First Person Productions Goes Entrepreneurial
By Lee Egerstrom A multimedia training program for Native American youth in the Twin Cities is taking a large step forward and becoming a competitive media production company serving a variety of clients in the metro area. Since the beginning of this year, First Person Productions is attempting to be a self-sustaining and competitive multimedia production […]
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (June 2017)
Grand Opening Held for New Redby Community Center (By Michael Meuers) – The new Redby Community on the Red Lake Indian Reservation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Community Center on May 23. Even though the center is officially open, there is still more work to be done, including adding artwork to the exterior, […]
Dakota artist creates Indigemojis
By Lee Egerstrom David Bernie, a Minneapolis-based Ihanktowan (Yankton Sioux) artist who combines graphic design with modern technology, is working to bring his “Indigemojis” art applications to formats usable by most mobile devices and online technology. The Tiwahe Foundation in the Twin Cities has given Bernie a grant to expand his Native American and First Nations-themed […]
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 […]
PASSING ON – March 2017
Lydia Vanessa GreyEagle May 25, 1988 – February 18, 2017 Lydia Vanessa GreyEagle, “Ho Waste Win” (Strong Voice Woman), age 28 of the Lower Sioux Community, entered the Spirit World on February 18 at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Lydia was born May 25, 1988 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota to Dan GreyEagle and […]
NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS March 2017
DR. RUIZ CONVENES ACA REPEAL ROUNDTABLE WITH NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS WASHINGTON, DC – In February, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) hosted a roundtable with Rep. Frank Pallone, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and more than 30 tribal leaders to discuss the impacts of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the Native […]
Mille Lacs Band will run Native-focused addiction treatment center (March 2017)
By Anthonly Steiner/MinnPost For years, the State of Minnesota has run Four Winds, an addiction treatment center with a focus on traditional Native American healing and recovery. The Brainerd-based program is the only one of its kind in the state, and one of only a handful in the nation. In March, the Mille Lacs Band of […]
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 […]
Nickizms Feb 2017
By Nick Metcalf What Families Teach Us About Love February has become my favorite month. Why? Because LOVE is everywhere. The commercial symbols of love are plenty. Red hearts. Valentine’s. Flowers. Everything that symbolizes love is everywhere. The art of love is difficult and confusing. This is what I’ve learned, learning to love yourself is […]
Two new Native women elected to Minnesota Legislature
By Lee Egerstrom Families that have long been active in community affairs, and inspiration drawn from other take-charge local leaders, have paved the way for two new Native American women to get elected to the Minnesota Legislature. Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, an attorney who grew up at Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe […]