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Thursday, March 24, 2022 – COVID-19 Weekly update Red Lake Nation: Active cases: 5* *1 in Red Lake *3 in Redby *1 in Little Rock *0 in Ponemah *0 who resides off-res but tested at RL IHS Of the 5 active cases: *1 is a minor *3 individuals are fully vaccinated *1 tested positive with an at-home test kit *1 is in the hospital Total cases: 2,188 Total Recovered: 2,183 Deaths: 19 At the March Regular Council Meeting, the Red Lake Tribal Council voted unanimously to lift all COVID-19 mandates via R...
Chase Cameron Redday April 30, 1990 - March 15, 2022 Chase Cameron Redday, age 31 of Minneapolis, Minnesota journeyed to the Spirit World on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. He was born on April 30, 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of David Redday and Denise LaMont. Chase was a great artist making amazing art projects. He also enjoyed hanging with his nieces, nephews and special cousin Anyah. Chase is survived by his brothers: Eric White and Darrian "D'bo" Keezer; his aunts: Reiko, Rhea, Glenda...
James LaFriniere March 20, 1945 - March 23, 2022 James "Jim" LaFriniere, 77, of Bagley, Minnesota passed away with his family by his side on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at his home. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with a prayer service beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Cease Family Funeral Home in Bagley. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. with visitation starting 1-hour prior at Grace Chapel south of Bagley with Pastor Chris...
WASHINGTON - Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in a series of urgent text exchanges in the critical weeks after the vote, according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News. The messages - 29 in all - reveal an extraordinary pipeline between Virginia Thomas, who goes by Ginni,...
WASHINGTON - After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. But Democrats seem unlikely to confirm her with a robust bipartisan vote, dashing President Joe Biden's hopes for a grand reset after partisan battles over other high court nominees. On Thursday, just hours after the hearings came to a close, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced he will vote against Jackson's confirmation. He...
Minnesota could become the first state in the nation to require the appointment of an outside attorney to advise judges on whether to approve the sale of structured settlement payments for anyone who appears to suffer from mental or cognitive impairments. That requirement is part of a Senate bill that passed its first major legislative hurdle Thursday, when the Senate civil law committee unanimously approved a Republican proposal to crack down on abuses in the structured settlement industry. A...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine accused Moscow on Thursday of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as "hostages" to pressure Kyiv to give up. Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine's ombudsperson, said 402,000 people, including 84,000 children, have been taken against their will. The Kremlin gave nearly identical numbers for those who have been relocated, but said they wanted to go to Russia. Ukraine's rebel-controlled eastern regions...
CHICAGO — Long lines of cars stretched for blocks near Chicago-area gas stations on Thursday, signaling that a businessman who has made repeated runs for local and national office was footing the bill for motorists to top off their tanks for a second time. Willie Wilson was giving gas away to motorists who showed up at four dozen gas stations. Some drivers waited for more more than an hour to collect their $50 worth of gasoline. Motorists could keep filling up for free until Wilson's tab reached $1 million. https://www.start...
BASKETBALL • BOYS At Williams Arena, unless noted CLASS 4A Tuesday • Quarterfinals • Cretin-Derham Hall 52, Owatonna 51 • Eastview 67, Eden Prairie 51 • Park Center 74, Andover 60 • Wayzata 71, Moorhead 28 Wednesday • Consolation semifinals • Andover 78, Eden Prairie 65 • Owatonna 63, Moorhead 45 Thursday • Semifinals • Eastview (23-6) vs. Park Center (29-1), 6 pm • Cretin-Derham Hall (20-10) vs. Wayzata (26-4), 8 pm Fifth place At Concordia University • Andover (20-11) vs. Owatonna (28-3), 6 pm Saturday • Third place At Concordia Universi...
The Fish and Wildlife Division of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will stick to its two-pronged structure after listening to objectors who said consolidation would diminish services to hunters and anglers. "We've decided NOT to make dramatic changes to regional, research or habitat team organization structures," Fish and Wildlife Director Dave Olfelt wrote in a recent memo to staff. The decision ends more than two years of angst for active and retired resource managers who opposed...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump's lawyers brought his years-long battle to keep his tax returns out of the public eye to a U.S. appeals court on Thursday, where a congressional committee argued it had the right to force their release. The tax-writing House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee asserted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that it has the power to obtain the former president's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service, part of the Treasury Department. Senior Judge David...
