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The Senate Education Committee approved a controversial plan on Tuesday that seeks to get rid of the state's seniority-based system for laying off teachers....
Prior Lake, MN – Each Christmas generous donors give gently used blankets to the local charitable organization Bridging. For the past nine years, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Laundry Facility has quietly washed those blankets to prepare them for distribution to local families. This past holiday season, about 5,000 blankets were donated to Bridging through the Bring a Blanket drive held each year in conjunction with Subway Restaurants. Of those, 529 were slightly soiled and in need of washing so they were sent to the SMSC Laundry...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2012—Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse announced today a package of technology enhancements from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) that include Web access for handheld and smartphone users, as well as a more efficient and timely option for receiving news and critical program information. The technology improvements will allow users of FSA information to gain access to easy-to-read data, including key features such as loan deficiency payment (LDP) rates, posted county prices...
Manitoba chiefs have joined those in Saskatchewan in condemning an action plan to improve the lives of native people, saying it was crafted without their input by the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government....
The hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered top the agenda of a National Justice Forum opening today. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/21/afn-justice-forum-day-1-to-focus-on-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-99083 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/21/afn-justice-forum-day-1-to-focus-on-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-99083#ixzz1n7CWBAeD...
VANCOUVER — Families of the missing and murdered women, hundreds of First Nations leaders and the RCMP commissioner all took part in a powerful "cedar bough cleansing" ceremony at a national justice forum in Vancouver Tuesday. Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Ceremony+honour+victimized+women+brings+police+First+Nations+together/6188029/story.html#ixzz1n7CnsuZL...
Federal prosecutors turn down 50 percent of cases in Indian Country, the Government Accountability Office reported....
The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the state of Minnesota for a reply in Beaulieu v. Minnesota, a Public Law 280 case....
OLYMPIA — In 1953, the federal government began the process of terminating its relationship with tribes and transferring jurisdiction on tribal matters to states — even though tribes had treaties with the U.S. government, not the states, and Article VI of U.S. Constitution says that treaties are “the supreme law of the land....
A new survey has revealed that while the majority of people in Regina are satisfied with the city's police force, First Nations and Métis are far less likely to trust the police....
Treasury Calls Congress to Action on Tribal Capital Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/treasury-calls-congress-to-action-on-tribal-capital http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/treasury-calls-congress-to-action-on-tribal-capital#ixzz1n7JLTB6w...
The organization representing thousands of northern Ontario band members says a serious crisis is looming....
In the Cheyenne tribal culture, there is a saying: "A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are on the ground."...
I heard a Country Western tune the other night, with a line that stuck in my head: "There are hardly any Cheyennes in Cheyenne, Wyoming." It made me wonder about how many Dakota are still in Dakota County....
Seneca, Mo. — Authorities with the Eastern Shawnee Tribe and Bordertown Casino said they are fully cooperating with all law enforcement agencies to find an Ark-ansas man missing from the casino since Jan. 24....
Zachary Isaiah Jon Nayquonabe, 24, of Onamia, was arrested on Feb. 12 after an Onamia Police officer responded to a report of a possible assault....