‘Cover Stories’ Archives
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 [...]
1977 UN Geneva Conference – Dick Bancroft: champion with a camera
DICK BANCROFTThese men photographed and documented by Dick Bancroft are a few of the many representatives attending the 1977 UN Geneva Conference. Left to right Ted Means, Greg Zephier, Russell Means, Oren R. Lyons, Jr., Larry Red Shirt, and Francis Andrew He Crow First Declaration of International Indigenous Day By LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK In the August issue of The Alley, I told readers the story of how Dick Bancroft loved cameras and picture taking since he was a young boy. Dick died at the age of 91 on July 16th. What I did not fully explain is that he spent years on his collection of photographs, much of it with Jaime Haire, his editor and archivist. Jaime worked diligently on the photographs that appeared in Dick”'s book, We Are Still Here, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 2013. Dick and I collaborated on the text and photos with pretty much him doing the photos and me doing the text. His photos are brilliant and clearly illustrative of the period [...]
