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RED LAKE - Red Lake Department of Natural Resources put on a Natural Resources Fair on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club. The event allowed the public to come out and meet the DNR from 10 AM to 2 PM, where they provided food, fun and all sorts of information about what they do on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Outside they had some of the equipment they used, including high tech watercraft, forestry equipment and hazardous waste disposal equipment. Inside they...
RED LAKE - Red Lake Department of Natural Resources put on a Natural Resources Fair on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club. The event allowed the public to come out and meet the DNR from 10 AM to 2 PM, where they provided food, fun and all sorts of information about what they do on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Outside they had some of the equipment they used, including high tech watercraft, forestry equipment and hazardous waste disposal equipment. Inside they...
Beltrami Electric will be hosting a Cold Weather Expo on Wednesday, November 5 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm in the Cooperative Community Room. Members of the co-op will be able to receive clarification about the Cold Weather Law, along with being provided information about energy conservation and available rebates, viewing demos of member tools available online and guidance on off-peak heating options. Beltrami Electric employees will be on hand to answer any questions. In addition, r...
The Red Lake Political Education Committee (RLPEC), a tribal non-profit, and non-partisan organization, hosted a Candidate Fair & Breakfast on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to about noon. The Fair was held at the Red Lake Seven Clans Casino and Event Center. All candidates for local and statewide office (Senate District 2 and Beltrami County) who would represent the Red Lake Indian Reservation participated in the event in addition to candidates for Red Lake School Board. The...
A thousand miles west of their home turf, the Washington Redskins will face a double dose of hostility in Minnesota Sunday. Washington will play the Minnesota Vikings to the roar of a crowd inside TCF Bank Stadium, even as a chorus of speakers outside denounce their team name as a racial slur. Organizers expect thousands of protesters to turn out in what they hope will be the biggest demonstration ever against the Redskins name. It will be the fourth large local protest against the use of Indian...
The Red Lake Political Education Committee (RLPEC), a tribal non-profit, and non-partisan organization, hosted a Candidate Fair & Breakfast on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to about noon. The Fair was held at the Red Lake Seven Clans Casino and Event Center. All candidates for local and statewide office (Senate District 2 and Beltrami County) who would represent the Red Lake Indian Reservation participated in the event in addition to candidates for Red Lake School Board. The...
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....
It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...
It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...
The Red Lake Nation held its 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 2014, in Red Lake. This event featured basketball tournaments, skate board competitions, volleyball tournaments, a tug-of-war competition, potato dance, face painting, big foot races, musical chairms, cake walk, gunny sack races, a dunk tank, tricycle races and more. A feast also took place in the afternoon. It was well attended and a lot of fun for both kids and adults....
The Red Lake Nation held its 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 2014, in Red Lake. This event featured basketball tournaments, skate board competitions, volleyball tournaments, a tug-of-war competition, potato dance, face painting, big foot races, musical chairms, cake walk, gunny sack races, a dunk tank, tricycle races and more. A feast also took place in the afternoon. It was well attended and a lot of fun for both kids and adults....
Patients, family members, and supporters to announce which candidates have signed a statement in support of expanding the law at a new conference Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the State Office Building ST. PAUL — Seriously ill Minnesotans who have been denied access to the state’s limited medical marijuana program are calling on gubernatorial candidates to publicly state whether they support expanding the state’s medical marijuana law. A group of patients, family members, and advocates will announce which candidates have signed the statement at a...
In Association with Amnesty International - A Campaign to End Sexual Assaults and Discrimination of Native American Women WASHINGTON, D.C. – In honor of Native American Heritage Month, photographer, Dana Gluckstein, in association with Amnesty International, announce the U.S. tour of DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition, an award-winning photography exhibition, honoring Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Photographs from the exhibition will be shared on social media throughout the month of November in advance of the exhibition opening at Boston U...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sanford Research’s Amy Elliott, Ph.D., and Jyoti Angal have a secured more than $1.7 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health to study methods to reduce infant deaths in American Indian communities. The project, “CBPR Initiative in Reducing Infant Mortality in American Indian Communities,” received a five-year award under the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. According to the South Dakota Department of Health, infant mortality rates among American...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Gold Rush brought prosperity to many of the estimated 300,000 prospectors who flocked to California between 1848 and 1855. For a large majority of California Indians, however, the Gold Rush was lethal. An all-day conference at UC Riverside on Friday, Nov. 7, will address what a growing number of scholars have come to regard as the genocide of California Indians. The symposium, "Killing California Indians: Genocide in the Gold Rush Era," will bring together historians a...
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Minnesota Seventh District Congressman Collin C. Peterson today announced the National 4-H Council has awarded $215,000 to University of Minnesota Extension in support of the 4-H National Mentoring Program. The grant is part of the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's national effort to strengthen, expand and implement youth mentoring activities to improve the lives of millions of young Americans. "Growing up in rural Minnesota, I had the opportunity to take part in local 4-H...
THACKERVILLE, Okla. – Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby and the state of Oklahoma’s top executives in the department of transportation officially cut the ribbon Tuesday opening Exit 3 ramps designed to smooth traffic flowing into and out of the area around WinStar World Casino. Gov. Anoatubby was joined by Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Gary Ridley, Oklahoma Department of Transportation Director Mike Patterson and other officials to open a new entrance and exit ramp to Interstate 35. Gov. Anoatubby said that all area residents wil...
Oct. 29, 2014 — On Wednesday, Nov. 5, over 1,200 students from 15 different high schools will have the chance to explore future career options with 50 businesses when Bemidji State University hosts the inaugural Northern AdventEdge Career Expo. Businesses will be available to promote career opportunities through hands-on interactive exhibits. Made possible by BSU, Northwest Technical College and the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, the expo is an educational activity designed for high school students who are beginning to explore career paths r...
CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST -- Taking down a tree in logging country is nothing out of the ordinary. But this is no ordinary tree....
Lorval Jerome Hopkins January 6, 1935 - Sunday, October 26, 2014 Lorval Jerome Hopkins, also known as "Uncle Jeddah" age 79, of Sisseton, South Dakota Journeyed to the Spirit World on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Tekawitha Nursing Home in Sisseton, South Dakota. He was born on January 6, 1935 in Waubay, South Dakota the son of Melvin Hopkins and Sarah Bluedog. Lorval was formerly employed in construction and was also a farm hand. He liked to tell stories, play bingo, board games, shake dice,...
BEMIDJI -- Candidates running for office in Beltrami County's government debated Wednesday for the final time in 2014 during two forums....
LONGMONT, Colorado (Oct. 29, 2014) – Financial fraud has been far too common in Native American communities, and it is a growing problem with the recent increase in tribal lawsuit-settlement payments. First Nations Development Institute (*First Nations* [ http://www.firstnations.org ]) has partnered with the *FINRA Investor Education Foundation* [ http://www.finrafoundation.org/ ] to produce a pamphlet that can help people protect themselves from common financial fraud techniques. Over the past five years more than $1 billion in tribal trust s...
This sixteen hour course is designed to prepare the prospective engineer to execute his/her job more safely and efficiently and to prepare him/her to take the Minnesota State Boiler Engineers Exam for a Special Engineers License. This course utilizes lecture, audio and visual training methods and tour of a facility. Please contact: Malissia Jones at Northwest Indian OIC for more information, P: 218-759-2022, F: 218-759-0090, or email: malissia.jones@nwioic.org...
Oshkiimaajitahdah in Redby Lunch will be provided Community Members Welcome Miigwech! Giga-waabamigoom! If you have questions or would like more information please contact Committee Coordinator Liz White at 679-1897...
