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  • North Dakota superintendent wants to replicate Montana 'Indian Education for All' program

    Mike Nowatzki, Forum News Service|Jul 23, 2014

    BISMARCK – North Dakota’s top education official wants to copy a Montana program that weaves the history and culture of American Indian tribes into classroom instruction, and the first step was an Indian Education Summit held Tuesday in Bismarck. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler said replicating Montana’s “Indian Education for All” program will help prepare North Dakota’s next generation of leaders. “We really have to … have a common understanding of where we came from in order to have vision for the future,” she sa...

  • Obama pledges to 'break old cycles' for native youth

    Mike Nowatzki, Forum News Service|Jun 16, 2014

    CANNON BALL, N.D. - President Barack Obama pledged to invest in American Indian youth riday during the first visit by a sitting president to a reservation in 15 years, telling a powwow crowd of about 1,800 people that by working together they can "break old cycles" and "give our children a better future." Native American dancers in traditional regalia performed for the president and first lady Michelle Obama, who smiled and laughed as some of the children stopped to shake hands and show off thei...

  • Fargo man accused of trying to kill wife claims no memory of incident

    Mike Nowatzki, Inforum|Jul 2, 2012

    MOORHEAD – A 37-year-old Fargo man accused of trying to kill his estranged wife on Monday at a Dilworth mobile home claims he blacked out during the alleged attack, according to charges filed Wednesday. Kenton Wayne Stillday was charged with first-degree premeditated attempted murder and first-degree assault in Clay County District Court. Bail was set at $500,000 cash or bond without conditions or $250,000 with conditions for Stillday, who also was ordered to have no contact with the victim, R...