Articles from the January 19, 2021 edition
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As Governor Walz Calls for Further Supply from Federal Government, Minnesota Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Pilot Program
[ST. PAUL, MN] – Minnesota is launching a COVID-19 vaccine pilot program, partnering with local public health and school districts, Governor Tim Walz announced on Monday. These sites will initially serve adults 65 years of age or older, as well as prekindergarten through grade 12 educators, school staff, and child care...
Charlene Renee Brown
Charlene Renee Brown August 6, 1955 ~ January 14, 2021 (age 65) Charlene Renee Brown, age 65, of Redby, Minnesota, left this earth on January 14, 2021. She was born in Red Lake, Minnesota, on August 6, 1955, to Hazel Brown and Burdell LaRoque. Charlene loved to be around her family. She had a beautiful and loving heart, and she...
Dean "Dino" Franlkin May
Dean "Dino" Franlkin May November 11, 1963 ~ January 13, 2021 (age 57) Dean Franklin May, 58, of Red Lake, MN passed away on January 13, 2021 at Red Lake Indian Health Services. He was the son of Donald May, Sr., and Rosella Hart. Dino enjoyed spending time with his significant other, being out rummaging, enjoying cold ones,...
Russell Nelson, Jr.
Russell Nelson, Jr. September 21, 1930 - January 14, 2021 Russell Carl Nelson, Jr., age 90, of Gully, MN, and formerly of Redby, MN, passed away on Wednesday, January 14th, at his home in Gully. Due to the pandemic, a Celebration of Life will be held in the spring/summer. Interment will be in St. Antipas Episcopal Cemetery,...
Tina Martin
Tina Martin March 27, 1961 - January 14, 2021 Tina M. Martin of Cloquet, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in her home. She was born March 27, 1961 to John and Linda (Northrup) Martin. Tina was a loving caring daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed picking agates, coloring, and visiting the Casino. Most...
Francis Jay Country Jr.
Francis Jay Country Jr. March 25, 1955-January 13, 2021 Francis Country, Jr. 65 years old, Sisseton, SD, died January 13, 2021 at Sanford Medical Center. He was born in Phoenix AZ, to Francis, Esther Country. Francis and Mary White-Country have been united for 43 years, through a Native American traditional wedding. Personal...
Jeremy Lee Yanez
Jeremy Lee Yanez August 26, 1987 ~ January 14, 2021 (age 33) eremy Lee Yanez, age 33, "Waabishkii-wiiwidan" which means "White Teeth" of St. Paul, MN passed away on January 14, 2021 at Region Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Jeremy was born August 26, 1987 in Minneapolis, MN and was the son of Torivio Yanez, Sr. and Noreen Smith....
Test program to expand COVID-19 vaccinations to elderly, teachers in Minnesota
Minnesota is making COVID-19 vaccine accessible to the general public for the first time, opening nine sites where shots will be provided by appointment to people 65 or older, and to teachers and child care providers. Gov. Tim Walz said the expansion is an important first step toward broad public vaccinations of Minnesotans...
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies. The...
Antoine Winfield Jr. on win over Saints: 'That was for my pops' in 2009
Tampa Bay's 30-20 victory over New Orleans in Sunday's division round ended up with a comfortable-seeming final score. But the outcome might have been much different if not for former Gophers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. making the defensive play of the game for the Buccaneers. New Orleans led 20-13 late in the third quarter and...
Why the Senate may convict Trump
The day before the Capitol Hill riot, Jonathan Last of the Bulwark wrote a dark valediction for Sen. Mitch McConnell's attempts to "manage, contain and outlast Donald Trump." As a master of institutional power, McConnell probably believed that he had the upper hand over President Donald Trump, because only institutional power...
FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack
WASHINGTON - U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking reflects the...
Biden outlines 'Day One' agenda of executive actions
WASHINGTON - In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday. The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden...
More contagious coronavirus variant may soon be the US's dominant strain
A highly contagious coronavirus variant will become the dominant version of the virus in the United States in March, emphasizing the need for more rapid vaccination, a new modeling study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests. The coronavirus variant was first identified in December in the United Kingdom. Called B.1.1.7, it has some mutations that...
State Indian Affairs Secretary Reflects on King's Unrealized Promise For Equity For All People of Color
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) Secretary Lynn Trujillo on Monday issued the following statement regarding the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose vision for equity and equality for all remains, sadly, unfulfilled. This past year has shined a new light on the...
'It Takes Your Breath Away,' the High Rate of Deaths of American Indians
STANDING ROCK RESERVATION, N.D. - The virus took Grandma Delores first, silencing an 86-year-old voice that rang with Lakota songs and stories. Then it came for Uncle Ralph, a stoic Vietnam veteran. And just after Christmas, two more elders of the Taken Alive family were buried on the frozen North Dakota prairie: Jesse and...
Assistant Secretary Sweeney Announces Appointments of Charles Addington as Senior Advisor for Law Enforcement, Security and School Safety, Jason O'Neal as OJS Deputy Bureau Director
WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney today announced the appointment of Charles Addington as the Senior Advisor – Law Enforcement, Security and School Safety in the Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs and the appointment of Jason O’Neal as the Deputy Bureau Director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services...
Attorney General Ellison secures full refunds for Minnesota students and families harmed by canceled trips
January 15, 2021 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today announced that as part of a settlement with his office, travel company Voyageurs International must pay $664,835 to account for full refunds to 344 Minnesota music students signed up for the company’s 2020 European “Ambassadors of Music” tour. The Assurance of Discontinuance, filed today in...
A Message from the Bemidji Police Department
Recently, many communities in northwestern Minnesota have seen a significant increase in opioid related overdoses and deaths. Specifically, law enforcement within the communities of Beltrami County, the Red Lake Nation, the White Earth Nation, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the City of Bemidji have responded to 62 overdoses since December 1st of 2020. Ten (10) of those...
DOI and Indian Affairs Announce National Tribal Broadband Strategy to Close Connectivity Gap in Indian Country and Alaska
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Indian Affairs released the National Tribal Broadband Strategy (NTBS), a work product of the American Broadband Initiative. Designed as a roadmap for the Federal Government and the private sector, the NTBS highlights the strategic components to broadband deployment and expansion, and the necessary actions needed to spur...
Protestors lock down Line 3, Indigenous woman ask Biden to stop pipelines, and resistance ramps up in the courts and on the ground
The Associated Press reports that eight Line 3 protesters were arrested last Saturday, after “more than 150 people gathered in Aitken County on Saturday to protest the project.” Two more protesters were taken into custody after locking themselves into part of the pipeline, halting all construction. As EcoWatch reports: “Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has come under fire from...
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