Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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WASHINGTON — With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions through the House on Thursday after a GOP rebellion forced leaders into an awkward retreat on an earlier version....
BERLIN — A German court has ruled that a tenant who liked to pee standing up doesn't owe his landlord money for damages apparently caused by splashing, or missing his target altogether. The Duesseldorf administrative court rejected the landlord's claim of 1,900 euros ($2,200) for alleged damage to the bathroom's marble floor, the dpa news agency reported Thursday....
The embattled chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation could owe the Internal Revenue Service hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes, according to public filings obtained by the Argus Leader. The Internal Revenue Service has filed tax liens on Chairman Michael Jandreau and his property that total more than $664,000 since 1994. That amount could include unpaid taxes as well as interest and penalties....
WASHINGTON – The president of the National Congress of American Indians said Thursday that the federal government has a “duty to honor” its agreements with tribal nations as they strive to improve across a broad range of areas. Brian Cladoosby said in the 13th annual State of Indian Nations address that Indian Country is doing better than it ever has been, but that there is still a need for improvements and for updating of tribal-federal relations....
Last week, in a bizarre turn of events that capped off a campaign season marred by controversy and scandal, incumbent Ben Shelly was inaugurated as the president of the Navajo Nation despite losing the election badly....
The racial mess in the United States looks pretty grim and is painful to watch. We can be forgiven for being quietly thankful for Canada’s more inclusive society, which has avoided dramas like that in Ferguson, Mo. We are not the only ones to think this. In the recently released Social Progress Index, Canada is ranked second amongst all nations for its tolerance and inclusion....
EDMONTON - High rates of diabetes among aboriginal communities can be strongly linked to declining knowledge of indigenous languages, a new University of Alberta study has found. The two-year research project, published recently in the International Journal for Equity in Health, is the first of its kind to establish a direct connection between the loss of culture and physical health, the study’s authors say....
Winnipeg's mayor choked back tears as he began to address the media today about claims by Maclean's magazine that his city is the most racist in Canada....
The mayor of Manitoba’s capital tearfully promised Thursday to fight racism and intolerance after his city was branded Canada’s most racist by a national magazine. Brian Bowman stood surrounded by dozens of aboriginal and community leaders and admitted that Winnipeg has a problem with racism. The city’s first Métis mayor broke down in tears as he talked about passing on his heritage to his young children....
A Wyoming newspaper is standing by its reporting that a state lawmaker used a racial slur to describe Native Americans while making a case against expanding Medicaid. The Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reported on Wednesday that during Tuesday testimony in the Wyoming legislature about expanding the Medicaid program, state Rep. Allan Jaggi (R) was one of the few lawmaker to speak against the idea....
FAIRBANKS - A day after an Interior Alaska village's school was placed on lockdown and locals decided to banish some residents, the Huslia tribal council is defending the action as a way to "protect our people." The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner said the brief lockdown, reported by Alaska State Troopers, occurred Tuesday. Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters says the people who were asked to leave are no longer in the Koyukuk River community....
The family of Monica Burns, the woman found slain on a remote forest trail in Saskatchewan, is outraged at the RCMP. The RCMP called Burns a sex-trade worker at a new conference....
The city of Oakville has been in discussions with the Chehalis Tribe about the possibility of the tribe policing the area instead of the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office. Chief Ralph Wyman, of the Chehalis Tribal Police, was present at the Dec. 8 city council meeting to answer questions about the possible switch....
U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., reintroduced a bill Thursday to address problems faced by Native American children. The bill, which has 22 supporters, would create a national Commission on Native American Children, according to a press release from the senator's office. The commission would conduct "an intensive study into issues facing Native children" including poverty, child abuse, substance abuse and crime....
Four bears were found dead in September because of heart failure triggered by an overdose of chocolate that had been put out as bait. The results of toxicology and necropsy reports revealing the cause of the deaths has prompted the state’s bear expert to consider putting in place new regulations to control how chocolate is used as wildlife bait....
SAN DIEGO - With the case still under review, no charges were filed Thursday against a woman accused of killing her boyfriend and her 3-year-old son in a home on the Barona Indian Reservation, authorities said....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Trial is underway in Bismarck for two men accused of using a metal pipe and a bottle to beat a woman on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation last April. Christopher Rainbow and Jordan Rainbow have pleaded not guilty to intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury....
