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Red Lake Gang and Drug Summit 2012 - Day one, Wednesday, February 15, 2012...
Red Lake Gang and Drug Summit 2012 - Day one, Wednesday, February 15, 2012...
Red Lake Gang and Drug Summit 2012 - Day one, Wednesday, February 15, 2012...
Red Lake Gang and Drug Summit 2012 - Day one, Wednesday, February 15, 2012...
RLHS Dance of February 15, 2012 held at Red Lake High School....
RLHS Dance of February 15, 2012 held at Red Lake High School....
RLHS Dance of February 15, 2012 held at Red Lake High School....
Red Lake will host the 6th Annual Warrior Challenge at two venues, the Red Lake Humanities Center and Red Lake High School. The tournament begins Friday February 17th 2012 at 6 PM at the Humanities Center, and continues Saturday beginning at 10 AM at both venues. Games are likely to be played up to 9 PM. On Sunday February 19th, the games start at 10 AM, with the championship game expected to begin at 5 PM. “The weekend will showcase some of the nation’s finest Native American basketball...
On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 it turned out to be a great day for Bob Needham, as he hit 200,000 nickles at the Red Lake Casino on Caveman Keno. He was playing 7 numbers and 200,000 nickles was a ten thousand dollar jackpot. Pictured is Bob's girlfriend, Michelle, at the machine he won on. When Bob returned after going to retrieve his ID, security advised no more pictures were allowed in the casino, which was kind of funny because it would seem like a casino would want to show off their big...
David Treuer, originally from Bemidji area, will treat audiences to readings from his most recently released book “Rez Life”, and talk about his writing, stories and life as an Ojibwe. Mr. Treuer will be at the Bemidji Public Library on Saturday February 18 at 4:00 p.m. This program is free, is open to the general public, and is appropriate for all ages. David Treuer is an Ojibwe Indian from Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the 1996 Minnesota Book Award, and fellowships from the NEH,...
The federal government appears ready to make amends for a dark period in Indian relations 123 years ago that took timber and land from six northern Minnesota Chippewa reservations. Legislation is advancing in Washington that would release a $20 million settlement to the Fond du Lac, Bois Forte, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs and White Earth bands of Chippewa. The money originally was awarded in 1999 but has been tied up ever since. Now totaling more than $28 million with interest, a recently struck compromise among five of the six bands...
After enduring absentee rates of 25 percent to almost 33 percent for days, the South Shore school district administrator decided it was time to close down for a few days....
ST. PAUL – The White Earth Nation’s chairwoman plans to announce details today of a proposal to build a Twin Cities casino that could provide fund a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. The announcement follows December comments by Chairwoman Erma Vizenor, who said White Earth and the state could split 50-50 the estimated $300 million annual profits. Also, she said, the casino could provide $10 million new state taxes annually. An informal committee headed by Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, and Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, is looking into...
The White Earth Nation’s chairwoman plans on Thursday to announce details of a proposal to build a Twin Cities casino that could provide funding to build a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. The announcement follows December comments by Chairwoman Erma Vizenor, who said White Earth and the state could split the estimated $300 million annual profits. Also, she said, the casino could provide $10 million new state taxes annually. An informal committee headed by Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, and Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, is looking into...
WASHINGTON - A broadly popular bill by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar to outlaw synthetic recreational drugs across the nation has run into an increasingly common obstacle in the U.S. Senate: the objection of a single senator....
Rolling the dice on a gaming venture that could unite state and tribal interests, White Earth Tribe officials hope to build a metro-area casino with the state that would help pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. At the same time the casino proposal is announced Thursday at the State Capitol, the House tax committee will hear a controversial tax proposal some believe is designed to coerce support for a downtown stadium from resistant members of the Minneapolis City Council. The budding revenue prospects come as expectations are growing for...
Zachary Isaiah Jon Nayquonabe, 24, of Onamia, was arrested on Feb. 12 and charged with a felony after an Onamia Police officer responded to a report of a possible assault....
Lawyers were back in Federal Court today arguing about whether a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal should be overturned....
It has been a heartbreaking Valentine’s Day tradition for more than two decades. Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Thousands+march+support+missing+murdered+women/6153753/story.html#ixzz1mY94gBKW...
The Bureau of Indian Affairs plans to continue its law enforcement "surge" initiative in the coming years. During the Bush administration, the BIA began sending additional staff to reservations with significant crime problems. According to the Department of the Interior Fiscal Year 2013 Budget, the effort resulted in an average 35 percent decrease in violent crime on the Mescalero Apache Nation in New Mexico, the Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana, the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota and the Wind River Reservati...
WASHINGTON – Paulson Chaco doesn’t do his job for recognition. He says he does it to improve the safety of people traveling in the Navajo Nation...
The family of a disabled Aboriginal man who died in a Winnipeg hospital waiting room is facing a major test of their lawsuit....
DENVER (AP) -- A civil rights complaint that a Colorado Native American woman did not get proper medical treatment has been settled....
Most people who visit the Sho Ka Wa Casino or elsewhere on the Hopland Reservation know better than to bring marijuana, even if they have a doctor's recommendation to use it, according to John Larsen, chief of police on the reservation....
The Anishinabe community of Maigan Agik was hoping to spend a warm winter in their newly renovated houses....