Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Sorted by date Results 26 - 43 of 43
Some 1.6 million Minnesotans lack easy access to healthy food, according to a new study by a coalition of economic and health leaders who hope it will motivate the 2016 Legislature to approve funding for mobile grocery stores and other fixes. Minnesota ranks seventh-worst in the nation for the share of residents — about one-third of its population — with no grocery options close to their homes, according to a report released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Wilder Research. http://www.startribune.com/...
Bearing the scars of having a glass mug shattered across her face, Asma Jama looked out at an audience of 200 people and again told her story: How she was attacked in a Coon Rapids restaurant by a patron who flew into a rage because she spoke a foreign language. The attack, she said, was unlike anything she has encountered during 15 years living in Minnesota. Now she fears being targeted each time she steps outside. “This time it’s not going to be a beer mug,” Jama said. “This time it’s going to end my life.” http://www.star...
A parents' group sued the Stillwater school district Wednesday, alleging that the planned closings of three elementary schools are illegal and accusing two district officials of financial conflicts of interest. The suit by 834 Voice, filed in Washington County District Court, also alleges violations of Minnesota's open meetings, bond and election laws. Opponents of a March 3 school board vote to close the schools presented "unrebutted evidence" beforehand that closings would diminish property values and cause "substantial hardships" to...
Minnesota has one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the nation, according to CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report. The state’s foreclosure inventory rate, which represents the number of homes at some stage in the foreclosure process, was just 0.4 percent in February. Minnesota was tied with several other states for the second-lowest rate, including Arizona, Colorado and Utah. Alaska had the lowest rate at 0.3 percent. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-foreclosure-rate-is-now-one-of-the-nation-s-lowest/375612141/...
Minnesota would spend more on aid for cash-strapped cities and counties, on new equity proposals and installing high-speed Internet in rural areas under a new proposal by Senate DFLers. Senate leaders presented their plan Wednesday, laying out spending priorities largely in line with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton but starkly different from Republicans who control the House. http://www.startribune.com/senate-dfl-outlines-789-million-supplemental-budget-proposal/375567911/...
A youth leader in a Manitoba First Nation is saddened and dismayed to hear that an Ontario First Nation is dealing with a crisis of suicide attempts among youth - similar to what young people in his home community experienced just recently. "I was shocked," said Mervin McLeod from Pimicikamak in northern Manitoba, referring to the state of emergency declared in Attawapiskat in northern Ontario. "I heard this while I was at the candle light vigil on Sunday. I was just shocked and in disbelief." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/m...
A Shawnee man who pleaded guilty to embezzling from an Indian tribe apologized Wednesday before an Oklahoma City federal judge ordered him to pay back $181,763 in restitution. "I am sorry. I am paying the money back because it wasn't mine to have," Thomas Bierd said during his sentencing. "All of this has been crazy. I've gone to counseling to deal with the shame and guilt. I can't change what happened but ... this isn't Tom Bierd." http://newsok.com/article/5491492...
MUSKOGEE -A Durant woman was sentenced to federal prison for embezzling more than a half a million dollars over a six-year period from the Choctaw Nation, The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma said Wednesday. Forty-five-year-old Carma Lynn Elliott was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release for embezzling from an Indian tribal organization. She pleaded guilty to the crime in October. http://durantdemocrat.com/news/local-news-1/4392/convicted-choctaw-embe...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has issued a subpoena to force the Environmental Protection Agency to testify at a field hearing on a Colorado mine spill that fouled rivers in the West last summer. Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming and Democrat Jon Tester of Montana approved the subpoena on Wednesday. The document orders EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy or assistant administrator Mathy Stanislaus to testify at the April 22 hearing in Phoenix. www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/senate-indian-affairs-panel...
DILKON, Ariz. (AP) — A former Navajo Nation lawmaker who pleaded guilty to misusing tribal funds has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution. Young Jeff Tom Sr. was sentenced Wednesday. He was the first of more than a dozen former and current lawmakers to be sentenced in criminal cases stemming from a yearslong investigation into the Tribal Council's use of discretionary funds. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-Navajo-lawmaker-to-be-sentenced-in-tribal-7245266.php...
A member of the St. Regis Mohawk Indian tribe is accused of illegally transporting untaxed cigarettes to a Seneca Nation distributor. Ian Tarbell, 43, was arrested in the Town of Pembroke in February after a search of his U-Haul truck by Genesee County Sheriff’s deputies resulted in the seizure of 900,000 unpackaged cigarettes. Tarbell’s case was moved from state court to federal court, where he appeared Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer. http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/federal-court/member-of-s...
Voters with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs rejected proposed amendments to their tribal Constitution on Tuesday. All 15 of the proposed amendments failed in the secretarial election. Some amendments would have changed the organization of tribal leadership, including how council members are elected and paid. Others would have eliminated lifetime council appointments for tribal chiefs, and lowered the voting age for tribal members from 21 to 18. http://www.opb.org/news/article/warm-springs-voters-no-constitutional-ame...
WINNEBAGO, Nebraska | A proposed change to Winnebago tribal enrollment could shift the future makeup of the northeast Nebraska tribe. The tribe's current blood quantum law, or required minimum of Native American ancestry, calls for enrolled members to be at least one-fourth Indian. However, the rule doesn't specify a minimum amount of Winnebago lineage. http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/winnebago-tribe-seeks-change-to-blood-quantum-requirement/article_46265cb7-e199-554d-b61c-123aa6724c80.html...
An Alberta group that works to fight human trafficking says there has been a "massive increase" in the number of cases reported and frontline healthcare workers could be key in identifying victims. Andrea Burkhart is the executive director at ACT Alberta. She says in the eight years the organization has existed, the number of cases reported have exploded. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/human-trafficking-cases-reported-massive-1.3534997...
TUCSON, Ariz. - As first seen live on 12 News, a 72-year-old Tucson woman who survived nine days lost in the Arizona wilderness shared her survival story. Ann Rodgers says she was on the way to visit her grandchildren in Phoenix when she ran out of gas and got disoriented. http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/missing-72-year-old-woman-survives-9-days-in-arizona-wilderness/130863738...
A federal judge denied a request from prosecutors to conduct a competency exam on a teenage suspect in a double slaying on Montana's Crow reservation. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters denied the request involving Jesus Deniz Mendoza in an order issued Tuesday. The order was sealed by the court, leaving the rationale for the judge's decision unknown. http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/judge-denies-competency-exam-in-pryor-double-slaying/article_74220321-0051-5018-9f77-f6f233d58ff5.html...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the prison sentence of a former Chippewa Cree tribal chairman. Bruce Sunchild was sentenced last year to 34 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to theft, accepting a bribe and income tax evasion. Sunchild sought a lighter sentence, saying the prison term imposed was unreasonable and he was a minor player in the crimes. http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Appeals-court-upholds-ex-tribal-leader-s-prison-7246674.php...
LOWELL (CBS) — Police said a Lowell man they claim took off with a baby before the Department of Children and Families could take custody of her is cooperating with officers looking for the child. Police said Calvin Sulzle, 24, is not under arrest or facing any charges after he was found getting off a flight at Logan Airport around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday morning. They believe he took his 10-month-old daughter, Summer Monteiro-Bravehawk, to stay with family in Colorado. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/04/13/lowell-father-child-f...
