Digital Public Library of America Features Upper Midwest Natives

ICTMN Staff
May 04, 2013
The Digital Public Library of America is now “open” to the public. It may not have four walls and a roof, but it does have more than two million items users can browse through...

Minnesota Bill Would Establish Memorial for American Indian Veterans

ICTMN Staff
April 13, 2013
By a unanimous 129-0 vote in the Minnesota State House of Representatives on April 11, HF143 was passed. On April 18, the state Senate voted 64-0 in favor of the bill...

Leech Lake Students Chat with Minnesota Rep. McCollum

ICTMN Staff
March 23, 2013
A group of students from the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Bena, Minnesota joined Leech Lake tribal leaders for a trip to Washington, D.C. at the end of February...

Red Lake Nation Youth Council Educates Legislators During Youth Day at Capitol

Michael Meuers
March 16, 2013
The Red Lake Nation Youth Council visited the Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 13 to participate in the 6 th Annual Youth Day...

The Legend of Ojibwe John Beargrease and the Annual Sled Dog Marathon That Bears His Name

Konnie LeMay
February 09, 2011
Beargrease brothers delivering mail...

A Red Lake Nation College Basketball Team Hits the Court for the First Time

ICTMN Staff
February 18, 2013
As the Red Lake Nation College (RLNC) gets ready to break ground on their new campus this spring, they are also getting ready to play their first basketball game on Saturday, Febru...

2013 Declared the Year of the Dakota

Stephanie Woodard
January 17, 2013
Applause broke out in St. Paul, Minnesota, city council chambers January 9 as the group approved a strongly-worded resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-U.S...

Tribal Rep Creates Scholarship, Makes Education a Priority

ICTMN Staff
January 07, 2013
When he was elected in June as the District 3 representative for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, 30-year-old LeRoy Staples-Fairbanks III promised to make education a priority, and h...

Late Shakopee Chairman Crooks Named Person of the Year

ICTMN Staff
January 03, 2013
The late Stanley R. Crooks, who served as the chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for 20 years, was named the 2012 Person of the Year by Shakopee.Patch.com...

Minnesota Works on Forgiving But Not Forgetting Its Native History

Konnie LeMay
December 26, 2012
On December 26, a memorial was dedicated in Mankato, Minnesota’s Reconciliation Park near a white limestone buffalo that marks the spot where 38 Dakota men were hanged the day afte...

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