Category: RESOURCES, GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS

Groups and resources of interest to the Native American people.

Four Sheets to the Windand Sikumi (On the Ice) on Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm

Hello, The Walker Art Center with the Sundance Institute’s Native American Initiative is proud to present a free film screening of Four Sheets to the Windand Sikumi (On the Ice) on Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm (details below).  Four Sheets to the Wind is a coming-of-age drama set within the rythms and landscapes of […]

Cradle of Hope Application for Financial Aid Cribs for babies

FYI for all the precious summer babies! The Cradle of Hope project, a Positive Alternatives grantee, has been granted additional state funds for 315 crib vouchers to be distributed to low income families with newborns anywhere in the state. Many areas of the state have designated Crib Sites (list attached) where pregnant women and women […]

American Indian Foster Families.

American Indian foster families protect our children’s tender roots with warmth, care and love, so that they may grow and flower in the warmth of the sun. As a foster parent you may be single or married, live in a house or an apartment and you may be older. You don’t need a lot of […]

4th Annual Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations

The fourth annual Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations conference is scheduled for July 29-31 at the Mille Lacs Grand Hotel and Casino in Hinckley , MN .   This year’s conference features many dynamic Native women leaders and a variety of workshops about critical issues affecting our communities.   To view the full conference agenda, go […]

AIM – American Indian Movement

  KFAI’s Indian Uprising, June 29, 2008 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. CDT #272 The American Indian Movement (AIM), is an Indian activist organization in the United States. AIM burst onto the international scene with its seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South […]

HIV TESING DAY *CORRECTION*

**************CORRECTION*********************************** THIS POSTING READ JUNE 28TH AND IS ACTUALLY TODAY JUNE 27, 2008.  SORRY FOR THE MIX UP.  HONOR YOURSELF AND GET TESTED TODAY 11 AM TO 2PM. You are invited to attend National HIV Testing Day on June 27th, 11am to 2pm. at Recovery Resource Center, 1900 Chicago Ave South, MPLS  MAP IT

The American Diabetes Association.

Action Alert today!  See below. Yvette Roubideaux MD MPH Chair, Awakening the Spirit Team American Diabetes Association From: American Diabetes Association MakingNoise@diabetes.org Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:32 PM To: Lisa Foster Subject: Next Step for Special Diabetes Programs

Need 6 Native American Actors

————– Forwarded Message: ————– From: Anthony James <jame0172@umn.edu> Subject: ATTENTION: Native American Actors Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:56:37 +0000 Hello, Thank you for talking with me over the phone. I am wondering if you could forward this to the community: ATTENTION: Native American Actors We need 6 actors to portray people in a re-enactment […]

Sexual Violence Center / Silent Auction.

What: Silent Auction and Reception to benefit the Sexual Violence Center When: 5:30pm – 8:00pm,  July 24th 2008 Where: Solera, 900 Hennepin Ave., Downtown Minneapolis For more info visit:  www.sexualviolencecenter.org/upcomingevents.htm Misty G. Seeger Development Associate 612.871.5100, ext.11 mseeger@sexualviolencecenter.org Sexual Violence Center 3757 Fremont Ave. North Minneapolis, MN  55412 www.sexualviolencecenter.org

Peace & Dignity Run

PEACE & DIGNITY RUN – Minnesota Run, June 25-June 28, 2008 The Peace & Dignity Runners are coming in from Canada on Wednesday, June 25th morning, coming in from a stay over at the Roseau River First Nations, crossing the Canada-US “Medicine Line Border”. These runners left Eklutna, Alaska on May 1, 2008. On Wednesday […]

Supporting Animal Rights Groups

As many of you may already know I have worked in the pet community for many years. I have worked with and supported many nonprofit & volunteer based humane organizations. For the most part these groups receive pet food donations that meet and or exceede their feeding needs. If you find one in your area […]

Ask Archdiocese To Donate Office!

Contact The Catholic Archdiocese About Offering The Branch Office On Franklin Ave Next To The Library To The Community In Perpetuity.

The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition

KFAI’s Indian Uprising, June 15, 2008 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. CDT #270 Rape and Sexual Violence.  “Native American and Alaska Native women in the United States suffer disproportionately high levels of rape and sexual violence, yet the federal government has created substantial barriers to accessing justice, Amnesty International asserted in a 113-page report, Maze […]

Great Plains Great Prairie Sacred Run 2008 Part 1

Greetings, One good way to work is learning a song, the drum song we were introduced too during one of the meetings. What are the words to that song again? The GPGPSSR 2008 start date will not change, but the daily run mileage may change as the runners adjust to their running abilities. Part 1 […]

NACDI

http://www.nacdi.org This is a wonderful site.

Action for Sunday May 18th

To: oceti_sakowin@lists.riseup.net Subject: Announcement: Action for Sunday May 18th Sesquicentennial events will continue this weekend as a wrap-up of Statehood Week. We are asking Dakota People and our allies to join us to protest these events and continue our campaign of truth-telling. We will rally on the Lower Capitol Mall at 6:00 PM, Sunday, May […]

13th Annual American Indian Wellness Fair

13th Annual American Indian Wellness Fair Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. = Location has changed! = YWCA Midtown, Minneapolis Sports Center 2121 East Lake Street To request an Exhibitor Table Registration, Please contact Sandra Rivera at 612-625-4441.

PART 1. GREAT PLAINS GREAT PRAIRIE SACRED SITES RUN 2008

Greetings, One good way to work is learning a song, the drum song we were introduced too during one of the meetings. What are the words to that song again? The GPGPSSR 2008 start date will not change, but the daily run mileage may change as the runners adjust to their running abilities.

Benefit Concert The Longest Walk 2 Northern Route at Walker Church

This Friday May 2nd there will be a Benefit Concert for The Longest Walk 2 Northern Route at Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave. S. Minneapolis from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.  Jackie Bird, Darren Geffrey, Bluedog and Red Ponie are performing.  $10.00.  Hopefully many of us will be making signs that night, but some of us […]