ICT - National - Great Lakes

Despite 35 years, Michigan Indian Day slow to catch on

EAST LANSING, Mich. – About 200 American Indians, local community members and students gathered in East Lansing to participate in festivities marking the 35th annual Michigan Indian Day Sept. 25.

Tribe needs nuclear waste solution

RED WING, Minn. – The Prairie Island Indian Community called on President Barack Obama to follow the law and deliver on the federal government’s decades-old mandate and promise to establish a permanent repository for the nation’s commercial nuclear waste.

Proposal would allow casinos at Mich. horse tracks

LANSING, Mich. – Another showdown is brewing over whether Michigan horse racetracks should be allowed to open casinos in an effort to revive their struggling businesses.

Duluth architects build with Indian clients

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Duluth architectural firm is betting on the future of its business with American Indian tribes.

First American Indian female dentist inducted into Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame

INTERLOCHEN, Mich. – Jessica A. Rickert became the nation’s first American Indian woman dentist in 1975. Nominated by her brother Levi Rickert in 2008 to the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, she will be inducted during a benefit dinner Oct. 21 in East Lansing, along with nine other women being honored for their contributions to society.

UW gets grant for Eastern Shoshone database

LARAMIE, Wyo. – A $200,000 National Science Foundation grant will help create a database of the Eastern Shoshone language for the University of Wyoming’s American Indian Studies Program.

Tribal Nations Plaza dedicated to educating public

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The smell of burning sage and sweetgrass hovered in the air as the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the University of Minnesota held a dedication ceremony for the Minnesota Tribal Nations Plaza at TCF Bank Stadium Aug. 17. The SMSC Business Council, community members, tribal leaders, university officials and invited guests attended.

‘7 Artists, 7 Teachings: Contemporary Great Lakes Native Art’

EVANSTON, Ill. – Seven contemporary Native American artists from the Great Lakes region will unveil interpretations of the revered principles known as The Seven Grandfather Teachings in an exhibit on view Sept. 20 to Dec. 30, at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central St., Evanston, Ill.

Smudge quest continues

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Native students at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point have had to get through a lot of red tape – or in this case, white tape, some say – in order to fight for the right to smudge in their dorms.

Can ‘Minnehaha’ save Duluth?

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Can “Minnehaha” save Duluth?
Maybe, if the 115-year-old Tiffany window depicting a fictional American Indian princess draws the bids experts say it might.