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  • A.I.M By Kyle Abraham Leaps To Northrop's Stage Feb 29

    Feb 4, 2020

    Minneapolis, MN (Feb 3)-Kyle Abraham, one of today's most in-demand choreographers who was originally inspired to pursue dance by Prince, brings his company, A.I.M, to Northrop on Sat, Feb 29 with a diverse range of mixed repertory in a copresentation with Walker Art Center. The public evening performance caps a three-day A.I.M residency that includes two student matinees and other events. The matinee experiences are part of a partnership with the Minneapolis Public School District's Cultural...

  • 14 of the Most Impressive Solar Projects Powering Our World

    Feb 4, 2020

    While the U.S. moves forward with a new infrastructure plan, we need some forward-thinking ways to power the future. While wind and hydroelectric power will have their place, solar must also play a big part. Here are few incredible projects to provide some inspiration. Benban is a solar park under construction in eastern Egypt that, when completed, will become the largest solar installation in the world, producing 1.8GW of energy. It's planned to begin operations later this year though parts...

  • One woman took a stand against tribal disenrollment and paid for it

    Feb 4, 2020

    The lingerie photo was Carmen Tageant’s breaking point. Sixteen years earlier, she’d taken a set of boudoir photos as a Valentine’s Day gift for her partner. But as life happened — raising seven children, going back to school, achieving a spot on the Nooksack Tribal Council — she’d all but forgotten about them. So when she checked her Facebook notifications one morning in February 2016, she was shocked. An image of Tageant posing with her legs in the air had been posted by someone named Keith Williams, and the accompanying text made it clear th...

  • Trump Administration launches Operation Lady Justice

    Feb 4, 2020

    On Jan. 29, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services held the first meeting of a White House task force to address the incidence of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. The task force, co-chaired by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and Attorney General William P. Barr, is composed of federal officials charged with enhancing the criminal justice response, consulting with tribal governments on potential solutions and empowering native communities with...

  • Man's residential school claim rejected, then identified for compensation, then rejected again

    Feb 4, 2020

    Percy Wallace said he felt renewed hope when he heard his previously rejected residential school settlement claim was one of over 200 that would be compensated — a hope that was soon dashed after Crown-Indigenous Relations officials again turned down his claim. Wallace, 56, had been a victim of a student-on-student sexual assault at the Sechelt residential school in British Columbia, but his claim through the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), the compensation adjudication body that was created through the residential schools settlement a...

  • Tribal Police Take Over Duties From BIA on Pine Ridge

    Feb 4, 2020

    RAPID CITY, S.D (AP) — Tribal police have taken over law enforcement duties from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Tribal Police Chief Robert Ecoffey told the Rapid City Journal said the tribe wasn’t getting “enough resources in terms of manpower” from the BIA. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-dakota/articles/2020-02-01/tribal-police-take-over-duties-from-bia-on-pine-ridge...