Turtle Island

Restoring (Some of) Turtle Island

09/27/2023

According to the TRUTH Project research, the U.S. government paid the Dakota two cents per acre in 1851. Circle News reported the land was then sold for 251 times that amount.

The Magical Root

09/27/2023

That’s what it used to be like in our very tiny, rural Minnesota town where everyone knew each other, they knew what you liked to drink, and they most likely knew a lot of your secrets too.

Developing the Ethnic Studies Curriculum

09/27/2023

Studies show that when students participate in ethnic studies, they are more engaged when their curriculum reflects diverse — not monolithic — backgrounds.

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Healing With the Land

07/26/2023

Gabby Menomin is part of a team working to resurrect an underground creek in Saint Paul for the well-being of the community and the land.

Walking for the Water

07/18/2023

GitchiGami is the largest freshwater lake in the world. It is worth a walk around its 2,726–mile shoreline to speak to the water spirits.

Protecting Minnesota Families at the Legislative Level

03/30/2023

"Please use this as an example of what happens when we see the pain in our communities and we support them — they show up in really powerful ways.”

Celebrating the Advocacy and Principals of Honor the Earth

02/28/2023

"Water and women are one and the same. They deserve our love and protection.”

2022 Changemaker Missy Whiteman: Indigenous Media Innovator

11/29/2022

“This is the way we create now — we come together and use art as ceremony.”

Snowed In

11/29/2022

(L–R) Juliana Welter, Heather Friedli, and Maggie Thompson.…

New Indigenous-Led Operatic Film Portrays the Life of Zitkála-Šá

10/13/2022

It is the first opera to include lyrics in the Dakota language.

Stepping Out for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Candidates

10/12/2022

Supporters of women of color and LGBTQ+ legislative candidates came out to celebrate the intersectional movement

Why Nature Needs Legal Rights: The Manoomin Case

07/28/2022

"There is no accounting for the dead beaver, the dead muskrat, the poison in the water."

Drug Overdose Rates Rising in Minnesota

07/22/2022

Drug overdose deaths are rising more rapidly among Black and Indigenous Americans than they are among white people — and Minnesota’s disparities are the worst in the nation.

Through the Ojibwe Language, Baabiitaw Boyd Understands Her World and Herself

06/25/2022

Talking about the impact of learning Ojibwemowin, the importance of language revitalization and the role of language in grieving, and hopes for an expansive Ojibwemowin curriculum in Minnesota schools.

Rep. Heather Keeler on Transparency, Gun Violence, Inclusion

05/26/2022

If I can be honest in who I am, and the opportunity that I have in this seat, hopefully there is a little girl out there who can hear or see a message and realize that it is a possibility for them — that they are not too broken to do this work. We all deserve to be in this space and make these changes together.

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