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Fond du Lac Follies
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So, where was the Follies last month? I took the month off to celebrate my 68th birthday. So Sioux me.
**** Fond du Lac Follies...
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Treaty fishing in Minneapolis
Cedar Lake, long famous for its skinny-dipping beach, was the site of an unusual treaty rights demonstration on May 13. Local Dakota activists put...
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Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Update on wild rice and sulfates
As I wrote in this column last month, some Minnesota lawmakers are intent on throwing out a section of...
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World Peace and Prayer Day
World Peace and Prayer Day (WPPD) will once again bring people of all faiths and spiritual beliefs together to pray for healing for Mother...
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Iroquois Nationals take Silver in World Indoor Box Lacrosse Championships
The Iroquois Nationals lost to Canada in the gold medal match at the 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Prague on May 28. They...
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The UN Permanent Forum On the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and...
In May, my grandson Giiwedin Buckanaga and I traveled to the United Nations in New York City for the UN Permanent Forum on the...
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UMD's Master of Tribal Administration and Governance is first of its...
More than two years in planning mode, the first-of-its-kind Master of Tribal Administration and Governance (MTAG) degree program at the University of Minnesota Duluth...
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DNR confiscates nets, fish from Dakota activists on Cedar Lake
Conservation officers with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) seized a gill net and several dozen fish on May 13 from a small group...
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First Lady launches Let's Move! In Indian Country Initiative
First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! In Indian Country (LMIC) Initiative at the Menominee Nation in Keshena, Wisconsin on May 25. The...
Community News
MIWRC selected as one of 16 national organizations for Move to...
The NoVo Foundation of New York kicked off its Move to End Violence Initiative, a groundbreaking, 10 year, $80 million initiative designed to strengthen...
Community News
Limon wins the Folk and Traditional Arts grant from the Minnesota...
Artist Douglas K. Limon (Leech Lake Ojibwe/Oneida) of White Bear Lake, MN has been awarded a $19,980 Folk and Traditional Arts grant from the...
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Seventy year-old among GED graduates at Red Lake
Story By Michael Meuers
Photos by Michael Barrett & Alice Benaise
"If you don't want to work hard, get an education, otherwise you'll work hard labor...
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The Onion: Economy failing since US built on burial grounds
Report: Economy Failing Because U.S.
Built On Ancient Indian Burial Grounds
events
September Powwow Calendar
Mendota's 12th Annual Welcome Home Traditional Wacipi or Pow Wow.Sept 9,10, and 11, 2011.651-452-4141.mmdc01@comcast.netwww.mendotadakota comSt Peters Church Grounds in Mendota 1405 Sibley Memorial HwyThis...
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SPPS Students In Top 10%
Three of the six high schools in St. Paul have a Native student in the top 10 percentile.The American Indian Education Program for the...
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May-June Events Calendar
May thru June 5 Art Exhibit: Original GreenThe art exhibit Original Green has been expanded and will be showing thru June 5. Native artists...
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It ain't easy being indian
Despite myself I have been following the wedding preparations for Prince William and the "commoner" Kate Middleton he is taking as his wife. I...
Passing On
Autumn Rose Jones December 11, 1986 – April 7, 2011
Autumn Rose Jones, age 24 of the Lower Sioux Community journeyed to the Spirit World Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. ...
Passing On
Darlene Vivian Jackson White Eagle March 30, 1941 – April 14,...
Darlene Vivian Jackson White Eagle, "Awanook" which means "Morning Mist", "Wa-Wokiye-Wiyah", which means "Woman who helps them", 70, of South St. Paul, MN, passed...
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May_June 2011 Powwow Calendar
May 6-7 Standing Rock Contest Wacipi Standing Rock Community Schools Spring contest wacipi. Standing Rock High School, Standing Rock, SD. FMI: Sissy Goodhouse...