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A major fish poaching scheme involving the buying and selling of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of walleyes netted from some of northern Minnesota’s most popular lakes has been busted, authorities said Wednesday. Ten men from northern Minnesota have been indicted for allegedly netting walleyes and other fish from lakes on the Red Lake and Leech Lake Indian reservations and selling them in violation of federal, state and tribal law. The illegal activity allegedly has occurred since...
MINNEAPOLIS – Federal prosecutors have filed indictments against 10 people accused with illegally poaching and marketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in walleye and other protected fish on the Red Lake and Leech Lake Indian reservations. The four indictments charge each of the men with one count of transportation, sale, and purchase of fish taken in violation of the Lacey Act, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the United States Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis. The Lacey Act, originally signed in 1900, is a conservation...
MINNEAPOLIS - Ten men have been indicted in federal court for allegedly poaching walleye and other protected fish from the Red Lake and Leech Lake reservations and selling them on the black market, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Authorities estimated the fair market value of the fish to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The charges outlined in four separate indictments date back to July 2009. The charges say some of the men took fish from Red Lake without approval of the Red Lake Fisheries Association and sold them...
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – A 38-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon after two men were shot, one fatally, earlier that day. Ronald Matthew Quiceno was arrested without incident Saturday at his Detroit Lakes residence and booked on probable cause of second-degree murder and other related charges. According to authorities, shortly after 1 a.m., Quiceno and the two victims argued at a residence in the Kountry Manner Mobile Home Court in Detroit Lakes. When asked to leave, Quiceno retrieved...
BEMIDJI – An act of civil disobedience over an oil pipeline on the Red Lake Indian Reservation ended with a moment of civility Wednesday. Angie Palacio, after being handcuffed to the front door of Enbridge Energy, 1129 Industrial Drive SE, removed the cuffs just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. She then walked, with wrists free, to a waiting Bemidji police car. “They had a point to make, and they have a right to protest,” said Sgt. Dave Hanson. Palacio, 35, of Bemidji was one of more than two...
The Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club celebrated National Boys and Girls Club Week beginning on Sunday, April 7, 2013 with a Mother/Daughter Craft Day and Potluck. On Monday, April 8, they held a carnival which began at 3 PM and was scheduled to continue to 7 PM. There were over 100 participants in the carnival, which featured an assortment of games for prizes, good food and beverages, face painting and other entertaining activities. National Boys and Girls Club Week continues on Tuesday at...
The Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club celebrated National Boys and Girls Club Week beginning on Sunday, April 7, 2013 with a Mother/Daughter Craft Day and Potluck. On Monday, April 8, they held a carnival which began at 3 PM and was scheduled to continue to 7 PM. There were over 100 participants in the carnival, which featured an assortment of games for prizes, good food and beverages, face painting and other entertaining activities. National Boys and Girls Club Week continues on Tuesday at...
Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club Celebrates National Boys and Girls Club Week - P11...
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From the Slide Show Presentation at the Third Annual Elder's Gathering - P12...
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April 10th, 2013 - The week of April 15-19th, 2013 is designated Minnesota Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management is announcing their participation in the campaign which is sponsored by the National Weather Service and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Division of Homeland Security Emergency Management. Each day of the week will feature a specific hazard or safety topic to allow our citizens a chance to familiarize...
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request for Indian Affairs, which includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), is $2.6 billion – a $31.3 million increase above the FY 2012 enacted level. The proposed budget maintains the President’s commitment to meeting the government’s responsibilities to the 566 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, while exercising fiscal responsibility and improving government operations and efficiency. “The...
Charlene Defoe was the winner of the Beaded Items raffled off by Steve Thunder. Thunder thanks everyone who helped and purchased tickets....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service backed down from its plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery because Congress barred it, officials said Wednesday....
Barbara Ann Day Saice (Niiyo gabow ikwe – Four Standing Women), 71 of Bemidji died Monday, April 8, 2013 at Sanford Fargo Medical Center. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 am Monday, April 15, 2013 at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Bemidji with Fr. Don Braukmann officiating. Visitation will be from 5-8 pm with a 6:00 pm prayer service on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at the Holy Cross...
National Boys & Girls Club Week - April 7-13, 2013 Scheduled Events at the Red Lake Boys & Girls Club...
Dates/Times: April 12- 7p.m.-9p.m. & April 13- 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Elks Lodge, 116 4th Street Bemidji, MN Cost for Weekend: $65.00 Registration Deadline: April 12th by noon! Contact Improvisation is a dance form based on the spontaneous play of two people sharing a point of physical contact. The workshop will explore the body's natural movement properties: gravity, structure, momentum and flow, with an emphasis on improvisational creativity and clarity of communication between dancers. Contact Improvisation enhances self-awareness as well...
It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that freely belongs to us all -- our food! They’re trying to patent away our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, forcing growers to pay them and risk being sued if they don’t. But we can stop them from buying up Mother Earth. Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to get away with this, so we...
CATOOSA - Members of the National Indian Child Welfare Association on Monday asked for a federal law to be left intact as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up a Nowata family's case next week....
Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou, a Parisian auction house that I’m sure perceives itself as catering to only the “best people,” is about to auction off cultural patrimony looted from the Hopi Nation. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/10/indian-holocaust-and-hopi-nation...
A group of Oklahoma tribes agreed to unite Monday in re- negotiations with the state regarding tribal tobacco sales agreements....
BISMARCK, N.D. - Since January, the Fort Berthold Coalition Against Violence has helped 47 new victims of abuse and violence and has dealt with 12 sexual assaults....