Aunties are a special breed. They are our mothers’ sisters, but friends and cousins can also be aunties. Your aunt is the woman who steps in when your mom isn’t there...
Recently, while searching for something else, Mary Annette Pember stumbled upon her mother's beadwork. Holding the intricate designs in her hands, she was flooded with memories...
The first word that came to mind to describe the 60-minute documentary by lecturer Carter Meland’s introductory American Indians in Minnesota class was “powerful.” From the histori...
Accomplished anthropologist and author David Treuer argues that “to claim that Indian cultures can continue without Indian languages only hastens our end." The following is an exce...
Gimaajii Mino Bimaadiziyaan is an Oijbwe phrase that means, “Together we are beginning a new life.” A unique organization is doing just that for homeless Native people in Duluth, M...
When anthropologist and novelist David Treuer heard that 16-year-old high-school student Jeff Weise had killed nine people and then himself on northern Minnesota’s Red Lake Indian ...
Long Plain First Nation has settled its 141-year-old loss-of-use claim with the Canadian government for $21.3 million, tying off the loose ends of its 1994 land-claim settlement...