It started with a little breeze, then grew into a bigger wind. At first, the snowflakes were small. They just kept coming until we...
Columnists
It ain’t easy being indian
At long last spring is showing up around here. Us Nort’ Landers just experienced one of the longest, most miserable, record-shattering winter snowfalls ever....
Calendar
Community Calendar May 2013
May 1
Indian Month Kick Off
Come celebrate community and the start of MN American Indian Month at the 2013 MN American Indian Month Kickoff...
Passing On
Ernest Wabasha -September 2, 1929 – March 28, 2013
Ernest “Ernie” Wabasha (age 83) of the Lower Sioux Community, journeyed to the Spirit World surrounded by family and loved ones on Thursday, March...