Written by Thomas Dahlheimer On August 5th, 2009 the following letter to the editor was published in the Mille Lacs Messenger. Restore Ogechie Lake I support the effort to restore […]
The Mille Lacs Messenger, a Minnesota county newspaper, recently published a letter of mine (presented below) about my effort to prepare the way for the Mdewakanton’s to reclaim their sacred […]
by Thomas Dahlheimer I am an Indigenous Peoples’ rights activist who wrote a draft bill to change Minnesota’s 13 derogatory geographic place names that are offensive to Natives. When Mike […]
By Thomas Dahlheimer For many Dakota Indians, reclaiming their traditional/ancestral homelands in Minnesota, from which their ancestors were forced, and from which they are currently exiled, is an important mission […]
By Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer Sojourners founder Rev. Jim Wallis, while addressing the economic downturn in his keynote address Feb. 28, at the annual Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, […]
By Thomas Dahlheimer I recently sent Archbishop John C. Nienstedt a letter wherein I enclosed, both, a copy of a recent letter that I received from Bishop John Kinney as […]
by Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer I recently met with Kathy Langer, the Director of the Saint Cloud Diocesan Social Concerns Committee and a member of the Minnesota Catholic Conference. We had […]
By Thomas Dahlheimer The Sioux, or Dakota, consist of seven tribes in three major divisions: Wahpekute, Mdewakanton, Wahpeton, Sisseton (who together form the Santee or Eastern division, sometimes referred to […]
On January 20, 2009 the Mille Lacs Messenger published the following letter of mine. Still rationalizing In a best-selling book about the history of the American West, Theodore Roosevelt wrote: […]
On December 19, 2008 – the following letter to the editor of mine was published in Minnesota’s Anoka County newspaper, the Anoka County Union. The population of Anoka County is […]
On January 6, 2009 – the Mille Lacs Messenger published the following letter of mine. It was "the letter of the week". Throughout the history of Christianity has this religion […]
by Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer Old and New Testament scriptures have been misinterpreted by Christians, causing the Christian religion to become an imperialistic war-mongering religion, whose adherents have believed that they […]
Star Tribune article Anoka’s last big park has been christened by city officials as the Anoka Park Preserve. The 200-acre meadow and woodland, designated a park earlier this year by […]
By Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer I am a Roman Catholic indigenous peoples’ rights activist who is spearheading the local, national and international movement to revert the faulty-translation and profane name of […]
By Thomas Dahlheimer I am spearheading the local, national and international movement to revert the faulty-translation and profane name of Minnesota’s "Rum River" back to its sacred Dakota name […]
By Ken Polisse Story Published: Nov 7, 2008 On Oct. 13, 2008 (Columbus Day), in Barcelona Spain, the World Conservation Congress (WCC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature […]
Thursday, August 28, 2008 Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 12 percent of the deaths among […]
by Steve Newcomb To understand the connection between Christendom’s principle of discovery and the laws of the United States, we need to begin by examining a papal document issued forty […]
Introduction: The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) asked me [Thomas Dahlheimer] to write and send Anna Marie Hill, the council’s Executive Director, a MIAC draft resolution endorsing the bill to […]
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![Introduction: The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) asked me [Thomas Dahlheimer] to write and send Anna Marie Hill, the council’s Executive Director, a MIAC draft resolution endorsing the bill to […]](https://i0.wp.com/newsfornatives.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/eagle4.gif?resize=195%2C110&ssl=1 "Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Draft Resolution")
‘Spiritual terrorism’ against indigenous people still occurs, Lutheran pastor says
By Greg Peterson, Indian County Today correspondent Story Published: Oct 24, 2008 MARQUETTE, Mich. – A Lutheran pastor shocked some non-indian members of a multicultural conference in Michigan when he […]