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The Annual Earth Day & Healthy Homes Event took place at the Red Lake Casino Event Center on Thursday, April 25, 2013. After the invocation by Spiritual Leader Larry Stillday and the welcome address by Red Lake DNR Director, Al Pemberton, lunch was served at approximately 12 noon. Everyone had been invited to come and listen and learn about arsenic in drinking water, radon in homes, and other topics. Booths were also situated throughout the Event Center on natural resources, healthy homes,...
The Annual Earth Day & Healthy Homes Event took place at the Red Lake Casino Event Center on Thursday, April 25, 2013. After the invocation by Spiritual Leader Larry Stillday and the welcome address by Red Lake DNR Director, Al Pemberton, lunch was served at approximately 12 noon. Everyone had been invited to come and listen and learn about arsenic in drinking water, radon in homes, and other topics. Booths were also situated throughout the Event Center on natural resources, healthy homes,...
The Annual Earth Day & Healthy Homes Event took place at the Red Lake Casino Event Center on Thursday, April 25, 2013. After the invocation by Spiritual Leader Larry Stillday and the welcome address by Red Lake DNR Director, Al Pemberton, lunch was served at approximately 12 noon. Everyone had been invited to come and listen and learn about arsenic in drinking water, radon in homes, and other topics. Booths were also situated throughout the Event Center on natural resources, healthy homes,...
The Annual Earth Day & Healthy Homes Event took place at the Red Lake Casino Event Center on Thursday, April 25, 2013. After the invocation by Spiritual Leader Larry Stillday and the welcome address by Red Lake DNR Director, Al Pemberton, lunch was served at approximately 12 noon. Everyone had been invited to come and listen and learn about arsenic in drinking water, radon in homes, and other topics. Booths were also situated throughout the Event Center on natural resources, healthy homes,...
MINNEAPOLIS – A 27-year-old Redby man was sentenced Wednesday in Minneapolis for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Timothy Stately was sentenced to 84 months in prison for possessing a 12-gauge, sawed-off shotgun. In a plea agreement, Stately admitted that in May 2011, he possessed a 12-gauge, sawed-off shotgun with an obliterated serial number, according to officials. During that time, he admittedly participated in numerous felony offenses, including shooting into two occupied dwellings, shooting at another residence as well as a r...
Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P6...
Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P7...
Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P8...
Protect Your Spirit Stand Against Sexual Violence Walk of April 24, 2013 - P9...
Beltrami Electric Cooperative held its 73nd annual meeting on Thursday, April 25 in the Bemidji High School auditorium. The members of the Cooperative elected three directors to the board, which includes incumbents Murl Nord (District 1) and Terry Diffley (District 9). Robert Wallner defeated Eugene Okerlund to claim the vacant seat in District 5. In addition, a change to the cooperative’s bylaws was approved by majority vote of the members. Approximately 800 members attended the dinner and b...
A retirement potluck lunch was held for “Pete” Graves on March 27th, 2013 in honor of 22 years of service with Oshkiimaajitahdah. After spending the last 22 years in his most recent position as Maintenance Manager, doing outstanding work, Mr. Graves departs to pursue other interests. Mr. Graves began his employment with the Indian Action Program and later the Indian Education Program. When the tribal federally funded programs consolidated under PL 102-477 it is at that time he became a part of...
ST. PAUL, MN – The House of Representatives passed the House Higher Education Omnibus Bill today on a vote of 86-44. Included in the bill is funding that will directly benefit students by freezing tuition at both the University of Minnesota (U of M) and the Minnesota State Colleges and University system (MnSCU). State Representative Gene Pelowski (DFL – Winona), Chair of the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, said his bill puts a long overdue focus on holding down tuition and reducing debt for students. “It’s been years since we’ve...
Contact Dave Close, Education Program Coordinator, Oshkiimaajitahdah @ 218.679.3350 x147 or by email at closedj@gmail.com if you or your employees would like to attend these workshops. 5/9/13 at 10:00AM-3:00PM Customer Service - The Customer Service course covers the basics of customer service. Participants will: Learn how to build and maintain their customer base. Be able to define “Superior Service”. Learn Effective Communication Skills. Learn how to manage their professiona...
ADA, Okla. - More than 15 tons of paper materials were collected during the April 22 shredding event at the Chickasaw Nation ReUse Center. Paper collected at the event will now be recycled, instead of heading to the landfill, saving an estimated 42 cubic yards at the local landfill. Local businesses, schools, government organizations and area residents took part in making the event the most successful to date. “This is the best turnout we have had since the program started four years ago,” sai...
