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LAS VEGAS (January 17, 2018) – The PPAI Expo 2018 kicked off this week, unveiling the hottest trends in promotional marketing and advertising, branded merchandise, incentives, recognition and awards, as well as new, green, and U.S.-made promotional products—all under one roof and within a million square feet of meeting and exhibit space. Distributor attendees from 4,500 companies pre-registered for the industry’s largest and longest-running show which features more than 3,100 booths and hundreds of thousands of promotional products at the M...
Monica Rose Salas-Raisch May 2, 2003 ~ January 12, 2018 (age 14) Monica Rose Salas-Raisch, 14 years young, of Cass Lake, Minnesota began her journey to the spirit world on Friday, January 12, 2018. She was born in Bemidji, MN on May 2, 2003 to Lila (Raisch) Salas. Monica loved her makeup which she learned how to do from her auntie Kimberly. She was a loving young girl who loved everyone. She loved hanging out with her brothers Joaquin and Thommis. Monica liked to walk to town with her friends wh...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered her first speech of 2018 and flatly declared that school reform efforts under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush had not worked — nor had any other reform effort by any education secretary. She also said the establishment of the Education Department by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 was essentially a “giant nod to union bosses.” DeVos gave a keynote address at the American Enterprise Institute’s conference titled “Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned,” and then answered questions f...
Two California parents were arrested over the weekend when police found 12 of their 13 children in filthy conditions, some chained to beds and starving. Neighbors and acquaintances told news outlets that they’re shocked by the allegations and horrified that such abuse was allowed to continue unchecked so close to other neighbors. The parents have been charged with child endangerment and torture. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-children-shackled-home-school_us_5a5e2887e4b04f3c55a64f4d?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009...
FAIRFIELD, CT– HJ Sims (Sims), a privately held investment bank and wealth management firm founded in 1935, announced the closing of a financing for NewBridge on the Charles (NewBridge), located in Dedham, MA. The $236,300,000 financing, which closed on December 19, 2017, marked the largest fixed rate public bond issue in 2017 for the refinancing of a single site Life Plan Community. NewBridge is managed by Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL), one of Massachusetts’ largest not-for-profit healthcare organizations, with nine campuses in metro-Boston, con...
BELLINGHAM, Washington -- Chickasaw Nation Productions’ new documentary “Bearer of the Morning – The Life of Te Ata Thompson Fisher,” will have its first public screening Saturday, Jan. 20, during the Treaty Day Film Festival, at the Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay Street, Bellingham, Washington. Born in Indian Territory in 1895, Mary Thompson Fisher was known as “Te Ata” (Bearing of the Morning), during her long and distinguished career entertaining audiences across the globe. Throughout her travels and performances, Te Ata kept her Chickasaw h...
We will be having a Doherty Staffing job fair next week on Tuesday at Oshkiimaajitahdah from 10AM until 12PM. Come on and see what sorts of positions are available in the area. Contact your Case Manager or our CDS Program at 679-3350 beforehand for help in getting your resume ready to impress!...
FOX NEWS - Multiple arrests involving phony cash have been making the media rounds in over 11 states, including New York, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan, in the last six months. Earlier this week, both New York City and Iowa reported cases of fraudulent cash popping up into the hands of local business owners. http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/counterfeit-cash-circulating-in-11-states-heres-how-to-spot-it...
The Cherokee Nation will begin dispersing its limited supply of heirloom seeds Feb. 1 to tribal citizens who are interested in growing traditional Cherokee crops. In 2017, the Cherokee Nation distributed 3,784 packages of seeds to tribal citizens. https://muskogeenow.com/cherokees-to-distribute-rare-heirloom-seeds-feb-1...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Interior Department official on Wednesday blasted the resignation of most members of a board that advises it on national parks, suggesting the move was politically motivated and their work was flawed. Todd Willens, associate deputy secretary of the department, brought up investigations that uncovered sexual harassment at national parks such as the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone and an internal investigative report of a guidebook written by former National Park Service leader Jonathan Jarvis. htt...
One step inside the trailer parked in a front yard and you get asked for identification proving you are over 19. You also need to sign up as a patient of First Nations Medicinal. But it's alright to just be a "recreational patient." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/wahnapitae-first-nation-marijuana-dispensary-1.4489353...
Some First Nation communities that were left off Saskatchewan's list of places eligible for a cannabis retail store say they may open stores anyway, challenging provincial jurisdiction over reserve land when it comes to pot. Nathan Pasap, Chief of White Bear First Nation, said the First Nation's leadership is interested in becoming a retailer for medicinal and recreational marijuana and they are creating their own laws for self-regulating in their community. http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/white-bear-first-nation-cannabis-...
