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Articles from the April 21, 2014 edition


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  • Red Lake Candidate Forum held at Minneapolis American Indian Center

    Gerald Auginash|Apr 21, 2014

    A Candidate Forum for Red Lake Tribal candidates in the May 2014 Elections was held at the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Friday, April 20, 2014 that went from 5 PM to 8 PM. Certified for Red Lake Tribal Chairman were incumbent Floyd "Buck" Jourdain, Kathryn "Jody" Beaulieu, Ron Lussier, and current Red Lake Tribal Treasurer Darrell G. Seki, Sr. Incumbent Don Cook Sr. was certified for reelection as Tribal Secretary, along with Rochelle "Chelle" Kingbird, Judy Roy, Sam Strong, and Jim...

  • Red Lake Candidate Forum held in Duluth

    Deb Smith|Apr 21, 2014

    A Candidate Forum for Red Lake Tribal candidates in the May 2014 Elections was held in Duluth on Friday, April 21, 2014 that went from 2 PM to 5 PM. Certified for Red Lake Tribal Chairman were incumbent Floyd "Buck" Jourdain, Kathryn "Jody" Beaulieu, Ron Lussier, and current Red Lake Tribal Treasurer Darrell G. Seki, Sr. Incumbent Don Cook Sr. was certified for reelection as Tribal Secretary, along with Rochelle "Chelle" Kingbird, Judy Roy, Sam Strong, and Jim White. Candidates certified for...

  • 9th Annual Youth Leadership Conference to take place in Red Lake

    Michael Meuers|Apr 21, 2014

    The 9th Annual Red Lake Youth Leadership Conference will be held Wednesday - Friday, April 30 to May 2, 2014, at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota. The conference theme this year is "Seventh Generation Leaders." Workshops and presentations will be held from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM each day. As usual, several workshops will be happening simultaneously. Topics typically include suicide prevention, drug and alcohol abuse, and teen pregnancy, cyber bullying, self-esteem, and the value of a...

  • Easter Carnival held in Redby

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 21, 2014

    A reservation-wide Easter Carnival was held at the Redby Center on Saturday, April 19, 2014 starting at 12 noon. Over 300 kids and their parents were in attendance to this event, which featured candy bags and shirts, games, a cake walk giving away over 60 cakes, egg coloring and drawings for numerous prizes. The event was sponsored by the Redby Community Board....

  • Ponemah Day at the Water Park

    Tara Dow|Apr 21, 2014

    The Ponemah Community held Ponemah Day at the Water Park at the Seven Clans Casino Hotel Water Park on Saturday, April 19, 2014....

  • Easter Egg Hunt held in Red Lake

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 21, 2014

    An Easter Egg Hunt was held at the Red Lake Center on Sunday, April 20, 2014, starting at 12 noon. There were almost 500 kids and parents that were in attendance, that featured an Easter Egg Hunt, candy bags and drawings for prizes--five of which were bicycles. The event was sponsored by the Red Lake Community Board....

  • Easter Activites held in Little Rock

    Cheryl Thunder|Apr 21, 2014

    Easter Activities were held at the Little Rock Center on Sunday, April 20, 2014 from about 12 noon to 2 PM. The event featured an Easter egg hunt, drawings for prizes, candy bags and a hot dog lunch. The event was sponsored by the Little Rock Community....

  • Famous Native American Olympian Billy Mills visits Red Lake High School - P7

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 21, 2014

    RED LAKE -- U.S. Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills visited the Red Lake High School and Middle School on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Mills, who won the 10,000 meter event fifty years ago in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games, held various public appearances throughout the week and visited area schools. On Tuesday, Mills took part in the Billy Mills Honor 28:24 Run and Walk at BSU at the Gillette Recreation and Fitness Center. The name of the event is for Mills' winning time in the 10,000 meters. He...

