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Minneapolis American Indian Center celebrates the career of Frances Fairbanks, former Executive Director Minneapolis, MN, April 16, 2013: Several noted dignitaries will be at the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) on Friday, April 19, 2013 at an honoring luncheon to celebrate the career of Frances Fairbanks, former MAIC Executive director. Frances Fairbanks was a pioneer in the area of community leadership and a woman with a vision for the future. Frances tirelessly sought to secure a...
Students and staff of Oshkiimaajitahdah in Redby take the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) exam on April 16th, while Angele Hartell from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) looks on. Individuals can earn the NCRC by taking three WorkKeys assessments: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information and Reading for Information. Based on test performance, an individual may attain a rating of Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. These ratings are then used by...
Sponsored by Equay Wiigamig (Women's Shelter) of Red Lake concerned citizens will do an anti-sexual violence walk at Red Lake on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. In what organizers bill as the "Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Violence Walk," participants will begin a walk at the junction of Hwy. #89 and #1 and end Seven Clans Casino and Events Center at Red Lake. Registration and an opening prayer begins at 9:30 with the walk beginning at 10 a.m. A "Keynote Luncheon" will begin at noon at the...
"Healthy Homes" is the theme for Aki Giizhigad (Earth Day) events at Red Lake on Thursday, April 25, 2013. All events are being held at the Seven Clans Casino Event Center at Red Lake beginning with an opening address and lunch at 11:30 a.m. with activities concluding at 3:30 p.m. Learning about arsenic in drinking water and radon in our homes are among the many presentations to be held throughout the day. Everyone is invited. Activities • Recycle your plastic bags for a reusable grocery bag. ...
President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget authority for the Indian Health Service includes a 2.9 percent increase. The proposed IHS budget appropriation request is $4.4 billion. This is a $124 million increase over the FY 2012 appropriation. Tribal consultation is fundamental to the IHS budget process, and the proposed budget incorporates tribal priorities and recommendations. The budget request supports and expands the provision of health care services and public health programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives. It includes the...
ST. PAUL, MN – DFL lawmakers in the Minnesota House of Representatives passed an Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture omnibus bill today on a vote of 69 to 61. The bill invests an additional $1.7 million in the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, strengthens the Department of Natural Resources’ ability to monitor shrinking groundwater and surface water levels across the state, and takes serious steps to prevent the spread of invasive plants and species, like Asian Carp. Local Representatives Roger Erickson (DFL – Baudette) and John...
Youth Basketball Action from Last Month...
Youth Basketball Action from Last Month - P2...
Out and About on April 18, 2013...
Many attended the 33rd Annual American Indian Student Recognition Awards Banquet Thursday night in the Beaux Arts Ballroom at BSU. The keynote address was given by Dave Anderson, who served as the head of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs from 2004 to 2005 and is the founder of the Famous Dave’s restaurant chain. Joe Froemming | Bemidji Pioneer...
ROSEVILLE – New social studies standards that were developed and unanimously approved by a committee of educators, parents, business and government representatives have been approved by Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius and Governor Mark Dayton. This clears the way for the Minnesota Department of Education to move forward to complete the remaining steps in the formal rulemaking process. Once the standards are adopted, educators and district staff across the state will begin moving forward with implementation. According to state law, acad...
Out and About on April 18, 2013 - P2...
Albert Belleveau, 2012 recipient of the Region 2 Arts Council/McKnight Career Development Fellowship, will have his new art on display for the public and discuss conceptual and physical processes used in creating these sculptures. The sculptures were created as a result of his fellowship research of ancient art. Artist dialog, question and answer period and Rock Iron Art demonstrations will take place during two sessions on April 23, 2013. Event times: 1:00 PM open to all students, staff, faculty, and the community 5:30 PM open for the...
Response to: http://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2013/03/22/news/beltrami-electric-legislative-call-to-action/10151.html Boujou! In a recent letter to the Red Lake Nation News, Ms. Nieuwsma of Beltrami Electric Co-Operative asserts that renewable energy has caused electricity prices to rise. As a member of the Board of Directors of Wind On the Wires (WOW), based in St. Paul, I know that the Minnesota Renewable Energy Standard (RES) has largely kept current energy prices down, and is likely to keep prices relatively stable for many years, if...
BOSTON (AP) — The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack....
BEMIDJI – The term “task force,” originally coined by the Royal Navy to describe small groups of vessels charged with a specific task, has taken on a life of its own stateside and elsewhere....
Trinidad Miguel Flores, age 16, of Minneapolis journeyed to the spirit world on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, April 22, 2013 at Minneapolis Indian Center, 1530 East Franklin Avenue, Mpls 55404. All night wakes will begin on Friday, April 19, 2013 at 4:00 PM through Sunday. Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis...
WATERTOWN, Mass. - One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead after the killing of a university officer and a shootout with police, and a massive manhunt is underway for the other, authorities said early Friday....
Gov. Mark Dayton made an impassioned case Thursday that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry in Minnesota, kicking off a frigid outdoor Capitol rally that intensified pressure on legislators to pass a marriage measure....
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota has confirmed two more flu-related deaths, bringing the state's influenza death toll to 190 so far this season....
DETROIT - Honda is recalling nearly 205,000 minivans and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to fix a problem with the automatic shifters....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced that Indian Tribes now have the opportunity to apply for funding that would position them to identify ways that AmeriCorps members could help them tackle the unique challenges facing Native American communities. The AmeriCorps planning grants provide up to $75,000 for a one-year period to provide support to an Indian Tribe for the development of an AmeriCorps program that will engage AmeriCorps members in order to address pressing community problems. P...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - You meet someone, there's chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What's your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin?...
A new, noninvasive screening test can detect most cases of colorectal cancer and also many precancerous polyps, potentially helping to sharply reduce the death toll from the disease, according to results of a study released on Thursday....
BEMIDJI, Minn. - The old photographs and glass plates lay abandoned, dirty and dusty for years before David Cooper found them in his parent's photo studio. It turned out they were shot by Danish emigre Niels Larson Hakkerup, who set up shop in Bemidji around 1900 and is considered one of the leading portrait photographers of American Indians. The once-lost images have now gone on display at Bemidji State University, where they'll be part of the permanent collection at the American Indian Resource Center, The Pioneer of Bemidji reported...
