Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Sorted by date Results 26 - 46 of 46
RED LAKE - The #1 seeded Red Lake Lady Warriors hosted their first ever Section 8A East opening round against the #8 seeded Blackduck Draves on Thursday, March 1, 2018, coming out strong and pressing and taking a 49-18 half-time lead to their 82-43 victory. The Lady Warriors were also playing without their too scorer, star Alexis Desjarlait, who was suspended for one game because of a controversial technical foul called on her last Saturday in the Northwoods Championship game at Clearbrook High...
From KKCQ Sports Northwoods Conference Championship Game – Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 64 vs. Red Lake 70 The Red Lake Warriors won the first ever Northwoods Conference championship game over Walker-Hackensack-Akeley at Clearbrook-Gonvick High School on Saturday afternoon. The two teams met once during the regular season with Red Lake winning at home on December 7th 67-40. The game on Saturday was much closer with Walker-Hackensack-Akeley leading at halftime 32-30. The Warriors started the s...
From KKCQ Sports Northwoods Conference Championship Game – Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 64 vs. Red Lake 70 The Red Lake Warriors won the first ever Northwoods Conference championship game over Walker-Hackensack-Akeley at Clearbrook-Gonvick High School on Saturday afternoon. The two teams met once during the regular season with Red Lake winning at home on December 7th 67-40. The game on Saturday was much closer with Walker-Hackensack-Akeley leading at halftime 32-30. The Warriors started the s...
RED LAKE - On Friday, February 16, 2018 the Red Lake Lady Warriors wrapped up their regular season by beating Pine River at home, 66-49. It was a hard fought battle right from the beginning, with Pine River-Backus leading 29-28 at the half. But the Lady Warriors opened it up in the second half, outscoring their opponents 38-20, giving them the win 66-49. Autumn Holthusen of Red Lake led all scorers with 23 points, Alexis Desjarlait added 22, Angel McClain put in 9, Kelanna McClain added 6 and...
Boozhoo, members of the Red Lake Nation, My name is Floyd" Buck" Jourdain. I am running for Tribal Chairman and am respectfully asking for your vote on May 16th in the tribal election. I was born and raised in Red Lake where I live with my wife Gina and our family. I am passionate about Red Lake leadership, tribal government and serving the Red Lake people. I served as Chairman from 2004 to 2014. It was my honor and privilege to be elected to the tribal Council. My leadership philosophy is...
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. students spilled out of classrooms by the tens of thousands on Wednesday, chanting slogans like “No more silence” and “We want change” as part of a coast-to-coast protest over gun violence prompted by last month’s massacre at a Florida high school. The #ENOUGH National School Walkout was intended to pressure federal and state lawmakers to tighten laws on gun ownership despite opposition by the National Rifle Association (NRA), the powerful gun rights advocacy group. https://www.reuters.com/art...
As thousands of students across the country participated in walkouts on Wednesday to protest gun violence, several schools received threats that forced them to cancel planned events. Walkouts were set to begin at 10 a.m. in each time zone and last 17 minutes ― one minute for each person who was killed in last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/schools-cancel-walkouts_us_5aa95b7ee4b0f4aaa112f14b...
The school board in Flint, Mich., has removed the district superintendent as the city and its schools continue to grapple with an ongoing water crisis. President Diana Wright, a former district principal and central office administrator, announced Tuesday that the school board placed Bilal Tawwab on administrative leave effectively immediately. The board also placed the district's assistant superintendent and lawyer on leave. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2018/03/flint_schools_superintendent_placed_on_leave...
Senators from both parties expressed their desire Wednesday to quickly pass school safety legislation that has bipartisan support as students nationwide walked out of high schools and rallied on Capitol Hill to call for federal gun laws to stop school shootings. “There are things we agree on, we should pass those things,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 shooting at Parkland, Fla., that left 17 students dead. https://www.roll...
The House on Wednesday easily passed a bill that would incentivize schools to develop threat assessment and safety plans, taking its first concrete steps to respond to last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on the one-month anniversary of the massacre. The House voted 407-10 to pass the legislation, which was sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford, Florida Republican. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/14/house-oks-school-safety-bill-month-after-parkland/...
