Treaty Rights Battle Links Hunting and Oil Pipelines in Minnesota

Douglas Thompson
7/22/16
Members of several northern Minnesota Ojibwe Bands are preparing a legal challenge to reaffirm hunting, fishing and gathering rights guaranteed by their 1855 Treaty with the United...

Minnesota Funds Elk Restoration Study for Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Douglas Thompson
6/2/16
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are one step closer to reintroducing elk on their traditional territory, thanks to $330,000 in state funding for a feasibility study...

Democracy in Indian Country: Yeah, Right!

Mike Myers
5/26/16

The election season in northern Minnesota Indigenous territories was especially contentious this year. Primary election results were contested in all six Minnesota Chippewa Tribe territories. Everyone who contested lost....

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Horse Capture: Art Exhibition Reeks of Cultural Appropriation

Joe Horse Capture
5/10/16
For over 200 years, non-Natives have appropriated Native American culture for their own intents and purposes...

Music Legend Prince Walks On; Indian Country Mourns

Simon Moya-Smith
4/21/16
The prolific pop star Prince, whose music and sexy performances inspired generations of music makers and love makers, died Thursday, The Associated Press reported . He was 57...

Leech Lake Ojibwe Members Fight for Treaty Rights After Arrest for Harvesting Deer

Douglas Thompson
3/16/16
The beginnings of the next round of federal treaty rights litigation is brewing in northern Minnesota...

H2O High Jinx: Watch Lake Superior Ice Stack on Shore Like Panes of Glass

ICTMN Staff
2/20/16
It’s winter again, which means it’s the time of year that water starts taking on all kinds of rogue forms. This year, as others, it does not disappoint...

Treasure Island Unveils $19M Lagoon, Wave Spa

ICTMN Staff
2/16/16
The second largest of its kind among 18 Native casinos in Minnesota, the 40,000-foot waterpark dubbed "The Lagoon" at Treasure Island Resort & Casino debuted last week...

A Mohawk Book Review on 'Minnesota Lacrosse: A History' by J. Alan Childs (2015)

Alex Jacobs
1/18/16
As a Mohawk, I must first issue a caution to other Iroquoian peoples. Yes, Lacrosse exists outside of New York, Ontario and Quebec, but Minnesota? Yes!...

Video: Pipeline Protesters 'Invade' Enbridge's Duluth Offices, Seven Arrested

ICTMN Staff
11/12/15
Drums, singing and a letter “invaded” the Duluth, Minnesota offices of Enbridge Inc...

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