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STOCKHOLM — Dazzled by an unprecedented wave of migration, Sweden on Thursday put into words an uncomfortable reality for Europe: If the continent isn't going to welcome more than 1 million people a year, it will have to deport large numbers of them to countries plagued by social unrest and abject poverty. Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said Sweden could send back 60,000-80,000 asylum seekers in the coming years. Even in a country with a long history of immigration, that would be a scale of expulsions unseen before. http://...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In 2014, after 10 years of rapid growth, the Wounded Warrior Project flew its roughly 500 employees to Colorado Springs for an “all hands” meeting at the five-star Broadmoor hotel. They were celebrating their biggest year yet: $225 million raised and a workforce that had nearly doubled. On the opening night, before three days of strategy sessions and team-building field trips, the staff gathered in the hotel courtyard. Suddenly, a spotlight focused on a 10-story bell tower where the chief executive, Steven Nardizzi, stepp...
On January 2, 2016, a group of white ranchers who are part of what has been called “the Sage Brush Rebellion” began an armed occupation of lands designated as “the Malheur Wildlife Refuge,” outside Burns, Oregon. The protestors disagree with the idea that the lands in the area are “federal lands,” and a number of them decided to carry guns in an effort to back their point. Yesterday, twenty five days into the protest, there was an exchange of gunfire some distance from the wildlife refuge. A spokesperson for the protestors, LaVoy Finicum, wa...
A testing laboratory is the first foray into the marijuana industry for the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and may not be the last. The Puyallup Tribe, having worked out a deal with Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Liquor and Cannabis Board, is moving equipment for the lab into a Fife building that houses the tribe’s cancer-treatment center. Inslee’s signature this week made the compact official. The lab plans to offer safety and potency tests to holders of state marijuana licenses, among others. Other clients could include universities doing sci...
A committee of the Oglala Sioux tribal council wants to gauge the will of the people and is proposing that the council hold a reservation-wide advisory vote. The tribal law and order committee's recommendation is on the council's Feb. 1 agenda. If the council agrees, a referendum would be called within 90 days of the council vote. Ellen Fills Pipe, chair of the law and order committee, says she likes the idea of hearing from the people but is skeptical of the business prospects of legalizing pot. http://www.kotatv.com/news/s...
A Washington County man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for dumping about 96,000 gallons of raw sewage from a wastewater treatment plant in Indian Township in a residential neighborhood. Dennis L. Brown Jr., 32, of Princeton, pleaded guilty to a criminal violation of environmental laws. He was sentenced and fined $2,500 by Judge David Mitchell in Calais District Court on Wednesday, the same day he pleaded guilty to the charge. Brown is scheduled to report to jail on Feb. 5. Brown, who served as the certified operator for the...
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION — Hundreds of tribal citizens marched on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the “Justice for Emily” march to bring attention to violence against Native women in Indian Country. The march was in honor of Emily Bluebird, a 24-year-old mother of two, who disappeared in early January. Her body was discovered by a search party last Thursday, January 21, 2016, after someone in her family received a tip about where her body could be found. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/hundreds-march-on-pine-...
FAIRBANKS — Tanana Chiefs Conference will receive $11.78 million in the settlement of a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs over the federal agency’s short-funding of contracts to tribal organizations. The settlement totaled $940 million nationwide, with about $100 million of that going to tribal entities in Alaska. The settlement with the BIA was announced in September, but it wasn’t until earlier this month that it cleared its final legal step in a New Mexico federal court. http://www.newsm...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Broken sanitation equipment, a baby delivered unattended in a bathroom, doctors operating without credentials and lack of immediate care in the emergency department are among the dozens of serious deficiencies federal inspectors found last year during unannounced visits to two federally administered hospitals that provide care to Native Americans. The Associated Press obtained records of the inspections, which were conducted in October and November by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare at hospitals on the Pine Ridge...
QUECHAN INDIAN RESERVATION — Tribal council members from the Cocopah and Quechan Indian Tribes on Wednesday morning hosted a ground breaking ceremony to kick off construction of a new $33.7 million medical center. The long awaited project will provide healthcare services to thousands of Native Americans in the area and will employ about 200 people. The new medical facility will be located on the Quechan Reservation. Construction is expected to start in February. The new facility will encompass more than 76,000 square feet and is expected to t...
The Internet was shocked — shocked! — to learn this week that white guy Joseph Fiennes has been cast as African American icon Michael Jackson in a TV movie. But anyone who’s surprised at this news hasn’t been paying attention. Despite decades of protests over racially inappropriate casting, and the recent protests over the lack of diversity among Oscar nominees, filmmakers continue to cast white actors as minority characters on a depressingly regular basis. Hollywood has yet to wrap its mind around the fact that the ancient Middle East was not...
ATLANTA — For those interested in planning early to see Atlanta Dream Shoni Schimmel (Umatilla) play in-person during the next WNBA season, you can begin planning now. The Atlanta Dream released its 2016 schedule on Thursday. The Atlanta Dream will open its ninth season of action at Philips Arena on Sunday, May 22 vs. the Chicago Sky, as part of the “WNBA Tip-Off presented by Verizon”, according to the 2016 WNBA schedule, which was released Thursday by league officials. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/plan-early-to-see-...
Three young hockey players from Iqaluit are lighting up the scoreboards in The Pas, Man. Lodie Ipeelie Jr., Mitchell Tilley and Nate Gardner are playing hockey for the Opaskwayak Cree Nation team in the Keystone Junior Hockey league — the same league where Jordin Tootoo got his start. "The speed is great, it's amazing," says Ipeelie Jr. "You're out there for 30 to 40 seconds, and busting as hard as you can every shift. Your legs are just wanting to give up but you can't stop." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/3-iqaluit-yo...
MINNEAPOLIS — Majestic wild elk once roamed most of Minnesota before hunters killed them off. Now, the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe hopes to bring them back to the tribe's ancestral territory in northeastern Minnesota. The Ojibwe name for elk is "omashkoozoog," or "prairie moose." Tribal officials and other supporters say restoring them could open up new opportunities for nature tourism because they're looking at an area that's only a couple of hours' drive north of the Twin Cities. Success also could allow for elk hunting eventually. That's i...
