The Wiindigo and the Water Protectors
Some things never change, no matter the cannibal. The standards are dropping quickly; that is, if there ever were standards. As Donald Trump shamelessly grabs more for corporate interests and fat cats, standards of law, human decency, and rules of engagement in civil society are brushed aside. While actively dismantling all social programs and environmental […]
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY (May 2017)
NACF Mentor Artist Fellowship winners The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) has awarded its first Mentor Artist Fellowship to 12 artists in three regions of the United States: the Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Upper Midwest. The awardees reside in Alaska, Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. Beginning in July, each artist will […]
NATIONAL BRIEFS (May 2017)
MN HOUSE WANTS OIL PIPELINE TO SKIRT REGULATOR ST. PAUL, MN (AP) – Republican law-makers advanced legislation in late April that would allow a Canadian energy company to bypass regulatory hurdles and build a $7.5 billion replacement for an existing oil pipeline in Minnesota. It was part of a larger jobs and energy bill that also […]
PASSING ON (May 2017)
Kathryn Sage Montana March 17, 1986 – April 2, 2017 Kathryn Sage Montana was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was known as Sage to most of her family and friends. The second child of Gary J. Montana and Linda M. Nichols-Montana, she was the apple of her father’s eye. Always riding with him […]
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 […]
Native media pioneer, Gordon Regguinti, passes on
By Mark Anthony Rolo Gordon David Regguinti passed on to the spirit world on February 2, 2017. He was 62. Regguinti was a pioneer in the movement to establish Native American journalism as a legitimate institution, giving critically needed voice to Native peoples from all circles of life. He was respected by his tribal peers and […]