PASSING ON: Dennis Smith Lothert Sr.
Dennis Smith Lothert Sr. June 23, 1946 – December 5, 2017 Dennis Smith Lothert Sr. – (Hey Man) Wambdi Isnana, meaning Lone Eagle –age 71 of Lower Sioux Community passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Dennis was born June 23, 1946 to Wilbur Larsen and Bethel (Smith) Lothert in […]
Canadian series shows pre-Columbian New World as complex, sophisticated
BY DEBORAH LOCKE Two points stand out from the eight-episode Canadian-produced series “1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus.” First, indigenous people from North, Central and South America are still here, and their languages and traditions survived with them. Second, education and using it well makes an impact. Today Native scholars tackle questions on […]
WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY: Jan 2018
Cobenais Appointed to Governor’s Council (By Michael Meuers) Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed Jerald Cobenais of Red Lake as the “Red Lake Band of Ojibwe Delegate to the Minnesota Tribal Youth Gathering Steering Team” on December 1, 2017. The team will meet monthly, beginning with a meeting on January 22, 2018, in St. Paul, to begin planning […]
HTE to bring legal action challenging MNPUC
In December, Honor the Earth vowed to bring legal action challenging the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MNPUC) 4-1 vote to approve the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) – once three minor, technical “inadequacies” are addressed that PUC Commissioners called for during its meeting – for Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 “replacement” pipeline in northern Minnesota. The vote […]
Trump’s Sad Relationship With American Indians
BY MARK ANTHONY ROLO Donald Trump has never had much of a history with Americans Indians, but during the course of his first year in office he has begun to cultivate a relationship with American Indians that can only be described as dismissive and degrading. Within a few months of his presidency, Trump swiftly cleared the […]
NEWS BRIEFS: Jan 2018
LEECH LAKE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST OPIOID MAKERS CASS LAKE, MN – On December 19, 2017 the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe approved the filing of a lawsuit in federal district court against six of the nation’s largest opioid manufacturers – including Purdue Pharma, Cephalon, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and the three largest distributors of prescription […]
The Circle’s 2017 Native Author’s Breakfast Fundraiser
The Circle’s Annual Native Author’s Breakfast Fundraiser, held on December 15th, was one of the most successful fundraisers in the eight years we have been holding this event. The Circle Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who made this event a success. A big […]
IT AIN’T EASY BEING INDIAN: Jan 2018
BY RICEY WILD I’m bringing back the greeting, “Happy New Year!!!” This very important wish was taken from us last year and anyone who was caught saying it was promptly shut down in light of the evil emanating from the White House. The darkness that engulfed us was too much to bear and most Americans were depressed […]
POLITICAL MATTERS: Jan 2018
By Mordecai Specktor #Resist in 2018 In 2017, President Dumbass didn’t start a nuclear war, and for that we can be grateful. His administration – an unsavory gang of right-wing zealots, white supremacists, craven opportunists and grifters – did, however, begin an assault on the natural environment and on American Indian sacred lands. In January, […]
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 – […]
New radio station KRSM takes to the air in south Minneapolis
By Lee Egerstrom A low-powered FM radio station seven years in the making has taken to the air in south Minneapolis. While small in size compared with clear channel radio, it is bringing Native Americans and other ethnic group news, information and cultural entertainment to a potential market of 300,000 listeners. The station, KRSM (98.9 […]
POLITICAL MATTERS: December 2017
By Mordecai Specktor Remembering Dennis Banks When I started writing about American Indian issues, about 40 years ago, I began hearing stories about Dennis Banks, a co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM). In the aftermath of the recent police killings of young, unarmed, people of color in the Twin Cities –Jamar Clark, Philando Castile, […]