Red Lake Nation News - Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)

NEW LONDON – A temporary lock-down was conducted this morning in the New London-Spicer Middle School and High School after a student experienced a crisis situation. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/no-safety-concerns-following-morning-lock-down-nls-schools-new-london#sthash.58dFEFl3.dpuf...

ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s projected budget deficit for the next two years is lower than expected at $627 million, the Minnesota Management and Budget reported this morning. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/states-projected-deficit-627-million-less-earlier-forecast#sthash.DUygoslI.dpuf...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth is suing the National Indian Gaming Commission over the city's loss of revenue sharing payments from the Fond-du-Luth Casino. The city is asking the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to overturn the commission's decision that essentially blocks the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from sharing casino profits. The band's...

WASHINGTON - A fiscal deadline all but blown, President Barack Obama says he once again wants to seek a big fiscal deal that would raise taxes and trim billions from expensive and ever growing entitlement programs. But with automatic federal spending cuts ready to start taking their toll, the path toward that grand bargain Obama campaigned on last year has significantly...

The flu claimed 17 more lives in Minnesota last week, while the number of new outbreaks and hospitalizations dropped to their lowest levels this year, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Thursday....

Minnesota could become the next battleground in the fight over mandatory labels for genetically modified food....

The bullies repeatedly pushed second-grader Jake Ross to the ground. They took his backpack. He recalled a schoolmate yelling, “Who’s going to help me beat up Jake today?” and a student later threatening, “I’m going to kill you” if he told anyone....

Right now, the feds are required to respond to any written comments submitted to them on the copy.9 billion Cobell settlement plan to buy your fractionated land and minerals. Tell the feds that you are keeping your land and minerals for your descendants. You're not selling. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/opinion/time-running-out-conta...

March 4-7, 2013 ~ Maplelag Resort in Callaway, Minnesota Hosted by the White Earth Land Recovery Project ~ www.welrp.org The Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference returns for its 10th year. Come to learn about a wide array of topics such as winter greenhouse construction, goat milk production, seed sovereignty, high tunnels, compost systems, plant breeding, sustainable...

A human rights tribunal hearing a case of alleged discrimination on First Nations children by the federal government heard Thursday from the person who filed the complaint and how the feds retaliated against her....

FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION, N.D.—The shale-oil boom in North Dakota gave the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Indians here the chance to become some of the wealthiest tribes in U.S. history....

Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Lawrence S. Roberts reported personally to Spirit Lake tribal members Wednesday on efforts the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has taken to-date to address child safety and protection issues on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota. - See more at: http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130228/NEWS/130228...

Five hundred days since letting the Violence Against Women Act expire, House Republicans finally caved today and voted to reauthorize the bill, which was first passed in 1994 to help victims of rape and domestic violence find safety, care and justice. VAWA passed the House today with a vote of 286-138 (with the 138 against being all Republican), and President Obama is expected...

It was Chief Seattle Days, and a hooligan slugged it out with a tribal police officer after a high-speed chase on the Suquamish reservation....

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization passed the U.S. House on February 28 by a vote of 286 to 138. In a major victory for Indian country, it mirrored the already passed U.S. Senate provisions that allow tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians who commit violence against women and families on Indian lands. Read more at http://indiancountrytoda...

Forty years ago, a caravan of more than 50 cars full of demonstrators pulled into Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. That day marked the beginning of a 71-day occupation led by members of the Oglala Lakota tribe and followers of the American Indian Movement, attempting to address long-standing grievances — not only with the U.S. government but also with tribal...

The 40th anniversary of the Wounded Knee occupation is Feb. 27. Photographer Jim Hubbard was there and gave us this account of those days covering the event for United Press International: - See more at: http://framework.latimes.com/2013/02/27/behind-the-lens-remembering-wounded-knee/#/0...

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) made history on Tuesday as the first woman to lead the Senate Indian Affairs Committee....

T ribes may lose $130 million in federal funding if Congress doesn't prevent a series of automatic, across-the-board spending cuts from going into effect Friday. See more at: http://www.navajotimes.com/politics/2013/0213/022813seq.php#sthash.M0tHaopK.dpuf...

RAPID CITY—On the night of Jan 7, 2013 somebody shot and killed 33 year old Eustacio Marrufo, with a tampered shotgun outside of the South Dakota Rose Inn, in Rapid City....