Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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A bitter blast of winter weather blew across much of Minnesota on Sunday afternoon, canceling most school classes for Monday. The cold snap also left many residents shivering, as utilities urged customers to dial down their thermostats to conserve natural gas put in short supply by a Canadian pipeline explosion....
It’s part of the American dream: The hope that the sky is the limit for our sons and daughters and that our children can lead happy, successful, productive lives — and possibly do much better than mom and dad....
MINNEAPOLIS — University of Minnesota Extension laid off about 44 percent of its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education employees on Jan. 14 in response to diminishing funding....
BISMARCK, N.D. — Xcel Energy is asking customers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin to reduce their natural gas usage because of a pipeline rupture in Canada....
BETHESDA, Md. — Forget being sneezed on: Government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses....
BRIDGETON, N.J. — A southern New Jersey man says he was beaten unconscious by two men who had approached him asking for money after his car got stuck in the snow....
When former President Bill Clinton appointed Donovan Frank to the federal bench 15 years ago, it was widely assumed that he would be a different kind of jurist - someone more connected with the real-world concerns of ordinary people than the Ivy League alums who populate the nation's highest courts. Frank is the son of a small-town shopkeeper, a recovering alcoholic who spoke publicly about his early battles with addiction, and a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. To this day, his...
Despite publicly voicing his frustrations with the process for several months, RedEagle did not speak during or after the removal vote. During a 10-minute recess after the removal vote, he left the Congressional chambers surrounded by family and friends who heckled and harassed members of the press as they attempted to ask the former chief for comment....
VANCOUVER -- U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker. Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/u-s-study-warns-of-shipping-alberta-oilsands-products-1.1656319#ixzz2rarySfhV...
Members of the Chicora Indian Tribe did their part in protecting the environment Saturday by cleaning the Socastee Park and Boat Landing....
Major developments are going ahead south of the Fraser with construction started on two new destination malls on Tsawwassen First Nation lands....
It's our roundup of the stories that mattered most in Indian country: WELCOME BACK: It has been a month of sweat lodges, job searching and spending time with his wife for Brandon Olebar as the Nuu-chah-nulth/Sto:lo man eases back into normal life after a decade of imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/01/26/week-was-big-stories-indian-country-january-26-2014-153274...
In what could be the biggest year for the Navajo Nation is quickly turning ugly as lawmaker’s battle out their differences on removing their Speaker. The largest Native American tribe is now in a state of political crisis-...
The Legislature has an opportunity to make amends for the state’s heavy-handed actions during the legendary 1960s Fish Wars, in which tribal fishing rights activists were jailed, even shot, during demonstrations of civil disobedience. Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2014/01/26/2949897/state-should-make-amends-for-fish.html#storylink=cpy...
Wrapped in star quilts and balancing framed diplomas, eight teenage graduates stood to applause at the Lincoln Firefighter’s Reception Hall on Sunday....
Just after 2:00 Eastern Time on January 26 2014, the American Indian Library Association announced the recipients of their 2014 Youth Literature Award....
He limped into town in the middle of the night, beaten and bitter. He’s an asshole, really, and a good person. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/01/26/native-men-dating-white-women-you-got-problem...
Reid Peyton Chambers, a former Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs with the U.S Department of Interior and founding partner in a law firm dedicated to representing Indian tribes nationwide, will deliver the Seventh Annual William C. Canby Jr. Lecture on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Chambers, who has dedicated his career to teaching Indian law and representing Indian tribes, will give a talk titled, “Reflections on the Changes in Indian Law and Indian Reservations from 1969 to the Present.” “It’s a personal...
LUMBERTON — Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt has decided not to prosecute Lumbee Tribal Chairman Paul Brooks for an alleged assault against a former member of the Tribal Council....
The family of a missing woman held a vigil Saturday to mark five and a half years since she was last seen....
The number of missing and murdered women in Canada may be much higher than previously believed, new research shows, giving hope to families seeking answers about their loved ones the new figures will spark fresh action from the RCMP....
The announcement by New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow 20 hospitals in the state to dispense medical marijuana is a sea-change shift in policy. The Democrat is up for re-election this year and is going against the grain in the state known for the strict Rockefeller drug laws. Possibly this change is intended to offset potential challengers, such as rebel writer and television producer Richard Stratton, from gaining political traction with liberal voters. For whatever the reason behind this liberal initiative, Cuomo’s executive action h...
(Source: Attorney General John Suthers) – Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that his office has settled a lawsuit against several South Dakota lenders and their principal, Martin A. “Butch” Webb for making unlicensed, high-cost loans to Colorado consumers. The lenders include Western Sky Financial, LLC; Payday Financial, LLC, doing business as Lakota Cash and Big Sky Cash; Great Sky Finance, LLC; Green Billow, LLC, doing business as Four Seasons Cash; and Red Stone Financial, LLC.Information provided to the Colorado Attor...
A 1938 law sweeps Native American and Alaska Native youths into the federal criminal justice system when they commit anything beyond misdemeanor crimes....
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Stalking is a crime, and the most stalked group of people is Native Americans....
