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Organizations and community members fight for healthier homes
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In the Twin Cities metropolitan area, a disproportionate number of Native families live in low income housing. In particular, the Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis...
Community News
Whats new in the community:
AICDC breaks ground on Elder's housing
On November 14 the American Indian Community Development Corp had a ground breaking ceremony for its new Native elder's...
SUPERENTENDENT SPEAKS
The Best Gift for Our Students
As we enter the holiday season and the season of giving, I wanted to reach out to our families and friends in Minneapolis. The...
Calendar
December 2011-January2012
Dec. 5, 12, 19
Foster Care Info Meetings
Volunteers of America is looking for skilled parents to provide care for troubled youth in one of their...
Latest Urban News
First masters degree for "Helping One Another" Tribal Spec. Ed.
Aquila Tapio (Oglala Lakota) will be the first student to recieve her master's degree from Augsburg College's new Naadamaadiwin, "Helping One Another" Tribal Special...
Columnists
It ain't easy being indian
The Indian dating website "E-Snag.com" sent me an email notification saying they had two new matches for me. Since I gave up on that...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
Yea!, Fond du Lac won in Federal Court. We no longer have to split the profits from Fond du Luth, our casino in Duluth....
Columnists
Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Vegas on Hennepin
Politicians, business interests and labor unions are applying a full-court press to build a new stadium for the Vikings (to mix...
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Breakfast With Diane Wilson & Jim Northrup December 8th, 8:00 a.m.
A Breakfast Fundraiser For The Circle
Breakfast and reading by award winning Native
American authors Diane Wilson and Jim Northrup.
DIANE WILSON:
Diane Wilson is a writer...
Community News
NATIVE YOUTH COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CHALLENGE
American Indian youth are challenging their community to take a stand against commercial tobacco. The students, ages thirteen to seventeen, are working hard to...
Latest Urban News
All non-Native Pocahontas opera funded by Legacy Funds
In October, Pocahontas-Woman of Two Worlds, a new opera composed by Minnesotan Linda Tutas Haugen, was performed at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. After...
Community News
Whats new in the community:
LaDuke will speak in Minneapolis on "the Green Path"
Internationally known Native American activist and author Winona LaDuke will speak at Plymouth Congregational Church on...
Latest Reservation News
First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language wins Midwest Emmy
Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) wa awarded an Upper Midwest Emmy for First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language, a documentary funded through Minnesota's...
Latest Reservation News
Leech Lake and MN?sign joint agreement on financial filing system
Many Indian tribes struggle to build internal economies on reservations. That's because they often don't have the basic structures of an economy in place,...
Latest Reservation News
Rural Post Office closures will hurt Natives, elderly and the poor
Post offices in Pine Point (Ponsford), Naytauwaush, Squaw Lake, and Ponemah, Minnesota are scheduled for closure this year as as a result of federal...
Calendar
NOVEMBER community calendar
Through Nov. 19
Jim Denomie: Works on Paper
Bockley Gallery's new exhibit: works on paper by Minnesota-based artist Jim Denomie. Bright and playful, these works...
News
Leslie Jo Fresquez Walking Elk May 16, 1962 – Oct....
Leslie Jo Fresquez Walking Elk, "Mi Cante Etan Wowaglake", 49, was born May 16, 1962, in Omaha, Neb., and began her journey to the...
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NEOVEMBER powwow calendar
Nov. 5
Our Children & Returning Adoptees Powwow
A celebration our community's strengths. As we continue to gather and acknowledge the strengths of our families,...
SUPERENTENDENT SPEAKS
superintendent speaks:
Since 2006, the third Thursday in November has been set aside in Minneapolis Public Schools as Native American Family Involvement Day (NAFID). This year,...
Columnists
It ain't easy being indian
he sleeping Tigress has awakened. I mean me. I found out in a definitive way that there's more to life than having fun, or...