Articles from the April 24, 2023 edition
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Bryan Schoenborn
Bryan Schoenborn June 16, 1962 ~ April 18, 2023 (age 60) Bryan "Slim" "Sonofah" Schoenborn, Eagle Clan, age 60, of Red Lake, MN, travelled to the spirit world on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Fargo, ND. Bryan was born to Chris and Betty (Johnson) Schoenborn on June 16, 1962, in Red Lake, MN. At a young age he worked alongside his...
Kyle W. Swinson
Kyle W. Swinson March 20, 1983 ~ April 21, 2023 (age 40) Kyle W. Swinson, Bear Clan, age 40, travelled to the spirit world on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Red Lake, MN. Kyle was born in Minneapolis, MN to Larry and Alberta (Clark) Swinson. Kyle grew up in Minneapolis and later moved to Red Lake. He was a “nomad” who loved to...
Simone Boyd Evans
Simone Boyd Evans February 11, 1997 - April 21, 2023 Simone Boyd Evans, age 26, of Onamia, MN, passed away on April 21, 2023. Visitation will begin at 8 PM on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, April...
Over 4,000 Attend GigaZone Gaming Championship & TechXpo
(Bemidji, MN) (April 24, 2023) – An estimated crowd of over 4,000 attended the GigaZone Gaming Championship & TechXpo on Saturday, April 22 at the Sanford Center. The event featured free gaming, numerous gaming tournaments, over 35 technology exhibitors, door prizes, and special guest Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple....
A 'love for dancing': UND hosts Time Out Wacipi celebration of American Indian heritage
GRAND FORKS – Natanne Caldwell, 15, member of the Red Lake Nation, said dancing is probably her favorite thing about the annual Time Out Wacipi held each spring on the UND campus. Of the various dances exhibited, she enjoys side-stepping the most, Caldwell said as she prepared for the competition Saturday, April 22, at the...
Rescue of undocumented migrants shows rise in Minnesota, North Dakota border crossings
The rescue from a flooded bog last week of nine men who had illegally crossed into Minnesota from Canada underscores a dramatic increase in undocumented immigrants coming into the United States across the northern border. Since the start of the 2023 fiscal year on Oct. 1, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says agents have...
Several rescued from bog near Warroad after crossing illegally from Canada
Several people who crossed the border from Canada into Minnesota fell victim to the subfreezing cold and were rescued from a flooded bog early Tuesday, officials said. U.S. Border Patrol agents and various local emergency agencies were dispatched shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday and rescued the group of nine men ages 19 to 46 "in...
Minneapolis officials admit they messed up the Bryant Avenue project; now they want to make it right
A "bold and transformational" reconstruction of Bryant Avenue in south Minneapolis has turned out to be something of a headache. The bike- and pedestrian-friendly project, half of which was completed last year, has resulted in a street too narrow for fire trucks, snowplows and garbage trucks - as well as some residents whose...
While waters recede in much of Minnesota, the Mississippi River continues to rise at St. Paul and downstream
Floodwaters started to recede Sunday in much of Minnesota, but St. Paul remained among the cities watching the water continue to rise on its riverfront. With rain not anticipated by forecasters in the next few days, flood conditions were expected to stabilize or recede across most of the state. "Looks like everything is near...
Want to go undercover to test housing discrimination? Legal Aid is seeking Minnesota volunteers
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is seeking volunteers to help test for housing discrimination, boosting a program that had slowed down during the pandemic, and to honor the 55-year anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination on the basis of race, national origin,...
39 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. Malindi sub-county police chief John Kemboi said that more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on...
Three juveniles killed in two separate ATV crashes Saturday in Minnesota
Three juveniles died in two separate ATV crashes Saturday in Minnesota, officials said. Mason Lee Demenge, 13, of Chisago City, died after his ATV rolled over about 12:20 p.m., according to the Chisago County Sheriff's Office. Deputies arrived at the crash site on Kale Avenue off Ivywood Trail in Lent Township, not far from Chisago City, to find the boy's condition was quickly...
