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SALLISAW – Following a Jan. 9 federal court ruling stating the Cherokee Nation could not sue six opioid drug distributors and retailers in its judicial system, the tribe’s attorney general filed a similar lawsuit in Sequoyah County District Court. The Jan. 19 suit alleges the McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., AmerisourceBergen, CVS Health Corporation, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. failed to prevent an epidemic of prescription opioid abuse within the tribe’s 14-county jurisdiction. http://www.cher...
The federal Liberal government gets mostly "glass half-empty" ratings on its work toward fixing long-standing First Nations water woes, in a new report released by the David Suzuki Foundation. The report, titled Reconciling Promises and Reality: Clean Drinking Water for First Nations, is the second study released by the David Suzuki Foundation on Ottawa's promise to end long-term First Nation water advisories by 2021. http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/david-suzuki-foundation-first-nations-water-report-1.4525456...
Mexico's first Indigenous female presidential hopeful might not even get her campaign off the ground, thanks to outright discrimination and a host of arduous requirements that stop ordinary people from participating in politics. The campaign of Maria de Jesús Patricio Martinez (also known as Marichuy) so far has just 14 percent of the signatures necessary to register her as a candidate for July's general election. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/43459-the-many-ways-mexico-is-trying-to-stop-an-indigenous-woman-candidate-fo...
Missoula, Montana – Buffalo Field Campaign filed a complaint on February 7, 2018 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in the U.S. District Court of Montana. The West Yellowstone, Montana-based wild buffalo advocacy group says the federal agency is violating the Freedom of Information Act. 2018 02 08 Press Release BFCseay Buffalo Field Campaign’s complaint alleges that APHISviolated the Freedom of Information Act by: (1) failing to provide a final determination resolving Buffalo Field Cam...
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - About a dozen people representing the Native American community gathered outside the courtroom today, demanding the prosecution of the officers involved in the in-custody death of Zachary Bearheels. Former OPD officer Scotty Payne appeared today before a judge for a pre-trial conference, continuing to deny allegations of excessive force during the in-custody death. https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/officer-involved-in-death-of-zachary-bearheels-appears-in-court...
Elisia Manuel remembers when she and her husband Tecumseh received their first foster child. “We had to go buy the boy some clothes,” she told me. “We had to get him everything, because he came with nothing. The agency even had to lend us a car seat to bring him home.” Elisia, who comes from the Mescalero Apache and Yaqui tribes, and Tecumseh, an Akimel O’odham from the Gila River Indian Community located just south of Phoenix, were thrilled to get a Native child to care for—even if it meant completely outfitting the little boy, purchasing...
You might not expect to get a dose of activism along with your roller derby, but that's what happened at the Roller Derby World Cup in Manchester, England last weekend. Wikwemkong community member Jen Bennett and her fellow skaters on Team Indigenous found the event to be the perfect spot to fulfil their mission: to educate people about colonization, sovereignty and self-determination. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/indigenous-team-roller-derby-wikwemkoong-1.4525523...
As investment in cryptocurrency has exploded over the past few months, driving the overall crypto market cap to an all-time high above $800 billion in January, the number of different cryptocurrencies in existence has also multiplied. At Yahoo Finance, we now track the top 110 cryptocurrencies by market cap. CryptoCompare tracks more than 1,500. Needless to say, there is a vast ocean of digital coins, and it’s expanding every day. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/bananacoin-trumpcoin-7-strangest-cryptocurrencies-112657021....
Officials from the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza have found no foul play in regards to possible cheating by this year’s winners. Here’s a full release from the Brainerd Jaycees: https://lptv.org/no-cheating-found-by-investigation-of-ice-fishing-extravaganza-winners/...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is penciling a mid-March date for his final State of the State address.Dayton sent a letter to House Speaker Kurt Daudt Thursday requesting a March 14 date for his speech. The Democratic governor technically needs to be invited to deliver the annual address in the House chamber. His speech would fall three weeks into the upcoming legislative session slated to begin Feb. 20. And it will be a critical year as Dayton seeks to cement his legacy in his final year in office. https://lptv.org...
The speed limits on several highways in Northwest Minnesota will increase from 55 miles per hour to 60, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The new speed limits will take effect when the new signs are posted. Highways that will receive new speed limits signs include: Northern Minnesota https://lptv.org/speed-limit-increased-on-several-minnesota-highways/...
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrials plunged more than 1,000 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong sell-off and dragging the stock market into an official “correction” for the first time in two years as fearful investors sought to get out before their losses mounted. The rout marked a stark turnabout in investors’ mood from just two weeks ago, when indexes set their latest record highs. Since then, the Dow and the Standard & Poor’s 500 have fallen 10 percent, Wall Street’s traditional definition of a correction. https://www....
