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RED LAKE –Kathlene Sigana, who just recently graduated from Red Lake High School in the spring of this year, returned home to Red Lake on Saturday, October 24, 2014-to the complete surprise of her grandmother, Shirley Lussier, who did not know she was coming home. Sigana had came from Naval Air Station Pensacola, which is located in the panhandle of Northwest Florida. NAS Pensacola was the first Naval Air Station commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1914. Tens of thousands of Naval Aviators have r...
Sunday afternoon October 19, 2014, found the Red Lake Tribal Council Headquarters a busy place as two United States Senators visited with the Red Lake Tribal Council about issues of concern to the tribe. Senator John Tester, D-Montana who chairs the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, joined Senator Al Franken DFL-Minnesota. Franken is a member of the committee. Several tribal council members participated in a conversation about Indian Country and the government-to-government relationship...
RED LAKE - Red Lake Department of Natural Resources put on a Natural Resources Fair on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club. The event allowed the public to come out and meet the DNR from 10 AM to 2 PM, where they provided food, fun and all sorts of information about what they do on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Outside they had some of the equipment they used, including high tech watercraft, forestry equipment and hazardous waste disposal equipment. Inside they...
RED LAKE - Red Lake Department of Natural Resources put on a Natural Resources Fair on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club. The event allowed the public to come out and meet the DNR from 10 AM to 2 PM, where they provided food, fun and all sorts of information about what they do on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Outside they had some of the equipment they used, including high tech watercraft, forestry equipment and hazardous waste disposal equipment. Inside they...
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....
BELTRAMI COUNTY -- A Cass Lake man was sentenced Tuesday in Beltrami County District Court to 12 years in prison for his part in a drug deal gone wrong this spring....
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....
It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...
It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...
The Red Lake Nation held its 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 2014, in Red Lake. This event featured basketball tournaments, skate board competitions, volleyball tournaments, a tug-of-war competition, potato dance, face painting, big foot races, musical chairms, cake walk, gunny sack races, a dunk tank, tricycle races and more. A feast also took place in the afternoon. It was well attended and a lot of fun for both kids and adults....
Suzanne Marie Smith-Coffey, age 54 died October 17th, 2014. She passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack, she will be greatly missed. Born October 14th, 1960. Suzanne is preceded in death by parents Glendoris Smith (mom) and Bernie Smith Jr. (dad). She is survived by her husband, Wesley Coffey, daughter Jennifer Hill, Nephew David Smith, son-in law Richard Hill. Brothers and sisters-Georgia Smith, April Smith, Bernadine Damann, Tammy Smith, Dale Smith, James Smith, Bernie Smith, Glen Smith,...
The Red Lake Nation held its 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 2014, in Red Lake. This event featured basketball tournaments, skate board competitions, volleyball tournaments, a tug-of-war competition, potato dance, face painting, big foot races, musical chairms, cake walk, gunny sack races, a dunk tank, tricycle races and more. A feast also took place in the afternoon. It was well attended and a lot of fun for both kids and adults....
Republican, Independence, Libertarian, and Grassroots party candidates support expanding the program to include approximately 33,000 seriously ill Minnesotans who were denied access to medical marijuana at the insistence of Gov. Dayton ST. PAUL — A group of patients, family members, and advocates announced Thursday that every Minnesota gubernatorial candidate except for Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a statement in support of expanding the state’s medical marijuana law to include approximately 33,000 seriously ill Minnesotans who are cur...
Minneapolis, MN (October 30, 2014) – Today, a group of home-based personal care providers challenging a state law that authorizes the forcible unionization of Minnesota's 27,000 care providers have asked a federal appeals court to overrule a lower court's ruling issued last week in their case. With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, Teri Bierman and eight other providers from around the state appealed the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota judge's ruling denying the providers' request for a c...
Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 30, 2014) – As Minnesotans hover on the brink of yet another cold winter and concerns about energy costs come to the forefront, renewable energy experts at JJR Power in Excelsior, Minnesota today said they’ve seen an unprecedented demand for solar power thanks to incentives and grants created last year by the Minnesota Legislature. As utility rates climb and prices for solar power drop, JJR Power officials say they’ve developed solar solutions for a range of businesses and organizations in nine states, including...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2014 –The U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at most of its day-use recreation sites from Nov. 8 - 11, 2014, in honor of Veteran’s Day. The fee waiver is the last of four offered this year. The program is in cooperation with other federal land management agencies under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Fees will be waived generally for day-use areas, such as picnic grounds, developed trailheads and destination visitor centers. Sites operated by private concessionaires may be included in the waiver if the per...
LONGMONT, Colorado (Oct. 30, 2014) – First Nations Development Institute (*First Nations* [ http://www.firstnations.org ]) today announced the awarding of six grants to American Indian organizations through its inaugural round of funding for its Native Arts Capacity Building Initiative (NACBI). The grants, which total $180,000, will help strengthen the organizational, managerial and programmatic capacity of Native organizations to serve the field of Native American arts and Native American artists through existing programs. First Nations b...
Fort Lauderdale, Florida—About 70 Native American youth and their advisors from tribes across the nation addressed issues such as suicide and loss of culture at a leadership training last week in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. United National Indian Tribal Youth, also known as UNITY, in partnership with the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) hosted the “Today’s Native Leaders” (TNL) youth leadership event in Fort Lauderdale. The free TNL training, which focused on culturally relevant leaders...
KANSAS CITY – Tabitha Fair, a Chickasaw Nation citizen, singer, songwriter and industry renowned vocalist, will perform the "Star-Spangled Banner" accompanied by nine members of the Chickasaw Nation Youth Choir Sunday, Nov. 2 on national television. The Chickasaws will join many Native American entertainers, drum corps, dancers, and a Native honor guard when the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate Native American Heritage Month at Arrowhead Stadium when it takes on the New York Jets. Chickasaw N...
Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 30, 2014) – As Minnesota marks the highest average composite ACT scores* in the country, one of the state’s top teachers today unveiled Access Great Teachers--a powerful two-pronged approach in tutoring to help more students succeed. Owner Tom Connell, an Advanced Placement teacher at Edina High School, says the idea behind his company is simple: “Access Great Teachers is designed to match students with outstanding teachers who are experts at teaching their subjects.” He says the teaching team he is assembl...
HUBBARD COUNTY -- One man was sentenced Monday in Hubbard County Court for his part in stealing copper from a local lumber mill. One of his accomplices skipped court and a warrant has been issued for his arrest....
BEMIDJI -- Nearly 200,000 Minnesotans have requested absentee ballots in 2014 as of Thursday, a release from the Secretary of State's office said. More than 125,000 of the ballots were turned in and accepted....
BEMIDJI -- A Richfield, Minn., man was sentenced Monday in Beltrami County District Court to eight years in prison for his part in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on the Red Lake Indian Reservation....
Wayne Coleman (Died October 27, 2014) Wayne Vernon Coleman, age 73, of Bejou, MN, died Monday, October 27, 2014, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Wayne Vernon Coleman, son of Charles and Annie (Morgan) Coleman, was born on February 8, 1941, in White Earth, MN. As just an infant, both of his parents died and Wayne "lovingly known as Tonto" spent his early years in the Pine Point and Naytahwaush, MN, areas. He attended school in Pipestone, MN, and later returned...
After a health insurance company laid him off in 2012, John Columbus spent the next 20 months answering as many questions about gaps in his résumé as about his years of employment....
