National Briefs
Problems with the Alaska Veterinary Board blocking public health services to...
I attended the Alaska Veterinary Board meeting on Oct. 29 in Fairbanks to discuss the need for more veterinary services in the villages and...
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Lakota collage artist recipient of Bush Artist Program’s 2010 Enduring Vision Award Lakota collage artist Arthur D. Amiotte, is one of three winners of...
Columnists
Death in the Sonoran Desert
In 1982, I traveled to a desert wash west of Tucson, Arizona, for the International Indian Treaty Conference, a forum sponsored by the American...
Local Briefs
Group wants more Indian teachers on reservations
About 100 of the nation’s best recent college graduates in fields such as law and business will be teaching this fall at schools on...
Columnists
CD Review: Jimmy Wolf’s I’ve Been Driftin’ From Door To Door
Last year I wrote a review on Jimmy Wolf’s CD Deep Downtown and I was immediately aware that there was a new rock star,...
Latest Urban News
MIA Has New Native American Tour Guides
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) recently graduated 17 tour guides for their Native American collection, in the Collections in Focus (CIF) Guides Program....
Columnists
Follies July
The operation was a success but the patient lived. I went from pre-op to op to post-op rather nicely.The artery doctor came in and...
Local Briefs
CDC and IHS urge Indian parents to protect preteens with vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with the Indian Health Service to launch a campaign...
Local Briefs
Recommended Vaccines for 11/12-Year-Olds
1. Tdap Vaccine: Fights Whooping Cough (Pertussis) plus Tetanus and Diphtheria The Tdap vaccine protects again tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. The childhood DTaP vaccine...
Local Briefs
AIM Conference in Minneapolis looks toward the future
The American Indian Movement (AIM) gathered in June in Minneapolis to celebrate its 42nd year and to reflect on victories and the challenges still...
Local Briefs
Rhiana Yazzie’s “Ady” opens at Pangea World Theater
A Lee Miller photograph of surrealist artists that includes a dancer from the West Indies, naked to the waist, is the jumping off place...
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Iroquois lacrosse team gives up chance at championship over passports
The fourth-ranked team’s refusal to travel on another nation’s passports sidelines it from a championship, but nets a teachable moment on Native sovereignty. In...
Local Briefs
CDFI Fund awards 10 Million to facilitate community housing and development
The CDFI Fund of the United States Treasury awarded more than $10 million to 45 groups in 19 states to facilitate community development, housing,...
Local Briefs
Exploring Minnesota for metals
The copper rush in northeastern Minnesota made the news in late July, when Canadian-based Duluth Metals inked a partnership deal with Antofagasta, a Chilean-based...
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Oil and gas accidents are nationwide, says a report
As Congress debates a response to the BP oil spill, a new report from the National Wildlife Federation details a full decade of oil...
Local Briefs
Native youth farmer markets sell veggies from heirloom seeds
Two new farmers markets serving the Twin Cities American Indian Community have sprung up in recent weeks. These unassuming produce stands, comprised of just...
The Arts
Native performing arts groups formed to advocate inclusion
Concerned over a lack of voice and inclusion a group of prominent American Indian writers, directors and performers has joined together to form two...
Columnists
Brule’s The Collection is beautiful and enchanting
Brule’s “The Collection”, a greatest hits CD produced by Tom Bee and SOAR, is new age but it’s Native American new age, which to...
Columnists
It Aint Easy August
In the off-chance any of you were holding your breath or just wondering what the heck is going on at the Rezberry Elders’ apartments,...
