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(PARK RAPIDS, MN) – Northern Light Opera Company (NLOC) announces audition openings for its 2016 summer production of Irving Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun". Peter Stone's 1999 Broadway revival eliminates unneeded insensitive references to Native Americans and removes several songs. These changes, however, do not in any way alter the story of the backwoods Annie Oakley and her time with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. The musical includes Irving Berlin's hit songs such as "Anything You Can Do,...
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered all United States flags and Minnesota flags be immediately flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings in the state in honor and remembrance of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, who died Sunday at the age of 94. Flags should remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of her burial on Friday in California....
WASHINGTON – The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program) hosted more than 500 tribal leaders and landowners at its third Listening Session on March 3, 2016, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor, Special Trustee for American Indians Vince Logan, and Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Roberts heard directly from tribal communities about how the Program can best be implemented across Indian Country. Thus far the Buy-Back Program h...
WASHINGTON — Michigan is the crown jewel Tuesday as voters in four states deliver verdicts on the presidential campaign. It's the first big industrial state to weigh in, and should offer clues about how the candidates will play in important Midwest contests to come. But it will be Wednesday on the East Coast before the night's final prize gets awarded in Hawaii. What to watch for on Tuesday night: THE TIMELINE The night's first polls close in Mississippi at 8 p.m. EST, with primary results for both parties. Michigan's primary results for b...
A coalition of DFL legislators is launching an effort to ensure that all workers in the state have paid family and sick leave, an issue emerging as a top priority for Democrats this legislative session. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Katie Sieben, DFL-Cottage Grove, said Monday it would help families in challenging financial times. “A paid family leave program in Minnesota will ensure that workers have some degree of security when a major life event occurs,” said Sieben, the chief Senate sponsor. “Families need time together when a major...
When David Tchassani lived in Chicago, he heard constantly about people having their credit card information stolen at gasoline pumps. He learned how to spot a machine that had been tampered with and started avoiding any that raised red flags. Now living in Hopkins, Tchassani, 30, said he’s still in the habit of giving the pump a once-over before filling up. “Whenever I go, I just check and see,” he said. http://www.startribune.com/eagan-police-clamp-down-on-credit-card-thefts-at-the-pump/371340561/...
Voicing grave concerns about threats to Minnesota's cherished northern wilderness, Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday that he will not grant access to state land for the development of a controversial copper-nickel mine next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). In a letter to a top executive of Twin Metals Minnesota, one of two firms exploring copper deposits in the region, Dayton said he has an obligation to protect an extraordinary natural legacy. Monday's letter was the first time Dayton definitively and publicly stated that he opposes...
St. Paul police Senior Cmdr. Matt Toupal is crafting a summer plan for the eastern district in anticipation of the inevitable climb in crime that accompanies warmer weather. This year, he has an extra tool to help make the most of his 90 officers — the department's first-ever intelligence analysts, former military intelligence officers now tasked with looking at when, where and why crimes occur. More important, they're using statistics and human nature to forecast when and where criminals are likely to strike next. http://ww...
Janitors and Twin Cities employers have reached a tentative contract agreement that would raise wages 12.3 percent over four years, union officials said. The deal was reached shortly after 1 a.m. Monday and averted a second walkout after a one-day strike by janitors last month. Janitors will vote this weekend on the pact, which has the recommendation of the union's bargaining committee, said Josh Keller, spokesman for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26. http://www.startribune.com/tentative-deal-averts-...
FLINT, Mich. — A lawsuit stemming from Flint's lead-contaminated water was filed Monday on behalf of the city's residents against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as other current and former government officials and corporations. The federal lawsuit — which is seeking class-action status — alleges that tens of thousands of residents have suffered physical and economic injuries and damages. It argues officials failed to take action over "dangerous levels of lead" in drinking water and "downplayed the severity of the contamination" in the finan...
Manitoba's children's advocate says an alarming number of indigenous girls are committing suicide — a disturbing trend which should be included in the upcoming inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. Darlene MacDonald says she made the suggestion to Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett in a letter last week. MacDonald says more than half the suicide deaths she has investigated in the last three years have been indigenous girls. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/children-s-advocate-calls-for-missing-mu...
Canada has finally emerged from a decade of rule under the former Conservative government which was replete with anti-Indigenous sentiment; the regular breach of Aboriginal and treaty rights; political attacks on Indigenous leaders; and the government’s steadfast refusal to address the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Our new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected on a platform of improving relations with Indigenous peoples by moving to a Nation-to-Nation relationship; implementing all of the recommendations of t...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A judge on Monday found the wife of Navajo Nation Council Delegate Mel R. Begay to be in contempt of court after she repeatedly refused to answer questions about the discretionary fund case. Mitzie Begay was taken to jail in Window Rock, Ariz., on Monday evening, hours after her husband's pre-trial conference. Mel R. Begay, who represents Bahastl’ah, Coyote Canyon, Mexican Springs, Naschitti and Tohatchi chapters, faces criminal charges for allegedly misusing the fund, which was designed to help tribal members who fac...
North County — A 44-year-old man found fatally shot Wednesday night in a home on the Pala Indian Reservation has been identified as Bradley Trujillo Jr. His death was ruled a homicide by the Medical Examiner’s Office. Sheriff’s Lt. Dan Brislin had said Trujillo suffered several gunshot wounds to his upper body. Authorities arrested Anthony James Boles, 32, and Tyann Louise Allen, 33, on Thursday following an investigation. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/mar/07/man-fatally-shot-pala-reservation-identified/...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A judge has sentenced two former leaders of a Chippewa Cree online lending company to more than three years in prison for stealing money from the company and taking bribes. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris sentenced Neal Rosette to 38 months and Billi Anne Morsette to 41 months on Monday. Morris also ordered the pair to pay $1.4 million in restitution. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/03/07/ex-tribal-lending-officials-sentenced-years-prison/81461570/...
A young man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl and left her naked in the snow will not be sentenced until April. James Clifford Paul pleaded guilty in November to sexual assault and aggravated assault for a horrendous attack on the little girl. At a sentencing hearing Monday in a Stony Plain courtroom, the Crown and the defence agreed to a joint submission that called for Paul to serve 10 years in prison. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/james-clifford-paul-sentencing-adjourned-until-april-1.3478203...
A First Nations leader in northwestern Ontario is questioning a Health Canada decision that will restrict "non-urgent" medical appointments for thousands of people next week. CBC News obtained a letter from Health Canada to First Nations north of Sioux Lookout that outlines restrictions on travel for patients from March 14 to 18, during the Northern Bands Hockey Tournament in Dryden, Ont. Dryden is about 350 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/first-nations-health-care-hockey-1.3476...