IT A IN’T EASY BEING INDIAN (May 2017)
By Ricey Wild Both my arms hurt so badly. It really sucks getting old for me when I’ve already had 11 surgeries and I’m fearful of more. Plus I’m diabetic. Okay that’s all I will complain about for now. I’m ready for lilacs, dandelions and blooming trees, and I am worried about the wood frogs because […]
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 […]
MARK ANTHONY ROLO : April 2017
By Mark Anthony Rolo Facing Denial of Diabetes Two years ago, I woke up with what I thought was a pimple on the right side of my neck. In two days that pimple burgeoned into a major infection. I was rushed to a hospital in Duluth, Minnesota to undergo two surgeries to remove the infection. […]
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 […]
LOCAL BRIEFS: April 2017
N.D. OIL SPILL CONSIDERED AMONG WORST IN N.D. HISTORY BELFIELD, ND – The Belle Fourche Pipeline spilled about 530,000 gallons of crude oil into Ash Coulee Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River, according to a March 23 update to a state incident report – far larger than the original estimate of about 176,400 gallons. […]
NATIONAL BRIEFS: April 2017
TRUMP TO MAKE MAJOR CUTS TO INDIAN COUNTRY WASHINGTON, DC – In his very first budget blueprint, Trump seeks a 12 percent cut at the Department of the Interior and a 17.9 percent cut at the Department of Health and Human Services. While the 62-page document is just a proposal – it’s up to Congress […]
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 […]
Water Protectors Are Everywhere
By Winona LaDuke Water Protectors “They came from the four directions. They came from the stars. They came from the mountain, they stood and protected. They came from the depths of the beautiful ocean. They came from the corn pollen and sage they had gathered in their hands. They came wounded from generations of pain. […]
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 […]
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 […]
“LaRose” is spiritually uplifting
By Michael Tidemann In this spiritually uplifting novel, Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) shows how one family’s sacrifice heals the sorrow of another. When Landreaux Iron accidentally kills his neighbor Peter Ravich’s son Dusty while hunting deer, a great loss falls upon both the Iron and Ravich families. After cleansing himself spiritually in a sweat lodge, […]
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 […]