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Four people were wounded by gunfire in separate shootings in Minneapolis on Wednesday, bringing the number of gunshot victims in the city this year to more than 60. The shootings come as the city experiences a surge in violence. Police statistics show that 59 people were shot in the city — 47 of them in north Minneapolis — from the beginning of the year to March 28, the last date for which reliable data were available. http://www.startribune.com/4-shot-across-minneapolis-on-wednesday-continuing-violent-surge/374208011/...
The civil case involving a St. Paul teacher assaulted by a Central High student in December has surfaced in a new venue and with a new claim by the district that his injuries were due in part to his own negligence -- and not the school district's. The St. Paul Public Schools argues in its response to a complaint filed against the district by teacher John Ekblad that he was careless and negligent, and knowingly took on the risk of injury when he intervened in a fight between students during a cafeteria melee on Dec. 4. http:/...
Farmers hauled in a record amount of corn and other crops last year, but declining prices hurt the pocketbook, with average farm incomes hitting a 20-year low in inflation-adjusted dollars. It was a tough year for both crop farms and livestock producers, according to a report released Thursday by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and University of Minnesota Extension. Overall, median net farm income was $27,078 in 2015, down 37 percent from 2014. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-farm-incomes-take-a-hit/374190151/...
Minnesota legislators are edging closer to switching the state to a presidential primary for the 2020 election, a rare flash of bipartisan accord during a session marked by sometimes deep divides. It would be the first time since the days of Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush that Minnesotans could vote in a primary — rather than a caucus — to select the candidate they want to represent their party in the presidential race. http://www.startribune.com/legislature-considering-move-to-presidential-primary-system/374147591/...
Topeka — Three former Kickapoo Tribe leaders have been charged in tribal court with misusing federal dollars. Former tribal council chairman Steve Cadue, tribal treasurer Bobbi Darnell and secretary Adolph Cadue Jr. also were charged Monday in the Kickapoo court in Horton with fraudulent handling of recordable instruments and tampering with records. None of them had listed numbers. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/mar/30/former-kickapoo-tribal-leaders-charged-misusing-fe/...
FORT YATES, N.D. - Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes are protesting the planned $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline to carry oil from western North Dakota's Bakken oil fields to Illinois. Tribal officials are planning a protest ride Friday across the Standing Rock Reservation, which straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border. They also will establish a "spirit camp" near the Cannonball River, modeled after one occupied for months by residents of South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation to protest the proposed Keystone XL...
PINE RIDGE –– The light freezing rain didn’t deter the 30-plus walkers and riders from participating in the Mothers Against Meth Alliance (M.A.M.A.) Walk & Rally held last Friday, March 25 in Pine Ridge. “This event is to bring awareness to our reservation that meth is here and we will do whatever it takes to get rid of it and the dealers preying on our people,” stated M.A.M.A. founding director Julie Richards. http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/020866.asp...
On Monday, ICTMN reported that Dictionary.com, the world's leading digital dictionary, defines “powwow” as an event where Native Americans practice “magic.” Since then, Native Americans and others have taken to social media to express their disapproval over the antiquated definition. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/03/30/breaking-dictionarycom-agrees-drop-magic-powwow-definition-163973...
The leader of the Bureau of Indian Education hired a romantic partner and intervened to help a relative land a job at the beleaguered agency, according to a scathing report released on Wednesday. Charles “Monty” Roessel, a member of the Navajo Nation, started serving as acting director of the BIE in February 2013 and was officially named the director in December of that year. By then, he already brought his romantic interest on board and within a few months of his permanent appointment, he hired her as a program analyst in Washington, D.C...
More aboriginal women across Quebec are speaking out about what they say is physical and sexual abuse at the hands of provincial police officers. The women — who hail from places such as Schefferville and Maniwaki — say they wanted to share their own experiences after Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête aired a story in November about aboriginal women in Val-d'Or alleging they were sexually assaulted by Sûreté du Québec officers over a period of two decades. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-police-abori...
State officials asked the Blaine County attorney not to file charges against Fort Belknap tribal members for the detention of a state game warden in 2014, even though the investigation found grounds for prosecution. The decision has prompted concerns among some county residents and officials about the message such a move makes. http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/prosecution-of-tribal-officials-killed-to-ensure-diplomatic-agreement/article_4548b37a-5c47-55d3-a847-49116233c73f.html...
Teams Vie for Bragging rights as One of the Best Basketball Teams in Indian Country DENVER— The six-court basketball arena stands empty now. The freshly swept hardwood floors reflect the florescent lighting and the only echoes are from the traffic outside. But like bees to a hive, a swarm of students and their families will buzz throughout the building for one of the biggest Native youth basketball tournaments in the country. More than 1,000 high and middle school students will descend at the Gold Crown Foundation Field House April 1-3 for t...
Nine members of the same family, including three children, died in a fire on a remote Indian reservation in central Canada, authorities said Wednesday. The first broke out on Tuesday night in a home in northwest Ontario's Pikangikum 14 Reserve, which is home to roughly 2,100 people. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/03/30/canadian-indians-die-in-fire/...
A former finance director of the Pit River Tribe was arrested on Wednesday in Arizona on charges of tax evasion, failure to file income taxes, embezzlement and theft from a tribal organization, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced in a news release. Kenley Black, 41, was arrested at his home in Ft. Defiance, Arizona, where he had moved to after leaving his job as the finance director for the tribe in 2013. He's not a member of the tribe. http://www.redding.com/news/crime/Former-finance-director-of-Pit-River-Tribe-indic...
GREAT FALLS (AP) – A Billings contractor and a member of the Chippewa Cree tribal business committee face federal charges related to the purchase of an overpriced and unneeded asphalt plant by the tribe's construction company. Kevin David McGovern and tribal member Brian Kelly Eagleman are charged with conspiracy and scheme to defraud the Chippewa Cree Tribe, theft from an Indian tribal organization and bribery. Both pleaded not guilty Tuesday during their arraignments in U.S. District Court in Great Falls. Both men were appointed public d...
A former Auburn man who spent 16 years in prison for murdering a Clallam County couple in 1991 is heading back to the pen for raping a 7-year old girl. A King County Superior Court Judge last week sentenced 44-year-old Leslie Guy Wilson to 26½ years in prison. Owing to the heinous nature of the crime, however, the penal system could hold him indefinitely. Wilson claimed the girl had wrongly accused him. http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/374016511.html...
The Walleye Ice Fishing Season has been closed, effective immediately. The Red Lake Fisheries will only be accepting fish today. Ice conditions have become dangerous with warming temperatures and recent rain. High winds are forecasted for the next few days, which will shift the ice sheet, making it more dangerous. Walleye fishing will open again on May 7, 2016....
