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Guadalupe "Lupe" Andrade Barraza July 15, 1947 - March 17, 2022 Guadalupe Andrade Barraza, "Lupe", age 64, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on March 17, 2022. He was born on July 15th 1957 to parents Magdaleno Barraza and Carlotta Andrade Olivas in Santa Barbara, Chihuahua. He moved to Minnesota where he started a life, married Karen Pottratz Andrade in 1985 in Wood Lake MN, had two children, son Roberto (Bobby) Andrade and daughter Rosita Andrade Davis. He graduated from Vo-Tech in...
PONEMAH, MN - At about 10:30 AM on Monday, April 4, 2022, a Ground Breaking Ceremony was held at the site of the new O-Bah-Shiing Pow Wow Grounds in Ponemah. Speaking at the event was Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki, Sr., Tribal Secretary Sam Strong, Tribal Treasurer Annette Johnson, Ponemah Representative Gary Nelson and Hereditary Chief James Loud. Chairman Seki thanked President Biden and Congress for the funds Tribes received this year to help build the structure, which would be a...
The School Board of Red Lake Schools is conducting a search for a new superintendent. The School Board contracted with the Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA) to guide and provide assistance throughout the process. The School Board met on March 31, 2022 to plan the search. An important part of the search process is gathering stakeholder input for the Board to consider as it moves forward in selecting the new superintendent for Red Lake, and here are two ways you can engage in the search...
(Red Lake, March 25, 2022) - For the first time in two years, Red Lake Nation College (RLNC) President's Club of Excellence was able to take members to the AIHEC 2022 Legislative Summit, held March 14-18 in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the trip was to meet with Congressional delegations to represent and advocate for Tribal Colleges and Universities. "I was so proud of our RLNC students for representing our Tribe and college so well," said Chief Dan King, RLNC President and Hereditary Chief...
The Chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Darrell G. Seki, Sr. met with Bemidji Mayor Jorge Prince for a get acquainted dinner on February 15, 2022. Discussion items included a future joint meeting with both governmental bodies. The agenda would include, but not limited to, economic development and race/cultural relations. Mayor Prince informed Chairman Seki that Bemidji would be pleased to host as the city council is forbidden to meet as a council outside the city. Then a month...
WASHINGTON - Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney announced Monday night they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden's nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring she'll become the first Black female justice. The senators from Alaska and Utah announced their decisions ahead of a procedural vote to advance the nomination and as Democrats pressed to confirm Jackson by the end of the week. GOP...
Peggy Bellecourt, a leader of the American Indian Movement for Indigenous civil rights, died March 16 after having health issues for years. She was 78. Bellecourt co-founded the movement in 1968 with a small group that included her husband, Clyde Bellecourt, who died of cancer Jan. 11 at age 85. The two were married for 56 years. "When I think back on my life with Peggy Sue Holmes," Clyde Bellecourt wrote in his 2016 autobiography dedicated to his wife, "it is really inseparable from the...
Fatal heart attacks linked to COVID-19 declined in hospitals over the past two years, and vaccines played a key role, the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation reported Monday. The finding builds the case for COVID-19 vaccination, albeit at a time of diminishing pandemic activity and risk in Minnesota. The state on Monday reported five COVID-19 deaths and 473 coronavirus infections but only a 2.9% positivity rate in COVID-19 testing, which remains below Minnesota's 5% caution level. The Minneapolis-led research analyzed 586 heart attacks in...
Over Black Friday weekend last November, a group of Twin Cities thieves swiped thousands of dollars of goods from several Best Buys and a Dick's Sporting Goods store. Within days, an anonymous tipster pointed out social media clues for the brazen grab-and-dash heists to a team of Maplewood, Burnsville, and Blaine detectives. They later found a Facebook post believed to be written by one of the thieves declaring to be "the first certified booster with a LLC," a reference to limited liability...
BUCHA, Ukraine - Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called for further sanctions in response to the alleged atrocities, even as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the country's east. Germany's defense minister suggested the European Union discuss a ban on Russian gas imports, but more senior officials indicated an immediate boycott was not possible - a sign...
FARGO, N.D. - A North Dakota tribal nation on Monday officially assumed ownership of mineral rights under the Missouri River, snatching the title back from the state in a dispute that has gone on for more than two centuries. The interior solicitor in the Biden administration said in an opinion released in February that the mineral rights under the original Missouri River riverbed belong to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes. That reversed a May...
BEMIDJI, Minn. — A man accused in the beating death of a woman on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison. William Jones IV pleaded guilty last year to one count of second-degree murder for the 2019 killing at the victim's house in Ponemah, located on the north side of Lower Red Lake. Authorities say Jones, 24, repeatedly assaulted the woman by hitting her and throwing her against the wall. At one point the victim's head was struck and she suffered a brain injury. The woman remained in the house unconscious f...
