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Articles from the January 12, 2022 edition


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  • Brenda Lee Schaff

    Jan 12, 2022

    Brenda Lee Schaff April 29, 1967 - January 4, 2022 Brenda Lee Schaaf, age 54 journeyed to the spirit world on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was born on April 29, 1967 in Cass Lake, Minnesota the daughter of Frank Schaaf and Shirley Whipple. Brenda was a very loving and caring daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and friend. She loved nothing more than family time. Her favorite things were going to the park with her kids and grandchildren to play Badm...

  • Lola G. LaMont

    Jan 12, 2022

    Lola G. LaMont November 5, 1943 - January 8, 2022 Full Obituary to appear soon. All Night Wake: Thursday, January 13, 2022 American Indian Center, Minneapolis, MN Beginning at 6:00 PM Funeral: Friday, January 14, 2022 Cherry Creek Gym, Cherry Creek, SD 7:00 PM...

  • COVID-19 Update - Tuesday, January 11, 2022

    Jan 12, 2022

    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 – COVID-19 Update Red Lake Nation: Active cases: 131* *52 in Red Lake *50 in Redby *3 in Little Rock *21 in Ponemah *5 who reside off-res but tested at RL IHS Of the 131 active cases: *47 are minors *38 individuals are fully vaccinated *4 are in the hospital Total cases: 1,571 Total Recovered: 1,440 Deaths: 15 [Updated numbers as of 9:00 a.m. on 1/11/2022 – Please note that the District #'s may change upon verification but the number of active cases is correct.] Due...

  • Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in U.S. and Britain

    Jan 12, 2022

    Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa. "It's going to come down as fast as it went up," said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University o...

  • Clyde Bellecourt, AIM co-founder and longtime civil rights leader, dies

    Jan 12, 2022

    Clyde Bellecourt, one of the most influential leaders in the history of the American Indian struggle for civil rights, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Minneapolis. He was 85. For more than five decades, Bellecourt was both an advocate and organizer, playing a role in some of the most memorable protests of the past 50 years as well as helping to initiate several organizations that became transformative for Native Americans in Minnesota. "He loved the Native people," said his wife, Peggy...

  • COVID-19 test hoarding in Minnesota limits appointments amid omicron surge

    Jan 12, 2022

    Appointments for COVID-19 tests are unavailable at several free sites in the Twin Cities amid growing concern over the omicron surge of the pandemic. Vault Health is experiencing unprecedented demand at its free state testing sites at the same time workers' coronavirus infections are hurting its capacity to collect and process tests. Spokeswoman Kate Brickman said people with at-home tests can help by using them first, ahead of the expiration date, rather than saving them and coming to test...

  • Senate hearing on pandemic gets testy, with Dr. Fauci saying of senator: 'What a moron'

    Jan 12, 2022

    WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, angrily accused a senator Tuesday of making false accusations that are leading to threats against him -- all to raise political cash. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has repeatedly said Fauci lies about the pandemic and in a hearing Tuesday also claimed that he tried to "take down" some scientists who disagreed with him. Paul and other conservative critics have focused their ire at how the pandemic is...

  • State of Minnesota, Bremer Trust file final arguments for control of bank-owning charity

    Jan 12, 2022

    Trustees of the Otto Bremer Trust will keep trying to sell Bremer Financial Corp., Minnesota's fourth-largest bank, whether or not it makes financial sense, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office said in a post-trial summary of its effort to remove them. The trustees said in their own summary of October's trial that they have always managed conflicts of interest "with appropriate precision" and should be allowed to keep their jobs atop a foundation that annually distributes tens of millions of...

  • Five Minneapolis council members show up to defend Near North homeless encampment

    Jan 12, 2022

    Out of the pitch-black predawn, dozens of heavily bundled activists assembled on North Girard and 2nd Avenues in Minneapolis to shield the residents of the Near North homeless encampment from imminent disbandment. They brought wagons laden with hand-warmers and McDonald's sandwiches, and built fires from scrap wood as they watched for dump trucks and skid steers. Among them were five City Council members, four of them newly elected. City Council Member Robin Wonsley Worlobah had put out a call...

  • Biden challenges Senate on voting: 'Tired of being quiet!'

    Jan 12, 2022

    ATLANTA — Pounding his hand for emphasis, President Joe Biden challenged senators Tuesday to "stand against voter suppression" by changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking from debate and votes. Biden told a crowd in Atlanta gathered on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University that he'd been having quiet conversations with senators for months over the two bills — a lack of progress that has brought him criticism from activists in his own party. "I'm tired of being quiet!" he sho...

  • Warriors drop to 4-6 with 69-42 loss to Nevis at home

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    Warriors drop to 4-6 with 69-42 loss to Nevis at home JV Warriors come up short in their 69-56 set-back in Red Lake...

  • JV Warriors come up short in their 69-56 set-back in Red Lake

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    JV Warriors come up short in their 69-56 set-back in Red Lake Warriors drop to 4-6 with 69-42 loss to Nevis at home...

