Upper Midwest Native groups get big support from Bush Foundation
By Lee Egerstrom The Bush Foundation in November awarded five Bush Prize for Community Innovation prizes and grants to organizations in Minnesota and the Dakotas to further their efforts in the coming year, including three that directly or indirectly serve area Native Americans. The prizes go to groups that have a “track record of successful […]
MIWRC explores ways to keep Kateri alive
BY LEE EGERSTROM The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is scrambling to raise funds to either take over the Kateri Residence in the Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis or move the Kateri program to a new site that MIWRC would operate. Since 1972, Kateri has helped Native American women recover from addictions –and their children – […]