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Little Earth Launches Homeownership Initiative
After years of dreaming, planning and collaborating with partners throughout the city and state, Little Earth of United Tribes (Little Earth) has launched its...
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Canoe stolen from canoe sharing program in Mpls Indian community
A canoe that was part of a Native community canoe-loaning program was stolen this summer. The canoe was owned by Jon Lurie, an English...
Community News
WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY
Dream of Wild Health Awards First Native Youth Scholarship
The Dream of Wild Health farm awarded the inaugural Sally Auger Rising Star Youth Scholarship at...
Latest Urban News
Urban News
Getting Out The Native Vote
Native Vote Launches National Grass-roots Media Campaign
The National Congress of American Indians launched a national grassroots media campaign in September...
Editorials
Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act
To the editor,
HR 5544, the Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act, was introduced by 8th District Representative Chip Cravaack to authorize the exchange...
Columnists
Native Issues in the Halls of Government
Sexual predators
My February 2011 column concerned a "plague of sexual violence" on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (South Dakota). My writing followed up on...
Columnists
Fond du Lac Follies
My aunt Sandy Shabiash died. I am not sure what the cause was but we knew she had been battling lung cancer. Right up...
Columnists
It ain't easy being indian
My Dear Readers, first I'll ask for your patience for this column. My thoughts and feelings have been mainly concerned with the upcoming presidential...
SUPERENTENDENT SPEAKS
SUPERINTENDENT SPEAKS
Attend to Achieve: Attendance is key to our students' success
As we begin another school year in Minneapolis Public Schools, I am pleased to report...
Calendar
COMMUNITY CALENDAR October 2012
Oct. 2
Louise Erdrich Reading:
The Round House
Join us as we celebrate the release of Louise's great new novel The Round House. Riveting and suspenseful;...
events
POWWOW CALENDAR
Nov. 2
5th Annual Gitchi Gami Powwow
Ashland High School Gymnasium, Ashland, WI. Traditional Powwow. FMI: 715-682-7089 x1011 or x1248; email: jcorbin@ashland.k12.wi.us
Nov. 3
Gathering For Our Children...
Passing On
Glenford Columbus (July 11, 1949 – September 19, 2012)
Glenford Thomas "Dodo" (Eagle Warrior) Columbus, age 63 of the Lower Sioux, entered the spirit world peacefully on September 19 at his home.
Columbus...
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Foreclosure Battle Creates Bad Feelings In Community
Longfellow neighborhood resident Anita Reyes (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) and Occupy Homes Minnesota (Occupy) have been protesting the foreclosure of Reyes's house and...
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AIFC makes needed renovations thanks to Drops of Good Community Project
The American Indian Family Center (AIFC), located in East Saint Paul, is the recipient of a $50,000 community center renovation grant from the Drops...
Community News
The Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award hosts event in Mpls
The Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award 2012 event will honor Native artists from Minnesota and throughout Indian country, and will share performances and stories...
Latest Reservation News
Sacred site in S.D. goes up for auction, leaves tribes stunned
In mid-August the the sacred site of Pe' Sla (meaning The Heart of Everything in Lakota) near Mount Rushmore and Deadwood in South Dakota...
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Chairman Stanley R. Crooks Passes On
Stanley R. Crooks, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community since 1992, passed away on August 25th at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in...
Latest Reservation News
Tribes and state use unique court to fight addiction
Fred Isham sits near a blazing fire just outside Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. The 37-year-old tribal member helped build the...
Latest Reservation News
Media Statement from Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Chairman Gordon Thayer
HAYWARD, WI- Recently, several media stories gave the impression that Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) was going bankrupt. This is misleading and far from the...
Latest Reservation News
Four Day Run in Celebration of Sobriety & Health
The annual four day Anishinaabe Run for Sobriety and Health began at the Red Lake Chemical Health Programs at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 1,...