The younger sister of Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to die for murdering nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested Wednesday at her school for allegedly bringing weapons to campus and posting to Snapchat a message police said "caused alarm." Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested at A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, after school officials told police that she had a knife, pepper spray and marijuana in her possession, the Richland County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. https://www....
Whoever bought a lottery ticket near the top of the state is on top of the world now that it’s worth $22.8 million, before taxes. A Lotto America ticket purchased in Roseau has the numbers that matched those drawn Wednesday, Minnesota lottery officials announced Thursday. http://m.startribune.com/lottery-ticket-sold-in-roseau-hits-for-22-8-million/476971613/...
A new initiative to return trafficked reptiles to the wild has been launched with the successful release of 79 turtles and 10 tortoises in the Peruvian Amazon. A collaboration between Animal Defenders International (ADI), government authorities ATFFS Lima, the Regional Government of Madre de Dios, and organizations IRUPA, UPA, and Animal Voice, the release is intended to be the first of many, ensuring the future survival of the species. Sponsorship for the relocation of the animals to Taricaya Ecological Reserve was kindly provided by...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT WATER QUALITY TECHNICIAN SANITATION Open: March 15, 2018 Closing: April 13, 2018 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Responsible to perform required Water Quality tasks in and at homes/businesses on the Red Lake Public Drinking Water Systems as well as homes on individual wells within the reservation boundaries. Reports to Director, full-time position with benefits, salary; $16.00 hourly. Essential Responsibilities & Duties: • Water Sampling/Testing • Data Collection and Rec...
Easter Fesstival - March 24, 2018 - New Redby Center - 11 AM...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into lawThursday a bill aimed at shedding light on the cases of missing or murdered Native American women. At the bill signing ceremony, Native women in traditional regalia performed a women’s honor song. Roxanne White from the Yakama Nation said it’s to remember the murdered and missing women indigenous women from across the U.S., Canada and Alaska. http://klcc.org/post/new-law-focuses-missing-and-murdered-native-women...
A few years before Bill RIchardson, the Indian trader and pawn dealer, died at the age of 98 in 2017, he was asked about the many items in his pawn vault. At the time, people were estimating the items were worth $10 million or more. The items had been given to him by Navajo families over the previous five or six decades for safe keeping and had been stored away for the benefit of those families. https://navajotimes.com/reznews/code-of-the-pawnshop/...
WASHINGTON -- Native American tribes need federal funding to help tackle the opioid epidemic and new legislation can help, witnesses told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday. Testimony also addressed workforce shortages and the importance of culturally appropriate care. Some witnesses urged that more support be given to traditional healing practices that can be used incorporated into mainstream substance use disorder treatment programs. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/opioids/71796...
WASHINGTON - In the beginning of 2016, thousands of people from all over the world stormed the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to participate in protests against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. Many people on the reservation feared that the pipeline and its intended crossing of the Missouri River posed a threat to the region’s clean water and sacred sites. And while it seemed the whole world was rushing to support the tribe or perhaps get a selfie while chained to a bulldozer, life went on as usual at Standing Rock. h...
The Tulalip Tribes are headed to trial in a closely-watched dual taxation case in Washington. The tribe sued the state and Snohomish County in 2015 over an estimated $40 million in taxes that are imposed every year on businesses on the reservation. The lawsuit alleges that little of the money makes it back to the reservation, hindering the ability for the tribe to improve infrastructure and services. https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/03/14/tulalip-tribes-head-to-trial-in-closelyw.asp...
Early treaties with the federal government were generally done in good faith by both tribal nations and the emerging United States. But by the mid 1800s, treaties more often than not were Bad Acts and Bad Paper, explicitly designed to deceive tribal nations and remove their lands, reflected in the boundaries of present day Indian Country. This shift in policy was one of the first in the complex history of relationships between the various tribal nations and the United States government, documented by periods of autonomy and self-determination,...
