LaFloe thinks basketball is good medicine
By Dan Ninham Brook LaFloe comes from seven generations of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) members on her paternal and maternal side but grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. She is an educator and entrepreneur with a passion for revitalizing culture, and facilitating the growth of local Indigenous economies. Her academic background […]
Minnesotans play ‘the Creator’s game’ at the roots of modern lacrosse
By Jon Collins/MPR News On an unseasonably cold and windy Sunday morning, dozens of players cluster together at the center of the football field at Hamline University. Each player, ranging from elementary school kids to the parents of high schoolers, is carrying a wooden stick that’s bent into a small net at the end. One […]
Comes Flying twins lead state champion Bantam B1 PLSHA
By Dan Ninham Chaske and Cuauhtli Comes Flying are in the ninth grade at Prior Lake High School. The twin brothers are Crow Creek Dakota and play Bantam B1 Hockey. They also have more things in common. They are members of the first Bantam team to win a state championship in Prior Lake Savage Hockey […]
Gardner comes full circle back to Warroad HS Warriors hockey
By Dan Ninham One of the top scoring hockey players in the state of Minnesota made a full circle coming back home to Warroad HS for his senior season. The Class 1A second ranked Warriors currently have a 10-0 record. The number one state ranked team is Hermantown. Daimon Gardner, Ojibwe, recently scored a hat […]
Chris Jourdain: continuing the Red Lake youth basketball movement
By Dan Ninham The youth basketball movement at the Red Lake Nation travels throughout Indian Country and beyond. Life lessons are learned with wins and losses along the way. One of the aspiring leader’s in the movement on and off the sidelines is Chris Jourdain. Chris Jourdain, 45, is a member of the Red Lake […]
Believing In Native football players at Central Lakes College
by Dan Ninham I Believe In You. In Ojibwe it is “Gidebweyenimin” and in Cherokee it is “-agwohiyu nihi”. These are perhaps the most empowering words someone can say to another person. To have someone say they believe in someone starts with the person believing in oneself. Three young Native men had a different journey […]