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April 17, 2015 — Matthew McLaughlin, a senior in Bemidji State University’s Department of Technology, Art & Design, has received the 2015 EXHIBITOR Media Group Student Achievement Award, as selected by the university’s art & design faculty. For winning the award, McLaughlin received a pass to the EXHIBITOR2015 convention and expo for trade show and event marketers, held in early March at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and a stipend to help cover his travel expenses. McLaughlin will graduate from BSU in May; afterward, he wi...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Collin Peterson, Tom Emmer, John Kline, Tim Walz, Erik Paulsen and Rick Nolan today called for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to waive large volume water heaters from new energy efficiency standards. Without this waiver, manufacturers will have to immediately pull large volume water heaters, which are commonly used in Minnesota homes, from their product lines. The request follows a recent DOE decision to reverse course and walk away from an agreement between electric utilities, environmental and energy...
ST. PAUL -- The federal government has spent up to $30 million battling a new strain of flu that resulted in more than 1.6 million Minnesota turkey deaths and experts warn that the issue could go on up to five more years. "This is something we may have to live with for a number of years," Dr. John Clifford of the U.S. Department of Agriculture told a Minnesota House agriculture committee Thursday. Most cases were reported March 5 to April 3, Dr. Carol Cardona of the University of Minnesota said, and as temperatures rise cases may slow down....
ST. PAUL — Minnesota employers added 7,800 jobs last month, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Education and health care led all sectors with 5,800 new jobs, while trade, transportation and utilities (1,800 new jobs), government (1,700) and manufacturing (1,600) also added several new jobs. The professional and business services sector lost the most jobs, down 3,600 in the past month. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/region/3725131-minnesota-adds-7800-...
There are greater health threats lurking, but Minnesota dog owners should be aware that the canine influenza virus that has sickened dogs on the East Coast for the past decade has been detected in Wisconsin. So far only one Wisconsin dog in Dane County has been diagnosed with the disease, but the virus has been confirmed in at least 1,000 dogs in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. Recent tests from the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have identified the strain as H3N2. Clinical Assistant Professor Keith Poulsen told the...
Aspiring Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner? Attend a FREE Small Business Development Workshop! Training by RedWind In Partnership with the Red Lake Nation Entrepreneur Program FREE 2-Day Native American Entrepreneurial Empowerment Workshop Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th (9am-4pm) At the Seven Clans Casino Red Lake 10200 Hwy 89, Red Lake, MN 56671 Class materials & refreshments provided Please register online: http://conta.cc/1yvmN4e Or contact Sharon James: (218) 679-1892 or via...
On behalf of the family of Dora Hart I would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude for those who gave the family support during our time of loss. Your thoughtfulness has meant so much and everything you have done is truly appreciated. Red Lake hospital staff, First Responders on call, Red lake Tribal Council and to all the friends and family who were there for support, words cannot express the feeling in our hearts. Thank you for being with us during this difficult time. Your thoughts, prayers and words of sympathy will always be...
Minnesota’s leading moose researchers have one last chance to get it right. Next month, for the third time, they will try to put tracking collars on about 50 newborn calves in one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted to find out why moose are in such perilous decline in Minnesota. But the calves’ mothers have abandoned those babies at painfully high rates, creating an ethical dilemma for the researchers and the state’s elected leaders. About a fourth of the 75 newborn calves collared so far have been left behind by their mothe...
The FBI made six arrests in Minneapolis and in San Diego Sunday as part of a Joint Terrorism Task Force operation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Minnesota office. “There is no threat to public safety,” said Ben Petok, spokesman for U.S. Attorney Andy Luger. More information will be released Monday morning, when media will be briefed by Luger and FBI Special Agent Richard Thornton on details surrounding the arrests. http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/300610551.html...
St. Paul DFLers took inspiration from a Caucus for Change movement critical of school district leadership Sunday by endorsing four challengers for school board — and tossing three incumbents in the process. At a city convention that lasted nearly nine hours, activists gave the party nods to first-time candidates Zuki Ellis, Steve Marchese, Jon Schumacher and Mary Vanderwert. “I think it’s a powerful signal from all over the city that major changes are needed in how the district is operating,” said Joe Nathan, a convention delegate and directo...
The world is not backing away from broadband investment, so why would Minnesota? Opportunity should not be limited by ZIP code. When it comes to broadband access, every community, every person, matters. Alice Topness matters. At age 77, Alice spends her mornings connected to other seniors via a virtual exercise class in Winona. Eddie matters. An aspiring coder at age 14, he shares his Ojibwe culture by creating mobile apps to inform and educate others on the Fond du Lac Reservation. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/comment...
For the past two springs, lingering ice has ruined the fishing opener on some northern Minnesota lakes. That includes Lake Vermilion, site of this year’s Governor’s Fishing Opener. But not this year. “The lake is probably three- quarters open right now,” Jay Schelde of Pike Bay Lodge said last week. “It will be out by this weekend.” http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/300553931.html...