Neil McKay was 15 when he heard two men speaking in Dakota for the first time. His family was attending a relative's wake, the men were standing at the door as McKay walked by. "They were speaking this very, very beautiful and enchanting language." McKay, a tribal member from the Spirit Lake community in North Dakota, instructs students in the Dakota language at the University of Minnesota. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/03/24/artists-craft-new-ways-to-teach-indigenous-la...
Minnesota’s unemployment rate ticked down two tenths of percentage point to 2.7% in February, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). That’s the lowest unemployment rate in the state since 1999. The decline in Minnesota’s unemployment rate was entirely due to people moving from unemployment to employment, as the state’s labor force participation rate rose from 67.6% to 67.9% in February. The national unemployment rate decreased to 3.8% from 4% in January and the U.S. labor f...
This weekend and next week, the visual and performing artists of Indian Country will be steamrolling stereotypes, wearing their Native self-expression on their sleeves, and dancing up a storm. Events include a layered look into Indigenous attire and adornment, a hoop dance extravaganza, a lyrical encounter with powerful female Native American poets, and an exhibit transforming tired Native American stereotypes into clever, cliche-crushing artistic statements. Let Native News Online's event...
According to the Small Business Administration, women own more than 9 million businesses. Luiseño citizen Ruth-Ann Thorn is included in that number. For years, she's been an entrepreneur in San Diego. Her businesses have included art galleries and a skin care beauty line. A new grant from the Environmental Protection Agency resulted in the purchase of an electric school bus on the lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan shares more on these efforts. From...
WASHINGTON D.C.-The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has been awarded funding for a new solar project. The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), who announced on Tuesday March 22nd their plans to provide nearly $9 million in funding to 13 American Indian and Alaska Native communities for 14 projects that will harness their vast undeveloped solar, hydro and geothermal energy resources, reduce or stabilize energy costs, and increase energy security and resilience on tribal lands. This...
CASS LAKE-The Leech Lake Band Of Ojibwe has been announced as a grant recipient in the latest round of Indian Community Development Block Grant Program (ICDBG) awards. The ICDBG provides eligible grantees with direct grants for use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, primarily for low and moderate income persons. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will use their grant of $1.7 million dollars...
6th Annual Spring Powwow Presented by the American Indian Student Cultural Center held on Saturday, March 19, 2022. https://cla.umn.edu/undergraduate-students/news-events/events/24th-annual-spring-powwow Photographs by Eagle Eye Gerald Auginash...
Lady Warriors overpower Lake of the Woods at home 75-50; Red Lake's JV comes away with 62-41 win Parent Appreciation held for all Lady Warrior athletes...
Lady Warriors downed by Cass Lake-Bena 85-53 in Red Lake on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Red Lakes JV Lady Warriors struggle on offense in 60-27 loss to the Panthers JV....
Free Soup Giveaway for Redby Community Members for completing Red Lake Nation Community Survey Friday, March 25, 2022 - 11 AM until gone Also, enter Street Name Contest...
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that it is working with states to formally designate the Department-operated post-secondary Tribal institutions – Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in New Mexico – as voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act. This designation will facilitate voter registration opportunities for enrolled students and members of the community. The announcement follows the release of the White House’s Native...
WASHINGTON, DC (March 24, 2022) – Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., of Rochester, Minn., has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 55th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for designing the replacement of the Baudette/Rainy River International Bridge in Baudette, Minn. Completed in October 2021, the new 1,350-foot-long, five-span haunched continuous steel girder structure is located immediately upstream of the existing bridge. The structure inc...
Denver, Colo., March 24, 2022—The American Indian College Fund will honor 35 Tribal College and University Students of the Year, 46 Coca Cola First Generation Scholars, and its 2021-22 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year at a virtual ceremony April 4 from 6-7:30 p.m. M.D.T. Honorees and their guests can register in advance for the virtual ceremony at https://meetingtomorrow.com/webcast/2022CokeSOYCeremony. The Adolph Coors Foundation sponsors scholarships for Tribal College and University Students of the Year with the American I...
Okmulgee, Okla.—Today the College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN) will showcase its Mvskoke language certification program at the TCU Native Languages Conference. Tribal colleges and universities from across the country will convene virtually to discuss practical solutions to strengthen Native languages and learn from successful programs like those at CMN. “We are proud of our instructors and staff who have developed a leading program among tribal colleges and universities,” said College of the Muscogee Nation President Dr. Monte Randall. “Languag...
