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Articles from the February 28, 2014 edition


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  • Chairman Jourdain presents State of the Band 2014 in Red Lake

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Red Lake Chairman Floyd "Buck" Jourdain presented the annual State of the Band in address at the Red Lake Casino Event Center....

  • Focusing on the future: Jourdain delivers State of the Band address

    Zach Kayser, Bemidji Pioneer|Feb 28, 2014

    RED LAKE - Sovereignty issues, federal budget cuts and walleye fish stocks all featured prominently in a recap of 2013 Red Lake Nation initiatives given by Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr. on Thursday. In the 2014 State of the Band address at the Red Lake Event Center, Jourdain talked over a long list of Red Lake's struggles and successes. He urged the audience not to be fixated on the the former. "When hard times overshadow the good, people tend to focus on the struggles we see every day, and we...

  • Chairman Jourdain presents State of the Band 2014 in Red Lake - P2

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Red Lake Chairman Floyd "Buck" Jourdain presented the annual State of the Band in address at the Red Lake Casino Event Center....

  • Chairman Jourdain presents State of the Band 2014 in Red Lake - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Red Lake Chairman Floyd "Buck" Jourdain presented the annual State of the Band in address at the Red Lake Casino Event Center....

  • Chairman Jourdain presents State of the Band 2014 in Red Lake - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Red Lake Chairman Floyd "Buck" Jourdain presented the annual State of the Band in address at the Red Lake Casino Event Center....

  • Warriors advance in Section 8A with 86-67 win over Mahnomen

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    On Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Bemidji High School, the #2 Seeded Red Lake Warriors knocked off Mahnomen 86-67 to advance to the next round in Thief River Falls. KKCQ Radio: In a game riddled by fouls and turnovers, the Red Lake Warriors were able to use an aggressive defense making it difficult for Mahnomen to get the ball up the floor and some great passing and ball movement on the offensive end to pick apart the Mahnomen Indians and go on for the win and move on in east subsection of...

  • Warriors roll over Warren-Alverado-Oslo 69-56 - P9

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    The Red Lake Warriors rolled over Warren-ALverado-Oslo 69-56 on Friday, February 21, 2014 in Red Lake. But it wasn't easy, as the game was pretty close up until about half way through the second half. WHO appeared to have a height advantage, but the Warriors hung right in there on the boards on both offense and defense. Red Lake is seated in the lower bracket sub-section and their games will be played at Bemidji High School. At 6 p.m. second-seeded Red Lake will face either No. 10 Lake of the...

  • Basketball Night in Red Lake; All Red Lake Teams get Wins - P45

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    All Red Lake Teams won last night, which included the Red Lake Girls and Boys 7th and 8th Graders, the Red Lake Boys and Girls JV teams, and the Red Lake Warriors and Lady Warriors Varsity teams. On this cold night of February 6, 2014, Red Lake was hot on the court in all their matches against the Laporte Wild Cats. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for all parents of the Red Lake Warriors and Lady Warriors. Teanna Beaulieu and Maleigha Barron contributed with photographs for RLNN for this...

  • 6-year-old girl dies of exposure in southeast Bemidji

    Crystal Dey, Bemidji Pioneer|Feb 28, 2014

    BEMIDJI -- The death of a young girl Thursday has impacted a family, two Bemidji schools and the entire community. A 6-year-old Bemidji girl was found dead of exposure to the winter elements Thursday morning at her apartment complex. Her name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and autopsy results. She was a first-grader at Horace May Elementary School. Officials said they expect to release the name today. Bemidji Police Capt. James Marcotte described the incident as "tragic"...

  • Basketball Night in Red Lake; All Red Lake Teams get Wins - P46

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2014

    All Red Lake Teams won last night, which included the Red Lake Girls and Boys 7th and 8th Graders, the Red Lake Boys and Girls JV teams, and the Red Lake Warriors and Lady Warriors Varsity teams. On this cold night of February 6, 2014, Red Lake was hot on the court in all their matches against the Laporte Wild Cats. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for all parents of the Red Lake Warriors and Lady Warriors. Teanna Beaulieu and Maleigha Barron contributed with photographs for RLNN for this...

  • Anglers should consider removing fish houses from area lakes

    Paul Nelson, Bemidji Pioneer|Feb 28, 2014

    The 2013 Minnesota fishing licenses expire Friday and the 2014 licenses take effect on Saturday. The area immediately around Bemidji wasn’t hit too hard by the latest snowstorm but Upper Red Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake and most other lakes between Bemidji and Grand Rapids were affected. Upper Red Lake had many anglers trying to fish the last weekend of the gamefish season when the storm hit. Many of the anglers who tried to wait out the storm ended up being stranded on Upper Red Lake for up to three days while they waited for s...

