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We are excited to announce that Red Lake Nation's Ombimindwaa Gidanawemaaganinaadog Intergenerational Family Wellness Program was awarded a 4-year grant for $1.5 from the National Quality Improvement Center on Family Reunification (QIC-R) on March 23, 2022. The Red Lake QIC-R project, named Da'Ganamwendamoog - If they (our relatives) need to be taken care of, it will happen will employ approaches consistent with the Red Lake Ombimindwaa Gidanawemaaganinaadog Practice Model that supports program...
Keith W. Neadeau April 4, 1959 ~ April 6, 2022 (age 63) Keith W. Neadeau, Gichi-ininiins "Little Big Man", Bear Clan, age 63, of Red Lake, MN, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Keith Wendell Neadeau, Sr., was born on April 4, 1959, in Red Lake, MN. He was born one of six children to Judith Neadeau and Elmer Thompson, Sr. At the age of five, they moved from Red Lake to Minneapolis, MN, where Keith attended school. When he was 16, he met the love of his life, Pennie, while working at Fairvi...
Arlyn Dale Thomas November 11, 1965 ~ April 4, 2022 (age 56) Arlyn Dale Thomas "Ma-Chaak" (Big Person) of the Muckwa Clan, age 56, passed way on Monday, April 4, 2022. Arlyn was born November 11, 1965, in Red Lake, Minnesota, to Peter Charles and Beverly Jean (Thomas) Black. He attended Ponemah Elementary School and Red Lake High School. He lived most of his life in Ponemah and worked as a truck driver out of St. Paul and also worked in logging and fishing. Arlyn was the father of a daughter...
Clayton Erling Oothoudt, Jr. November 9, 1944 ~ April 8, 2022 (age 77) Clayton "Punk" Erling Oothoudt, Jr., age 77, of Onigum, Minnesota went home on Friday, April 8th, 2022, from the Red Lake IHS Hospital in Red Lake, MN. Punk was born in Cass Lake, MN on November 9th, 1944, to Elizabeth (Bebeau) and Clayton Oothoudt, Sr. Punk was an all-around amazing man with a very big heart, who was loved by everyone he met. He was always willing to help people when needed, never held a grudge and was a ver...
Rosemary Mountain October 31, 1936 - April 6, 2022 Rosemary Mountain, age 85, of Minneapolis Journeyed to the Spirit World on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. She was born on October 31, 1936 in Red Lake the daughter of George Yellow & Martha Beaulieu. She was formerly employed in laundry at Ebenezer. Rosemary enjoyed her children and grandchildren. Survived by her sons: Adrian Yellow, Kevin Fritzgerald, Glen Mountain, Leander Mountain and Warren Mountain; daughters: Wilma Mountain, Jean Mountain and...
Kacie Elizabeth Garbow March 17, 1986 - April 8, 2022 Biidaanakwadookwe, Kacie Garbow, age 36, of Onamia, MN, died on April 8, 2022. Visitation will begin at 6 PM on Sunday, April 10, 2022, at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Monday, April 11, 2022, at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation with Nazhike officiating. Arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral Chapel of...
Jarett Lee Longie August 9, 1973 - April 7, 2022 Jarett Lee Longie, 48 of Fort Totten ND passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Services for Jarett will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 beginning with a procession to the Tekakwitha Center in St. Michael, ND at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, leaving from City Plaza in Devils Lake. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon. From 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. there will be sharing of...
Eric Strong February 18, 1973 - April 9, 2022 Eric Strong, 49, of Nett Lake, MN passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Eric was born in Virginia, MN to Lewis Strong Jr. and Wendy Morrison on February 18, 1973. Eric was united in marriage to Shelly Villebrun in November of 1996. He went to St. Cloud State for 3 years and then attended the BIA Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell, New Mexico, where he became a conservation officer; and was involved in the recovery of shuttle pieces for NASA. He was...
Lindsey Port struggles some days to grip her pen or firmly shake hands, something she has to do a lot in her job as a Minnesota state senator. She takes her longer meetings sitting down or over Zoom. Her sneakers are no longer a fashion statement but a necessity to deal with recurring numbness and tingling in her toes and feet. Sometimes, that feeling spreads to part of her leg, forcing her to walk with a cane. COVID-19 has transformed the life of the 39-year-old DFL legislator and mother of...
KYIV, Ukraine - As Ukrainian forces dug in on Sunday, Russia lined up more firepower and tapped a decorated general to take centralized control of the war ahead of a potentially decisive showdown in eastern Ukraine that could start within days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday in his nightly address to the nation that the coming week would be as crucial as any in the war, saying "Russian troops will move to even larger operations in the east of our state." He also accused...
Movies that imagine an asteroid or comet catastrophically colliding with Earth always feature a key scene: a solitary astronomer spots the errant space chunk hurtling toward us, prompting panic and a growing feeling of existential dread as the researcher tells the wider world. On March 11, life began to imitate art. That evening, at the Konkoly Observatory's Piszkésteto Mountain Station near Budapest, Krisztián Sárneczky was looking to the stars. Unsatisfied with discovering 63 near-Earth as...
