‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Franklin/Hiawatha Encampment funded; operator chosen
Amble”'s Machinery and Industrial Supplies”' 105-year-old building had over 40,000 Sq. Ft. of metal fabrication equipment, tools, steel stock, parts, pumps, nuts and bolts, hardware of all kinds, hoses, belting, fixtures and material handling that was sold as Jim Amble retired after 42 years in the business at 2109 Cedar Av. and sold the property to Red Lake Nation for their development. The Mpls. City Council has approved $1.5 million in funding for the temporary Navigation Center, which will provide a safe and service-rich environment for people currently living at the Franklin/Hiawatha homeless encampment. The Navigation Center will be established at 2109 Cedar Ave., a 1.25-acre site adjacent to the Franklin Avenue METRO Blue Line station and near the encampment. The center is scheduled to open in early December and be operational until the end of May. The Navigation Center site includes parcels owned by the Red Lake Nation and the City of Minneapolis. City [...]
Franklin/Hiawatha Encampment Still here! Resilient, resourceful and committed despite trauma and genocide
Safe, affordable housing sought by descendants on land ancestors honored for millennia CAMILLE GAGEBULLETIN! Council approves Site! 4 PM Sept. 26th11 MN tribal nations Leaders, Gov. Mark Dayton, and Mayor Frey met; tribal leadership offered 2109 Cedar Av So., 1.25 acres, owned by Red Lake Nation (was Ambles), for a  Navigation Center. All 11 tribal nations supported that site. Frey said: “Thank you tribal leadership, particularly Red Lake Nation. Today”'s Council vote reaffirms that site is culturally appropriate and equipped to provide for the safety and health of people at the Franklin/Hiawatha Encampment. The City will prepare the site and work with the native community for a smooth transition while protecting everyone's health and safety.” HN Cty, nonprofit partners and community will develop and implement the services at the Navigation Center with support from the City. The Encampment will remain until Center opens this Fall. City and coalition [...]
Representative Karen Clark, Dist. 62A: 38 years! A job well done
MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESKaren Clark, Phillips resident and Minnesota State Representative of District 62A since 1980 WILL retire from that elected office in January 2019. By VERNON WETTERNACH Alley Editor 1979-1980 “There is still much work to be done.” She is known as a progressive fighter for equality, affordable housing, economic and social justice and as an unrelenting advocate for her low income constituents, communities of color, Native American and neighborhood concerns. Her advocacy, coalition building and ability to find innovative solutions are not only known in her district but also state-wide and nationally. I am speaking of State Representative Karen Clark, District 62A, who announced this year that she is retiring from the state legislature at the end of 2018 after 38 years of service. Karen has consistently been re-elected over these years receiving 75 to 89% of the votes from her constituents. Karen was born in an Oklahoma army hospital and [...]
