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Armella Ruth Charwood October 2, 1939 ~ April 14, 2021 (age 81) Armella Ruth Charwood, "Ogichidaakwe" of the Waabizheshii Clan, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at Sanford Neilson Place, Bemidji, Minnesota. Armella was born on October 2, 1939, in Red Lake, Minnesota, to William and Margaret (Stillday) Perkins. She grew up in Obaashing and attended school in Red Lake. In her younger years, she worked summers at Isle Royale near Grand Portage, MN and later became a Home Health Aid...
Mic BigBear October 23, 1959 ~ April 13, 2021 (age 61) Mic BigBear, age 61, started his spiritual journey from his home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on Tuesday, April 13th, 2021. He was born to Evelyn (TeJohn) King and George BigBear on October 23rd, 1959 in White Earth, Minnesota. Mic completed his G.E.D. and worked as a laborer. He enjoyed watching sports on television, especially the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings. He loved hanging out with his nephew Douglas. Mic was preceded in...
Minnesota public health officials talk with pride of the free statewide COVID-19 testing system they set up last year, but questions are mounting about the cost of the no-bid contract they negotiated and a key pricing amendment still in the works. The Minnesota Legislative Auditor's Office confirmed Friday that it has received multiple complaints about the rates billed to the state for COVID testing and is conducting "preliminary inquiries" into the issue, said Joel Alter, director of special...
An armed suspect jumped out of a moving vehicle he had stolen and ran onto a busy Burnsville highway, where he tried to steal another vehicle before police fatally shot him Sunday afternoon. The man ran in front of a moving SUV on Hwy. 13 near Interstate 35W, waving what appeared to be a gun at the driver, who drove across the median and into oncoming traffic to escape. No one was hurt. In a statement, Burnsville police said the suspect, believed to be a white male in his 20s, was taken to...
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Instead of playing amid 80-degree afternoon heat in Anaheim before jetting off to Oakland in time for Monday's series opener with the Athletics, the Twins saw hardly much sun at all. Maybe some muted rays from behind their hotel room windows, just a fraction of a perfect SoCal spring Sunday. After calling off two of the three games against Anaheim, MLB also postponed Monday's game at the Athletics while the Twins deal with COVID-19 issues on the team. There are four positive c...
KENOSHA, Wis. - Three people were killed and two were seriously wounded in a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday, sheriff's officials said. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said the suspect in the shooting at Somers House Tavern in Kenosha County is still at large, but that he believes the public is not in danger. "We believe our suspect knew who he was targeting," Beth said during a Sunday morning news conference. He asked that anyone with information about the...
The U.S. Justice Department made a "wrong and dangerous" argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist's claim that he defamed her when he denied her allegation of rape, her lawyers have told a court. During Trump's presidency, the Justice Department sought to make the United States, not him personally, the defendant in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit - a move that would put U.S. taxpayers on the hook if she got a payout in the case. The Justice...
CASS COUNTY -- A 34-year-old Cass Lake woman died on Friday, April 16, after her vehicle struck a tree in Wilkinson Township, according to a release from Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch. According to the release, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vehicle crash on 140th Street Northwest in Wilkinson Township near rural Cass Lake at 11:49 p.m. on April 16. Deputies and first responders arrived on the scene and located a 2010 Chevrolet Impala that had left the roadway and struck a tree. A 34-year-old female, of Cass Lake, w...
Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports that on April 16th 2021 at 11:49 PM, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vehicle crash on 140th ST NW in Wilkinson Township, rural Cass Lake, MN. Deputies and responders arrived on scene and located a single motor vehicle, a 2010 Chevrolet Impala, that had left the roadway striking a tree. An adult female, age 34, of Cass Lake MN was located ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene. The female was the only occupant of the vehicle. An autopsy is scheduled with the R...
Delwyn Holthusen III announced his commitment to United Tribes Technical College, UTTC, to continue his academic and basketball career last week....
[ST. PAUL, MN] – Today, as a part of the broader statewide ‘Roll Up Your Sleeves, MN’ campaign, Governor Tim Walz is highlighting the state’s outreach efforts focused on connecting manufacturing workers with the resources they need to get vaccinated. The ‘Roll Up Your Sleeves, MN’ campaign kicked off last week with food service industry employees and in the coming weeks, workers in other priority frontline sectors will be vaccinated at community vaccination sites. “Our strong-spirited manufacturing workers are the backbone of our economy and f...
On April 16, 2021, the Indian Health Service announced allocation decisions for $4.3 billion of the more than $6 billion in new resources appropriated to the IHS in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. The funding allocations include $251 million for urban Indian health – the most robust investment ever to provide health services to the over 70% of American Indians and Alaska Natives who reside in cities. The 41 Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) operating in 77 facilities have b...