PHOENIX - Karla Finocchio's slide into homelessness began when she split with her partner of 18 years and temporarily moved in with a cousin. The 55-year-old planned to use her $800-a-month disability check to get an apartment after back surgery. But she soon was sleeping in her old pickup protected by her German Shepherd mix Scrappy, unable to afford housing in Phoenix, where median monthly rents soared 33% during the coronavirus pandemic to over $1,220 for a one-bedroom, according to...
BEMIDJI - In a dimmed room filled with community members and government officials, a presentation was given on Thursday that took a project three years in the making one step closer to reality. The presentation, held April 7 at the Northwest Indian Community Development Center in Bemidji, marked the completion of the first part of a feasibility study on a project called the Healing House. The proposed center would provide space and assistance for Indigenous women who have experienced different...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to "make some sacrifices for the good of the people." Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St. Peter's Square for the first time since the pandemic, Pope Francis called for "weapons to be laid down to begin an Easter truce, not to reload weapons and resume fighting, no! A truce to reach peace through real negotiations." Francis did not refer directly to Russia's i...
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, April 9 (Reuters) - A small group of protesters gathered Saturday outside a sheriff's office in southwestern Texas where a 26-year-old woman was reportedly charged with murder after performing what they said was a "self-induced abortion." Lizelle Herrera was arrested on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriff's Office with bond set at $500,000, according to Valley Central.com. According to a sheriff's office spokesperson, Herrera was arrested after it was learned she...
Minnesota got nearly $73 billion in federal aid during the coronavirus pandemic — roughly $12,800 for each of the state’s more than 5.7 million residents. It’s easily the largest influx of federal cash in state history. For many who were unable to work during long stretches of the pandemic, it was a lifeline. The vast majority of the money that came to Minnesota, more than $52 billion, was economic assistance in the form of stimulus payments, enhanced unemployment benefits or aid to businesses. https://www.twincities.com/202...
DULUTH — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho spoke with Duluth area housing directors Thursday about investments in supportive and culturally appropriate housing as part of a proposed $1 billion budget for housing and homelessness. Flanagan said across the state, the three biggest needs raised by communities are housing, child care and public safety. With the significant budget surplus seen this year, she said there is no reason not to invest in the critical need for housing and shelters for people e...
COVID-19 treatments are now widely available and can be accessed at many pharmacies, clinics and health systems across the state. These treatments can help prevent severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, especially when taken early. Not everyone who tests positive for COVID-19 needs to take medication. People who are at higher risk for severe illness are most likely to benefit from treatment, even if they have mild symptoms. People can be high risk for many reasons. Some of the most common risk factors are: being age 65 and...
WASHINGTON — The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture will invest $2.8 billion in fiscal year 2023 to address critical deferred maintenance projects and improve transportation and recreation infrastructure in national parks, national wildlife refuges and recreation areas, and at Bureau of Indian Education schools. The proposed allocations, authorized by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), will fund projects, grants and programs that support local economies and voluntary national conservation efforts in every U.S. state. GAOA e...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation urges motorists to use caution while traveling east on Highway 2 from Marcoux to Erskine. Beginning Monday, April 19, crews will be installing rumble strips on the right lane shoulder in the eastbound lanes. Traffic will be reduced to one lane. The work is expected to be complete within two weeks. For real-time traffic and travel information in Minnesota, visit www.511mn.org, call 5-1-1 or log on to www.mndot.gov....
MAHNOMEN, M.N. (Valley News Live) - Justice, change and answers are what one Mahnomen mother is asking for tonight as she says three of her children are the victims in an alleged sex abuse case at a foster care home. 23-year-old Wyatt Clark is charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after court documents state Clark admitted he couldn't control his urges with the children, and stated the abuse went on for more than two years. "I want justice for my babies," Jackie...
Washington state will set up the nation's first statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people, under a law signed March 31 by Gov. Jay Inslee. But two things have caused some advocates to question how effective the law will be: It will be voluntary for law-enforcement agencies to issue alerts for people reported missing, and because some Indigenous communities lack Internet access and roadside infrastructure such as electronic highway signs, it will be difficult for people there to...
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The University of Kansas's First Nations Student Association (FNSA) hosted its 33rd annual powwow and 5th annual Indigenous Cultures Festival at the University's Lied Center on Saturday, April 9 to a crowd that numbered in the thousands. The powwow featured more than 100 registered dancers, the Haskell Color Guard, and several drum groups including Southern Boyz (Lawton, Okla.) as the host drum, Motown Singers (Red Lake, Minn.) as invited drum, Moose Hill and Jesse St. John,...
When covid-19 vaccines first became available, Native Americans acted swiftly and with determination to get their shots - as though they had everything to lose. Covid hospitalization and death rates for American Indians and Alaska Natives had skyrocketed past those of non-Hispanic whites. Leveraging established systems like the Indian Health Service and tribal organizations, Native Americans urgently administered vaccines. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed they...
Pope Francis made a public statement on April 1 to the delegations of Indigenous people who met with him last week to discuss personal experiences in residential schools or their harmful legacies. His statement included the words “I am very sorry,” and is being reported as an apology for residential schools. As a white settler theologian, it is not for me to say what the apology means to those to whom it was addressed. But as a scholar who studies church apologies for historical wrongs, and their place in processes of reconciliation, I not...
