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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (December 31,2014) - Singer songwriter SAPHIRE BROWN and friends will gather together for a concert fundraiser to support her upcoming EP release. The concert will feature The Ojibwe Outlaw comedian, Jon Roberts, singer-songwriter Courtney Guns, Timberland, a drum group from the Leech Lake Nation, Kingbird family dancers, singer Country Jim, singer Karleen Wilde and Stray Bullet Band are all slated to perform. The Bemidji Axemen football team and mascot Axel will also make an...
According to the National Weather Service, extreme cold and winter storms in 2013 resulted in 46 deaths and extensive disruptions for thousands of families. Another cold blast this week prompts the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) to offer 21 tips to keep families safe and warm. Affordable Ways to Protect Your Home For as little as $1 per 6’ of insulation, you can stop pipes from freezing during winter and even when the power goes out. 1. Insulate pipes exposed to the elements or cold drafts with insulating foam. For as l...
Windchill of 35 below. That’s the magic number, Minneapolis students. For school to be canceled, that’s how extreme the windchill must be under the school district’s newly revised weather policy. As of Sunday night, it looked like the Twin Cities would just miss that threshold....
A Minneapolis attorney has been convicted of stealing money from his firm’s employee retirement accounts, the Hennepin County attorney’s office announced....
The Minneapolis Police Department expects to add as many as 72 new officers in 2015, bringing the force back up to full strength while adding to its diversity — a two-pronged goal it struggled to reach last year....
Who among us hasn’t stumbled into the office with red eyes and a runny nose? And who among us hasn’t done some outright scorning of others who bring their coughing, sneezing, germy selves to work?...
WASHINGTON — The incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee says raising the federal fuel taxes is among the options under consideration to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund....
The third-ranking Senate Democrat predicted Sunday that his caucus could sustain a presidential veto of a bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline....
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation had bitter debates when it was deciding whether to allow casinos on the reservation and if alcohol should be sold in them. The arguments focused on the revenue and jobs casinos and liquor could bring to a reservation where half the workforce is unemployed and most arrests and pervasive social ills are linked to alcohol abuse....
For the largest Native American reservation, the journey to naming a new president now has an end site. The Navajo Nation Council approved legislation to hold a primary election on June 2 and a general election on August 4 the Daily Times reported. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/01/04/navajo-elections-happen-summer-158543...
WINNIPEG—Diane Sinclair often has the same nightmare. In her home at Lake St. Martin First Nation reserve, there is water everywhere. It flows through the cracks of her family’s trailer and washes out the old dirt roads and hunting trails around it....
American Indian law expert Robert A. Williams, Jr. discusses the legacy of US government-American Indian relations on this week’s show. Williams explains how modern concepts of American Indian rights continue to stem from outdated models of thought. In both popular culture and the US legal system, he talks about lingering views of natives as “wards of the state,” as well as deference to the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the idea that Europeans’ “discovery” and conquest extinguished American Indian rights to the land....
WASHINGTON — At the conclusion of each year, White House photographer, Pete Souza, chooses a number of photographs that chronicle President Obama’s year in still film. The gallery is simply called “2014: A Year in Photographs....
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Scientists are trying to figure out what's behind the deaths of seabirds that have been found by the hundreds along the Pacific Coast since October....
WASHINGTON, January 4 (Sputnik) — Over one hundred protesters braved the rain to gather at the White House on Saturday to participate in a Native American-led rally against the development of the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, which could potentially harm sacred American Indian land reservations....
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. | The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge in South Dakota to not dismiss a lawsuit that tribal members filed against Jackson County in which they claim the county doesn't give equal voting access to Native American voters....
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND—In November, three Indian Health Service (IHS) hospitals — Northern Navajo Medical Center and Gallup Indian Medical Center in New Mexico and Blackfeet Community Hospital in Montana— received national designation as Baby-Friendly® facilities. The addition of these three facilities means that all IHS hospitals that provide obstetric services are now designated as Baby-Friendly and offer new mothers the information, confidence and skills they need to initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies....
Using these metabolites improved risk prediction beyond established methods of predicting diabetes risk, including BMI, fasting glucose, and insulin resistance....
The head of Arizona public schools says the Tucson Unified School District is violating a state ban on ethnic studies and risks losing state funding....
Twenty-Fourteen is over but, there’s no reason we can’t take a quick moment to reflect on what a great year it was for one of the WNBA’s brightest new stars: Shoni Schimmel. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/12/28/shoni-schimmel-earns-no-40-spot-sportscenters-top-50-plays-2014-158472...
Canada's colonial reality means Aboriginal people here face challenges where non-Aboriginal people enjoy opportunities. But I believe that through the hard work of many activists, leaders, and thinkers, Canada is slowly decolonizing. In the spirit of optimism that rings in a new year, I'd like to focus on some of the events that signal this gradual shift, even while recognizing that, in the words of Justice Murray Sinclair, head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this work will not be completed in our lifetimes....
The Tribal Council for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes has a new chairman. Vernon Finley of Polson was made the new leader of the tribal government on Jan. 2. He replaces councilman Ronald Trahan of St. Ignatius....
The new year will bring fresh tests of Ontario's jury selection process that has repeatedly been found wanting when it comes to including First Nations people who live on-reserve....
Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) -- A long history of hardships and struggles for the Native American community has resulted in over reaching consequences that still need to be fixed across communities Nation Wide....
NEW TOWN, N.D. -- The headlines in November were disquieting. In two separate incidents on different Indian reservations, one adult and one child died from wounds suffered in attacks by stray dogs....
