WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (May 2017)
NACF Mentor Artist Fellowship winners The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) has awarded its first Mentor Artist Fellowship to 12 artists in three regions of the United States: the Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Upper Midwest. The awardees reside in Alaska, Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. Beginning in July, each artist will […]
NATIONAL BRIEFS (May 2017)
MN HOUSE WANTS OIL PIPELINE TO SKIRT REGULATOR ST. PAUL, MN (AP) – Republican law-makers advanced legislation in late April that would allow a Canadian energy company to bypass regulatory hurdles and build a $7.5 billion replacement for an existing oil pipeline in Minnesota. It was part of a larger jobs and energy bill that also […]
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY : April 2017
Five Natives selected for Bush Fellowships Five Native Americans were named 2017 Bush Fellows. In total, twenty-four leaders were chosen for their records of achievement and their potential to make significant contributions in Minn., No. Dakota, So. Dakota and 23 Native Nations. Melissa Boyd (Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, MN) will finish her bachelor degree in elementary […]
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY March 2017
Liberty named U.S. presidential scholarship candidate Mitakamizi Liberty (Leech Lake Band Ojibwe), a graduating senior at TrekNorth High School, has been named one of more than 4,000 candidates in the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. He is the son of Leslie Harper and Adrian Liberty, and is the only Minnesota student from outside the Twin Cities […]
Nickizms: Spring, Renewal, and Food
By Nick Metcalf Spring, Renewal, and Food – Healthy Living… It’s Spring time. Yay! We’ve made it through another Minnesota winter. I’m hopeful that you got a chance to hear stories and reconnect with family. This month I want to talk about food. I realized recently that there are quite a few people disconnected from […]
Shame on you, Senator Klobuchar!
The U.S. Forest Service just signed off on transferring 6,650 acres of public lands in the Superior National Forest to PolyMet. That’s where the ore body is located that the company wants to mine – on public land, YOUR land. Senator Amy Klobuchar has some explaining to do. She sits on a committee that directly […]
Open Letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on ACA
Letters to the Editor Dear Mr. Speaker, If successful, the Republican campaign to abolish the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would repeal authorization for the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act (IHCIA), which was included in the ACA, and repeal other provisions that increased access to care for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Destroying the ACA will make […]
Friends, clients mourn Native-rights lawyer Larry Leventhal
Minneapolis, MN – Longtime Twin Cities civil rights attorney Larry Leventhal on Jan. 17th of pancreatic cancer. Leventhal, 75, was one of the nation’s most prominent experts on American Indian treaty rights and a committed advocate for American Indian civil rights. American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt remembered meeting Leventhal early on in the movement. Leventhal […]
Native Women in MN Legislature (February 2017)
By Lee Egerstrom Native American women doubled their presence in the Minnesota Legislature’s House of Representatives this January, but it may be far too soon to declare that the “glass ceiling” holding back women has been shattered. With the election of Reps. Jamie Becker-Finn and Mary Kunesh-Podein from suburban Twin Cities house districts, the number […]
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (Jan 2017)
ICWA Personal stories video Project launch Recognizing the need for Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) public education materials that can be distributed widely and throughout social media channels, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) partnered with award-winning Producer/Director Karen Odyniec and Producer Milo Daemgen to produce four short-form digital stories that are informative. The […]