People expect AI bots to be competent, but do not want them to be humanlike
When customers need help, they want to talk to other people. If they have to interact with machines instead — like chatbots powered by artificial intelligence — they don't want the machines to sound too human. A joke from a human customer service agent, for example, signals cooperation and helpfulness. But an AI agent with a sense of humor can come across as uncooperative...
How parents can find the right time to cut the financial cord with their adult children
Mary Jo Katras talks responsible spending with her daughters so often, she elicits a familiar reaction. "My kids are always rolling their eyes at me and saying, 'Yes, Mom, we understand the difference between needs and wants,'" she said. The fact that "adulting" is now a verb reflects the quandary many parents face in whether...
3,000 migrants begin walk north from southern Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico - Around 3,000 migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants. The migrants started from the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border. They say their aim is to...
20-year term for Minnesota woman in killing of man she thought stole vehicle, drugs
A 21-year-old northern Minnesota woman has been given a 20-year term for her role in the killing of a man on the Red Lake Reservation who had allegedly stolen her vehicle and drugs. Alexia Gah Gi Gay Mary Cutbank, 21, of Bemidji, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to aiding and abetting second-degree murder and assault. She was accused of fatally...
Leech Lake State of the Band address highlights triumphs, challenges of 2022
Apr. 21—WALKER — Despite winter weather sweeping through the area the night before, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe weathered the storm at its annual State of the Band address at Northern Lights Casino on Friday in Walker. Serving as a reflection on the successes and challenges of 2022 and an optimistic look at the remainder of 2023, attendees took in messages of community...
A recent gold heist in Canada may be the largest, but not the first
Police in Canada are investigating one of the largest gold heists in the country's history, after more than C$20m ($15m; £12m) of the precious metal and other valuable goods were stolen from Toronto's airport this week. But it's not the first heist of its kind in Canada - nor the first involving an airport. This week, in a brazen pilferage, a "high-value container"...
Legal pot bill vote scheduled Monday in Minnesota House
ST. PAUL — After months of committee hearings in the Minnesota Legislature, a bill to legalize recreational marijuana is headed for a vote in the state House of Representatives. A legalization bill that would allow marijuana possession, expunge marijuana conviction records and create a new a regulatory scheme for the substance cleared its final committee in the House on...
Senators Push Universities, Museums to "Expeditiously Return" Native Ancestors
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. Senators is asking universities and museums with large collections of Native American human remains why they've failed to repatriate them to tribes-more than 30 years after a federal law was passed that compelled them to do so. In letters sent to the University of...
NAFOA opens annual economic development conference in nation's capital
WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 800 tribal leaders and finance professional in Indian Country are in the nation's capital this week for NAFOA's 41st annual conference. NAFOA, founded as the Native American Finance Officers Association in 1982, kicks off the conference on Monday morning. Over two days, attendees will hear from a...
More than just a powwow
Every April, the Gathering of Nations Powwow takes place on unceded Tiwa lands in Albuquerque. The city welcomes guests from all over the world to celebrate Indigenous arts, music and songs, dances and all other creative expressions that define who we are as Native peoples. These celebrations of Native identity are not just limited to the powwow — you can also find them in...
SHOOTING RESULTS IN ARRESTS
Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that on April 23rd 2023 at 5:57 AM the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Leech Lake Tribal Police Department received 911 calls reporting weapon fire and a drive-by shooting incident at a residence, with one person possibly shot in the area of 164th St NW in Pike Bay Township, rural Cass Lake, MN. Deputies and Officers from the Leech Lake...
Elena Harmsen named 2023 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour Winner
Bemidji – Bemidji High School junior Elena Harmsen has been selected as Beltrami Electric Cooperative's Youth Tour representative for 2023. Elena is the daughter of Erica and Jeff Harmsen of Bemidji and will attend the 2023 Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. June 13-18. Elena's application reflected her strong commitment to...
Rochester Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy
MINNEAPOLIS – A Rochester man has been sentenced to 235 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for leading a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, from September 2021 through February 2022, Jerry Lee Milliken, 40, led a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy based in...