  • Famous Native American Olympian Billy Mills visits Red Lake High School - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 21, 2014

    RED LAKE -- U.S. Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills visited the Red Lake High School and Middle School on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Mills, who won the 10,000 meter event fifty years ago in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games, held various public appearances throughout the week and visited area schools. On Tuesday, Mills took part in the Billy Mills Honor 28:24 Run and Walk at BSU at the Gillette Recreation and Fitness Center. The name of the event is for Mills' winning time in the 10,000 meters. He...

  • Crime Victims' Rights Walk of Friday, April 11, 2014 - P17

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 21, 2014

    The Equay Wiigamig General Crime Program sponsored a Crime Victims' Rights Walk on Friday, April 12, 2014 from the Red Lake Criminal Justice Complex to the Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club. Beginning at 10:30 AM, after the walk there was a panel with tribal and federal investigators and prosecutors, with a question and answer session and lunch....

  • Fourth Annual Elder's Gathering - P12

    Gerald Auginash|Apr 21, 2014

    Fourth Annual Elder's Gathering at the Seven Clans Casino Event Center on Monday, March 31, 2014....

  • Region 2 awards arts grants

    Bemidji Pioneer|Apr 21, 2014

    BEMIDJI — The Region 2 Arts Council recently awarded $71,085 through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Grants Program to individual artists, arts organizations and non-profits in Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, and Lake of the Woods counties. The funds will be used to create opportunities for arts access, arts education, and cultural heritage activities that build bridges between Minnesotans, officials said in a press release. Grant recipients included: •The Bemidji Sculpture Walk, $6,000 to purchase fiberglass blanks for 2-D artists to pai...

  • Writing competition teaches teen about self, culture

    Tracy Frank, Forum News Service|Apr 21, 2014

    MAHNOMEN - Isabella Griffin says she's always been told she's a great writer. Now she has proof. The 18-year-old White Earth Tribal & Community College student recently took second place in the first writing competition she's ever entered. "I tend to be quite shy, but I'm glad that through my writing, my voice is being heard," she said. Griffin entered a contest through the American Indian Higher Education Consortium on a whim and with a teacher's encouragement. She presented her story at the...

  • Apr 21, 2014

    GRAND FORKS, N.D. — With the abundance of information we post to social media sites, our online reputations are becoming just as important as our real-world reputations....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    ST. PAUL — News from the past few days is sure to enter into Minnesota legislative debate as some lawmakers push to allow marijuana use by children with seizures and people suffering severe pain....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    For decades, County Road 2 has represented a tranquil rural existence on the edge of the metro area to Dave and Florence Minar....

  • Minnesota changes the way it helps struggling schools

    Kim McGuire, Star Tribune|Apr 21, 2014

    Garlough Environmental Magnet School had never been considered an academic failure until 2012. That's when the Minnesota Department of Education rolled out its new school accountability system, which identified 85 schools it said weren't doing enough to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. "Initially, it stunk," Garlough Principal Sue Powell said about finding out that her West St. Paul school had been dubbed a "Focus" school. Today, Powell concedes that the...

  • Apr 21, 2014

    When organizers created Hope 4 Youth, Anoka County’s drop-in center for homeless young people, skeptics wondered whether anyone would use it. Even the center’s founders weren’t sure....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    The education world is finding profits from the wallets of baby boomers who are lapping up later-in-life classroom opportunities....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's health ministry says three more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died amid a recent increase in infections....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    “Now go out there and show the world!” That was the message that flashed across several large video screens following a welcome message sent from Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority president and CEO Zane Hansen during the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Saskatchewan First Nations Winter Games on Sunday at the Art Hauser Centre....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    BISMARCK, N.D. _ During spring runoff on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, trucks have been spotted draining water from temporarily filled ditches along U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs roads....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    Mary Moldenhauer peered closer at the colorful, intricately wired component assembled by one of her employees at GreyStar Electronics Inc. in Duluth....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    Washington - An indigenous community in the United States has filed a petition against the federal government, alleging that officials have repeatedly broken treaties and that the court system has failed to offer remedy....

  • Apr 21, 2014

    SIOUX FALLS | South Dakota's birth rate is on the rise after seeing a slump caused by the economic prospects during the recession....

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