Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – The Red Lake Lady Warriors had their work cut out for them in the second round of the Girls Section 8A Tournament, where they would be playing without one of their key players, Autumn Holthusen. Holthusen had 2 technical fouls called on her in Thursday night's game against Goodridge-Grygla resulting in a one game suspension. But Coach Randy Holthusen's game plan called for the rest of the team to step-up their game and that was exactly what they did. The girls ran hard a...
On April 25th, 2020, Jan Michael Looking Wolf, one of the America's most gifted Native American Flute performers will offer a virtual flute workshop, for all levels of musicians and later that day (7:00 PM), he will stage a 2 – hour virtual performance – Songs of Hope - where he teaches about Native American cultures and the importance of the Flute and its music in providing the 'medicine' we need to sooth and heal. These events are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant fro...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (April 14, 2020) – Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that it will be offering free full-service fueling at its more than 165 convenience stores across its eight-state region, including its Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh stores. The service will be offered at select fuel pumps from at least 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. Upon arrival, customers who wish to use the service can select the pump’s “Fuel Help” button or call a designated phone number found on signs at each pump. Food and items from the convenience store can also be orde...
With more than 55 million children out of school due to the coronavirus pandemic, the decision to send them back isn't one to be made lightly. Complicating the decision is the economy and the question of whether a recovery can truly take place if schoolchildren are still at home – and that debate is prompting a battle between city and state officials in New York. The standoff between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who sees the reopening of New York City schools as crucial to jumpstarting the e...
During a virtual press briefing on Monday, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Austin Beutner acknowledged how difficult the school year has been, with coronavirus lockdowns forcing kids to adapt to learning from home. Beutner also gave students in the district some news to ease the burden: No one will get an 'F' during this unprecedented time. Beutner said the impact of the crisis on students was made "very real" to him last week, when a student messaged him with suicidal thoughts "because of the pressure she was...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The total cases of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) has surpassed 800 and as of Monday evening stand at 813. These new numbers were just released on Monday evening by the Navajo Nation. The new total represents an increase of 115 since Saturday evening. The Navajo Nation did not released an update on Sunday evening due to the Easter. The death toll stands at 28 related to COVID-19, which represents an increase of four since Saturday. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/covid-19-cases...
WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (April 14, 2020) – The plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit said today that he has again been vindicated by a North Dakota court ruling that turned away the effort by defendants to seek a new trial regarding a $2 million award handed down by a North Dakota jury. But despite the recent court affirmation, Aaron Greterman’s reputation as a businessman, husband and father remains seriously damaged by the false accusations and rumors born nearly three years ago that he was a cocaine user who used the illegal drug during a gol...
WILMINGTON, N.C., April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the nation's most influential nursing education associations, the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN), and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), are partnering with CastleBranch to help nursing students join in the fight against COVID-19. As COVID-19 spread across the country, OADN and AACN watched as the nearly 2,000 nursing education programs they represent were put on pause. With the disease in full swing, students found themselves closed out of...
Christopher was on his way home on April 7 to pick up a few things for his wife, Juliana, who had just been admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, when he received a phone call telling him he could not return to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota where the couple lived and worked. Juliana was the reservation's first confirmed coronavirus case. And they would soon learn that her diagnosis, coupled with their recent trip out-of-state for Juliana's surgery as state and city...
If the Navajo Nation were a U.S. state, it would rank No. 3 for per-capita COVID-19 infections, behind only New York and New Jersey. As of Monday, the country's largest Native American reservation - which overlaps with Utah, Arizona and New Mexico and has 174,000 residents - had 813 confirmed cases of the virus and 28 total deaths, a per-capita infection rate of 468 per 100,000 people. New York's infection rate, by comparison, was 994 per 100,000 on Monday. https://www.sltrib...
Water is essential to life, but water scarcity and access to clean drinking water is a major global issue, especially in developing countries. As the climate crisis unfolds, severe drought, such as the one that plagued Cape Town, South Africa, in 2018, will become an even greater problem. One of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aims to increase access to clean water and improve sanitation conditions. According to the UN, more than 80% of wastewater from human activities is discharged into waterways without pollution removal and three o...
(CNN) - She was no more than 6 when she saw the black birds come for her family. Her name was Kateri Tekakwitha, and she was a 17th century Mohawk girl living in what is now upstate New York. She had heard of a mysterious pestilence hitting distant tribes, but then it hit her village. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/us/native-americans-coronavirus-blake/index.html...
