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Articles from the August 27, 2014 edition


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  • Isaac Wright

    Aug 27, 2014

    Isaac Wright January 21, 1974 - Monday, August 25, 2014 Isaac Wright, age 40 of White Bear Lake Journeyed to the Spirit World on Monday, August 25, 2014 at Woodwind Hospital in Woodbury. He was born on January 21, 1974 in Minneapolis the son of Isaac Kingbird and Brenda Wright. Isaac was a counselor at a homeless shelter for Catholic Charity. He enjoyed fishing with his "Pooh Bear" Tammie Head at Leech Lake. Isaac was a hard worker! He loved his nieces and nephews! He was a protector of his...

  • Redby man gets five years for meth transport

    Crystal Dey, Bemidji Pioneer|Aug 27, 2014

    BEMIDJI -- A Redby man was convicted Monday in Beltrami County Court for conspiring to transport 43 grams of methamphetamine from the Twin Cities to the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Joseph Jacob Thunder III, 47, of Redby, was sentenced for felony second-degree drug sale to 69 months in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud. Thunder was arrested on U.S. Highway 71 south of Bemidji on May 23. Alex "Sparky" Dejesus-Zuniga, 18, and Delisha Rae Rodriguez, 25, both of Richfield were also ar...

  • Youth Co-Ed Softball: Benchwarmers are Season and Play-off Champions

    Kim Pemberton Kingbird|Aug 27, 2014

    In the 22nd Annual Indian & Drug Free 8-13 Co-Ed Softball League, the Benchwarmers are Season and Play-off Champions, while the Redby Ice Pups took 2nd place. Teams finished up the season on Monday, August 25, 2014....

  • Red Lake Boys and Girls Club sponsors Family Beach Party - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    The Red Lake Boys and Girls Club held a Family Beach Party on Friday, August 22, 2014, at Sandy Beach. This event featured swimming, games and a cookout....

  • Minnesota Students Show Steady Improvement on State Tests Over Past Four Years

    Aug 27, 2014

    ROSEVILLE – Today, the Minnesota Department of Education released the results of the 2014 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs). These yearly tests, required by state and federal law, are used as one tool to help schools gauge students’ progress in meeting expectations on Minnesota state standards for reading, math and science. This year, test scores showed: • One year after implementing a test that was aligned to Minnesota’s new reading standards, performance by all students groups, with the exception of English learners, improved by at l...

  • Seven Clans Casino Red Lake Car Show 2014 - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    Seven Clans Casino Red Lake Car Show 2014....

  • Seven Clans Casino Red Lake Car Show 2014 - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    Seven Clans Casino Red Lake Car Show 2014....

  • Red Lake Fair Exhibits 2014 - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    Red Lake Fair Exhibits 2014 held at the Red Lake Community Center...

  • Red Lake Fair Exhibits 2014 - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    Red Lake Fair Exhibits 2014 held at the Red Lake Community Center...

  • 2nd Annual "Cops and Bobbers" held on Fuller's Lake - P23

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    On Wednesday August 13th 2014, the Red Lake Conservation Enforcement Department, along with the Red Lake Police Department held their 2nd Annual "COPS AND BOBBERS" fishing event at Fullers Lake from 11 AM until 2 PM. The event featured local law enforcement officers taking children out for an afternoon of fishing and fun. In addition, all children received a lunch and free fishing rods. Their first year event was very successful with close to hundred children attending, and there were about the...

  • 2nd Annual "Cops and Bobbers" held on Fuller's Lake - P24

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    On Wednesday August 13th 2014, the Red Lake Conservation Enforcement Department, along with the Red Lake Police Department held their 2nd Annual "COPS AND BOBBERS" fishing event at Fullers Lake from 11 AM until 2 PM. The event featured local law enforcement officers taking children out for an afternoon of fishing and fun. In addition, all children received a lunch and free fishing rods. Their first year event was very successful with close to hundred children attending, and there were about the...

  • Red Lake Fair 2014 held in Ponemah - P29

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    The Red Lake Fair and Pow Wow 2014 was once again held in Ponemah this year. There will be a new Red Lake Pow Wow arena next year in Red Lake. Winning the Red Lake Princess contest was Sadie Kingbird, Bradley Barrett is the new Red Lake Sr. Brave, Slim Barrett is the new Red Lake Jr. Brave, and Cherish Kingbird is the new Jr. Red Lake Princess....

  • Red Lake Fair 2014 held in Ponemah - P30

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 27, 2014

    The Red Lake Fair and Pow Wow 2014 was once again held in Ponemah this year. There will be a new Red Lake Pow Wow arena next year in Red Lake. Winning the Red Lake Princess contest was Sadie Kingbird, Bradley Barrett is the new Red Lake Sr. Brave, Slim Barrett is the new Red Lake Jr. Brave, and Cherish Kingbird is the new Jr. Red Lake Princess....

