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[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 workers. The community vaccination pilot program will be the foundation for mass vaccination clinics in Minnesota communities once the federal government increases vaccine s...
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 opened her heart and home to those in need. She loved spending time with her kids and grandkids. She loved visiting friends and made talking easy. Charlene had a heart...
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, listening to music, visiting, and watching old TV shows. He took pride in being the owner of his home that his father built from the bottom up. He always made sure the yard...
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, Redby. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston and messages of condolence may be shared at www.carlinfuneral.com. Russell Carl Nelson, Jr. was born on...
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 of all she loved to spend time with her family. Tina loved her people and always got along with everyone. Tina was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Ronnie...
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 attributes: Late 70's, Francis with his brother Jeff and Denise E, develop the band "Peyote Dream". In 1977 Canyon Records recorded the famous 45 record "love Me or Leave...
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. Jeremy loved to ride his bike all over the Twin Cities. There wasn't a spot he hadn't been and would make it clear on how he'd gotten there and what trails and route he had...
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 against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but urged patience because it makes around 1 million more people eligible for a few thousand available doses. "Every...
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 legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald...
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 had just gained a first down past midfield on a completion from Drew Brees to tight end Jared Cook. But on the play, Winfield tracked down Cook and punched the ball...
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 can actually turn political passions into law. But what if, Last wrote, your voters "don't really care about policy outcomes anymore?" https://www.start...
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 extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. And it underscores fears that some...
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 seeks to act swiftly to redirect the country in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency without waiting for Congress. On Wednesday, following his inauguration, Biden will end...
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 may help the virus better spread among people, though the variant isn’t thought to cause more severe disease. It has so far been detected in 76 COVID-19 cases across 12 U...
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 social and economic injustices we have yet to right, especially for all people of color. Our nation is undergoing a new reckoning with our responsibility to right the wro...
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 Cheryl, husband and wife, who died a month apart. "It takes your breath away," said Ira Taken Alive, the couple's oldest son. "The amount of knowledge they held, and...
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 (BIA-OJS). The appointments become effective January 17, 2021. Addington, a member of the Cherokee Nation, had been serving as OJS’s Deputy Bureau Director since December 24...
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 Ramsey County District Court, resolves an investigation by Attorney General Ellison’s office into whether the company, which organizes annual tours to Europe for high-scho...
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 overdoses have resulted in fatalities. While law enforcement works to find those people responsible for bringing these harmful drugs into our communities we also need help from...
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 investment within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The Strategy was developed in collaboration with the White House Council on Native American Aff...
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 Indigenous and climate leaders in recent months as the state has approved key permits that Enbridge needs to complete the new Line 3, especially given the Democratic gover...
Halloween in Red Lake 2020 Somewhat different, but still a lot of fun for kids and their parents...
Looking Back to June 2011 - Red Lake Elementary School Academy...
Looking Back to July 2011 - Red Lake 4th of July Celebration - Evening Session...
Looking Back to July 2011 - Red Lake 4th of July Celebration - Saturday Afternoon Session...
