Diversity under challenge in MN and at SCOTUS
By Lee Egerstrom Native American students’ access to higher education may have dodged a bullet in Minnesota, for the time being, but it remains under threat before the U.S. Supreme Court. Here in Minnesota, former Minnesota legislative leader Steve Sviggum resigned his position as vice chair of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents on […]
MN Legislature ends session without passing Native bills
By Lee Egerstrom What looked like an eleventh-hour compromise to push through extensive bills in the Minnesota Legislature, including several for the Minnesota Indian community, ended with a whimper when on May 17 the Legislature adjourned. “We humbly ask Governor (Tim) Walz to call a Special Session and for legislators to return to the Capitol […]