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 - USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced today additional funding for the second year of the National Water Quality Initiative. NRCS will make available nearly $35 million in financial assistance to farmers and ranchers in 164 priority watersheds this year to implement suites of conservation practices intended to improve water quality. “These are voluntary efforts focused in small watersheds where the implementation of conservation systems can yie...
The Globe instructor interrupted his commute home to help the officer subdue and handcuff an armed suspect. For his “selfless and heroic actions” the instructor will be recognized by Minneapolis PD on May 13. MINNEAPOLIS—April 25, 2013—When Globe University instructor and criminal justice program chair Joe Vanasse (Mr. J to his students) left his Minneapolis classroom for his drive home last fall the commute was like any other day. However, this day was anything but routine when he happene...
“Access to clean drinking water, clean air, and healthy fish and game are inherent human rights that no lawmaker can give away.” April 25, 2013 – For more than a century, American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives have suffered the impacts of hardrock mining while enjoying few of its benefits. A new National Wildlife Federation report, Honoring the River: How Hardrock Mining Impacts Tribal Communities, tells the story of hardrock mining and tribes, from the checkered history of federal legislation allowing mining companies to lease miner...
Prior Lake, MN – Members of South Metro Federal Credit Union in Prior Lake, Minnesota, gathered at the annual meeting to hear a report of the status of the Credit Union and to share a meal on April 23, 2013, at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. Chairman of the Board Bill Rudnicki called the meeting to order. Secretary of the Board Stan Ellison certified the notice to members. During the President’s report, South Metro President Don Crofut spoke about the growth and success experienced over the past year in the face of recession. “We have a solid net c...
Loski (turtle) races, moccasin making, a stickball tournament, Chickasaw games and a cornstalk shoot will be the highlights of the 16th annual Chikasha Ittifama (Chickasaw Reunion) set Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, at Kullihoma. The gathering is free and welcomes Chickasaw and guests from across the country. “Chikasha Ittifama is a special time for Chickasaw people to celebrate and share our culture, heritage and traditions. This annual reunion offers an opportunity for Chickasaws and f...
Society sets a national example for innovative, interactive history education; “The Dred Scott Family & the National Debate Over Slavery” is the latest lesson to join the Society’s roster of video conferencing lessons ST. PAUL (April 25, 2013) – The Minnesota Historical Society is transforming students’ lives by combining history with technology via its unique, award-winning History Live program. The Society today announced it has reached a major milestone with the program: more than 10,000 Minnesota students from across the state have part...
WASHINGTON – The Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform will hold its next public meeting on April 29, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee. An online component of the meeting will be available for those who are unable to attend. “The Department of the Interior has a very important role to play in administering the federal trust responsibility, and the Commission is looking forward to discussing with the public how we can work together on ways to improve the Department’s management of Indian trust lands and assets,” said Co...
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - Pop the top of your favorite soda can and you can expect to find carbonated water, sugar, even sodium. But how about stenotrophomonas maltophilia, pseudomonas luteola, and enterobacter cloacae? CBS 11 tested 20-cans from inside North Texas grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, universities and vending machines. “I really wasn’t expecting these to be as bad as they actually are considering the sources they came from,” said Microbiologist Karen Deiss from Armstrong Forensic Laboratories in Arlington. Deiss showe...
The original "Star Wars" film is to become the first Hollywood movie to be redubbed in Dine, the language of the Navajo. Officials at the Navajo Nation Museum in Arizona are working with executives at Lucasfilm to translate "May the force be with you" and other classic sci-fi lines into the language of the Native American tribe. Bing: New 'Star Wars' film every year The Navajo revamp marks the 40th time the George Lucas film has been translated. A spokeswoman for the Navajo Nation Museum says, "By preserving the Navajo language and encouraging...
BEMIDJI – The local school board would have some decisions to make if the state Legislature approves funding for all-day, every-day kindergarten. The Bemidji School District already offers all-day, every-day kindergarten, though the state now only pays .621 of that cost. A portion of the $501 per-pupil operating levy, which voters in November extended another seven years, covers the remaining costs. "When kids start school with a good strong start, we can close those achievement gaps and the students can be on a much more likely path to s...
ST. PAUL — Minnesota senators joined the House on Thursday night in voting to eliminate a law requiring students to pass a test before graduating high school. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor education bill, spending nearly $15.7 billion in the next two years, passed 35-28 after Republicans refused to vote for 10 minutes when Senate President Sandra Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, did not call on two GOP members seeking to speak. Most Republicans eventually put up their "no" votes, but some sat in their seats and never voted. Three Democrats joined R...
