Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Disaster can strike anywhere. Hurricane Harvey has shown us that we are all vulnerable to circumstances beyond our control, and safety net programs like SNAP (formerly food stamps) can help families through a crisis. I recently had the opportunity to speak before members of the House Agriculture Committee at at Farmfest about the looming threat of federal cuts to crucial nutrition programs. These programs help almost 650,000 Minnesotans meet basic needs every month. As the Executive Director of Hunger Solutions Minnesota, a statewide organizati...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 6, 2017) — This September, Hy-Vee, Inc. is celebrating National Family Meals Month by providing families with weekly meal plans and recipes to make dinner planning easy and fun. To help accommodate the schedules of busy families, the supermarket chain will offer dietitian-led Kids in the Kitchen family cooking classes and the opportunity for children to eat free (with the purchase of an adult entrée) every day in September at all Hy-Vee Market Grille and Market Grille Express restaurants across the company’s eigh...
A 15-year-old Alexandria girl who disappeared a month ago was abducted before managing to escape her captors this week, according to authorities, who arrested three men suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting her. The girl, who went missing on Aug. 8, was found Tuesday, fled across a field in Grant County, in western Minnesota, and swam across part of a lake before finding someone to help her, according to Alexandria police. http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/06/minnesota-girl-abduction-15-year-old-ran-swam-to-escape-...
One moment, Paige Dougherty of Hermantown was sitting on her family’s Island Lake dock Sunday afternoon, dangling her feet in the water. The next, she was screaming and yanking her feet from the water. “I thought she might have seen a turtle,” said her dad, Kirk Haldorson. “The next thing I knew, I saw all this blood on the dock. I knew she got bit by something.” http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/06/again-muskie-bites-woman-on-same-lake-as-previous-suspected-attack/...
It's official: a long-running dispute affecting the descendants of former slaves held within the Cherokee Nation is over. The tribe is accepting a landmark federal court ruling that confirmed the citizenship rights of the Cherokee Freedmen, Attorney General Todd Hembree said. Their enrollment applications are now being processed after a 10-year hiatus. https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/09/05/cherokee-nation-accepts-court-ruling-and.asp...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Miss Navajo Nation pageant is parting ways with fry bread, the fluffy, golden brown delicacy that’s become a symbol of Native American culture but is rooted in oppression. Women vying for the crown this week in Window Rock will prepare traditional Navajo foods instead, like blue corn mush or a cake made at puberty ceremonies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/miss-navajo-nation-contest-is-parting-ways-with-fry-bread/2017/09/05/c90ff000-9283-11e7-8482-8dc9a7af29f9_story.html?utm_term=.148cf81094a0...
North Dakota is in the spotlight as President Donald Trump makes his first visit there, just seven months after his administration approved the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. Law enforcement is preparing for potential protests in Mandan, where Trump is speaking on Wednesday afternoon, WDAZ-TV reported. The city is about 40 miles north of the final portion of the pipeline, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the #NoDAPL encampment last year to oppose construction. https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/09/06/presi...
On September 4, Indian Country Today Media Network ceased publishing. Although the site’s existing content will remain available online through January 2018, the owners of ICTMN, the Oneida Nation of New York, has decided to call it quits. The self-described “leading source of news and information for contemporary Native cultures” is for sale. The Oneida Nation bought the Indian Country Today newspaper in 1998 from Tim Giago, a Lakota journalist from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Giago, who is 83 years old, is currently publi...
A mortgage that is as close to zero out of pocket as one can get is available in San Diego County from a Utah-based Native American tribal corporation. Aimed at low-income buyers, the Chenoa Fund has looser requirements than many down payment assistance programs, even as one of the nation’s largest mortgage sources cuts back on very low down payment approvals. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/real-estate/sd-fi-cheno-fund-downpayment-20170808-story.html...
HOUSTON– On Sunday, September 3, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye and Vice President Jonathan Nez extended efforts to support Navajo families affected by Hurricane Harvey as they visited the Houston area, distributing water and donated supplies. “The Navajo Nation held Houston in prayer as we watched the hurricane flood waters rise and cause devastation to the area,” President Begaye said. “We started getting phone calls from concerned tribal members who had family in the area and we knew that joining the relief effort was a way in whic...
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work by taking another look at "high risk" programs that serve tribes and their citizens. In January, the Government Accountability Office placed Indian education, Indian health care and Indian energy development on its list of programs in need of serious reforms. According to the watchdog agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service have failed to implement recommendations that would help the federal government carry out its trust responsibilities....
KELLER – Interim police chief Dustin Best released a flyer Tuesday morning at 8:56 a.m. stating the Colville Tribal Police Department needs help finding Toni Seylor. Seylor, a 2017 Colville Business Council candidate from the Keller District, was last heard from Friday, Sept. 1. She was last seen in the Keller area and she owns a black Subaru Forester. She is listed at 49 years old, 5-feet-5 in height, brown hair and brown eyes. http://www.tribaltribune.com/news/article_e2865a6e-9257-11e7-93c2-6f7dae406def.html...
Hurricane Irma lashed the Caribbean today, causing at least nine deaths, while in the U.S., Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are facing states of emergency as residents brace for the monster storm. The storm -- called "extremely dangerous" by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) -- currently has sustained winds of 180 mph and even higher gusts. https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane-irma-takes-aim-florida-storm-makes-first-095907311--abc-news-topstories.html...