• Today, the CDC and FDA recommended temporarily pausing further administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine out of an abundance of extreme caution. • The state is advising that providers follow the CDC/FDA recommendation to temporarily pause use of Johnson & Johnson at this time. o The recommendation comes after six people out of almost 7 million who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine experienced a very rare but severe type of blood clot after getting their shot. o All six cases occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48,...
As health officials continue to report more cases of travelers becoming infected with COVID-19 variants, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is urging people returning to Minnesota after travel – especially international travel – to self-quarantine and get tested for COVID-19 before resuming activity in the community. The latest example of COVID-19 variants coming home with Minnesotans after travel involves a series of four cases of the P.1 variant first detected in Brazil. Four Minnesotans tested positive for the P.1 variant after sta...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT COURT ADMINISTRATOR RED LAKE NATION TRIBAL COURTS OPEN: APRIL 19, 2021 CLOSING: MAY 7, 2021 @12:00 P.M. PRIMARY FUNCTION To ensure all elements of the court system function effectively and efficiently. Incumbent will have direct supervisory and management responsibility for administrative operations (programmatic and financial) with direct supervision over all Tribal Court staff and Alternative Court Staff; except for the Chief Judge and Associate Judges. Reports to...
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RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors hosted Clearbrook Gonvick on Friday, March 19, 2021, and although the Bears had some scoring runs, once the Lady Warriors got going, it was hard for them to gain any ground. Red Lake led at the half 37-23 and didn't let up, as they racked up 54-44 in the second, to take the win 01-67 and advance to the second round of Section 8A. For the Lady Warriors, TeAndra Pemberton-Kingbird led all scorers with 27 points, 8 of which were 3-pointers, Mimi Beaulieu...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors hosted E#6 Fosston Greyhounds on Thursday, March 18, 2021, drew first blood, and hung on to their lead right up to the end. Red Lake led 28-22 at the half and went on to win 60-45, although at one point in the second half Fosston came to within 5-points. Aaron Chaboyea and Gerald Kingbird Jr. led the Warriors with each 13 points, while Delwyn Holthusen Jr. added 12. Logan Hemberger led Fosston with 15, while Aaron Norland scored 13. Red Lake will travel to...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors, coming off their overtime loss to Cass Lake on Thursday, 68-65, had no trouble taking care of business on Saturday, March 13, 2021, as they took a 58-24 halftime lead and cruised to the 103-64 win. Delwyn Holthusen led Red Lake with 24 points and also scored his 2000th career point, Aaron Chaboyea added 17, Gerald Kingbird Jr. hit 16 and Josh Graves put in 12. Adam Smith led WHA with 17 points, Kenseth Taylor added 16 and Carson Strosahl and Chrisen Moe...
RED LAKE, MN - In their last meeting with Kelliher-Northome in Kelliher on February 25th, the Red Lake Lady Warriors lost to the Mustangs 75-58 in a game some called poorly officiated, and it was a game Kelanna McClain was not playing in due to an earlier injury. .In fact, the Lady Warriors were 5-0 until McClain was injured. They ended up losing three of their last four games. It was a little different as the Mustangs came to Red Lake, at least in the second half of play. The first half saw Red...
OKMULGEE, Okla. - For Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizens unable to make the trip to urban centers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, MCN's Department of Health (MCNDH) is bringing the vaccine to them. In April, the health department introduced "Little Caretaker On the Go" and "Medicine Runner" to their vaccine deployment effort, two retrofitted buses complete with exam rooms and decorated with the department's tribal logo. The buses will travel throughout remote areas of the Muscogee Reservation,...
WASHINGTON - The White House announced on Saturday that First Lady Jill Biden will visit the Window Rock, Ariz. on Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23. Window Rock is the capital of the Navajo Nation, home of the largest Indian reservation in the United States. The White House released few details of the First Lady's trip, but said additional details will follow. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez told The Arizona Republic on Sunday that Mrs. Biden planned to meet with the tribe's...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D), a tribal citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, tweeted on Sunday afternoon that Minnesota is "a place where it is not safe to be Black." Her comments come one week today after the Daunte Wright, Jr., was killed by a 26-year veteran Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer who claimed she thought she was using her taser gun, not her service revolver. The officer, who was president of the police union, resigned on Tuesday. And,...
WASHINGTON - The National Congress of American Indians' (NCAI) five-month search for its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is over. Citing his experience in economic development, NCAI's board of directors named Dante Desiderio (Sappony Tribe) the new CEO on Thursday. He has been the executive director of the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) for the past 10 years. Desiderio, who was employed by NCAI as director of economic policy during the Great Recession, will take over the...
Are Alaska Native corporations - special corporations that Congress created in 1971 when it resolved Native claims in Alaska - "Indian tribe[s]" under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act? On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument on that question in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. Immediately at stake in the answer is billions of dollars in federal CARES Act funding. But the outcome could also have longer-term consequences for how, and...
