Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Rarely is an announcement about a hotel deal accompanied by an invocation in Ojibwe and ceremonial drum music, but then, the Mille Lacs Band is not a typical hotel owner. At least not yet. On Monday, tribal leaders formally announced they had closed on the purchase of two of downtown St. Paul’s largest hotels, the Crowne Plaza Riverfront and the DoubleTree by Hilton, for an undisclosed amount of money. The band took charge of the hotels Thursday. “Hello, St. Paul!” said Joseph Nayquonabe Jr., CE...
St. Paul joined Minneapolis on Wednesday in labeling the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War as the start of "the genocide of the Dakota people" that included holding them after the war "in a concentration camp at the base of Fort Snelling." The terms, disputed by many historians who believe they don't convey the complexity of the conflict, were included in a resolution that the St. Paul City Council passed unanimously to declare 2013 "the Year of the Dakota" and to show its support for an effort to identify...
The new year brings with it a host of new state laws taking effect this week. Here's a sampling, supplied by the House of Representatives public information service. The Legislature begins its new session Tuesday. School buses Minnesota is requiring school buses manufactured from now on to have right-side crossing-control arms to protect students. The crossing arms must be attached to the right-front bumper and automatically extend when the bus is stopped and flashing red lights are used. The...