  • House Opens Legislative Session by Proposing $500 million in Tax Cuts and $20 million in Heating Assistance

    Feb 28, 2014

    This past week, I returned to the Capitol in St Paul to start a new legislative session in the House of Representatives. In our first week alone, we approved $20 million in heating assistance and proposed $500 million in tax cuts for families and businesses across Minnesota. The heating assistance, which passed unanimously out of the House, will help supplement the federal heating aid that is expected to run out by March 1 of this year. As I’m sure you’re aware, the propane and heating issues have been especially brutal this winter. Tha...

  • Reward Offered in Minnesota Stabbing of Dog

    Feb 28, 2014

    (Feb. 27, 2014) — The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the brutal stabbing of a young male pit bull in Red Lake, Minn. The Case: According to Karen Good, executive director of Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue, Jacob, a young male pit pull, was attacked on the Red Lake Reservation. On Sunday, Feb. 16, Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue received a call that a dog was injured in a yard and found Jacob in a fetal posit...

  • First Nations Development Institute Publishes Free 'Business of Indian Agriculture' Curriculum to Assist Native American Farmers, Ranchers and Ag Producers

    Feb 28, 2014

    LONGMONT, Colorado (Feb. 27, 2014) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced it has published a comprehensive curriculum for Native American farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that can be downloaded for free from the First Nations website. It is designed to be used by tribal college instructors, extension agents or workshop instructors. It is titled “The Business of Indian Agriculture” and includes both a 562-page Instructor Guide and a 323-page Participant Workbook. The curriculum is designed to he...

  • Feb 28, 2014

    LAPORTE -- A table full of fourth-graders sat examining their lunch plates Thursday, discussing their favorite dish of the day....

  • Feb 28, 2014

    ST. PAUL —Rural interests and state legislators are banding together behind a proposal to inject $100 million into expanding high-speed Internet access across Minnesota....

  • Feb 28, 2014

    ST. PAUL — Public safety officials across Minnesota lose sleep at night over the possibility of major crude oil transportation disasters such as ones last year in North Dakota and Quebec....

  • Feb 28, 2014

    ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers are about to find out how many requests for new spending or tax breaks they'll be able to accommodate....

  • Exposure to cold suspected in death of 6-year-old girl in Bemidji

    Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune|Feb 28, 2014

    A 6-year-old girl was found dead near her Bemidji apartment early Thursday morning when the temperature was 27 below with a windchill that made it feel like 40 below. Investigators are trying to determine when the child was last seen and how long she was outside. She was inside the front entrance of the building when police arrived. Police declined to release the child’s name until her relatives had been notified. Officials said the girl “had signs of being exposed to the frigid elements” but they’re waiting for the Ramsey County medical...

  • Feb 28, 2014

    Andrew J. Henderson spent a year fighting the criminal charges against him and said he was passed up for about 10 jobs when background checks showed that he was being prosecuted for filming paramedics and sheriff’s deputies outside his apartment complex....

  • Feb 28, 2014

    The smartphone industry pushed back hard Thursday on the notion that a single state like Minnesota could require phones sold within its borders to carry special “kill switch” technology that would render the phones worthless if stolen....

  • Feb 28, 2014

    About 1 million Minnesotans stand to reap more than $500 million in tax breaks under a new proposal blazing through the state House....

  • Native Nations Night at the Sanford Center - BSU Men's Hockey vs. UA Huntsville

    Bemidji State University and the Sanford Center present Native Nations Night at the Sanford Center - BSU Men's Hockey vs. UA Huntsville 7:37 PM - February 28, 2014 A night to honor the Native peoples and heritage of the Bemidji region. Discount tickets for all tribal members...

  • Feb 28, 2014

    The following editorial was originally featured in the First Nations Strategic Bulletin (FNSB), June-October 2012. You can view/download this latest edition of the FNSB by clicking the following link: FNSB June-October 2012....

  • Feb 28, 2014

    Standing on the banks of the Little Bighorn River last year, a son of the once-mighty Oglala Lakota Tribe made a promise to continue his ancestors’ fight against the United States. Only this time the war wouldn’t be fought with arrows or bullets, but with QR codes and cryptography....

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