Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION - The annual community wellness gathering is scheduled for January 8-10, 2020 at the Red Lake Nation College. The objective of this gathering is to provide a catalyst for change in the community for people seeking solutions and opportunities that improve the quality of life for themselves and others. Using the Medicine Wheel as a guide, this gathering will focus on "what is working" when fostering success in people overcoming poverty, addictions, health issues,...
RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION - The Red Lake Nation is mourning the loss of Red Lake Conservation Officer Shannon "Opie" Barron, who walked on this past Sunday while in the line of duty. Officer Barron was 48. Tribal officials say Officer Barron responded to a call that someone was suspected of illegal harvesting north of Red Lake. After investigating the incident, Officer Barron requested EMS assistance because he was not feeling well. Upon arrival to his location, officers performed life-saving...
SAN FRANCISCO — The right-wing white supremist rallies planned for San Francisco this weekend never happened. Citing problems with obtaining permits from San Fransicso officials, the Patroit Freedom rally was canceled on Friday night. Another rally planned for Saturday was also canceled. Several counter rallies involving thousands of people were held instead, including one in Crissy Field, conducted by a group of American Indians, primarily from the San Francisco Bay Area. Joining the San Francisco Native group was Chase Iron Eyes (Standing Roc...
WASHINGTON - US Senate heavyweights Tom Udall (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) have joined a bipartisan movement on Capitol Hill to compel the Department of Interior to uphold fundamental tenets of the federal-Indian trust responsibility in respect to tribal rights that are threatened by the imminent delisting from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of the grizzly bear in the Yellowstone region. In a just-sent letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the senators express their...
WASHINGTON - In a joint news release distributed on Saturday, four Native Nations from Indian Country announced that they will continue to uphold and support the Paris Climate Change Agreement. This joint release comes two days after President Trump announced he was pulling back the United States' support of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Here is the text of the release: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Quinault Indian Nation, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska...
MINNEAPOLIS – One of the best treats for American Indian journalists is to meet your American Indian heroes in life. Such has been the case for journalist Stacey Thunder (Red Lake Ojibwe), who through the years has interacted with the legendary Olympian Billy Mills (Oglala Sioux). "He has been my hero since I was a girl and I told him so," says Thunder, who reflects she caught emotional about telling Mills he has been her hero. "I've interviewed him two other times and each time I feel as if I...
RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION - A standoff on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota that lasted almost 12 hours ended Friday evening with the arrest of five men and two women. The standoff began shortly after 5:00 a.m. with shots being fired from a semiautomatic weapon into the air after tribal police arrived at a residence on the reservation. The tribal police responded to two phone calls citing a disturbance at the residence near Redby, Minnesota. Tribal police made calls to...
MINNEAPOLIS – A cup of coffee in the IDS Tower cost Clyde Bellecourt more than the money he put out it in downtown Minneapolis on Christmas Eve. The co-founder of the American Indian Movement was arrested on Christmas Eve at the conclusion of an "Idle No More" round dance flash mob on Monday afternoon. The flash mob was organized to bring attention to the "Idle No More" movement that began in Canada, but has grown globally. Bellecourt, White Earth Ojibwe, was at the mall as an observer, not an o...
