Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Techniques for collecting and analyzing evidence in rape cases have evolved over the past decade, as has the understanding of the psychological effects of sexual assault. But how health practitioners, law enforcement officers, prosecutors and others respond after a rape still varies widely across the United States....
If you’re like many people, you probably have a few old prescriptions that have been hanging around for years. Those orange plastic bottles might contain the last antibiotic from a bout of strep throat or a medication that you never even used. There’s a simple way to get rid of all your old medicines in a responsible way....
The grim news about 10 abused Great Danes discovered in a hoarding situation in November might have escaped Jill Goldstein’s radar a few years back. But a few years back, Goldstein confesses, “I thought all was well in the animal world.” She had no idea how many dogs and cats lived in dismal conditions, beaten, locked up, starved, right here in Minnesota. She’s received quite the education since. Goldstein is gearing up for her third “Pause 4 Paws” fundraiser, thrilled that the May 2 beer and wine tasting at Nicollet Island Pavilion in...
Everyone knew that the Supreme Court’s hearing last week on the Indian Child Welfare Act would be an emotional one. After all, the case, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, involves the potential adoption of a Native infant by a white couple, and largely hinges on how the law defines a “parent.” But the hearing also revealed a troubling and deeply consequential fact: Americans remain dangerously uninformed about the basics of tribal sovereignty, and what it means for the relationship between the United States and Native tribes and natio...
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency sharply criticized the State Department’s impact statement for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the report failed to adequately consider the climate change impacts of building the pipeline or to realistically assess alternative pipeline routes or modes of transport....
The recent legal decision in the case of King Mountain Tobacco versus the State of Washington has become quite the topic in reservation business conversation. A regressive trend has developed across Turtle Island, if one also includes the announcement of the lawsuit filed by the State of New York versus Grand River Enterprises (GRE) and Native Wholesale Supply (NWS), as well as other state actions against HCI Distribution, a business owned by the Winnebago Tribe. This pattern sees the systemic restriction of native-owned business who engaged...
A giant crack has been widening on the Navajo Reservation near the small town of Leupp, Arizona. The crack occurs 12 miles north of Interstate 40 about half way between Flagstaff and Winslow....
A 91-year-old California man has seen his neighbors evicted one-by-one from their desert homes over the past 30 years. William Tuttle is the last hold-out in a long land dispute with a powerful Native American tribe....
PYRAMID LAKE, Nev. — For most fishermen a 20-pound trout is a trophy, but for Paiute tribe members and fish biologists here the one Matt Ceccarelli caught was a victory....
The state senate achieved bipartisan agreement last week with the passage of the Higher Education Omnibus Bill. In total, the state would invest an additional $263 million into Minnesota colleges, universities and the state’s student grant program....
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK – As a musician, Russell Means released two national recordings, the 16 track Electric Warrior, on Warrior Records in 1993, and The Radical, released on the American Indian Music Company, Inc., in 1995. He described his music as a Tribal Experience that included all genres of music; Classical, Country & Western Rock-n-Roll, Hard Rock, Hip-Hop, R&B, Jazz and the Blues. He called his own music and words, Rap-ajo because he said,...
A student at Salish Kootenai College in Montana is recovering in the hospital after being attacked and injured by an adult female grizzly with two yearling cubs on Friday, April 19. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/24/salish-kootenai-college-student-recovers-hospital-after-grizzly-attack-148994...
Three Akwesasne men say they were subject to “racial profiling” by the RCMP when their pick-up truck was pulled over and searched....
Russell McKinley Wolfe, 35, was convicted on Nov. 16, 2012, in the Cherokee Court for Domestic Violence Assault on a Female, Violation of a Domestic Violence Protective Order, Driving While Impaired, and Injuring Public Property. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment. The sentence, issued by the Honorable Kirk G. Saunooke, Cherokee Court Judge, was one of the longest sentences ever issued by the Cherokee Court and comes after the enactment of the Tribal Law and Order Act which authorized criminal sentences of greater than one year in...
A Williams Lake RCMP officer who punched a First Nations teen in the face has been acquitted of an assault charge....
“The Blackfeet Tribe is suing you and has demanded you not have your annual meeting.” That was the word from Glacier Electric Cooperative’s legal counsel, Justin Lee of Burk, Lee and Bieler last Saturday....
The Coquille Tribe of Oregon will present plans for its off-reservation casino next week....
K.G. Urban Enterprises, a non-Indian developer, is still interested in bidding on a commercial casino in southeastern Massachusetts....