Apr. 4—BEMIDJI — The Bemidji City Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance establishing new ward boundaries during its regular session on April 4. Originally brought before the council on March 7, The decision was made to table the discussion of redistricting for further consideration. https://news.yahoo.com/bemidji-city-council-hold-public-151800048.html...
Hodan Hassan lives in one of the most diverse areas in Minnesota. Her Minneapolis neighborhood includes East Africans, Native Americans, Black people, white people and people from other ethnic and racial backgrounds. Hassan immigrated from Somalia more than two decades ago. She's a mental health clinician and a self-described social justice advocate who also represents the area in the Minnesota House as a DFL state representative. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/04/04/fina...
Health officials are warning consumers not to eat raw oysters harvested from a specific bay in British Columbia, Canada, after linking norovirus illnesses to these oysters. The Minnesota Department of Health, Hennepin County Public Health, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are working with federal officials and public health agencies in other states and Canada to investigate norovirus illnesses associated with oysters harvested from Bay 14-8 in British Columbia. Twenty-nine Minnesotans have been sickened in this outbreak. They became...
SAINT PAUL, Minn., April 1, 2022 -- The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) today issued its annual Call for Funding Request from the Outdoor Heritage Fund. Approximately $100 million will be available for both metro and statewide grants to aid Minnesota habitat restoration, preservation and enhancement. Requests are due to the LSOHC Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 4 p.m. The funds for approved programs signed into law during the 2023 legislative session will be available Friday, July 1, 2023. Since the Outdoor Heritage Fund’s creation i...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It was a quick trip for U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland with stops to hike through desert scrub near the U.S.-Mexico border and to marvel at the jagged Organ Mountains before soaking in what life was like in one of the oldest settlements along a historic trade route. For Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, the time spent in West Texas and New Mexico over recent days helped to highlight the work being done to conserve parts of the borderlands. But it also marked an opportunity for Haaland — as head of the agency that has broad ove...
TMC -The Movement Continues and X-Factor, were the Men's and Women's Champions at the Red Lake Nation Warrior Challenge Basketball Tournament this weekend, which began on Friday, April 1st and ended on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022. In the Men's division, MWP-Midwest Posse took 2nd place, Plainzmen 3rd place and Lower Sioux 4th place. In the Women's division, Burning Feathers took 2nd place and Razor Sharp took 3rd place, VIDEO: https://youtu.be/gQqOezN2wNw VIDEO: https://youtu.be/TYt8XMppb1E...
The United States Indian Police Academy, Class 178, held their graduation ceremony on Friday, April 1, 2022, in Artesia, New Mexico, (See https://www.bia.gov/bia/ojs/indian-police-academy for more information. Graduating from the Red Lake Police Department were Arlene Redeagle, Felicia Barron, Delbert Lasley Jr., and Chase Gallenger. Photographs by members of their families....
Parent Teacher Conferences held on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Red Lake Elementary School...
Bemidji - Beltrami Electric Cooperative has selected Ashley Pirkl as the co-operative's 2022 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour representative. Pirkl is an 11th grader at Bemidji High School and is the daughter of William and Jennifer Pirkl of Bemidji. Pirkl will join other high school students representing their cooperatives on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., June 14-19, 2022. The annual Youth Tour is sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER RED LAKE NATION BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OPEN: March 31, 2022-Until filled. PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Red Lake Nation Boys & Girls Clubs provides a safe environment for youth to go to during out of school hours and beyond. The Boys and Girls Club provides structured programs for youth to engage in healthy activities and life choices. A Red Lake Nation Youth Shelter is expected to open the summer of 2022 to provide a temporary housing option for youth who are in...
Earlier this week, Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner Steve Grove and I hosted a roundtable at the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC) focused on tech training and the importance of introducing youth to this growing and high-wage earning industry. Youth from Black, brown, and Indigenous communities are one of the fastest growing segments of our workforce and will continue to be so over the coming decade. Providing technology training opportunities will...
MINNESOTA - Today, Alliance for a Better Minnesota Education Fund launched a campaign to educate Minnesotans about the impacts of corporate price gouging. The campaign includes a slate of informational billboards, radio ads, and digital ads that expose corporations for artificially inflating prices at the expense of Minnesotans. “While working families are paying more for goods and services, corporations are enjoying record-breaking profit margins and are still raising their prices,” said Marissa Luna, executive director of Alliance for a Bet...
Medweganoonind Library Now Open to the Public - Hours 9 AM - 5 PM - M-F Located inside Red Lake Nation College...
