Local Briefs
AIM Conference in Minneapolis looks toward the future
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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...
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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,...
Columnists
Follies August
This is the 21st year the Fond du Lac Follies has appeared in print. Once again let us all gather around and sing together....
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Spreading the love of the Creator's Game
You’re here to bring back our game. This is the Creator’s Game. We don’t play it for ourselves – we play for Creator.”With these...
Local Briefs
Mpls. Elders’ Housing To Be Built Will Be Named Bii Di...
The American Indian Community Development Corporation, along with CommonBond Communities, was recently awarded 6.78 million dollars from the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
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Leech Lake Tribal College Ranked Among Top Comm. Colleges
In Washington Monthly’s recently released list of college rankings, Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) was rated as the seventh-best community college in America, out...
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Red Lake school district fights low ranking with turnaround plan
Minnesota Public Radio NewsLong plagued by poor student performance and still reeling from a 2005 tragedy, the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation School District was...
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Lawyer with Native American roots named to federal court
A Minneapolis lawyer with roots in Northeastern Minnesota and the American Indian community has been appointed the U.S. magistrate judge for the District of...
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HOTE Survival School is torn down as Pourier is sentenced
The Heart of the Earth charter school for Native Americans in Minneapolis was torn down at the end of August, the same time that...
Latest Urban News
Three gubernatorial candidates would consider expanding gambling
Minnesota Public Radio NewsMinnesota’s three gubernatorial candidates would consider expanding gambling to help the state recover from the economic downturn, a prospect that has...
National Briefs
pow wow
Sept.Sept. 4-6 Red Lake Traditional PowWowPonemah, MN. Red Lake Nation Labor Day Traditional Pow-wow Ponemah, MN.Sept. 9-12 41st Annual United Tribes International Powwow Bismarck,...
Columnists
Dakota Activist Goes On Trial
As I wrote last December, Scott DeMuth, a young Dakota activist from Minneapolis, has been charged with conspiracy to commit “animal enterprise terrorism.” I...