Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit and run reported at 4:24 am on 07/31/2013 on Grange Road NW just east of Nature Road. Responding deputies found the deceased , Christopher Lee Strong, 25 of Bemidji, MN, lying in the road at the scene. Skid marks and vehicle parts were also located on the road. Investigators are looking for a red vehicle with front end damage. The color swatch below represents the color of the vehicle being sought. The Sheriff’s Office is ask...
BEMIDJI -- Police are investigating the death of a 25-year-old Bemidji man after a newspaper carrier found what authorities said was Christopher Lee Strong's dead body on an Eckles Township road early Wednesday. Leona Steele, who has been delivering The Pioneer for more than a year, made the gruesome discovery just before 4:30 a.m. She immediately called police. "He was laying on his right side with his back toward me," she said of Strong. "All I saw was -- I thought it was a red t-shirt but it...
At the Red Lake Chemical Health Programs site at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, the annual four day run for sobriety and health began in Red Lake, and would finish at the Mash-ka-wisen pow-wow grounds in Fon du Lac on Saturday, August 3. They would run as far as Leech Lake on Day one....
At the Red Lake Chemical Health Programs site at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, the annual four day run for sobriety and health began in Red Lake, and would finish at the Mash-ka-wisen pow-wow grounds in Fon du Lac on Saturday, August 3. They would run as far as Leech Lake on Day one....
On Thursday, July 11, 2013, officials from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and Beltrami County visited Oshkii-maajitahdah (New Beginnings) at the request of New Beginnings Director Jerry Loud. Loud had two messages for those gathered, he wanted to demonstrate that New Beginnings had a new beginning, and with that he wanted to explore how the three government entities could work better together for the benefit of all people. Immediately upon arrival, Loud took his guests on a tour of...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Redby man was indicted last week on several felony assault charges after prosecutors say he beat two victims in their heads with a tire iron. Ryan Devin Ravensborg, 20, was briefly held in Beltrami County Jail before he was transferred to Minneapolis. He faces two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. On May 26, Ravensborg allegedly assaulted two victims with the...
WARROAD — Berry pickers heading to the Beltrami Island State Forest this summer might be surprised to find their favorite blueberry picking spot is off limits. The state forest in north central Minnesota between Bemidji and Warroad is a favorite of berry pickers and hunters. But the forest is dotted with parcels of land owned by the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe and that land is now marked by new no trespassing signs. The only change is new signs, said Red Lake Forestry Program Director Jeff Fossen, who added the land has been owned by the Red L...
At about 1 PM on Monday, July 29, 2013, the Anishinabe Run for Sobriety began at the Ponemah Point. The six-day run, which would coincide with the annual four day run for sobriety and health from Red Lake to Fon du Lac, would take runners through all Red Lake Communities on the first two days prior to leaving for Mashkawisen.. On Day One the runners ended the day about 7 PM at the Halfway House in Redby, Minnesota. They will continue from there on Tuesday and run through the Red Lake and Little...
At about 1 PM on Monday, July 29, 2013, the Anishinabe Run for Sobriety began at the Ponemah Point. The six-day run, which would coincide with the annual four day run for sobriety and health from Red Lake to Fon du Lac, would take runners through all Red Lake Communities on the first two days prior to leaving for Mashkawisen.. On Day One the runners ended the day about 7 PM at the Halfway House in Redby, Minnesota. They will continue from there on Tuesday and run through the Red Lake and Little...
6th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament held on Friday, July 26 - Sunday, July 28, 2013....
6th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament held on Friday, July 26 - Sunday, July 28, 2013...
RED LAKE, Minn ., July 25 – Red Lake Tribal Nation Chairman Jourdain Jr. and other Tribal Nation leaders welcomed USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer today to break ground with local, state, and national officials on a project that will result in new facilities for a Government Center and Red Lake Nation College. The city received over $20 million in loans from USDA Rural Development for a new facility that will house all government offices in one building and a new e...
RED LAKE, Minn ., July 25 – Red Lake Tribal Nation Chairman Jourdain Jr. and other Tribal Nation leaders welcomed USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer today to break ground with local, state, and national officials on a project that will result in new facilities for a Government Center and Red Lake Nation College. The city received over $20 million in loans from USDA Rural Development for a new facility that will house all government offices in one building and a new e...
6 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
6 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
Employee Development Workshop at Oshkiimaajitahdah in August Here is the schedule for the August. All workshops will be held from 10am-3pm. 8/8- Computer Basics 8/15- Financial Skills 8/22- Generations in the Workplace 8/29 Customer Service Please contact me by email or at 679-3350 x147 if you would like to reserve a space for you or any of your employees. Dave Close Education Program Coordinator Oshkiimaajitahdah...
July 31, 2013 - St Paul, Minnesota — Yesterday, the Minnesota Department of Revenue released new information showing property taxes are projected to decrease for the first time since 2002, thanks to the new state budget. Increased aid to local governments, sales tax exemptions for cities and counties, and direct property tax refunds for hundreds of thousands of homeowners and renters included in new state budget are projected to decrease property taxes next year by an estimated $121 million, or 1.5 percent. In total, the DFL Budget provides o...
Lana Smith August 26, 1958 - Monday, July 29, 2013 Lana M. Smith, age 54, of Minneapolis Journeyed to the Spirit World on Monday, July 29, 2013 at Providence Place. She was born on August 26, 1958 in Redby, Minnesota the daughter of Patrick Lloyd Parkhurst and Dixie Lee Boswell. Lana was formerly employed as a waitress for many years. She enjoyed puzzles, saduko and karaoke. Survived by her two sons: Jeremiah Franklin Monroe Sams and Jason Evan Sams; a brother: Ricky Parkhurst of Walker; a sister: Roberta Brandel of Cokato; an uncle: Richard...
CHICAGO — After months of keeping his decision-making close to the vest, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign legislation Thursday that will make the state the 20th in the nation to legalize marijuana for medical use....
Becky Masterman looks as if she’s contemplating a work of art....
When Lygia Dunsworth was sedated, intubated and strapped down in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, she was racked by paranoid hallucinations:...
WASHINGTON – The Native American Rights Fund filed a complaint on July 31 in the U.S. District Court in South Carolina to protect the civil rights of Veronica Brown, a Cherokee Nation citizen who the suit alleges has been denied due process in the South Carolina courts....
Even as Iron County seeks to evict people at the Lac Courte Oreilles Harvest Camp, the Bad River Band of Ojibwe says it will start a camp of its own, also in the Penokees....
PIERRE, S.D. — A state panel declined Wednesday to go on record as supporting a plan to set up satellite voter registration and absentee voting offices on three American Indian reservations in South Dakota. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/07/31/3001522/sd-board-defers-stand-on-indian.html#storylink=cpy...
I commend The Hill for spotlighting the effort to ensure voting rights for Native Americans in Montana (The Hill, Jordy Yager, 07/16/13). As a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, I've been fighting my entire career to protect Native American sovereignty and help ensure that local, state and federal governments respect tribal law. Every Native American in Montana who is eligible to vote must be allowed to exercise his or her ability to vote. Unfortunately, it seems that a government that would infringe on one's sacred right to vote is...
