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 […]
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 […]
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 […]