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA — Late Friday a Navajo District Court judge issued an order canceling the presidential election on the Navajo Nation this coming Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The order issued by Navajo District Court Judge Carol Perry granted an injunction for former election board members who wanted it postponed until after the election office holds a referendum on the Navajo fluency issue. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/navajo-nation-presidential-election-still-on-for-tuesday-despite-court-order-to-cancel-it/...
American Indian Reservations in Minnesota have been in the news recently with several state agencies promising various aspects of reform. First, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota voiced the concern that “economic development lagged on most reservations, leaving them as pockets of extreme rural poverty and underdevelopment.” Poverty is widespread on reservations, but the Fed is attempting to combat this with new community development operations. These programs should ameliorate some of the economic issues aff...
Kids go to college to learn. Some will learn to become teachers. Some will learn to become programmers. Some will learn to become researchers. Some will learn to become racists. Eastern Michigan University used to have an Indian mascot—the Eastern Michigan Hurons. It was changed to the Eagles in 1991. Last week, a Native elder, Nathan Phillips (of the Omaha nation), saw over a dozen EMU students at an off campus frat party wearing headdresses and in “redface.” He asked the students what they were doing and they said they were honoring Nativ...
A group of college students at Eastern Michigan University are under investigation after they allegedly held a “Red Face” party and shouted racial slurs at an elderly Native American man who complained to them that he was offended. Omaha Nation member Nathan Phillips told WXYZ that he is proud of his Native American heritage, so he was upset when students saw him on the street last Friday and waved him over to their “Red Face” party. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/college-students-in-red-face-mock-native-elder-claim-racist-...
In many articles published this year and last about drought and potential water shortages in Arizona, particularly involving the Colorado River, there's one thing the writers constantly omit: More than 51 percent of Arizona's annual entitlement to 2,800,000 acre-feet from the mainstream of the Colorado River is reserved for Indian reservations, under present law and court rulings. An acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons. http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2015/04/19/native-americans-water/25893101/...
My name is John Guenther and I have been employed in many positions involving work with people impacted by marijuana. I have seen firsthand the destruction this drug causes. If you added up all the reasons for adolescents going to treatment—including alcohol—they would not equal the amount of adolescents going to treatment for just one drug alone, marijuana. Marijuana is a dangerous drug that impacts many tribal communities. There is now a push in our community to manufacture and distribute marijuana. Should we really be that easily influenced?...
WASHINGTON — The US Senate voted to pass the two-year authorization of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI), which supports treatment efforts to help those already diagnosed with the disease and helps fund prevention programs to stop the growth of this epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on average, American Indians are two times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than the rest of the nation. http://nativenewsonline.net/health/special-diabetes-program-for-indians-reauthori...
Native Americans in Minnesota would like people to learn the real history of Christopher Columbus and quit putting him up on a pedestal at the State Capitol. “We all know in 1492 he sailed the ocean blue,” said American Indian Movement Chair Mike Forcia. “And in 1493 he stole all that he could see.” For more than 83 years a statue of Columbus has gazed from the Capitol toward Minnesota’s Justice Center. For Forcia, real justice would be removing the statue. http://theuptake.org/2015/04/19/columbus-statue-celebrates-genocide-...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - To close out the week of learning about other's backgrounds and history, UND students see the cultural dances and traditions of the native American culture of Pow-Wow. UND student Michelle Sanders said, "All of their head dresses and all of the stuff they wear and it's so brightly colored and it's really neat to see." Along with a group ceremony, there's stiff competition.And there's one thing going on in the mind of this dancer. Clifton Goodwill said,"Not walking off, because you can get really tired sometimes."...
A group of concerned citizens and First Nation leaders have locked themselves inside of BC Premier Christy Clark’s constituency office in Kelowna. They are upset that a bio-waste has been delivered into their territory without consent. http://aptn.ca/news/2015/04/16/first-nation-leaders-continue-occupy-bc-premier-clarks-office/...
Fort William First Nation sits beside Thunder Bay in northwestern Ontario. The 2,200 member band held their election last week. Peter Collins was elected as chief. He won by five votes. http://aptn.ca/news/2015/04/16/new-chief-fort-william-first-nation-wins-5-votes/...
SEATTLE (AP) — The father of the Washington teenager who fatally shot four high school classmates and then himself in October pleaded not guilty in federal court to illegally possessing the gun used in the slayings. Raymond Lee Fryberg Jr., who was arraigned Thursday, was the subject of a permanent domestic violence protection order that had been issued by the Tulalip Tribal Court in 2002. Federal law prohibits a person who is under a protection order from having firearms. A federal grand jury issued an indictment on April 8 charging him w...
NEW TOWN -– A joint law enforcement operation to check on sex offenders on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation found nearly 20 percent of offenders may be in violation of registration laws, the U.S. Marshal Service said. Deputy U.S. Marshals teamed up with Three Affiliated Tribes police and the tribal sex offender registry officer on Thursday and Friday to conduct a first-ever sex offender compliance check at Fort Berthold. The reservation in the heart of the Bakken oilfields has seen an increase in non-tribal members who are registered sex o...
