Rebuilders Win Election to Tribal Council
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By Nick Coleman Rebuilder LeRoy Staples Fairbanks III As the new chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Dave Archambault II (above) is among a number of…
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We share all the stories and news about great ideas and people who power them in our region.
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The Last Standing Woman
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By Nick Coleman “Ogimaawiwin enaakonigaadeg gaa-waababiganikaag naagaanibii’igaadeg” Translation: The constitution of the White Earth Nation. Erma Vizenor came home to White Earth Nation in 1991,…
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A Nation Building Era
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By Nick Coleman “There’s no one way to do nation-building,” says Jaime A. Pinkham, vice president of the Foundation’s work with Native nations. “Each tribe…
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Native Nation-Building Spans Strategies & Generations
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By Nick Coleman The Bush Foundation’s work to support the self-determination of 23 Native nations builds on relationships formed across decades of support for Bush…
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The Bush Prize: Winning Solutions
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By Laura Billings Coleman With one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, South Dakota’s Black Hills community had a serious problem to solve:…
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Great Green Ideas
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Growing a more sustainable food culture has deep roots among a generation of Bush Fellows and nonprofit partners.
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Creative Development: Deanna Cummings
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A major innovator in Minnesota’s creative economy, 2007 Bush Fellow DeAnna Cummings has spent nearly 20 years building Juxtaposition Arts and the North Minneapolis community that surrounds it.
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Think Bigger. Think Differently: Repa Mekha
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President and CEO, Nexus Community Partners. Photo by Thomas Strand.
