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 Â
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...
events
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...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
Yeah, the war in Iraq is going to be over in a couple of months President Obama promises. Did we win? Did we lose?...
Columnists
Native Issues in the Halls of Government
In October, on the federal Columbus Day holiday, Sasha Houston Brown (Santee Dakota) wrote a letter to the CEO of Urban Outfitters Inc., the...
Latest Urban News
Forcia Honored With Fundraiser Feast
A benefit and feast was held on September 22nd in the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) in Minneapolis to honor Mike Forcia for his...
Latest Urban News
The Berenstain Bears speak Lakota in special 20-episode series
The Dakotas and Minnesota are at the front of a new wave in children's education, as beloved furry faces begin to speak in an...
Latest Urban News
Running Wolf Fitness Center to reopen at Phillips Community Center
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC) and the Indian Health Board (IHB) have teamed up to reopen the Running Wolf Fitness Center in a...
Latest Urban News
Duluth opera has non-Indian cast in 'Pocahontas'
An attempt to stage an opera intended to celebrate American Indian culture is now facing an accusation of racial insensitivity.
The Duluth Festival Opera's production...
Latest Reservation News
Red Lake River fish bypass – walleye can now return home
"This year Red Lake's long awaited fish bypass will be completed at the Red River outlet on the south shore of Red Lake", said...