  • Clyde Bellecourt, One of Original Founders of the American Indian Movement, Passes Away

    Jan 12, 2022

    MINNEAPOLIS - Clyde Bellecourt, one of the original founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM), passed away today due to complications with cancer, according to Lisa Bellanger, Co-Director of the American Indian Movement's Grand Governing Council. His Ojibwe name is Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun-"Thunder Before the Storm." He was 85 years old. Along with Dennis Banks, Eddie Benton-Benai, and George Mitchell, Clyde Bellecourt co-founded the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968....

  • Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Host Roundtable on Broadband Infrastructure in Native Communities

    Jan 12, 2022

    The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will host a roundtable discussion, entitled “Closing the Digital Divide in Native Communities through Infrastructure Investment” on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 2:30 p.m. – EST led by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), chairman of the committee. Chairman Schatz and the committee will hear from Tribal leaders and Native-serving organizations on how strong federal investment in broadband infrastructure is bridging the digital divide in Native communities and what more Congress can do to get Native communities connected. WHA...

  • 'Strong editing power'

    Jan 12, 2022

    A new year brings new change and that certainly is the case at Indian Country Today. A pair of promotions from within the organization have filled out editing positions following Jourdan Bennett-Begaye's move from managing editor to editor. These moves also follow a rebranding of the newscast that is now the "ICT Newscast with Aliyah Chavez." https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/strong-editing-power...

  • Biden reduces Alaska lands available for development

    Jan 12, 2022

    The Biden administration has announced plans to reduce the area in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska available for oil and gas development. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the reserve, which is located on the western North Slope of Alaska, contains 8.7 billion barrels of developable oil. The Bureau of Land Management Monday announced it is reverting from a 2020 Trump-era action plan to an Obama-era 2013 plan and incorporating some stipulations in the Trump administration’s plan. The stipulations include "certain more protective l...

  • Minnesota Exports Continue to Grow: Up 19% in the Third Quarter

    Jan 12, 2022

    St. Paul - Minnesota exports of agricultural, mining and manufactured products continued to grow, increasing by 19% to $5.7 billion in the third quarter of 2021, according to a report released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). State exports increased $916 million over the third quarter of 2020, continuing their strong recovery from pandemic disruptions that began in 2020. With 47 states experiencing positive export growth between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, U.S. exports of goods increased...

  • DEED Announces Pathways to Prosperity Grantees

    Jan 12, 2022

    Yesterday, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced $13.5 million in Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) grantee funds, which will be released through three programs focusing on providing clear career pathways to Minnesotans who face systemic barriers to employment. The three programs, On-Ramp to Career Pathways, Bridge to Career Pathways, and a P2P Individualized Training Program were created in response to needs identified by communities across Minnesota. In response to those needs, the three programs are a mo...

  • Red Lake Warriors drop 4th game in a row to North Woods 80-43 - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    Red Lake Warriors drop 4th game in a row to North Woods 80-43 Warriors Junior Varsity show much promise in their 81-50 set-back...

  • Warriors Junior Varsity show much promise in their 81-50 set-back - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    Red Lake Warriors drop 4th game in a row to North Woods 80-43 Warriors Junior Varsity show much promise in their 81-50 set-back...

  • Red Lake New Year's Eve Contest Pow Wow held on Friday, December 31, 2021 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    Red Lake New Year's Eve Contest Pow Wow - December 31, 2021 Grand Entry 1 PM nd 7 PM - Red Lake Humanities Center https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-...

  • Red Lake Lady Warriors outpaced in second half, lose 65-57 at home to Clearbrook-Gonvick - P20

    Dawson Peterson, KKCQ Sports|Jan 12, 2022

    Red Lake, MN - The Clearbrook-Gonvick Bears earned their third victory of the season after an extremely physical and hard fought game versus the Red Lake Warriors, 65-57. The game started off with the Red Lake Warriors jumping out in front thanks to their usual run and gun style of offense. The Bears appeared to be a step behind and their energy was flat leading to Warriors TeAndra Pemberton-Kingbird to take advantage scoring 14 first half points. In the last eight games between the Bears and...

  • Red Lake Lady Warriors JV come from behind in second quarter to win 49-41 over Clearbrook-Gonvick - P20

    Dawson Peterson, KKCQ Sports|Jan 12, 2022

    Red Lake, MN - The Clearbrook-Gonvick Bears earned their third victory of the season after an extremely physical and hard fought game versus the Red Lake Warriors, 65-57. The game started off with the Red Lake Warriors jumping out in front thanks to their usual run and gun style of offense. The Bears appeared to be a step behind and their energy was flat leading to Warriors TeAndra Pemberton-Kingbird to take advantage scoring 14 first half points. In the last eight games between the Bears and...

  • Red Lake "Treat Street" held on Sunday - P48

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    Red Lake "Treat Street" was held on Sunday, October 31, 2021 with numerous Programs participating in the event, which started at 2 PM and was scheduled to end at 4 PM....

  • Red Lake Elementary School celebrates Halloween on Friday - P48

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 12, 2022

    The Red Lake Elementary School students celebrated Halloween on Friday, October 29, 2021 with an outdoor parade and treats for all the kids....

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