By Winona LaDuke Napoleon LaDuke was my great uncle. I’ve always had a liking for that name. My great uncle was a brown man from the Northwoods who was in World War I and came back “shell shocked.”  He wasn’t even a citizen of the US at the time but, nevertheless — like many Native […]

Thru July 13 AL·TER·NA·TIVE: Frank Buffalo Hyde Exhibit AL·TER·NA·TIVE is a solo exhibition featuring a collection of paintings and sculptures from artist Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga/Niimíipuu/Nez Perce). Vivid and pop-culture saturated, his work reflects on the commodification of American Indian culture, and the assertive roles for Native American identity in the contemporary world. Frank’s work […]

By Mordecai Specktor PolyMet scheme hits another snag In late November, an administrative law judge issued a report that recommended that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) deny a “Permit to Mine” for the proposed NorthMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. This is a victory for the Fond du Lac Band and environmentalists that […]