‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Native Culture, Cuisine, & Good Will: Tours, France also savoring French Culture, Cuisine, History and Politics
AIM Interpretive Center Achieves Success in Tours France By Norma Renville & Jack Swanson After two years of planning and development work conducted by American Indian Movement Interpretive Center (AIMIC) board members, staff and consultants the AIMIC sold over 750 bags of White Earth’s Organically Certified Wild Rice at the Foire de Tours [...]
Little Earth Mother’s Day Powwow
A FREE Event Celebrating the Spirit of our Community, family friendly, and open to the public; rain or shine.. Be sure to bring your own lawn chair or blanket for seating. No Alcohol, No Drugs, No Fire Arms permitted.
AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH: FRANKLIN AV, CEDAR FIELD, & TOURS, FRANCE
American Indian Month begins with a Parade along the American Indian Cultural Corridor blocks of East Franklin Avenue and continues with Open Houses, Pow Wows, Fairs, and other special events by the many American Indian organizations here in the Phillips Community and throughout Minnesota. It is a focused celebration and validation of the rich [...]
Is Peace Even Possible?
BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL I am writing this on the day that President Trump unveiled his proposed budget, the farthest thing from a “peace budget” that I can remember. It proposes a 10% boost in military spending, even though the U.S. spends more than the next 8 countries combined, and has been involved in more wars since World War II. (And [...]
What We Know About Trump So Far
By LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK American media and the press developed a habit of looking at the first 100 days of a new president’s administration. It is a curious habit because most presidents, whether they serve one or two terms, have one or possibly two great successes, the exceptions being Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt and [...]
NO POOL APRIL FOOL in 2017! Phillips Aquatics Center Groundbreaking this Month!
BY DENNY BENNETT MARCH 2017 You’ll definitely notice the activity beginning on Monday, March 27th. Fencing goes up around the southeast end of the building and parking lot, the roll-off dumpsters hit the scene, and there will be activity much earlier than usual. Selective demolition inside the pool area will have begun! APRIL 2017 By the [...]
Irreconcilable Differences?
BY MISHEHARU P. DAWKINS What does the election of Donald Trump say about us as a nation and us as individuals? First I am going to try and explain what it means to me, and then I am going to try and explain what I believe it means for us as a country. As I watched on Election Day with my family as each state rolled in and Hillary Clinton kept [...]