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  • Job Fair held in Red Lake

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Red Lake Builders and Woodstone Builders, working jointly as Red Lake Woodstone Builders, held a Job Fair on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event took place between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM at the Seven Clans Casino Events Center in Red Lake. There were 74 participants that came to the Job Fair, and with the assistance of Jerry Loud, Director of the TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance) Department, they presented information on possible construction jobs for the new Seven Clans Casino in Warroad....

  • Job Fair held in Red Lake - P2

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Red Lake Builders and Woodstone Builders, working jointly as Red Lake Woodstone Builders, held a Job Fair on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event took place between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM at the Seven Clans Casino Events Center in Red Lake. There were 74 participants that came to the Job Fair, and with the assistance of Jerry Loud, Director of the TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance) Department, they presented information on possible construction jobs for the new Seven Clans Casino in Warroad....

  • Ponemah man pleads to involuntary manslaughter

    Bemidji Pioneer|May 1, 2013

    ST. PAUL — A Red Lake man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to one count of involuntary manslaughter for striking a pedestrian with his vehicle while intoxicated in August of last year. Gordon Dean Johnson, 46, of Ponemah, admitted in his plea agreement that Kaishauna Thunder died after he struck her with his vehicle in a drunken driving accident, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Thunder was walking along U.S. Highway 1 in the early morning hours of Aug. 19 when she was hit by Johnson. Johnson faces a maximum sen...

  • Man admits drinking before running over girl on Minnesota's Red Lake Reservation

    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune|May 1, 2013

    A northern Minnesota man with a history of drinking and driving has admitted to being intoxicated when he ran over and killed a 17-year-old girl on the Red Lake Indian Reservation last summer. Gordon D. Johnson, 46, of Ponemah, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Duluth to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kaishauna Sky Thunder of Redby, Minn., last Aug. 19 along Hwy. 1. In his plea agreement, Johnson admitted that about 3 a.m. he was intoxicated and driving his pickup truck recklessly when he hit Thunder as she walked along the...

  • Child Abuse Prevention Walk held on Friday, April 26, 2013 - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Child Abuse Prevention Walk held on Friday, April 26, 2013 - P5...

  • Child Abuse Prevention Walk held on Friday, April 26, 2013 - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Child Abuse Prevention Walk held on Friday, April 26, 2013 - P6...

  • Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P14

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P14...

  • Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P15

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P15...

  • Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P16

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 1, 2013

    Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P16...

  • R2AC Awards Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Grants

    May 1, 2013

    The Region 2 Arts Council (R2AC) awarded $4,143 through the Anishinaabe Arts Initiative (AAI) Program. Monies awarded are for arts activities related to its mission of supporting, maintaining, and promoting traditional and contemporary Native American arts in North Central Minnesota. The Anishinaabe Arts Initiative grants program is supported by a grant from the McKnight Foundation. Current AAI Council members are Mary Guardipee, Douglas Lee, Genny Lowry, Bernice Mitchell, Delana Smith, Debra Warren, Delina White, and Harold "Dunesy" White,...

  • U of M Pow Wow of April 27th Weekend - P2

    Gerald Auginash|May 1, 2013

    U of M Pow Wow of April 27th Weekend - P2...

  • U of M Pow Wow of April 27th Weekend - P3

    Gerald Auginash|May 1, 2013

    U of M Pow Wow of April 27th Weekend - P3...

  • MALT SHOP SUPERVISOR - Seven Clans Casinos –Thief River Falls

    May 1, 2013

    ** POSITION OPENING ** MALT SHOP SUPERVISOR RATE OF PAY: Depending upon experience LOCATION: Seven Clans Casinos –Thief River Falls, MN OPENS: April 30, 2013 CLOSES: May 14, 2013 SCOPE OF POSITION Under the general supervision of the F & B Restaurant Manager, Malt Shop Manager is responsible to oversee assigned shift for Seven Clans Casinos. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible to ensure smooth operations exists in assigned area, including: staffing, inventory, quality assurance and c...

  • F&B MALT SHOP CASHIER - Seven Clans Casinos –Thief River Falls

    May 1, 2013

    **POSITION OPENING** F&B MALT SHOP CASHIER RATE OF PAY: According to pay scale LOCATION: Seven Clans Casinos –Thief River Falls, MN OPENS: April 30, 2013 CLOSES: May 14, 2013 POSITION OBJECTIVES: Under the direct supervision of the prevailing Malt Shop Supervisor, is responsible to ensure exemplary customer service is provided to guests of Seven Clans Casinos. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Provides friendly, quality customer service in a timely fashion to all guests.  Responsible to ensur...

  • FDLTCC ANISHINAABE LANGUAGE TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

    May 1, 2013

    Anishinaabe language students at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College have earned another state championship title for the college. Current Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College students Marcus Ammesmaki of Cloquet, Sheila Fairbanks of Cloquet, and Shawna Jones of Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada, won the seventh annual Minnesota Anishinaabe Language Quiz Bowl on April 6 at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. The Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College team was crowned State Champion...

