Political Matters
Political Matters – May 2023
Native representation
In late April, I made it over to The Main Cinema in Minneapolis for a screening, “Indigenous Portraits,” a selection of short...
Columnists
This legislative session has been one of the most productive in...
By Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan
Boozhoo! This legislative session has been one of the most productive in years, with significant bills decades in the making...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Villebrun named 2023 MN Girls’ Basketball Assistant Coach of the Year
By Dan Ninham
John Villebrun was named the 2023 Minnesota Girls Class A Basketball Assistant Coach of the Year, and the 2023 Assistant Coach of...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
Let’s talk about dealing with your smoking habit
By Arne Vainio, MD
Seattle is a beautiful city and was a great place to do my residency. I spent 3 years at the Seattle...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – May 2023
By Ricey Wild
“Sometimes it snows in April”.... By Prince. And then it snows and snows and snows.... I s’pose I forgot to make the...
Cover Story
Indigenous cooperative development training launched in MN
By Lee Egerstrom
A program to help train Native Americans capable of developing cooperative businesses and service enterprises has been launched in Minnesota, drawing potential...
Cover Story
My Powerful Hair is a celebration of Native culture
By Elizabeth Blair/NPR
My Powerful Hair is a new picture book that turns a painful truth about racism into a celebration of Native culture.
When Carole...
Calendar
Community Calendar – April 2023
Thru April 29
Now You See It, Now You Don't Exhibit
Bockley Gallery is pleased to welcome Natalie Ball (Black, Modoc, Klamath), Grace Rosario Perkins (Diné,...
Environment
SMSC makes another investment in Native American education
By Lee Egerstrom
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is providing an $80,000 grant to Three Rivers Park District to develop education programming at its...
Environment
Birchbark Books opens second store for expanding business
By Lee Egerstrom
Privately owned Birchbark Books and Native Arts has opened a second store in Minneapolis to house special events for authors and artists...
Environment
UILI building projects bills still alive in Legislature
By Lee Egerstrom
While Minnesota tribes, non-profit groups, local communities and others have a large number of bills for Native communities and programs before the...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
Sunderland finds his home with the Warroad Warriors Hockey Family
By Dan Ninham
Johnny Grove's backhanded goal at 4:56 of double overtime gave the Mahtomedi Zephrys a 6-5 win over the Warroad Warriors in the...
News
U.S. to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds
By AP
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says her agency will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under an order...
Political Matters
Politcal Matters – April 2023
By Mordecai Specktor
Native acting governor
On Monday, March 6, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz temporarily transferred his executive power to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a member...
Profiles: Native Americans in Sports
TrayVaughn Lee will be moving up to the next level of...
By Dan Ninham
TrayVaughn Lee is Leech Lake the college level. He is a graduating senior at Cass Lake-Bena High School and is three-sport athlete...
Arnie Vainio MD - Health
He wanted me to tell you he was sorry
By Arne Vainio, MD.
Warren was dying and there was no changing course. His lung cancer had spread since he was in the hospital last...
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It Aint Easy Being Indian – April 2023
By Ricey Wild
First off, I apologize for my previous March 2023 column for the awful weather that has devastated many thou- sands of people...
Cover Story
Legislation to protect Native children if ICWA overturned
By Lee Egerstrom
Several bills for Native American Minnesotans, their families and communities are gaining momentum early in the Minnesota Legislature with high chances of...
Cover Story
Land taken from the FDL a century ago may be coming...
By Lee Egerstrom
The University of Minnesota administrators and Board of Regents are exploring ways for the University to return 3,400 acres of land effectively...
Environment
Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
By Associated Press
Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights. As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in early 1973, Thunder Hawk was stationed...
