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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...
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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,...
Latest Urban News
Navigating MNSure and Indian Health Services
The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care)
is a federal law that provides health insurance coverage options that
are more accessible and affordable. Minnesota, like all states,...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
Here is ‘tis the season upon us
once again. This is not my favorite time of year because of all the
distraction of Christmas holiday shopping...
Latest Urban News
VIDEO: Change The Name Protest
MINNEAPOLIS -- AIM Twin Cities, Little Earth of United Tribes and Minneapolis American Indian community members gathered on Nov. 7 on East Franklin Avenue...
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Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Address Native Issues
The Native American Community
Development Institute sought to engage Native American voters in the
city's mayoral race with its inaugural Minneapolis American Indian
Mayoral Forum on Oct....
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Bdote Charter School to Open in 2014
The first new charter school to feature
Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion will open will open in Fall
2014. Named Bdote Learning Center, with the prominent...
Latest Reservation News
Lacrosse Resurges As a Cultural Tradition
Baaga’adowewag dagwaaging. They are
playing lacrosse in the fall.
Clutching sticks and bouncing hard
rubber balls off of walls, youth from reservation communities across
Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered...
Community News
What's New In the Community: November 2013
SMSC Announces Endowed Scholarship
Recipients
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community announced 41 new recipients of the SMSC
Endowed Scholarship at the University of Minnesota...
Editorials
From the Editor's Desk: Again We Speak Against Injustice
“Ake” is a word we use in Lakota to
express our frustration. It's translated as “again.” Growing up
on the Rosebud reservation, I would hear my...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It has been 15 years since my column
has been published and I’m smiling all big! My humble thanks go out
to Sue who was editor...
Columnists
It Ain't Easy Being Indian
It has been 15 years since my column
has been published and I’m smiling all big! My humble thanks go out
to Sue who was editor...