  • Red Lake High School Open House - Wednesday August 27, 2014

    Red Lake High School Open House Wednesday August 27, 2014 12:00-7:00 Light dinner will be served A drawing will be held for those who attend...

  • 3rd Annual Walleye Cook Off

    Red Lake Nation Fishery Home of the Famous Red Lake Walleye 3rd Annual Walleye Cook Off The Red Lake Nation Fishery will be hosting our 3rd Annual Walleye Cook Off at the Ponemah Pow Wow Grounds on August 31, 2014 at 2pm. If you would like to enter the cook off please complete a registration form at the Red Lake Nation Fishery in Redby during business hours of 8am-5pm and return it to Bianca Mendoza no later than August 29, 2014 at 5 pm. Prizes: Grand Prize- $500.00 1st Place- $300.00 2nd...

  • Fishery General Manager - Red Lake Fisheries

    Aug 27, 2014

    Fishery General Manager 18-Aug-2014 General Manager Red Lake Fisheries Plant Position Summary: To oversee all aspects of operation within the Red Lake Fisheries. Responsible for maintaining a smooth flow of work between employees and acts as problem solver by ensuring the Fisheries stays on schedule with regard to the production of commercial fish processing and meets or exceeds the goals set by the Red Lake, Inc. Board of Directors. Reports to the Red Lake, Inc. CEO. Essential Functions:...

  • DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES SECOND REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INDIAN COUNTRY INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS

    Aug 27, 2014

    WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice released today its second report to Congress entitled Indian Country Investigations and Prosecutions, which provides a range of enforcement statistics required under the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, as well as information about the progress of the Attorney General’s initiatives to reduce violent crime and strengthen tribal justice systems. The report, based on data compiled from the case management system used by U.S. Attorney’s Offices (USAO), shows prosecutors in 2013 continued to bring subst...

  • Aug 27, 2014

    BEMIDJI -- Bemidji School District's scores on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) are nearly the same as state averages and show a slight uptick since 2013, according to new data from the state Department of Education....

  • FEMA Releases New Tribal Consultation Policy

    Aug 27, 2014

    Today, Administrator Craig Fugate announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Tribal Consultation Policy, which begins a new phase of engagement and collaboration with American Indian and Alaskan Native tribes. The new policy establishes a process for regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials on Agency actions that have tribal implications, and it emphasizes the importance of consulting with Indian Country. “This policy strengthens FEMA’s effort to support the emergency management needs of India...

  • ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL WEST ANNOUNCES $3 MILLION IN GRANTS

    Aug 27, 2014

    WASHINGTON – Associate Attorney General Tony West today announced $3 million dollars in grants from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to increase local and tribal capacity to prosecute crimes of violence against women and provide services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in the Bakken Region of North Dakota and Montana. Associate Attorney General West made the announcement at the Four Corners Indian Country Conference today taking place on the Navajo Nation near Flagstaff, Arizona. The grants are part of t...

  • REMARKS BY ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TONY WEST AT THE FOUR CORNERS CONFERENCE

    Aug 27, 2014

    Remarks as Prepared for Delivery FLAGSTAFF, AZ Thank you, Carlie for that kind introduction and for hosting this important gathering along with U.S. Attorneys Judge Leonardo from the District of Arizona, John Walsh from the District of Colorado, and Damon Martinez from the District of New Mexico. With the Native America Issues Subcommittee of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee meeting here today, we are fortunate to have over a dozen additional U.S. Attorneys in attendance. Thank you all for your commitment to serving Indian Country in y...

  • FORMER OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE POLICE OFFICER INDICTED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE

    Aug 27, 2014

    WASHINGTON - A former Oglala Sioux Tribe police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating the constitutional rights of a man in her custody by repeatedly using her Taser on him without justification, announced U.S. Attorney Brenden V. Johnson. Rebecca M. Sotherland, aka Becky Sotherland and Becki Sotherland, age 32, was indicted on Aug. 26, 2014, for Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine, three years of...

  • Chickasaw Nation Hosts "Native Voices" Exhibit

    Aug 27, 2014

    SULPHUR, Okla. – Chickasaw Nation and federal government officials took part in a special ceremony to publicly open a nationally acclaimed exhibit on Native health here Aug. 26. Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby was joined by National Library of Medicine Director Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg to unveil Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness. The exhibit will open to the public at the ARTesian Gallery and Studios, located at 100 W. Muskogee Street. Gov. Anoatubby and D...

  • Aug 27, 2014

    DULUTH — With monarch butterfly numbers down more than 90 percent over the past 20 years and their habitat increasingly disappearing, conservation groups on Tuesday called on the U.S. government to list the insects as an endangered species....

  • Aug 27, 2014

    In one of Minnesota’s largest labor organizing efforts since the Depression, home care workers across the state on Tuesday voted to join the Service Employees International Union, giving that organization the power to bargain on their behalf....

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