  • BELTRAMI COUNTY ROAD REPORT - April 30 2013 as of 7:30 PM

    May 1, 2013

    BELTRAMI COUNTY ROAD REPORT April 30 2013 as of 7:30 PM ECKLES TOWNSHIP CAUTION Tranquility Ln NW – Fireside Dr NW plugged culvert/road washing off of Cardinal Rd NW CLOSED Coyote Rd NW between Radar Rd NW and Grange Rd NW CAUTION Nature Rd NW south of Ness Rd TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP CAUTION Puposky Rd NW north of Turgi Hill Rd NW CAUTION Puposky Rd NW north of Little Turtle Rd NW CAUTION BUT OPEN Puposky Rd NW at Little Turtle Rd NW DURAND TOWNSHIP CAUTION Lindgren Rd NW east of Irvine Ave NW ALASKA TOWNSHIP CLOSED Kodiak Rd NW at Bee LN NW s...

  • BIA Director Michael Black to Keynote 22th Annual Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service

    May 1, 2013

    WASHINGTON – Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Director Michael Black will deliver the keynote address at the 22st Annual Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service on Thursday, May 2, 2012. The Office of Justice Services hosts the event at the Bureau of Indian Affairs United States Indian Police Academy in Artesia, N.M. to honor and commemorate tribal, state, local and federal law enforcement officers working on federal Indian lands and in tribal communities who have given their lives in the line of duty. Two names will be added at the...

  • Minnesota Man Finds Solution to Loss of Income

    May 1, 2013

    Obtaining Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can be a time-consuming and stressful experience. Two out of every three applicants initially are denied. Parkinson’s disease ended the career of emergency medical technician Bruce Zingler. After taking work that required manual labor, eventually those jobs also became impossible for Mr. Zingler to continue when back and neck pain rendered him unable to work. Read how Allsup helped him to see a brighter financial future for his family. * Permission is granted to re-use in its entirety. F...

  • OJS to Hold Second Training Session for Tribal Courts on DWI Cases May 1-3 in Flagstaff, Arizona

    May 1, 2013

    WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services (OJS) will hold the second of three training sessions to improve the trial advocacy skills of tribal court judges and prosecutors in dealing with driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) cases. The session, which will provide advanced training in DWI cases, is being held May 1-3 in Flagstaff, Ariz. The training is being conducted under the Tribal Court Trial Advocacy Training Program, a joint effort by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice that furthers the m...

  • The Minnesota Historical Society Invites Minnesotans to Visit, Learn and Share for Preservation Month this May

    May 1, 2013

    The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) is celebrating Preservation Month in May by encouraging Minnesotans to visit historic sites, to learn how to preserve family treasures and also to share favorite historic places in their communities on social media. Across Minnesota, there are nearly 7,000 properties on the National Register of Historic Places and more than two dozen National Historic Landmarks. In fact, Sarah Sibley, the wife of the Minnesota’s first governor, is known as the state's "...

  • May 1, 2013

    WILLISTON, N.D. — The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday the Williston Basin has between 4.4 billion and 11.4 billion barrels of oil that is recoverable with today’s technology....

  • May 1, 2013

    BEMIDJI — A Bemidji man was charged Tuesday for assaulting the mother of his child and forcing her into the trunk of his car over the weekend....

  • May 1, 2013

    BEMIDJI — Emotions were raw in Beltrami District Judge Paul Benshoof’s courtroom as 24-year-old Karl John Sauer was convicted and sentenced Monday for molesting a 6-year-old girl in his care in the summer of 2010....

  • Minnesota health care marketplace board members ready to work

    Don Davis, Forum Communications|May 1, 2013

    ST. PAUL – Phil Norgaard uttered words seldom heard in the meeting-filled Minnesota Capitol: “I can’t wait to get to some meetings.” The Fond du Lac American Indian Reservation human services director had just been named on Tuesday to the MNSure board, which will govern a new health insurance marketplace, and he wanted to get to work. Dr. Kathryn Duevel of Willmar also was eager to get started, taking on “a big responsibility” of making sure people with a “diversity of needs” all have access to good health care coverage. Gov. Mark Dayton nam...

  • DNR temporarily restricts burn permits

    Bemidji Pioneer|May 1, 2013

    BEMIDJI — Monday afternoon’s grass fire in southeast Bemidji made one thing clear to the city’s fire chief Dave Hoefer. “I think that fire…kind of proved how dry things actually are,” Hoefer said. There, a permit-sanctioned wood pile fire ignited the surrounding grass. In the wake of that fire and high winds, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources cut off local burn permits Tuesday after-noon until further notice. That meant those trying to activate their burn permit through the DNR’s electronic system were unable to do so. The DNR’s...

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