Benjamin addressed Band members at the annual State of the Band For the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe community, 2017 was a “tough” year, Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said during the 34th annual State of the Band address before nearly 1,200 people on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Yet Band members are more awake and active than ever before, she added. http://www.messagemedia.co/millelacs/news/tribal/new-warriors-initiate-a-revolution-against-drugs-crime-violence-and/article_ce03c866-fa48-11e7-a705-0b3532c24722.html...
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages from 23 companies that manufacture or distribute opioid drugs. Listing a total of seven counts, the suit alleges violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act as well as negligence, conspiracy, fraud and creation of a public nuisance. “Defendants knowingly traded in drugs that presented a high degree of danger if prescribed incorrectly or diverted to other than legitimate medical, scientific or industrial channels,” the suit states. “Be...
Members of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council said Monday's inauguration of L. Jace Killsback as tribal president is invalid. Council members Dana Eaglefeathers, Waylan Rogers, and Vernon Small maintain that a tribal judge issued a stay on Jan. 12, three days before Killsback was inaugurated, that should have prevented him from taking office. http://www.ktvq.com/story/37290148/northern-cheyenne-council-members-argue-killsbacks-inauguration-was-invalid...
Two members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Tim Stevens Welsh and Amber Van Fleet, have taken out recall petitions against Tribal Chairman Dennis Patch and all the members of the Tribal Council. At issue are the efforts of the Tribal leadership, including Patch, to lease some of the Tribes’ annual Colorado River water allotment to outside interests. Welsh and Van Fleet claim water is CRIT’s greatest resource, and discussions regarding leasing the water were done in secret and without the knowledge or consent of Tribal members. They sai...
The woman at the centre of a social media storm surrounding the use of her image says the conversation was misinformed from the start. A Facebook user noted the woman's appearance in a Government of Canada advertising campaign bore a resemblance to the Disney cartoon character Pocahontas. She and others were quick to challenge what they saw as racist stereotyping of Indigenous people. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inac-status-card-campaign-1.4492287...
People who live up and down the B.C. coast and on Vancouver Island will soon have access to much faster internet. The provincial and federal government announced joint funding of $45.4 million to provide 154 areas with new or upgraded high-speed internet. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fast-internet-bc-rural-1.4491557...
Thousands of years before Leif Erikson and Christopher Columbus arrived in North America, a different group of people came to the continent. While there are different theories as to how people first came to North America, the crossing of the Bering Land Bridge that connected Asia and North America is the most widely accepted one. Scholars estimate that by the time Europeans began to settle the continent, nearly 10 million people had already been living in the continental United States. That number fell sharply after colonization, because of...
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul will receive a $50,000 grant to work with a Native American dance studio on a new production. The Chicago-based Joyce Foundation announced its Joyce Awards on Wednesday — $50,000 grants aimed at staging new works from multicultural artists. https://www.twincities.com/2018/01/17/ordway-receives-grant-for-native-american-dance-piece/...
Yellowstone National Park law enforcement officials are now investigating possible criminal trespass and tampering that resulted in the release of 52 wild bison being held in quarantine at the park’s Stephens Creek corral facility located just inside Yellowstone’s northern border. The acts, which occurred sometime prior to the morning of Tuesday, January 16, are seen as a setback to efforts by Yellowstone to keep more migrating park bison alive and potentially used as seed stock to build a new wild herd on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation as...
Umatilla Native basketball star and Nike N7 Ambassador Jude Schimmel has appeared in a recent Nike video which shows her shooting hoops on the rez. Nike’s latest ad, promoting equality for all races — which is narrated by LeBron James — is titled “EQUALITY: Until We All Win.” Schimmel is a former college basketball player at the University of Louisville who won the NCAA Elite 89 award for having the highest GPA of any player in the Final Four. She also played professionally in Spain and is the author of the book Dreamcatcher. https://i...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, will lead an oversight hearing to discuss agribusiness in Indian Country and will co-host a roundtable discussion on advancing Native food traditions. Today the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Breaking New Ground in Agribusiness Opportunities in Indian Country.” Successes in Native agribusiness have created job opportunities and contributed to greater food security across Indian Country. Udall...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT RECEPTIONIST HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT CENTER Open: January 17, 2018 Closing: January 31, 2018 @ 3:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: To perform Receptionist duties at the Human Resources Department; work hours- two (2) days per week; Monday and Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., and be available to work additional hours when necessary. Reports to Director, part-time positions, salary DOQ. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES: • Answering incoming telephone calls, directing cal...
When you think 3-point shooting prowess, you probably think of Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson or Jayson Tatum. Time to add Jaden Newman to the list. The 13-year-old basketball prodigy and star guard at Downey Christian (Orlando, Florida) made 17 of her 24 attempts from beyond the arc on Tuesday to tie a national high school record. And that's not all. On top of her astounding 70.83 percent 3-point shooting percentage, the eighth-grader dropped 70 points in her team's 115-31 victory over Discovery High School (Alfred, Florida). That's right,...
